tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post113562690571141619..comments2024-03-28T02:14:08.783-07:00Comments on THE MFA BLOG: Mailbag for December 26th, 2005Tom Kealeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913868167191023096noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-54799072005537423092010-03-11T20:51:45.146-08:002010-03-11T20:51:45.146-08:00If I were to wager a guess at why, I’d say that us...If I were to wager a guess at why, I’d say that users don’t “browse” forms. The interaction style users engage in with forms is different, and requires its own study and design best practices. This is a very interesting post, and the comments are also fantastic to read. I’ll have poses to have a little re-think about my own contact form on our new website, as this some interesting questions! <br /><a href="http://www.onlineuniversalwork.com" rel="nofollow">sketch overseas</a>mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15253713525321157065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-1135831788643264662005-12-28T20:49:00.000-08:002005-12-28T20:49:00.000-08:00Happy new year to you too! I can't wait to see th...Happy new year to you too! I can't wait to see the book--I'm neither applying to nor teaching in an MFA program, but as a teacher of undergraduates I think it's going to be a really invaluable resource for me in my advising work.<BR/><BR/>One suggestion about getting personal statements: ask your letter-writers if they can help. It is likely that at least one of them will have written on behalf of MFA-applying students in previous years, at least some of whom will have had successful applications. If I were your professor & writing for you, I would be very happy to put you in touch with further-along students of mine who would almost invariably be happy to e-mail you their personal statements so you can take a look at ones that worked. <BR/><BR/>(However I repeat Tom's caution above, that while the personal statement needs to be as good as you can make it it's the writing sample that you will really be centrally judged on--this, I think, is a difference between MFA and PhD applications, in the latter we do look very closely at the writing sample but I find the personal statement gives me a better sense of whether it's going to be a good fit. In the former, not so much.)Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-1135794711781755122005-12-28T10:31:00.000-08:002005-12-28T10:31:00.000-08:00All my applications are in, but I ordered the book...All my applications are in, but I ordered the book on Dec. 26th. I'm hoping that I'll be accepted at so many schools...I'll need your book to sort them out.<BR/><BR/>All the best!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com