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 | Quite Bright | | Last year when I was accepted to the Parsons photography department as a high school senior, I was more than thrilled. Parsons was my "dream school" and I simply could not wait to start classes. However that all changed after my first semester of the actual Parsons experience. I was expecting Parsons to be an academically challenging program filled with other creative intellectuals, but I found that there were kids in my photography classes who barely even knew how to use a digital camera, let alone a film camera. Maybe it is different in other majors, but I can say from first hand experience that the photography program is really not that great. Although I have done extremely well in all my classes, I have found that the professors are rather arrogant and condescending to most of the freshman here. You really have to push in order to get extra help. Perhaps the worst factor about Parsons is the other people who attend the school themselves. I am friends with a nice group of people, but I am not exaggerating when I say that EVERYONE who attends Parsons is a self-centered, arrogant, money/luxury-obsessed child. If you decide to go here you will find that most people are genuinely mean and stand-offish. Do not expect to make friends right away, unless you have these traits. However, I am sure that the kids at most art schools act this way, so being a snob is not just unique to Parsons. But if your heart is really set on coming here, you will find a group of nice, honest people.... it will just be a little bit harder.All in all, Parsons was not at all what I expected. I do not feel like I have learned anything since I have been here, and besides my group of friends, the people here disgust me with their selfish immaturity. I will definitely be transferring next fall to major in something not art related at all. It is really very sad that Parsons has ruined art for me :/ Hopefully I will find it again one day. | Scholastic Success: A, Individual Value: F | | | |
| | Jan 13 2012 | 1st Year Female --
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| | Lets see as a newly matriculated student I really expected the work to be more challenging and relevant. There is no specializing in the foundation year, which is very out of date because at St. Martins in london you do a fine arts foundation but specialize in fashion at the same time. So far these classes have not helped me grow or improve as a designer in the least. Really frustrating. They are mundane and elementary. I am not sure what I'm paying all this money for, $60k a year that is, for a school with a reputation that has been falling apart since its association with "the new school" a label of a spay painted street tag. How can that be taken seriously? They are blindly letting unqualified talentless hipster trust fund kids in who have no place or potential here and only perpetuates frustration for those talents that do belong. Parsons emphasizes American sportswear minimalism. sigh. Maybe someday they will reclaim their reputation, but as of now the school is still ranked #1 for US fashion school but St. Martins is still #1 in the world and it will stay that way until parsons cleans up the mess. | Preparedness: -, Reputation: - | | | |
| | Sep 07 2011 | Male --
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| Average | You have to be truly in LOVE with Fashion; otherwise, forget it!
You are able to keep up with all assignments/projects; otherwise, you will definitely fail.You are willing to have no life although you are in Manhattan with tons of activities because you will not have the time to enjoy any. At least, you have excellence time and stress management skill. | Useful Schoolwork: A-, Individual Value: F | | | |
| | Apr 13 2011 | 4th Year Female --
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