Ogwick

Here here! Well said. I have the same thoughts percolating through my own head recently

Hello fellow sci nerd! Just wanted to echo with my background Last English class I took was in high school. Tested out of every writing and English class when I went to undergrad at Northwestern to study Chemical Engineering (but did read a lot for my International Studies Minor — which included having to read, analyze and discuss Günter Grass’s “The Tin Drum” all in the original German. I left that part out of my Iowa MFA application because it sounds way too “Extra,” to quote gen-z circa 2015). But I have always enjoyed writing my thoughts down and created great stories around my D&D campaigns growing up. I applied to get a MFA to try something totally new and different to push my boundaries — to try something I’ve always wanted to do. Creativity and passion are needed to be successful in anything. Not degrees In terms of getting in, it will help not hurt, IMHO MFA Programs state they want diversity of thought and experiences in the room. If everyone in a MFA group is a 25 yr old English major from Smith College writing about sad girls looking out gentrified second story windows in Brooklyn on rainy days worrying about her fate in life - then it won’t open up the discussion much. Throw in terms like Ligand - that’s what you’re there for!

Are there non Facebook ways to see this?

Can we get a link to the spreadsheet as well updating dates here too?

I assume Northwestern’s emails went out at “normal time” this year? So far it appears this is similar to past years even with the snow etc