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decode on Jan 6, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: GRE Scores By Discipline

My understanding is that English Lang & Lit grad students are not studying to be writers. They're studying to be literary critics and English professors. Writers get MFA's in Creative Writing or Journalism.

yters on Jan 6, 2009 [–]

Good point. But, don't these grads also focus more on the effect of words than their meaning?

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