<p>Georgia Governor's Honor Program is only for rising Jrs and Srs who live in Georgia. 6 weeks long and free. It was competitive so my daughter feels gratified to be chosen.</p>
<p>I cannot believe how difficult these writing programs (Kenyon, UVA, Iowa) are to get in to! Really we were so na</p>
<p>I'm not too sure now.</p>
<p>Honestly, it kind of p***** me off, because I'm to the point with the teachers at my school that they can't edit my work for anything other than stupid mistakes, but I guess I'm not talented enough for these programs. I'm left hovering in the middle not able to procede with help from anybody but myself.</p>
<p>Musicallylatin, if you have a college in your hometown, you should seek out a mentor there. My daughter works with a creative writing professor at Emory University who is incredibly gracious with his time. She sends him her latest work about once a month and then he meets with her at a nearby Starbucks a bit later to discuss it. She comes home with heavily marked up work and a big smile on her face. </p>
<p>Her initial contact with this professor was an email requesting time with him to get recommendations for college options (she wants out of Atlanta). He asked for a sample of her writing and it just went from there. If she keeps up the relationship, she will be able to ask him for a college recommendation to boot.</p>
<p>If it makes you feel any better, he thinks my daughter has genuine talent but she was waitlisted at UVA and Kenyon and we expect the same response from Iowa. She was "priority waitlisted" at UVA; is that a step closer?</p>
<p>What’s priority waitlisted?</p>
<p>That’s a good idea. Should I just email explaining my situation and asking for a bit of help, or how should I go about it?</p>
<p>Just to make everyone more anxious than we already are, (or realive those who realize their letters aren’t in their mailbox), this is on the Iowa site;</p>
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<p>Musicallylatin, you can write me offline at lsokolow-at-cdc.gov and I can give you ways to approach a professor.</p>
<p>I haven’t a clue what priority waitlisted means. Sounds special but it probably isn’t.</p>
<p>I sent an email your way. :)</p>
<p>:( Uh-oh. I foresee the rejection now.</p>
<p>You’re not the only one, sweetheart.</p>
<p>I’m prepped for the worse now. I’m telling all of my friends to remind me the probability of me getting accepted is zero to none. </p>
<p>Ah well. Next year maybe.</p>
<p>I’ve already had a change of plans and wouldn’t be able to make the Iowa program anyway, but it will still be disappointing if/when (haha) I receive a rejection letter.</p>
<p>But good luck, Musicallylatin.</p>
<p>I think I’m going to need it. :)</p>
<p>I’m going to die during college admishions. I really and truly am.</p>
<p>Hi–my first time posting. I just wanted to tell those of you on wait lists to hang in there. My son was accepted to both Kenyon and UVA and is waiting to hear from Sewanee and Iowa. He’ll only choose one, so someone will come off the wait list at the others. He applied to so many because he had no idea what his chances would be.</p>
<p>Does anyone know when the Sewanee decisions come out?</p>
<p>My daughter got accepted at Sewanee- letter arrived yesterday.</p>
<p>Hey, I don’t know if this is helpful, but I’m a published fiction writer with an MFA from a very prestigious writing program. And I have to say that I feel for you—I’m sure you all love writing, and you should keep it that way! All this pressure early on is misplaced. I mean, I understand that these programs are exciting and congrats to those who get in. But, for those of you who don’t get into a program: It’s meaningless. I really mean it. Meaningless. I mean, I know you want to get in, I understand that, but really and truly, I have seen SO MANY young writers who are terrible at 20, who become absolutely fabulous at , say, 25 or 30. And vice versa. I have to say, all the writers I know think this writing thing - the emphasis on even a BFA in writing - at ever earlier ages is really misplaced. (The cynical ones think it is merely a cash cow for the college.) Every writer I know would say the same thing: Read a lot, write a lot, find your voice (takes a long time), have a lot of experiences, major in something you love in college, and don’t worry about a workshop/writing program until graduate school. Why? Because writing is a late maturing craft and I really think that this too-early emphasis has the potential to warp those who enter it too early, and destroy the souls/confidence of those who it deems are not ‘talented’ enough. Please believe me. Trust in yourselves, keep writing, writing, writing, love writing, keep reading, experience life.</p>
<p>I agree with hoveringmom. There is quite a bit of subjectivity to the selection process, and no one should be discouraged if he/she is not selected. My son has attended two academic summer camps, and while the course content was engaging and fun, what he most relished and benefited from was the opportunity to meet other like-minded students, to live like a college student, to travel outside his home region, and just to have the chance to write in an exciting, encouraging setting.</p>
<p>Thank both of you - especially hoveringmom.</p>
<p>Hi, Anyone going to the Duke Summer writing course next July?</p>
<p>the summer young writers institute at skidmore :</p>
<p>[Skidmore</a> College: NYS Summer Young Writers Institute](<a href=“http://cms.skidmore.edu/odsp/programs/youngwriters/index.cfm]Skidmore”>http://cms.skidmore.edu/odsp/programs/youngwriters/index.cfm)</p>
<p>has anyone else applied/ gone to this? i sent my application yesterday (deadline is april 15), but i was wondering if anyone knew just how hard it is to get into, if it’s well considered and whatnot…</p>
<p>it is only for new york state residents, so i assume that would make getting in a bit easier, no?</p>