Creative Writing Program?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tulane University
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<p>Does Tulane have a good writing program. I'm interested in getting an English Degree with a concentration in Creative Writing if I go there.</p>

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<p>That was exactly my D’s second major. She says the program is very good with several different paths you can follow. She said her one complaint is that one or two of the profs were a bit narrow in their thinking when it came to certain genres. That made her feel a bit more restricted than she would have liked in that particular class, but overall it wasn’t a problem. In fact they were fine with her doing her honors thesis on something that was in one of those genres. Anyway, Tulane is always having guest authors to do readings and talks and the occasional extra workshop. It is a popular major at Tulane, the advanced workshops always have a lot of demand, but as far as I know everyone was able to get them in within the normal 4 year time frame for a degree.</p>

<p>Tulane also just hired an accomplished creative writer and professor so that will be someone you could have available if you attend. <a href=“http://tulane.edu/news/releases/pr_041614.cfm”>http://tulane.edu/news/releases/pr_041614.cfm&lt;/a&gt; All in all Tulane has traditionally been strong in this area and of course New Orleans is considered a Mecca for writers.</p>

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<p>What did your D do after graduating?</p>

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<p>Her primary major was Asian Studies with an emphasis on China. She just graduated in December, which I think you already knew from other posts. The following is a brag alert, but it is more to emphasize how successful Tulane grads can be. She is getting ready to head to Washington DC for an internship with the Department of State within their Asian Bureau. I have to tell you, these internships are extremely hard to get, the competition is fierce with a lot of applicants from the Ivy schools and similar tier schools as well as the local schools like Georgetown, GW and American, as well as many others of course. She was over the moon when she got it. Interestingly one of the things her interviewer focused on was her service learning semester editing and writing articles for a newspaper designed to assist the homeless, which highlights the multiple benefits of service learning beyond the obvious help it gives the community.</p>

<p>After that she is off to Stanford for her graduate work in China Studies. She won a scholarship (one of five at Stanford) which pays her tuition and fees and an additional $15K a year to cover room and board, at least almost all of it. So of course we are unbelievably proud and pleased, but like I said I think it also shows how strong an outcome a Tulane student can achieve. She will see where all this takes her, but naturally the Foreign Service is on her radar. Hopefully this summer in DC will result in lots of contacts for when she finishes grad school.</p>

<p>P.S. - I should have mentioned that she also was accepted to Harvard, Hopkins, and Berkeley (as well as some “safeties”) and she knew from the start that if she got into them all it would be between Harvard and Stanford. It turns out that Harvard doesn’t decide on their scholarships until July, which is weird since the deadline for telling the schools if you accept their offer is April 15. So of course she took the sure thing. I think if Harvard had given her a similar scholarship she would have picked Harvard but it was extremely close between the two.</p>

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<p>Wow! You must be so proud. That is very impressive! Thank you for sharing your daughter’s accomplishments. I wish her all the best in her internship and at Stanford.</p>

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<p>Thanks. We are proud of her, but I really use it to show all the people that think you have to attend an Ivy or similar school to be successful at getting into top programs, be it medical schools, law schools, or anything else that Tulane grads can compete with the best out there. Obviously my D isn’t the only one by a long shot.</p>

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<p>@sydh0311‌ - I assume you have made your decision by now, but I just saw this today and thought you might like to see it.

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