tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post6136011510073840809..comments2024-03-18T23:15:13.800-07:00Comments on THE MFA BLOG: Where Are You Applying? Part 4Tom Kealeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913868167191023096noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-5149544882350461702012-07-06T00:06:04.773-07:002012-07-06T00:06:04.773-07:00Hey ya its an amazing blog for the writers who are...Hey ya its an amazing blog for the writers who are on their way for <b><a href="http://www.bonzoi.com" rel="nofollow">publishing book</a></b>Inheritx Solutionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09377773054667042065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-31288356609683596262012-03-12T11:03:56.923-07:002012-03-12T11:03:56.923-07:00@itsBarbieBiatchh :)
You're right, Barbie. Yo...@itsBarbieBiatchh :)<br /><br />You're right, Barbie. You are a girl, and yes, you can use exclamation marks anyway you see fit. I also did get a chance to see the book you're getting published, (and I have to say I am impressed by the several million copies), but unfortunately I am not interested in a tampon catalog. Too bad, so sad.<br /><br />You are, gosh, so brilliantly fabulous. It's really hard for me to fathom how your vampire skin must glisten in the sun. <br /><br />Not really going to talk about my "package," but if you ever want to see it you can find it in the GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS FOR BIGGEST(bet you didn't see that one coming).<br /><br />Gah, I guess I just feel bad for you, actually. You see, in life you won't be able to attack every ninny, nit, and nancy who disagrees with you. Do I think you're a moron? Yes. Do you know it's true? Probably. You should be thanking me for scraping up your knees. Before someone cuts them off.Rude Judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548263270082650865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-26434177627804857672012-03-09T13:15:45.960-08:002012-03-09T13:15:45.960-08:00checkingcheckinglottery playerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16204473651331346875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-14975347370630832992012-03-09T11:31:41.657-08:002012-03-09T11:31:41.657-08:00checkingcheckinglottery playerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16204473651331346875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-51427616953429386642012-03-09T09:56:44.798-08:002012-03-09T09:56:44.798-08:00Has anyone been rejected from University of Florid...Has anyone been rejected from University of Florida? Are they just sitting on them? Any ideas how they will or have notified?<br /><br />Thanks!qqqqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00738433996471851963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-85905289035070028472012-03-09T09:54:35.850-08:002012-03-09T09:54:35.850-08:00greenjeansgifts
Thanks for being specific about w...greenjeansgifts<br /><br />Thanks for being specific about what you changed in your manuscript. This made me start thinking about my own submission. I sent 3 short stories. There weren't really cohesive features about them. They were 3 of what I consider my best. I know we are discussing something subjective here, but should we be sending our best work necessarily or should we concentrate on sending something that feels more complete? And has anyone sent just a portion of a novel or something like that?<br />And although I don't want to look dumb. But can other fiction applicants tell me... how do you research and determine what kind of work they are looking for and if yours fits in with their idea? Is it just by reading the published work they put out and then making your own decision or is there a place where you can read specifically what they are looking for?<br />One of the stories I sent was written more for a young adult audience while the other two had in mind an older and more experienced reader. I did this to show range. Is it better to limit or narrow the material, do you think?<br />I realize that I am competition to other fiction writers, and maybe you will scoff at my idiocy. I just want to become a better writer, so any advice you have that you want to share...Dad Bubble and Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13726195828113367136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-60106633300836710422012-03-09T09:31:22.906-08:002012-03-09T09:31:22.906-08:00Just got rejection e-mail from University of Arkan...Just got rejection e-mail from University of Arkansas (poetry)<br /><br />@ Dad Bubble and Me<br /><br />I have often wondered the same thing. I am in at the University of Florida, and I point blank asked both William Logan and Sidney Wade how/what they base their selections on. There response: we look at the manuscript. Period. They didn't even know I was from Arkansas or other little things I put on the application (that I have several years of collegiate teaching experience, for instance). And on that note, the University of Oklahoma did not give me an assistantship due to "lack of teaching experience"--it was obviously a stock letter. <br /><br />Maybe other schools look at other things, but when you've got 300 people applying, my guess is the first few rounds are only looking at the writing sample. The main thing I did differently this time was put what I thought were my absolute best poems first. Before, I structured them so that the whole sequence had a kind of arc. My guess is, the schools that rejected me before didn't make it past the first page. This time around, I'm 4/7 and waiting to hear back from a few more schools.greenjeansgiftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883754955485569291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-87809335336653402222012-03-09T09:11:04.100-08:002012-03-09T09:11:04.100-08:00Comments are showing up fine for me, @lotteryplaye...Comments are showing up fine for me, @lotteryplayer -- are you sure you're always hitting the "newest" link at either the top or bottom of the first page? Anyway, I'd be in for a new thread for those with (lofty?) Stegner aspirations (not that I'm not very happy to hear of all those here having great success with various tremendous MFA programs). <br /><br />Similarly (and sadly), I too am feeling a bit like a need a definitive reason to stop hoping. I had a phone call last night from an unidentified number and nearly threw up, started crying, launched myself across my desk to answer my phone despite simultaneously feeling paralyzed, all whilst experiencing heart palpitations. <br /><br />It was a sales call.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05625865742283121806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-65284061704300235202012-03-09T09:03:17.302-08:002012-03-09T09:03:17.302-08:00Waitlisted for UMASS Boston in Fiction, just now v...Waitlisted for UMASS Boston in Fiction, just now via email! This is the first bit of good news I've gotten so I'm pretty happy even though it is not my first choice and I might not move off the waitlist. :)Andrea Ruggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14540007479662567036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-11799267032474534522012-03-09T08:41:54.959-08:002012-03-09T08:41:54.959-08:00IS there a chance of starting a new thread? The n...IS there a chance of starting a new thread? The new comments arent showing up here for some reason...or is that just my computer's issue? I'm interested in starting a conversation for those few stegner applicants, very interested in knowing if the fiction acceptance calls have all been made! Figuring it's well past the time people usually hear, guess I"m looking for a more definite reason to give up hope.lottery playerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16204473651331346875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-22035902233937346482012-03-09T08:37:13.300-08:002012-03-09T08:37:13.300-08:00I saw cerclerouge asking about New School letters ...I saw cerclerouge asking about New School letters and though I applied for New School for Drama, I have some intel. I gather they are not very forthcoming with admissions info so I emailed admissions and got some assbackwards email from a student worker notifying me that all students receiving "call backs" had already been notified and please try again next year. When I responded and pressed her for an ETA on a rejection letter, she never got back to me. I waited a week and then wrote to the director of drama admissions and have yet to hear back from her. <br /><br />This is a direct quote from the website: "Applicants will receive one of three letters by mid-February. Some applicants will learn that they are no longer being considered for admission to The New School for Drama; others will receive a letter stating that their application is still under consideration and that they will be notified as soon as possible of their status; and a select group will be invited to the Chair Audition Weekend, which takes place in New York in mid-March."<br /><br />So what is going on? I don't know but take heart,cerclerouge! I don't know anything definite either but it's probably worth an email or follow-up call at this point. Aren't final decisions made by April 1?!WildeMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15766413406375461658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-61057636858508593242012-03-09T08:22:41.401-08:002012-03-09T08:22:41.401-08:00Rejection via e-mail from Oregon State - poetry, T...Rejection via e-mail from Oregon State - poetry, Thursday, 3-8. As another person posted, very strangely worded, very much a bureaucratic form letter, and from the graduate school, not the program.blackhoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825458995389894836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-4698625487539252302012-03-09T07:26:16.829-08:002012-03-09T07:26:16.829-08:00@lotteryplayer & @TG: For what it's worth,...@lotteryplayer & @TG: For what it's worth, my research agrees with yours...fiction notifications come after poetry. And there is some chatter out there regarding the poetry honorees...but not a peep about fiction. So, either mum's the word, or calls haven't been made. Not sure what to think.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05625865742283121806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-77351281956556710412012-03-09T07:01:30.130-08:002012-03-09T07:01:30.130-08:00@Unknown
Chico State's a great alma mater to ...@Unknown<br /><br />Chico State's a great alma mater to have (I'll admit my bias for my hometown school here)...but Bird is right, your writing will trump the name of your undergrad degree, at least it should in almost all cases.SpunkyJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263550766631108439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-70649691012626123562012-03-09T00:39:33.480-08:002012-03-09T00:39:33.480-08:00Word here in Seattle is that UW has started to let...Word here in Seattle is that UW has started to let people know about poetry acceptances.mehitabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166658105560571612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-68436343737086542782012-03-09T00:36:17.891-08:002012-03-09T00:36:17.891-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.mehitabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166658105560571612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-1708990231376321242012-03-08T21:20:20.187-08:002012-03-08T21:20:20.187-08:00Oops. Forgot to specify: I applied for an MFA in F...Oops. Forgot to specify: I applied for an MFA in Fiction. Now I just have to figure out a way to drum up $100k for tuition . . . <br /><br />To all other writers out there: fingers crossed and good luck!Bree Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259773721913496226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-2714556876305108882012-03-08T21:17:50.114-08:002012-03-08T21:17:50.114-08:00What a wild and wacky world this is. I've now ...What a wild and wacky world this is. I've now received (timely) rejections from Iowa, Brown, Michigan, Cornell, Bard, and Syracuse. I felt like printing up copies of my personal statement and writing samples and burning them in a self-effacing bonfire. Then, tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern, I received a phone call from Columbia notifying me I'd been accepted. Good thing I didn't buy the lighter fluid . . .Bree Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259773721913496226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-91847691888838980962012-03-08T21:15:00.979-08:002012-03-08T21:15:00.979-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bree Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259773721913496226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-57692238444145273792012-03-08T20:40:52.828-08:002012-03-08T20:40:52.828-08:00Poetry:
Wyoming(rejected)
Cornell(rejected)
Montan...Poetry:<br />Wyoming(rejected)<br />Cornell(rejected)<br />Montana<br />New Orleans<br />Columbia Chicago<br />Hunter<br />San Francisco State<br />UNC W (rejected)<br />Mississippi<br />Illinois (rejected)<br />University of North Texas- accepted (MA... but with B.H. Fairchild... but with no funding :( )<br /><br />Any word on New Orleans from anyone? Montana? Ole Miss?popmartyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15273781428489579177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-38181474987040506332012-03-08T19:38:16.215-08:002012-03-08T19:38:16.215-08:00Any idea when Virginia (fiction and poetry) result...Any idea when Virginia (fiction and poetry) results will be coming out? <br /><br />I heard Ole Miss (Poetry) will be out Mar 15th. Can anybody confirm this? <br /><br />And Arizona, Tucson (Poetry and Fiction)....waitlist/reject letters on the way?<br /><br />NMSU (fiction): what's going on there? Anyone heard anything?<br /><br />Thanks in advance!Eketer-Pietrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225069158159298770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-61389411274138977682012-03-08T18:47:15.660-08:002012-03-08T18:47:15.660-08:00Afrogirl, Teesha, Spunky J, Dark I, unknown, Bird ...Afrogirl, Teesha, Spunky J, Dark I, unknown, Bird and anyone I may have missed-<br /><br />Thanks for the input. I guess I was reacting to the email I got from LSU that said<br />"this year there were a number of good, well-qualified, applicants" and I wondered what was meant by "well-qualified".<br />Thanks again for your thoughts. Good luck to you all.Dad Bubble and Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13726195828113367136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-44923451202326983942012-03-08T17:55:21.430-08:002012-03-08T17:55:21.430-08:00@Unknown: Probably the candidate with the Really G...@Unknown: Probably the candidate with the Really Good Writing Sample that the program prefers, regardless of which school he or she went to.<br /><br />Sure, an impressive alma mater might help you. It's just unlikely to make a difference.Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942612017892818597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-62082313296022205672012-03-08T16:52:42.425-08:002012-03-08T16:52:42.425-08:00If two people submit two really good writing sampl...If two people submit two really good writing samples and one graduated from Brown and the other graduated from Chico State who gets the acceptance?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04704702424871005429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-29063817816249463232012-03-08T16:44:31.284-08:002012-03-08T16:44:31.284-08:00Also, in regards to getting feedback from the admi...Also, in regards to getting feedback from the admission committee - sure that would be great - but they are reading hundreds of stories, plus they teach, plus they are writers themselves - they don't have time to write thoughtful comments for every slouch that applies.Dark_Interpreterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02710764442777120036noreply@blogger.com