Hello, everyone! May I join in your freak-outs?
A little about me: I'm a Senior in English Ed waiting to hear back from the 5 MFA programs I applied to. Even though I'm pretty confident in my writing, I'm nervous that I won't be accepted because I'm applying straight from my undergrad to grad school. Does anyone have any experience with this?
I mostly applied to small programs because I really want that community feel from my MFA program. I've heard that bigger, more prestigious universities can be very competitive, and this does not sound appealing to me. Am I crazy for only applying to 5? (Well, 4, if we're being serious. Vanderbilt? lolz.)
Vanderbilt (because why not.)
U Colorado (because Boulder.)
U Oregon (because Eugene.)
U Miami (small, diverse, pretty excellent funding if they offer it.)
Florida Atlantic University (small, pretty setting, respectable faculty.)
I have heard next to nothing in the forums about U Miami and FAU, and I think I'm actually the most excited and hopeful about these 2, so if anyone has any tidbits of info at all, I owe you my first born son.