<p>Hokay, so i know Creative Writing is somewhat hard to rank, and probably all schools are the same in this department, but i dunno really. heres the question:</p>
<p>Is there a school with a significantly more prestigious creative Writing program? if not, tell me that theres not.</p>
<p>thanks all, in advance</p>
<p>Pretty much all of the LACs...places like Oberlin, and I'm tempted to say Skidmore and Bard?</p>
<p>Undergrad CW programs are pretty hard to nail down, but Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, and Knox College all have very strong undergrad creative writing. Also, not all programs are equal. You definitely want to check out the kind of writing being produced by faculty at a given school as well as the depth and breadth of course offerings. Not all creative writing programs are created equally. </p>
<p>Graduate is a whole different story---Chapel Hill is probably the best known, I think, but Princeton has a strong program, as does Northwestern for TV\film writing, NYU, and many other schools.</p>
<p>justalilconfused --</p>
<p>Are you aware that there has been an earlier post asking the same question about creative writing programs? Check it out, because many schools are listed.</p>
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<p>Iowa's program is very prestigious.</p>
<p>Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Iowa
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Virginia</p>
<p>Isn't Iowa considered the best? </p>
<p>I'm a writer and that's what I'd always understood. But, I do not know if their great masters program translates into great undergrad.</p>
<p>While I can't compare it to others, I studied creative writing at Cornell (not as a major but as a concentration) and was very happy with the quality / professional credibility of professors as respected writers in their own rights, the personal attention, the small class size, and the program's long but perhaps under appreciated history of solid contributions to literature and creative writing from both graduates and professors. Somewhere on Cornell's website is quite a formidable list of writers that have been involved with Cornell in one way or another.</p>
<p>There is essentially no connection between Iowa's graduate (MFA) Writers Workshop and its undergraduate program--the two programs have essentially different faculties. This is true at many of the universities known for their graduate programs. From my perspective, you should not choose an undergraduate program based on a university's graduate offerings.</p>
<p>An exception to ^ is Johns Hopkins' Writing Seminars (ranked by USNWR as #2 behind #1 Iowa). Its the same faculty for undergraduates and graduate students (except for the intro writing course which is taught by TA's in small sections).</p>
<p>Sarah Lawrence & Princeton</p>
<p>Bonanza, I am not sure if JHU is such an exception. I had friends who majored in Creative Writing at Michigan and they had the same faculty as graduate students, particularly at the 300 and 400 levels. Of course, that's not surprising considering that there are only 25-30 Creative Writing undergrads at any point in time. I would be surprised if that weren't the case at Brown, Columbia, Cornell or UVa.</p>
<p>COLUMBIA ALL THE WAY!!! If you're interested, apply to the summer program in creative writing at Columbia.....very prestigious and has the rep. for being REALLY fun!!!</p>
<p>Don't discount Iowa just yet! Starting fall of 2008, there will be a selective undergrad creative writing program. </p>
<p>Undergraduate</a> Writing: The University of Iowa Department of English</p>
<p>Also, at Iowa, undergrads are allowed to take courses with the international writing program and attend all of the readings the grads do. </p>
<p>Also, I can't believe no one has mentioned this one yet-Kenyon!
If you're a girl, Smith College (or any of the 7 sisters, now 6) are good choices as well.</p>
<p>I also know that UChicago lets you major in English with a Creative Writing minor. </p>
<p>Are you looking specifically for a Creative Writing major or an English major with creative writing concentration?</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Going with silver, Carnegie Mellon's Creative Writing major was #1 a while ago, dunno where it is at now but it's definitely top.</p>
<p>Hamilton is known for their creative writing. Lousy remote location though.</p>