tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post1609379921130947693..comments2024-03-28T02:14:08.783-07:00Comments on THE MFA BLOG: ChristmastimeTom Kealeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913868167191023096noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-38381407253645576722011-12-14T02:18:12.831-08:002011-12-14T02:18:12.831-08:00I would like to join your blog anyway so please co...I would like to join your blog anyway so please continue sharing with us. <br />Nice Post. Please visit our website for <a href="http://www.myessaypro.com/" rel="nofollow"> essay editing </a>myessaypro1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03346236507463735543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-89369847002620387762011-12-11T15:07:58.418-08:002011-12-11T15:07:58.418-08:00I Like the post . Please visit our website for F...I Like the post . Please visit our website for Freshman and Transfer College Admissions Consulting | San Francisco Bay Area <a href="http://www.c3admissionadvising.com/" rel="nofollow">college consulting</a>college consultinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327175817174428825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-54896678306136154392010-11-21T13:34:02.458-08:002010-11-21T13:34:02.458-08:00@ amanda
it's the louisville conference for l...@ amanda<br /><br />it's the louisville conference for literature and culture since 1900 (great conference, btw). i'm not presenting this year, just organizing & chairing the atwood society panel. i really only had the atwood paper to present, and i didn't want to put my paper in the running when i was going to be in the chair position. :) any chance you'll be at the conference?Staci R. Schoenfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245710172127430642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-26576864632124858182010-11-20T10:51:23.591-08:002010-11-20T10:51:23.591-08:00thereandbackagain: She was wonderful! She read an ...thereandbackagain: She was wonderful! She read an excerpt from The Year of the Flood and even sang the hymn from it (which a friend of hers had put to music). I'd seen her once before right after Oryx & Crake came out. She is a phenomenal, sharp, and witty woman. What conference will you be speaking at?amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277415223553671813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-7898459180340311342010-11-19T11:58:32.706-08:002010-11-19T11:58:32.706-08:00Margaret Atwood! Be still my heart. I've orga...Margaret Atwood! Be still my heart. I've organized and I'm chairing a panel for the Margaret Atwood Society at an upcoming conference. I wrote my senior critical thesis on her (as well as my first MLA style paper in high school way back when). Was she awesome? We were just talking in one of my writing groups last night about meeting her, and how we would all be freaked out.Staci R. Schoenfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245710172127430642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-38888054635917993492010-11-19T07:45:17.752-08:002010-11-19T07:45:17.752-08:00Hi Blob,
Well, I did a lot of research. I looked...Hi Blob, <br /><br />Well, I did a lot of research. I looked at a lot of programs that were newer and less well-known. In fact, many of the schools I wanted most to go to were not first-tier schools. I applied to Michener just to see if I could get in. I didn't really want to not have teaching opportunities and be required to focus on two writing genres. But I had friends who'd been involved in less popular programs, like U Memphis and VCU. And I knew they'd had such positive experiences that I wanted to apply to those. Other places, I was just taken with their descriptions, like on the website and such. Colorado-Boulder was one of those. Like Vanderbilt, they'd had a long established non-MFA program and recently added the MFA. And I also knew those were cities I'd love to live in. So I would definitely suggest looking at some of the other schools, like on the Underrated Creative Writing Programs list and see if any of those sound good enough to add to your list. <br /><br />And blanket the field. I had applied for MFA's once several years ago and got waitlisted at 3 schools, only accepted to 1, and it would have required too much debt to go. So this time, I applied to 17, was accepted outright to 3, waitlisted at 4, and rejected from 10. I got in off the waitlist at 2 (and withdrew my name before I heard back from other two). I was completely broke when I did applications, and put most of the fees on my credit card. But now? Fully funded in a great program and totally worth it. <br /><br />As far as choosing, it wasn't much of a choice. Although I really loved all the schools I got into, Vanderbilt was the only one that wooed me and was offering a full ride. So for me, although it was hard for a while to relinquish dreams of Boulder (where I got in unfunded), the enthusiasm of the department for my work, the location, the students, and the funding all led me to accepting Vanderbilt.amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277415223553671813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-45238991866468372762010-11-19T07:18:14.473-08:002010-11-19T07:18:14.473-08:00Oh She-Ra, she was awesome. Her horse, obviously c...Oh She-Ra, she was awesome. Her horse, obviously cooler.<br /><br />I kept meaning to try to put some more under the radar schools on my list. But at the end I didn't. I only put schools I was REALLY excited about and unfortunately all were in the first tier. But I think I'd rather do that and not get in anywhere than wonder 'what if I'd only taken a chance with an application to xyz school?' <br /><br />I don't have a strong first choice. But There is probably two tiers to my list. Hoping for anything. <br /><br />Do you have any other suggestions, Amanda, for the putting together of applications? Or how you came to decide on which school to go to (if you had choices)?FZAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769818831464552021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-66537538101119014252010-11-18T21:19:24.125-08:002010-11-18T21:19:24.125-08:00oh, swift wind, i get it. thank you.oh, swift wind, i get it. thank you.inkli__11https://www.blogger.com/profile/04697453300897401768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-83153116521644860912010-11-18T21:17:49.746-08:002010-11-18T21:17:49.746-08:00please--what is the name of the toy pictured here?...please--what is the name of the toy pictured here?<br /><br />it brought me endless hours of joy as a child. ENDLESS.inkli__11https://www.blogger.com/profile/04697453300897401768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-19629085407271474802010-11-18T21:02:01.417-08:002010-11-18T21:02:01.417-08:00Koty and anotherjenny: No problem! Let me know if ...Koty and anotherjenny: No problem! Let me know if you have any specific questions. I applied to several of the big schools, got waitlisted at a couple of them, but also rejected from some of the schools I thought I had a better chance at. I applied to 17 in all though. Crazy-making!amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277415223553671813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-7550808919188393082010-11-18T20:47:40.626-08:002010-11-18T20:47:40.626-08:00Your experience sounds exactly like what I'd l...Your experience sounds exactly like what I'd love. I'm applying to 7 schools, but I'm really pulling for Texas, Michigan, and Indiana (optimistic, I know!); like you said, aim high :)anotherjennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048823730603327483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15642985.post-12669834802511006282010-11-18T20:45:43.282-08:002010-11-18T20:45:43.282-08:00I'm applying for MFA programs right now. Iowa,...I'm applying for MFA programs right now. Iowa, Michigan, Brown, etc all the big ones. I'm so glad to have stumbled upon your blog tonight. It's great to hear some insight about the program and your experience while going through the app process right now. Thanks so much!!!The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02390317809906701758noreply@blogger.com