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This year I am reapplying to grad school. I'm applying to all the schools to be admitted into two different programs: the Creative Writing MFA and the English MA. I feel like if I don't get into the former I probably have more of a chance with the latter. So far, the schools I'm applying to are:
Washington University in St Louis, University of Florida, University of Texas, New York University, University of Houston, Saint Mary's College of California.
I'm also looking into University of Michigan, Otis College of Art and Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Notre Dame, University of New Orleans, Emerson College, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of New Hampshire, Rutgers University, City College of New York, The New School, Sarah Lawrence College, Syracuse University, Ohio State University, Chatham University, University of Pittsburgh, University of South Carolina, Vanderbuilt University, Goddard College, George Mason University, Hollins University, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, anywhere that does MFAs in Creative Writing in Alaska, University of New Brunswick, University of British Columbia anywhere that does MFAs in Creative Writing in Canada, University of East Anglia in the UK, anywhere that does MFAs in Creative Writing in any English speaking country such as the UK, Australia, or New Zealand, and English MA programs anywhere in Europe, particularly the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Poland, and English MA programs anywhere in the world, including Argentina, South Africa, India, China, Russia, and Egypt.
Um, so. The purpose of this post is to ask if anyone has any advice on any of these universities, any of these locations, any English MA programs, any Creative Writing MFA programs, any grad programs, getting into grad programs, writing portfolios, and stuff. I'm just trying to gather any info I can on the process of choosing and applying, as I have failed so spectacularly in the past.
So how 'bout that Buffy 6 comic?
Washington University in St Louis, University of Florida, University of Texas, New York University, University of Houston, Saint Mary's College of California.
I'm also looking into University of Michigan, Otis College of Art and Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Notre Dame, University of New Orleans, Emerson College, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of New Hampshire, Rutgers University, City College of New York, The New School, Sarah Lawrence College, Syracuse University, Ohio State University, Chatham University, University of Pittsburgh, University of South Carolina, Vanderbuilt University, Goddard College, George Mason University, Hollins University, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, anywhere that does MFAs in Creative Writing in Alaska, University of New Brunswick, University of British Columbia anywhere that does MFAs in Creative Writing in Canada, University of East Anglia in the UK, anywhere that does MFAs in Creative Writing in any English speaking country such as the UK, Australia, or New Zealand, and English MA programs anywhere in Europe, particularly the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Poland, and English MA programs anywhere in the world, including Argentina, South Africa, India, China, Russia, and Egypt.
Um, so. The purpose of this post is to ask if anyone has any advice on any of these universities, any of these locations, any English MA programs, any Creative Writing MFA programs, any grad programs, getting into grad programs, writing portfolios, and stuff. I'm just trying to gather any info I can on the process of choosing and applying, as I have failed so spectacularly in the past.
So how 'bout that Buffy 6 comic?
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God, I know exactly what you mean. I actually had a pretty bad undergrad experience for that reason.
I always thought I'd retire my Wild Life Of Authorly Disrepute as a professor, but I thought it would be when I was old enough to shake my cane at all the ...well, mostly it's the arrogance that drives me buggy!
My mom is a teacher too, at high school. I've thought about doing that too, but the main thing is, I want to be a writer in my free time, whatever I do, and teaching grade school is exhausting. I'm afraid I wouldn't have the energy to create original fiction if I taught that, whereas if you're a prof you can have a much more lenient schedule.
Middle school is the most strenuous! That is going to be such a challenge, but so rewarding too. I know exactly what you mean about the moment kids figure something out. My mom teaches art, and it's at...a kind of low income, underprivileged school, and when the kids realize that they can DO this, create beautiful things--sometimes it can change their whole lives, and I've seen it happen. It's so wonderful. I'm glad you want to do something like that!
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And along the lines of college students sometimes equal OHGOODLORDWHYAREN'TYOUDEDFROMDUMBYET -- in my FOURTH YEAR class on Gender and Sanctity in the middle ages, there were a LOT of people who needed to have the idea of the holy trinity explained. At length. Also, in my contemporary Canadian Lit course (that prof is a whole 'nother story...groan...) the majority of the class was shocked -- shocked! -- at the face that in the novel set in Rural, coastal Newfoundland pre-WW2, there were tensions btw Catholics and Pratestants! How do you get to that level in school and NOT KNOW THESE THINGS ARGH ARGH ARGH ARGH....
Ok, deep breaths. ALSO, I'm loving 'Another One Like It Tomorrow' -- i keep forgetting to leave feedback! It is so amazing -- my mind, she is blown.
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But I had the opposite problem as you in college. Like, I felt like the kids there were ...snobs. And most of them were rich and white a privileged and went to these ritzy private schools when they where in grade school. I didn't. I went to the school my mom teaches at, where sometimes my teachers barely spoke English, where *all* the classic lit reading I did was on my own, because in senior English the assigned reading was Harry Potter. (Which I still resent, even though it was then and there my HP love was founded, and I'm lovin' your HP icons btw. The Sorcerer's Stone, though, is NOT what Senior AP English students should be reading.)
So I got to college, and I got a bunch of people asking me stuff like, "How could you not know that?" and "how did you even get into this school?" and "I thought you were smart". But that I mean, is understandable. If you've had a good education it's weird when people around you haven't. But what I *really* hated was the cultural aspect. Like, you're déclassé or obviously unenlightened if you like Blockbuster movies, as opposed to indie films, or if you read fantasy, as opposed to Sarte, or if you don't follow politics and current events, or if you write fanfiction. Good grief.
Sorry for the rant. I really detested that aspect of college and should never talk about it.
HEE. Thanks so much--glad you like the fic!
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I love fanfiction and Blockbuster movies. Also, come visit me! I keep trying to get
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