hey all,
i was wondering if anyone had any information about the practice of getting more than one MFA.
i have several professors who have told me that i should at least apply and consider grad school straight out of undergrad and i agree that i feel ready for an MFA and would get a lot out of it
i talked about the fact that i would really appreciate going to a well-funded MFA program if i go next year because i already have some undergrad debt but if i got into a top program (vcu is the dream) with little funding, i wouldn't want to pass up the opportunity. the response from a few people has been to go for the money now, build a stable practice, pay off my current debts etc and then apply to top programs later.
this seems like weird advice to me for some reason but also does make sense if it's as good as it sounds, the opportunity to have the MFA experience twice... i mean, are MFA programs reluctant to accept people who already hold MFAs? or is it otherwise detrimental in anyone's opinion? i don't want to make a rash decision, only apply to funded schools and regret it ... and i can really not afford to just apply to all types of schools right now and decide later unfortunately :/