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Without doubt, my years spent in the NMSU MFA program have been some of the best, most memorable, and most…

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If you are looking up information on graduate writing programs on gradinsider.com you are absolutely nothing like me (you are…

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Why would you want to move to a sleepy desert town to pursue your MFA? Because that sleepy town fosters…

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I knew nothing. Nothing about poetry. Nothing about fiction. Nothing about teaching. In three years, I learned invaluable and permanent…

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The quality of the lectures I received at NMSU can't easily be put into words. I was constantly inspired by…

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The best experience of this writer's life. As other reviewers have made mention, the faculty at this program is outstanding.…

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I love the sense of community in this program and how everyone pitches in to make it work. There are…

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I've had an amazing time at NMSU. I want to echo what's been said about the strength of our community…

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The best part of my MFA has been exchanging work with all these great writers. How cool to be taken…

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The time I spent at NMSU honing my fiction was almost ethereally great--not so ethereal, though, because I came away…

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The instructors here are extraordinary. I'm struggling to explain how extraordinary without sounding hyperbolic. But they really taught me how…

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I’m going to admit that when an undergrad. prof first recommended the NMSU MFA program to me, I was excited…

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There are lots of reasons to pursue an MFA in creative writing. If what matters to you, the applicant, is…

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I'm in my second year, teaching an undergraduate creative writing class, and sometimes during our graduate workshop, the back of…

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this is a place where writers are encouraged to live as they write. the three year program keeps the course…

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This program is a great opportunity to write hard for three years, and to teach a reasonable load in a…

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Overall, my experience with the MFA program at NMSU was very positive. I entered the program young and very inexperienced…

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Like other leading programs, New Mexico State boasts distinguished and award-winning professors, renowned visiting professors, a thriving community of gifted…

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I had an amazing two years to NMSU and left without any debt at all. The faculty and courses were…

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Recently, a person who writes screen plays asked me to sum up (I think he called it "distill") the main…

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Connie Voisine called me on the phone to acknowledge my acceptance to the program. It was during the the televised…

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There are so many different criteria for a good writing program: Are the teachers strongly qualified? Is the cost of…

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Get down to Las Cruces for a real education, friendly people, and lots of support.

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I've spent the last three years devoting myself to writing, to becoming a better writer with the support of wonderful…

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Great program because craft is taught in tangible and diverse ways. The faculty is brilliant and generous. The workshops are…

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There's so much to say about this program that I don't know where to start. I see that others have…