Application Information

Details and information about the application.

Acceptance Rate
41%

This data is estimated based on applicant submissions at The GradCafe.

Institution
UC RIVERSIDE
Program
Creative Writing
Degree Type
MFA
Degree's Country of Origin
American
Decision
Rejected
Notification
on 06/05/2025 via Other
Undergrad GPA
0.00
  • GRE General: 0
  • GRE Verbal: 0
  • Analytical Writing: 0.00
Notes
Received no notification at all via email, phone, mail... nothing, all through the end of April. Kept checking the application portal, it still read "awaiting decision". Wrote twice in April to the contact email for MFA Creative Writing as I had other offers pending and needed to make a decision; one contact was via the portal, other via direct email, and still received no response. After May 1, thinking maybe I was on the wait list and they were waiting to see if a space opened up after others replied to offers, I finally contacted graduate admissions, who said the department had not yet notified them to send my decision, and they suggested I contact someone else in the Creative Writing department, which I did. Here was the response: "I'm sorry you have not received word from the Graduate School yet. Notices should have been sent out a month ago. Perhaps we have the wrong email address for you on file. I'm sorry to say that your application was not advanced to admission for the 2025 academic year. We hope you will consider reapplying next year and wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors." Bogus - they had my email on file and no notice was posted on portal. Glad I have another offer to accept and don't have to deal with a program that can't give the courtesy of a response to applicants after multiple attempts to get an answer on a decision.

Timeline

  • Received notification of Rejection