U of Texas-Austin

Oh, yeah! I'm tackling the beast just like everyone else. Moments ago, I submitted my online application. This is a huge moment me. Hell, this type of moment would be a major one for anyone applying to any school, any program. This is the moment when you announce your devotion to the application process. It is official, says the -$50 from my checking account:

I am a prospective MFA candidate!

That felt darn good to say. But it also felt forces me to open my eyes a bit wider. In less than a year, if I'm lucky, I will be in an entirely new city and new community, meeting and greeting with fellow artists day in and out. I'll be searching for new places to kill time, all the while practicing time management. With all of my might, I trying to keep this post from becoming one big 'ole epiphany blurb. On that note, I should end here. :)

Good Luck to everyone out there,

-T. L. Robertson

GRE

To say that I'm annoyed because I have to take this GRE is an understatement. (Livid is an overstatement.) A friend of mine let me borrow his books from when he took the test some two or three years ago. I flipped through it yesterday night at around 2am. One thought: where in the hell do they find these words? A second thought: This can't possibly tell anyone if I'm a talented writer or not. All of those GRE-requiring programs out there need to take a page from Brown and Iowa; the GRE should not be required for MFA applicants, case closed. Sure, I understand that it usually isn't the CW department whose responsible for this requirement. I also understand that universities may use these scores to influence your financial aid packets. But, darn, is there a better way?

The MFA

Is anyone else out there feeling the pressure? With all of those iddy-biddy acceptance rates dancing across every school website I visit, I cannot be the only one who is a little intimidated. Come on, 3%....7%......11%! Are you kidding me? Ivy League undergrad admissions have nothing on these selectivity rates. Now that I think about, I need to honestly sit back a device a second back-up plan just in case things don't flow so smoothly come March madness (not the B-ballin season).