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Hey Guys, Before everyone leaves this forum, does anyone want to stay on here or make a new forum for nerding out about creative writing? I think it would be fun for people to have a summer community space to either read each other's work, recommend books or just talk about creative writing in general? I know since undergrad I have missed talking to people in the field. I'll still be writing and working on new content over the summer! Let me know! ?

I would still have chosen UNH mostly because I liked the program alot more, and well, I got a half scholarship so it all worked out! Ryan Van Meter is my hero though, so when I saw he was on the faculty at USF I think I cried lol. If you haven't read his memoir "If You Knew Then What I Know Now." I totally recommend it. I've read it over three times and used it in my English undergrad senior thesis.

Hi There, I have also yet to hear from USF, although I decided to accept University of New Hampshire. Hopefully we will hear something soon just to have the information ya know?

Okay I'm going to pitch in my two cents here on this topic. (Not hating or directly responding to anyone, this is my perspective.) The way I see it, if you're going through any type of grad program, you're going to be in debt for something. People say an MFA degree is fiscally irresponsible because the jobs you get out of it will not equalize out your loans or the debt you rack up while in the program. Well, I knew I wasn't going to be a millionaire when I declared my English and History double major in college and I knew to get anywhere in either field I would have to get a Masters, thus spending more money. I also heard the same speech about going into debt with law school too because I wanted to be a Public Interest Lawyer. Everyone said "dear god please tell me you're going into literally anything else." People in Public Interest Law make one of the lowest amounts of money per year in the field...so everyone said I was royally screwed. I was damned if I wanted to go to law school and damned if I wanted to get an MFA. If I was in it for the money, I would have gone into Corporate Law instead. With the MFA degree, fully funded programs are one of the only ways some students can afford to go, I understand that. Money isn't funny. But in the broader scheme of things, if you can. weigh your options and make the choice that's right for you, especially this year since most colleges and universities are struggling financially. It might be a higher price tag but maybe the program is worth it.

Big mood. Maybe that troll should spend more time writing instead of being vindictive and wasting everyone's time. If we ignore it...maybe it'll go away...?

Hey have you guys committed to going to anywhere yet for your MFA programs? I'd like to know where you all are headed!

YASSS I'll see you there! ? Anyone else on here committed to UNH?

Also got rejected from WashU, but they only had like 10 spots this year! Onward and Upward! Whats Next?

Hey, Totally not just you. When I was in the process of applying to my MFA programs I was busy outlining, drafting and editing like crazy. But now while I'm busy hearing back from places I haven't written anything of consequence. The inspiration and motivation isn't there right now. I also know I wrote better huddled in the library at my liberal arts school than I do at home, so sometimes I go for a walk and climb a tree instead! It will all come back eventually!

Hey Everyone! I just wanted to say I will be attending University of New Hampshire's MFA Creative Writing program in the fall! If any of you are as well I would love to say hi!

Hey guys, Just you know there's a book I got awhile back called: "The Insiders Guide to Graduate Degrees in Creative Writing." published in 2018 by Seth Abramson. If I had found this forum sooner I would have recommended it sooner! Its a reference like anything else, but it holds better information than from 2012! You can get it on Amazon. Here is the description: "The Insider's Guide to Graduate Degrees in Creative Writing answers frequently asked questions on such topics as: · Application prerequisites · Program sizes and durations · Funding · Acceptance rates · Cost of living · Program curricula and demographics · Workshopping techniques · Student-faculty ratios · Residency options · Postgraduate fellowship placement · Postgraduate job placement · Programs' reputations and histories The book also includes comprehensive and up-to-date hard data on the hundreds of terminal-degree graduate creative writing programs available throughout the US, UK, and internationally, making this an essential read for anyone planning to pursue a low- or full-residency graduate creative writing degree." ISBN: 978-1350000407

Cool thanks!

Okay that makes more sense honestly! thank you!

Okay thanks good to know! I haven't gotten any email from them as of late so we will see!

Hey Guys, Has anyone heard from University of Washington's MFA program? do they email you or do you just check the portal? Hope you all are doing okay in this insane application season!

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing." Honestly I should have just looked for this passage in my huge Bedford textbook I still have laying around! I do not miss that Shakespeare class!

Cool, being a ghost might give me some writing inspiration then! "My hour is almost come, When I to sulph'rous and tormenting flames..."

Yeah! I would have expected my angsty son Hamlet to come waltzing in here by now too! Seems fitting if he showed up! (P.S: new here, I'm a MFA Creative Nonfiction human!)

Hi There, I heard from University of Wyoming a week ago for Creative Nonfiction. Hope you hear back soon!