<p>I think the minors in creative writing are really good. You should refer to the website to make sure, but I think you have to apply to get into a sequence-based writing minor (for which you choose between fiction, poetry, and nonfiction), but not for the cross-genre minor. I think the sequence-based minors are fairly competitive, so the cross-genre minor is good in case someone doesn’t get into a sequence-based minor but still really wants to minor in creative writing. Of course, it’s also good if someone doesn’t want to pick just one of the three choices to focus on.</p>
<p>I myself am looking into the fiction-focused sequence minor. I’ve heard that over the course of three quarters, you work on a novella, so by the end of it, you have something you can take to a publisher. Sounds really cool to me.</p>
<p>As for Medill, I’m not a journalism major, so I can’t tell you much beyond what I have heard, but I think Medill is one of the best journalism schools in the country. I have lots of friends in journalism and I know it’s really intense and they work really hard, so you must learn a lot in the program. And then, of course, Chicago’s right next door, so there’re lots of intership opportunities and such.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>