Parsons Kills Competition

[anniemason]

I know I am going to sound like your typical Parsons snob- but Parsons is the best school for fashion. The success rates prove it. The alumni proves it. Parsons has the highest number of famous designers including (just to name some):

Marc Jacobs

Isaac Mizrahi

Anna Sui

Donna Karan

Proenza Schouler

Tom Ford

Ralph Lauren

Melissa Sweet (Bridal)

Behnaz Sarafpour

Etc.

Parsons is better because of its staff, its alumni, and its program. My professor over the summer was a renown artist in NYC. The alumni matters, because -- when I'm fighting for an internship with Marc, and I say I attended Parsons- and she says she attended FIT, Marc is unequivocally going to trust me over the FIT grad. Parsons has one of the highest suicide rates in the country. It's intense, and the kids work their asses off. Grads know what kind of people make it out of Parsons- and they know they're the best, ready to compete and ready to succeed. Parsons beats FIT with its program because it has a foundation year. FIT's students we find to be rather scattered and overly creative without any sense of knowledge in marketing and business.

I know there's a "battle" between FIT and Parsons, but quite honestly, Parsons looks down upon FIT. Parsons really won't even accept transfers from FIT, and the counselors have repeatidly told me that.

When all is said and done, Parsons was featured on Trumps "Apprentice," and Parsons was featured on Project Runway. Parsons is listed more in Vogue than any other art school, and Parsons more often than not KILLS FIT in their routine competitions.

Though Parsons is simply written off often times because it's private (NOT a state school) and costs about 20K more a year than FIT, what really should be noted is that the school has a better staff, a better location, a better success rate, and a better name.

If you want to attend a school that has the high standards of Parsons, your closest bet would be Central St. Martins in London.

Annie

[FRESH]

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http://www.designwrk.com/

[magnon]

I'm SO impressed.

[DaBestSpoona]

looks like someone needs a bit of self affirmation

[Blanc0]

Edited by Blanc0 on May 17, 2005 at 07:52 AM