To the poster below: if you were accepted at Iowa, which is the top program in the land bar none, giving professional opportunities unimaginable at most programs, why are you upset about what Ivies are or are not doing? You're set, enjoy!

email to check portal for the most generic rejection possible.

ALL VCU APPLICANTS - I've just finished a phone call with Thom Didato and he told me that all acceptances had been sent out. So, if you have not heard from VCU that means you were rejected. Official notifications will go out next week.

Received email to check portal.

Didn't even get a postal letter nor an email. I found out today by logging onto the portal and seeing "Not accepted". I was expecting a rejection after this long wait... but it really blows how they couldn't bother sending me a notification.

email to check portal 0a/1r/3p

The only school I applied to, so it's a good thing it was an acceptance, not rejection!

Okay, so OF COURSE I have to ask what that "pretty interesting reason" is. If you cannot or prefer not to tell why you became ambivalent about Iowa that is your choice of course, but if you don't mind sharing, please do!

To the poetry waitlist, I plan to attend a different school for some pretty interesting reasons. I was floored at the acceptance but I am sure that ambivalence at such a program would be counterproductive. Keep your head up in hopes of receiving the spot, I plan to let them know within the week or next week. 5a/1r/0w/0p

The person with the Boston University acceptance - did you get any funding? I'm asking only because I know I would not be able to attend the program without funding so with no funding I would not even worry about whether I was accepted or rejected. Thank you!

In response to the poster below, yes, BU has started notifying for fiction. Don't know if they went out all at once or are going out in waves though. I received an email from Ha Jin yesterday, saying they are accepting 10 students for the cohort.

0/7. Damn, didn't make it in my first round. I knew I applied to some really competitive programs but I was hoping to get one or two. Does anyone here not have an English/Creative Writing background? My degree is in something completely unrelated and I pieced my portfolio together from what I've done in a couple weekly workshops. That's all the feedback I have ever received. Any advice would be great since I mostly applied with a section of a novel-length work and have never written short stories. I think I would have had a better chance with that.

Nice email from Chris Lowe - couldn't tell me how many are on the wait list, but only 2 people accepted for the Fiction cohort so pretty pleased to have gotten this far!

Informal admission via email. I applied for the MA program- which also focuses on active writing and takes many of the same classes as the MFA, but is shorter.

Email to check portal! I have now been wait listed at five fully funded programs with zero acceptances (1 acceptance to a program without funding but idk if I can make that work). Trying to not feel like a bridesmaid -- I will be praying to Touchdown Jesus tonight.

I saw the notifications on this page today and checked the Rutgers-Camden portal and it said I was accepted! Thing is, I tried to log back in this afternoon and the site wouldn't accept my credentials. I tried calling the office but they're closed. Anyone else have this problem? I'm somewhat convinced the acceptance was in error, especially considering I haven't received a phone call or email.