If the road you have in mind includes one that goes over the water, you can join the majority of our students who spend a semester at our amazing campus in Wroxton, England, where you can be a part of a community that goes back to Shakespeare and beyond. In other words, as soon as you arrive on campus, you are treated like a writer and are welcomed into our vital community of writers and artists. As your attorney, I advise you to get the chiliburger. It’s a hamburger with chili on it.—Hunter S. Thompson You may see already that at FDU, we think differently about creative writing. Most people think hamburger. We think chiliburger, and then some. We expand creative writing well beyond its traditional boundaries as we celebrate creative writing as it appears in all aspects of our culture—in literature, music, film, comedy, journalism, graphic books … wherever it’s found–in order to help our students succeed in bringing their writing to the world. We encourage collaboration with the other arts disciplines at FDU, and many of our creative writing majors also minor in film, theatre, or visual arts. If you want to write and act in your own play or film, write and direct, or create a graphic novel from drawing board to final product, we will help you to make it happen. I sat watching the trash can, and New York opened its heart to me.—Watchmen, Alan Moore

An applicant must have graduated from an accredited or government recognized secondary school or have received his or her General Education Development (GED) certificate. It is recommended (but not required) that an applicant completes the equivalent of 16 academic (university preparatory) units in secondary school. For transcripts not in English, a notarized or certified English translation must accompany the original transcript. Two letters of recommendation are required. For students currently enrolled in a school or post-secondary institution, at least one must be written by a teacher or school counselor. If the applicant has been out of school for several years, a recommendation form an employer may be submitted. An applicant whose native language is not English is required to submit the results of a test of English Proficiency to the Office of International Admissions. Students from Canada, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand do not need to submit test scores. SAT or ACT scores are NOT required for admission consideration. However, an applicant may be eligible for higher scholarship award if they score above 1050 in SAT Critical Reading and Math combined sections, or above 23 in ACT.