Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Location: My Room
Task #29 Completely Research at Least Two Grad School Options
Wow, I realized I totally forgot to add this blog. Fail.
Anyway, after researching 4 schools at which I could possibly advance my creative writing education I realized I will need to take an intermediate step before going ahead into a degree program. I looked at Roosevelt University, UIC, Northeastern, and Triton.
Triton would be an option for the intermediate step. As for the other schools the primary concern is the writing samples and my undergrad degree. Since my undergrad degree is not in english I don't have many viable options for writing samples. Not to mention some a couple of the schools may not even consider my application without an English or English Education Degree. The next concern would be the cost. Roosevelt was pretty much out of the question cost wise. The others would be doable if I was 100% committed to spending my money wisely...
So it seems that a dry run would be in my best interest. Triton offers a series of online writing courses that would help me learn a little more about the process of writing, refine my scarce existing skills, and by default arm me with samples that I would be able to use toward my application to the degree program best suited for me. The classes are inexpensive and easily accessible. They start eacg month and last for 6 weeks. This is probably the smartest decision for me at this stage of the game.
Now if I could just get over this procrastination thing and register.
Location: My Room
Task #29 Completely Research at Least Two Grad School Options
Wow, I realized I totally forgot to add this blog. Fail.
Anyway, after researching 4 schools at which I could possibly advance my creative writing education I realized I will need to take an intermediate step before going ahead into a degree program. I looked at Roosevelt University, UIC, Northeastern, and Triton.
Triton would be an option for the intermediate step. As for the other schools the primary concern is the writing samples and my undergrad degree. Since my undergrad degree is not in english I don't have many viable options for writing samples. Not to mention some a couple of the schools may not even consider my application without an English or English Education Degree. The next concern would be the cost. Roosevelt was pretty much out of the question cost wise. The others would be doable if I was 100% committed to spending my money wisely...
So it seems that a dry run would be in my best interest. Triton offers a series of online writing courses that would help me learn a little more about the process of writing, refine my scarce existing skills, and by default arm me with samples that I would be able to use toward my application to the degree program best suited for me. The classes are inexpensive and easily accessible. They start eacg month and last for 6 weeks. This is probably the smartest decision for me at this stage of the game.
Now if I could just get over this procrastination thing and register.
