tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37593326.post116786423285587341..comments2023-03-30T01:32:12.632-07:00Comments on .: MFA Rankings?!?Anthony Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15344532091414013818noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37593326.post-1167866979442063382007-01-03T15:29:00.000-08:002007-01-03T15:29:00.000-08:00The CW program at Pitt was dreadful too. Whatever...The CW program at Pitt was dreadful too. Whatever. People like their dopey lists. <BR/><BR/>The only helpful list is a grocery list. And perhaps a record of past lovers. I write a lot of to-do lists and sometimes I rank those items. Maybe I should make a list and rank past lovers. Now that's a list that could help people make the corrrect choice.<BR/><BR/>There is no such thing as an accurate MFA ranking. As someone who attended two MFA programs and graduated from one, here's my advice: 1. Make sure you can afford the luxury because it sure isn't an investment (in terms of future earning potential -- my hireability actually went down after I graduated, employers thought I was freaky for going to grad school for poetry). Wanna full-time teaching job with benefits? Hah hah hah. 2. Pick a program that has poets you want to study with and prepare yourself for possible disappointment. 3. Once you graduate, consider what you learned, promptly forget it, move on, start over.<BR/><BR/>Have you started those poetry seminars we talked about last year? Cash cow, baby. I'll put you in my top ten rankings. Right below Little Rebbie's Finishing School for Wayward Poets. <BR/><BR/>-- The HeadmistressRLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11664518356375046609noreply@blogger.com