Masters in Fine Arts (Creative Writing)

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<p>Sorry for the crosspost but no one ever goes to the grad forum…and the parents on this forum have a reputation for being the most helpful…so here goes =)</p>

<p>Just random questions regarding MFAs in Creative Writing:</p>

<li><p>What are the top programs in the country? In particular, links to rankings or guides would be very helpful…</p></li>
<li><p>Do MFA programs look for academically strong canidates (high gpa, gres etc) or strong creative writers (high amount of quality published works already) or a balanced combination of the two?</p></li>
<li><p>Any general advice? I’m going to UCB in the Fall but have no published works to my name. I’m trying to get an internship for the summer with one of my cc English professors where I would basically be doing a directed studies in fiction. Should I do anything else? I really want to get into a top MFA program upon graduation.</p></li>
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<p>Thanks in advance =)</p>

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<p>The Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa. <a href="http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eiww/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.uiowa.edu/~iww/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I second the Writers' Workshop. Check out the bio of the new director, Lan Samantha Chang.
I believe that the program at BU with Leslie Epstein is also well-regarded.</p>