Comments on: Bad Advice Wednesday: Decision Time, MFA http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/bad-advice-wednesday-decision-time-mfa/ Raise a glass to the lost arts of reading, writing, and drinking. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:31:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bill http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/bad-advice-wednesday-decision-time-mfa/comment-page-1/#comment-25368 Bill Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:22:10 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=4383#comment-25368 They should advertise it as a matchmaking service... They should advertise it as a matchmaking service…

]]> By: Doug Bliss http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/bad-advice-wednesday-decision-time-mfa/comment-page-1/#comment-25367 Doug Bliss Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:32:44 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=4383#comment-25367 I guess I'll go for it. Thanks again. I guess I’ll go for it.

Thanks again.

]]> By: Bill http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/bad-advice-wednesday-decision-time-mfa/comment-page-1/#comment-25366 Bill Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:04:33 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=4383#comment-25366 I visited the Vermont College program a few years back and it was so much fun and so terrific and intense--really great students with excellent results... I visited the Vermont College program a few years back and it was so much fun and so terrific and intense–really great students with excellent results…

]]> By: Dave http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/bad-advice-wednesday-decision-time-mfa/comment-page-1/#comment-25365 Dave Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:17:46 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=4383#comment-25365 Thank you, Kerry. Very kind! Thank you, Kerry. Very kind!

]]> By: Dave http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/bad-advice-wednesday-decision-time-mfa/comment-page-1/#comment-25364 Dave Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:17:09 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=4383#comment-25364 I sure did. The school was so-so but the wife was great. I sure did. The school was so-so but the wife was great.

]]> By: Dave http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/bad-advice-wednesday-decision-time-mfa/comment-page-1/#comment-25363 Dave Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:15:48 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=4383#comment-25363 I have heard great things about Vermont. I have heard great things about Vermont.

]]> By: Bill http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/bad-advice-wednesday-decision-time-mfa/comment-page-1/#comment-25362 Bill Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:19:46 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=4383#comment-25362 I worked as an electrician for a couple of years during college and when dropped out... Most of the low-res programs out there are really, really, good. And Vermont is terrific. Ask them directiy about your degree issues, why not? And my opinion is an MFA has got a lot of value that has nothing to do with material value. Those residencies are fun and very intense and very focussed and for most people, I think, life-changing. Then you have deadlines, and that means you're writing, and that someone who knows what she's doing is on the other end. And then you pull some wire. I worked as an electrician for a couple of years during college and when dropped out… Most of the low-res programs out there are really, really, good. And Vermont is terrific. Ask them directiy about your degree issues, why not? And my opinion is an MFA has got a lot of value that has nothing to do with material value. Those residencies are fun and very intense and very focussed and for most people, I think, life-changing. Then you have deadlines, and that means you’re writing, and that someone who knows what she’s doing is on the other end. And then you pull some wire.

]]> By: Doug Bliss http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/bad-advice-wednesday-decision-time-mfa/comment-page-1/#comment-25361 Doug Bliss Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:48:42 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=4383#comment-25361 Any advice on low-res programs? Are they up to snuff? I've been accepted at Vermont College of Fine Arts, but have been holding off on committing (I'm not convinced an MFA has much value for a self-employed electrician/goat farmer). Adding to my irresolution is the fact that I don't have an undergraduate degree. Will this automatically disqualify me from teaching a class here and there between electrical contracts? Should I send in my paperwork or stick to pulling wire and trimming hooves? Thanks in advance. Any advice on low-res programs? Are they up to snuff? I’ve been accepted at Vermont College of Fine Arts, but have been holding off on committing (I’m not convinced an MFA has much value for a self-employed electrician/goat farmer). Adding to my irresolution is the fact that I don’t have an undergraduate degree. Will this automatically disqualify me from teaching a class here and there between electrical contracts? Should I send in my paperwork or stick to pulling wire and trimming hooves?

Thanks in advance.

]]> By: Kerry Headley http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/bad-advice-wednesday-decision-time-mfa/comment-page-1/#comment-25359 Kerry Headley Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:37:45 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=4383#comment-25359 If I had taken the full-ride someplace else and made the smarter financial choice, I wouldn't have David Gessner on my thesis committee! Don't forget intuition. It's what led me to UNCW. Great post. If I had taken the full-ride someplace else and made the smarter financial choice, I wouldn’t have David Gessner on my thesis committee! Don’t forget intuition. It’s what led me to UNCW.

Great post.

]]> By: Bill http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/bad-advice-wednesday-decision-time-mfa/comment-page-1/#comment-25345 Bill Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:56:06 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=4383#comment-25345 No doubt you did it right. Because the other element is always, well, you! No doubt you did it right. Because the other element is always, well, you!

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