If you are thinking of getting an MFA and are fortunate enough to be accepted, don't go. I write this presuming you have to pay for the degree somehow. I write this also acknowledging that I would not have my current life if I hadn't gotten an MFA. Mine is from Columbia's School of the Arts in the noble field of playwriting. Without that opportunity, I wouldn't have met a countless number of the best friends I have. …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:00PM on July 9, 2013