just found out i didn't get into rutgers newark by checking the online portal. never got an email from them, not even when i emailed them before applying asking a couple simple questions. the funding situation isn't great at the two programs that accepted me, so if i do this whole miserable process again, i definitely won't be applying to newark. from my experience and others i've heard, they seem totally inept. frustrated since we all pay a pretty hefty fee to have them look at our work and the least they could do was send a freaking form email. (2a/0w/6r/0p)

So Rutgers has not called or emailed me...but I logged into the portal today and saw a "Your application has been reviewed, and the Committee has denied admission." If you're waiting for Rutgers, check your portals. I really must suck because this is my second year trying to get into grad school and failing. I have left is mediocre, totally unranked programs that don't offer a single scholarship. 0a/6r/0w/2p

Declined these offers. Good luck to everyone!

Accepted off of waitlist

Last of the rejections, 2018; 1a/8r/0w/0p. As for the earlier commentary on Ivies vs. credentials--the only program that accepted me this round was a partially funded Ivy--Columbia...yet, I was rejected from two other Ivies, 4 top programs, and a small low-res. I'm coming with a fresh BA from a middle-of-the-road private school, so you never know! It's a lottery. Haven't decided if I can even go/afford it since, officially, I don't have anything to negotiate with.

to the poster below, i just got the same rejection email from Patrick Rosal ~ "Competition for admission was especially intense this year." & "We truly wish it were possible to accommodate more writers of potential." tbh i'm relieved to finally know !

Did anyone else get an email? Received an email from Patrick Rosal, preview-able sentences read "Thank you for your application to the MFA program at Rutgers-Camden. We have read your application with great interest..." Since I'm checking this site more frequently than my own inbox, I assumed this was my acceptance letter. Then the reveal. "...Unfortunately, we are unable to recommend your admission at this time. Competition for admission was especially intense this year. Given the limited number of openings, we must turn away many qualified applicants. Decisions about admissions are a complicated judgment by our creative writing staff about our resources and those writers whom we feel we can most help. Please don’t take the admissions decision as discouragement about your writing. We truly wish it were possible to accommodate more writers of potential. I hope you will accept my best wishes for your future writing."

How rude...no email, nothing...just had to check the website. Probably a sign of how shitty the program is. Oh well.

Checked portal. After all that writing, pining, and an expensive app fee, I am left with eleven words: "Your application has been reviewed, and the Committee has denied admission." (7a/1r/0w/4p)

Looks like I'm one of the many and the proud. That portal rejection is raw as hell, isn't it? Little bummed because this was my local program and it means I'll be pretty much forced to move away in the fall, but at least that's one difficult decision I don't have to make.rn3a/3r/2w/1p

"Your application has been reviewed, and the Committee has denied admission." woof. 1a/1w/4r/3p

I think I’m more disappointed that I had to find out about my rejection through this site and not from the school itself. At least send me a copy and paste rejection email. Geez.

Saw post below, checked portal and rejected. My only acceptances are not funded. 3a/8r/0w/4p

Checked the Rutgers-Camden Graduate Portral and saw that I had been denied admission. Oh well. Best of luck to those who got accepted!

If Rutgers Camden accepted 5 applicants to each genre, they are done with acceptances, as I believe 5 new students in each genre is their target. Oh well.

To those wondering about Camden -- I got an email the night of March 1st from Pat Rosal, which was followed up with a phone call from a faculty member in my genre last week. There was no pre-admittance interview this year. It sounds like 5 have been accepted in each genre. I hope this helps!

I called and was transferred to Leah Falk who told me kindly to be patient, they were reading their way through manuscripts. So at least two weeks ago they were certainly not done yet. Now - I have no idea. Thank you for trying!