Hey guys!
I have a question about MFA applications. I read somewhere that most schools don't like to see genre writing and I'm afraid that my writing is, well, GENREish... From those who have been accepted/have applied before, what type of writing are admissions people looking for? And could you give a synopsis/example of what you wrote? I have all of my possible writing samples done (need editing, of course) but I want a general idea.
This is the list of schools I'm applying to:
Brown University
Cornell University
Syracuse University
Vanderbilt University
The New Writers Project (UT)
Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL)
Helen Zell Writers' Program (UMass)
University of Alabama
University of Iowa
Lousiana State University
Texas State University
McNeese State University
The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley (my undergrad and safety school)
Our Lady of The Lake University (new MA-MFA hybrid program)
The City College of New York (CUNY)