The PocketMFA is informal, unaccredited, and non-bureaucratic. We don’t give tests or grades.
If you need an official degree, this may not be a fit for your journey. However, we will fully support any writer who, based on their experience with PocketMFA, wishes to pursue a full MFA from a college or university. We will be your enthusiastic allies in building the application and portfolio.
To that end we are working with low-residency MFA programs to develop CPL (Credit for Prior Learning) transfers. Currently, Antioch University Los Angeles’s MFA program is offering Advanced Standing to writers who have experience with PocketMFA—the opportunity to complete their degree in three semesters instead of four.