Creative Writing

Can anyone share some schools with a creative writing MAJOR? Maybe if you know someone who went to one or you went to one, could you share some schools with creative writing? Thanks

Northwestern has a creative writing major, though you need to apply after already having taken some classes in writing at the university, and admission is competitive from that pool of students who have already taken writing classes.

Learn more: http://www.english.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/writing/

Edit: You can find a few more schools with majors in Creative Writing through the SuperMatch tool in the left column of this site, under “Find a College”. Northwestern isn’t listed there though, maybe since the major is in the department of English (its still its own major though).

Same scenario with the University of Iowa. It has both an undergrad and graduate CW major and, although the grad program is generally more well regarded, they both have a national reputation.

Thank you both very much! @thatrunnerkid @NerdMom88 Do either of you know of any LAC’s with a creative writing major? One of my dreams is Cornell

Try the “Find a College” option on this site, put in parameters of a creative writing major at an LAC, plus anything else you’re pretty sure you want, and see what comes up. Once you have a list, you can begin your research. Good luck!

You might find some of the posts here useful, particularly #5 as it specifically addresses creative writing programs at LACs:

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1914113-re-evaluating-college-list-need-advice-p1.html

Some schools have English majors with Creative Writing focuses/concentrations which could be worth looking into as well.

Thank you all so much!!! :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: @Lagging @NerdMom88 @apple23 @thatrunnerkid