Just declined admission. Expect some movement on the waitlist! Good luck to everyone!

Rejected from 11 top, fully-funded schools and done for my first season. It's a terribly hard industry, and I'll tell you what I tell my students: rejection has happened (and will continue to happen) to (almost) anybody who was ever been anybody. Hell, Harper Lee received her biggest rejection just before she died from a lot of her own fans, and nearly every critic who had just prior sung her praises. If there are any slightly younger writers wrapping up their B.A. degree with nowhere to go next year, this industry might take you time, but you can do it. I have spent 4 years as a public school teacher at a Title 1 school placed by Teach for America, and I'm a graduate of UC Berkeley and former Daily Californian journalist. Sometimes it still doesn't add up and as a writer you just have to try another way. And I'm advising myself, here, too. (Sorry for how long this got.)

Contacted by phone and told that I'd be contacted when more is known about funding.

Contacted separately about TA position.

Received an email and letter. Told I would hear back, likely after April 15th.

Received a warm e-mail informing me of my wait list status. Playing me like a fiddle!

To the poster below, I am also on the wait list and I haven't heard anything.

Anyone heard about any movement on the Tennessee waitlist?

Received an email that there was an update on my account. It was a rejection, of course. It was during AWP--such a bummer to find out during a writers conference--totally generic letter.

Received a nice email.... I think they act like they want everyone they reject. Maybe that's nice?

Received an email notification saying a decision had been made on my account. The email was for all PhD applicants--not creative writing specifically. It was the most generic, least personal rejection system of any I have ever seen. In all it was incredibly tacky.

Was sent a notification that there was an update--finally, as the application was due in December. The update was strangely on April first... Bad day... The letter was a forum letter and it was sort of rude.

I had asked about the fiction decisions below and ended up calling my admissions representative to see what was up. For anyone wondering about fiction, she said that the department had not yet released their decisions.

No word yet on how long the wait list is or what my spot is on it. They received more than 500 fiction applications for 10 spots.

Has anyone heard anything about fiction?

Expected. Me dunz: 2a/0w/10r. Tbh, I made errors on 10 out of the 12 manuscripts that I sent in (not that I didn't read then reread the stories--because I did, so many times--but you know how those tricky extra words sneak in....). Take a guess which programs accepted me. I don't know if this means I would have a better shot next year if I made 100% sure my manuscripts were error-free, but for all others out there who maybe made mistakes on their apps, know it's not just you. It's me too (sobs 4 days).

Has anyone applied to or heard back from City College? I have been calling them regarding status updates and they keep pushing it back and saying they are still reading applications, and I'm getting anxious.

Email was also sitting in the spam folder, thank you to the BU poster below for the heads up!