@starflower007 I am an Emory parent and also a book editor (formerly Doubleday & Simon & Schuster). I disagree that you would be better served at Tisch and I took grad classes there and hired many recent college grads for NYC publishing jobs. Emory’s program has a great reputation but the best way to pick an undergraduate program is to study up a bit on the professors and see if you connect with their writing. Read their books. Ask admissions to connect you with some current students and professors. Ask them about their workshops. Are critiques helpful? Are students supportive and constructive? More than any other major, as a creative writing major your peer group will shape your experience and your skills. The only thing you need to do in order to publish is write, write, write. No publisher cares what your GPA is and few other than grad programs will care a great deal about where you go to college (But yes a “name” program will be noticed). Submit your work often and maybe apply for some summer writing residencies like Breadloaf. You can find contact info for students who work on school publications on the web pages. I know of one current Emory student who published 2 books prior to graduating from high school. Unlike math and science, you don’t really progress through a set program of courses as a writing major. Most programs offer intro classes and after that pre-req, you can take pretty much any humanities class in any order so I don’t think you will be behind or lose credits as a transfer? But I confess I haven’t looked at Emory’s specific degree requirements. Look at Columbia’s summer publishing program too. Students typically take this the summer after undergrad and this is truly the best pipeline to jobs but the truth is most of those jobs will be in NYC.