MFA Thread

>>8029680
People have told me to only do one if its fully or almost fully funded. But if you've just got money to blow (James Franco), then go ahead. If it's something you love, and assuming it won't wreck your life financially, go for it OP.

>>8029697
Yeah, financing school seems to be the biggest burden out of everything, sadly.

I hear they're useless.

Honestly, I can hardly think it isn't completely useless. I can't understand people are getting a debt so they can do in school what they could do themselves. I mean, what would you do? Creative writing? Photography? Do you need to pay 15,000$ to practice your passion? Also, creative writing is notorious around here for dismantling any talent you could have and instead replace it with the same, YA-level prose. Seriously, don't. Pay yourself a month abroad instead, it's a far better investment.

>>8029680
What's MFA? Some seppo thing?

Spend the money on a trip to India and toilet paper for the hotel room.

>>8032448
Yes, it is a certification that licenses natural-born Americans to bomb the middle east.

>>8032478
Sounds bretty good.

>>8032394
If you do art that requires expensive materials, free use of the facilities (like the kilns and metalworking shit) is pretty much worth the money on its own.

>>8032644
Yeah, but this is /lit/ so I assume OP is asking about an MFA in creative writing

People say it isn't worth the money, but if you have the money to spare/get full funding, gives you time to dedicate to your writing that you might not have otherwise.