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UEA MA Prose Fiction

Anyone here get rejected? Does everyone just get in?

Reply 1

I wasn’t even invited to interview. Instead I received an unconditional offer for a place on the MA Creative Writing, even though it was the prose track I’d applied for. I know of one other person that’s had this. Not heard of any rejections, so wondering if this is just how they’re splitting things as my works tends more towards the spec fic than lit fic.

Reply 2

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I wasn’t even invited to interview. Instead I received an unconditional offer for a place on the MA Creative Writing, even though it was the prose track I’d applied for. I know of one other person that’s had this. Not heard of any rejections, so wondering if this is just how they’re splitting things as my works tends more towards the spec fic than lit fic.

Got ya! U feel like that makes sense because the prose track focuses on lit fic. Though haven't heard of any waitlists or rejections so starting to fear its an everyone gets in situation. Debating between the prose program and oxford so I'm confused

Reply 3

I’ve decided to just base it on where got the lecturers who’ve written the books that have most impressed me, and whose got the best module lists.

Seems everywhere’s being pretty generous at the moment. A buyers market I guess - UK’s universities are all pretty screwed.

Apparently UEA have had a massive round of redundancies in the past couple of years and potentially more in the works.

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I’ve decided to just base it on where got the lecturers who’ve written the books that have most impressed me, and whose got the best module lists.
Seems everywhere’s being pretty generous at the moment. A buyers market I guess - UK’s universities are all pretty screwed.
Apparently UEA have had a massive round of redundancies in the past couple of years and potentially more in the works.

Can I ask what youve heard about these redundancies? Also what do you know about the selectivity of the program?

Reply 5

There was lots in the press around the last lot, and I’m friends with lecturers at other unis who shared about some of the more recent stuff that’s been going on. Can’t say anymore on the selectivity as don’t know any more on that than what I’ve already said.

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