Bummer March 15, 2008

OK, so understand this comes on the tail-end of an acceptance so I can’t complain nor be disappointed too much, but today I got my rejection letter from Montana in the mail. It came in quite possibly the smallest envelope I’ve ever seen for a professional notice. I am bummed because Montana sounded like such a great program, small and intimate - and the people there are VERY nice. Not to mention, I really liked the idea of starting a clean slate on the polar opposite side of the country in a little town where I could bounce my voice off the sides of mountains a la The Sound of Music. But then again, that’s where a lot of my interest laid: in place. I can’t say that I felt I would be a perfect match for the poetry professors there; so ultimately this decision makes sense, with confidence in my work or not. I’m guessing I have more rejection letters coming, with small hope for maybe one more acceptance. It sounds like Oregon and Virginia have already notified their acceptances and waitlists, same could be said of Indiana although still a little blurry in the details there, and a couple acceptances have gone out for Sarah Lawrence, VCU, UNCG, and UNCW but I haven’t heard much on the end of waitlists or rejections for those schools. And some - such as UNCG and UNCW - have been pretty adament about not being done with decisions. All of this is heresay, though, from the blogs and forums. I haven’t had the guts to call and nag any of the programs. I’d rather sit tight and give them all the time they need before X-ing me out of the pile.