/lit/ - Literature

I went to Columbia for undergrad. I did Engineering though.

I didn't really love it. A lot of pretentious people, people who are obviously compensating, and it costs a lot of money (although they do give good aid if you're poor) and especially in STEM you have to work really hard since professors are just hired based on their ability to produce research, not based on their ability to teach.

I'm in a PhD program at UCSD now, which is a state school but still top 20 in Engineering and I don't see a noticeable difference in the quality of instruction.

New York City is cool though.

Has any of /lit/ gone earned their Masters or PhD in English literature or writing from any of the more prestigious universities in the U.S.?

I'm applying to schools next month and welcome any advice or feedback on where to apply. I'm going to apply separately for the MFA in Writing and PhD in literature at the following schools:

University of Arizona, Brown (a big maybe), Columbia University, and Cornell.

I haven't taken any GRE tests so that rules out any schools that require those (Notre Dame, University of Virginia etc.)

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Honestly, what's New York/Columbia actually like? I live in New Zealand.