ItisJohn

Thanks for the input, guys! My situation is just a little difficult, as I can't travel for a MA right now. My fiancée is doing the MAT program this year so if I did an MA, it would have to be online. We've agreed to let her finish the MAT and then travel wherever we might need for a PhD program that I get into. Hence, the two year wait. I could start a MA in the spring I suppose. Does anyone have any online MA recommendations?

I should have given more details, sorry about that! I'm finishing up my BA in English with Concentration in Lit. I'm nearly 28 and took four years off, two of those years were spent in Russia (fluent in the language now). This final semester of my undergrad studies, I'm a teacher's assistant for a Russian Lit class. Unfortunately, I feel I've waited too long to apply for a MA program for the fall. I want to teach at the university level, with my concentrations being Modernist/Post-Modernist/Contemporary Lit. and Russian Literature. I'm getting married in May so the hope is to find a teaching position while I'm either in the MAT or MFA. No desire to teach in primary school for a long term occupation. My literature professors have suggested the MAT as a stepping stone, and with a fluency in Russian, a PhD program won't be a hard thing to get into. The MFA would be more interesting to me and would have literature related subjects. I'm just wanting some opinions on what looks better to PhD programs? I'm thinking about LSU and Ole Miss for the PhD in Literature. My grade point is a 2.8 (due to my laziness as a 18-21 year old) but the last few semesters I've made nothing lower than a few B's. By the end of the spring semester it should be at 3.0 or a little higher. The university I attend now has an MFA program and the dean has seen my writing and was impressed, so there wouldn't be a problem getting into the program.

I'm looking for advice on whether to apply for the MAT or MFA with the intent to apply for a PhD program after completing the MAT or MFA. I would do the MA in English but seeing as it's already January and most schools want applications in before the new year, I'm considering other options. I love writing and the MFA would have subjects that interest me, the MAT, not so much, but the majority of my college professors (two that have MFA's and one that holds a PhD) have told me go to the MAT. I'm just looking for a little outside advice. Thanks!