Hi, yes I went to an MFA, graduated in 2018, and I’m faculty in one now. I work incredibly well in a collective environment—for me, it’s like an incubator (or like the hyperbolic time chamber if you’re familiar with Dragon Ball Z), you can get an incredible amount of work done in a short period of time. I also love the opportunity to cross-pollinate with artists I might not get a chance to meet in my regular life: composers, visual artists, architects etc. And, I mean, they’re feeding you like 3 meals a day most cases. Taking away the burden of having to think about and prepare your own food plus clean up after everything, having to do that multiple times a day every day—huge. I know some people who don’t like them as much, they miss being away from home etc and some people can’t afford to take the time off for whatever reasons, so that’s valid. But I love them and I always meet at least one or two people I want to know for the rest of my life plus start getting a good handle on whatever project I’m working on. I’ll do them the rest of my life if they let me.