Hoping to receive an acceptance from one of two waitlists, fingers crossed.

Is anyone turning down a poetry offer from UW?

accepted off waitlist!! email + phone call.

Rejected off of the waitlist. Still waiting to hear from Saint Mary's and still on one other waitlist. Crossing my fingers.

To the UCR poster below, I never heard anything so I emailed Bryan B. yesterday to put my mind at ease and confirm rejection. He said faculty had made their decisions and "You will receive an official email notification from our Graduate Division in the coming weeks. It can take them some time to process those notifications." So, I would assume if you didn't hear, then it's a rejection across genres.

awaiting funding

Accepted off the waitlist.

rejected off waitlist. yikes

To the person inquiring about my “interesting reason” and my “ambivalence”, I’ll say this: my goal is to always be true to what makes my writing, MY writing. Certain scenarios pose a threat to my writing. Such as: going from urban areas where there are children who need good teachers, to going to rural Iowa where they are “Midwest nice”. It’s not about the school name or what they could offer as far as career; I write for fulfillment. There is something more rewarding than getting published in poetry magazine and having a book in the Yale series, those goals and many others can be accomplished anywhere if you are a good enough writer. But Iowa as great of a school as it is, does not have urban kids who could use some help. My ambivalence does not stem from me thinking I am too good, in fact it is in a lot of ways the exact opposite. What if instead of doing something for myself... I decided to help someone else out by staying where I am, going to a smaller school and teaching children different ways out of poverty other than athletics and entertainment; meanwhile honing my craft with the poets who are not as well known but they are accomplished in their own right. It was by no means an easy decision, but someone like you or whoever else is waitlisted will get an opportunity to chase after their dreams. My dreams are not better nor are they more novel, they are simply mine... I could not fit 2-3 years away from where I am into accomplishing my true dream, which is to help. I wish all who attend Iowa and other schools the best of luck, and I think we are all doing what we were made to do. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I chose the one less traveled and that has made all the difference. The funny thing about that frost quote is that he never said the other path was better, worse, longer, shorter; he just said it was different. I’m different, my path is different... but that’s the beauty of the possessive noun... MY path, is mine.

Not surprised. Glad to finally know and be able to commit to a program. 1a/2r/0p

In spam folder. Not surprised but kind of crushed. I’m going to Oregon State, fully funded + diversity bonus! Long way from home, but ready for a change :) 4a/5r/0w/0p

I was accepted off the wait list and am locked in at NWP. This opens up an admission spot at Purdue and a wait list position at Indiana University. I hope this will help somebody going through the wait list nightmare.

Rejection in spam folder. “Dear writer...”

If you haven't heard back from VCU, I emailed yesterday and Thom said rejection letters are in the mail to arrive by/on April. Sorry to be a dream-killer.

Very pleasant call from Professor Muyumba informing me I was accepted off the waitlist. I am absolutely elated and so grateful. Until next time, Grad Cafe. 1a/4r

4a/1w/3r/1p

Finally got it.rnrnBummed.