UPenn vs NYU for Aspiring Writer

45_Percenter
Sat, 19 Apr 2014 21:50:39 +0000

I’d strongly recommend that you contact Professor Al Filreis, the Faculty Director of the Kelly Writers House and the Director of Penn’s Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, and discuss this with him. In my experience, he’s very approachable, and will give you his frank assessment of how well you could achieve your goals at Penn, as compared to NYU Tisch. Although his own academic specialty is poetry, he’s obviously very involved and familiar with the other creative writing programs and courses at Penn, and he seems to love working with and counseling undergrads and prospective students.