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Well ‌ Everything Welcome to The New School Guide for Parents. In the pages that follow, we go through everything you need to know about The New School and supporting your child in the next phase of their life.

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5 WELCOME

8 NURTURING

Student Advising: A Brand-New Support System

Internships and Real-World Experience: Hands-On Practice Makes Them Perfect

Career Services: At Our Students’ Service

International Student and Scholar Services: An Intimate Global Community International Student Statistics: A Breakdown of the International Student Body

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Living in NYC: Big City. Small Neighborhood.

Student Clubs and Organizations: Meet Us at the Club … House

Student Housing, Dining, and Health Services: Tucked In and Well Fed

Athletics and Physical Activities: Burning Calories and Making Friends

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Educating for the Future: Success Through Experimentation

The New School’s Reputation: Why People in the Know Know Who We Are

The Value of a New School Education: Giving Them a Priceless Future

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Parent Resources: Welcome to the Family

Financial Aid: Making Sense of the Costs

Contact Info: Getting in Touch

The New School is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution.

Published 2016 by The New School. Produced by Marketing & Communication, The New School.

Photo Credits: James Ewing, Ben Ferrari, Andrew Friedman, Michelle Gevint, Matthew Mathews, Jacob Pritchard, Martin Seck

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WELCOME You’ve achieved something remarkable: You raised an intelligent and inquisitive independent thinker ready to enter college, face and overcome challenges, and make a difference in the world.

Already know The New School is the perfect place for your child? Then don’t waste another second. Contact our Admission office now.

START YOUR CHILD ON A SERIOUS JOURNEY TO PURSUE SCHOLARSHIP, EXPLORE INNOVATION, AND HARNESS CREATIVITY TO EFFECT WORLD CHANGE.

Still have questions about this important milestone? We hear you and we understand.

We think The New School is the perfect choice for your child.

And as you both enter this new and exciting phase of life, we’re here to answer your questions and help you encourage your child.

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Students are not admitted.

They are chosen.

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The New School, home to Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, the College of Performing Arts, and renowned graduate schools and programs, is the only comprehensive university that integrates a major design school with schools in the liberal arts, social sciences, and performing arts. Our curriculum combines the academic essentials of communication literacy, critical thinking, and empirical reasoning with collaborative project-based learning and making. We know this approach isn’t right for everyone.

But we know it’s right for our students.

WE LOOK FOR STUDENTS WHO WILL THRIVE AS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

We welcome students who have the ability to speak while others stay silent; who act as leaders in their schools and community; who use their artistic, scientific, or technological talents to broaden perspectives on social issues; who engage in scholarly investigation to uncover new truths; and who have the confidence to experiment and innovate to change the status quo. We don’t admit students; we choose them.

Our unique curriculum prepares students to solve problems in creative and innovative ways, see patterns where others don’t, and lead the way to the future with a contextually relevant and socially aware orientation. We strive to build an exceptionally diverse student body in which each student complements the others in experience and all share a desire to catalyze change in the world. We seek students who will learn both from and with one another. We feel that your child is an essential member of this new incoming class, ready to influence the group the day they set foot on campus.

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NURTURING STUDENT ADVISING

A Brand-New Support System Built on a foundation of intensive scholarship, The New School fosters a demanding academic environment to ensure that students develop the problem-solving skills necessary to innovate in today’s changing world. We require a lot from our students to help them reach the levels of success we know they are capable of achieving. Yes, going to The New School will be an adjustment, but it doesn’t have to be a rough one. We strive to make acclimating to the challenges of college life as smooth as possible for our incoming students and continue to guide and support them through their years at The New School and their transition into the working world after graduation.

At The New School, advising begins the moment students select their classes for the first semester and continues with them through graduation.

WE ENSURE THAT OUR ADVISING PROGRAM WILL ADDRESS EACH STUDENT’S PERSONAL NEEDS.

We assign advisors on the basis of students’ college, program of study, or major. Advisors act as a liaison between students and university staff, helping students clarify their personal goals, identify learning opportunities, take advantage of university resources, and develop a path for success after graduation.

For more information on student advising, please contact newschool.edu/student-success/advising.

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INTERNSHIPS AND REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE

Hands-On Practice Makes Them Perfect In 2014, students

There’s so much students can learn outside of the classroom.

had more than

That’s why we make real-world experience an integral part of

900 internship opportunities at nearly

a New School education. In fact, most academic programs at

800 companies.

The New School encourage students to solve real problems; some even require internships.

WE PROVIDE A HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT COMPLEMENTS EACH STUDENT’S ACADEMIC PROGRAM.

As residents of New York City, the center of the creative media, technology, and nonprofit worlds, students will be able to put theories learned in class into practice and gain valuable skills and industry experience. They will also begin building a professional network they can draw on for the rest of their lives.

We encourage students to reach out to our Career Services department and/or their professors to take full advantage of all the internship opportunities offered.

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CAREER SERVICES

At Our Students’ Service We know that what students do after college is as important as what they do in college. The Career Services department’s mission is to educate, support, and engage students and inspire them in their career development.

WE BELIEVE IT’S NEVER TOO SOON TO START THINKING ABOUT LIFE AFTER COLLEGE.

Our resources are available to all students, not just seniors.

The sooner students become familiar with Career Services, they more they will benefit from the services we offer. We encourage first-year students to begin working with us to identify skills and areas of study they will need in order to have the future they desire.

For more information on Career Services, please contact careers@newschool.edu or 212.229.1324.

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AND SCHOLAR SERVICES

An Intimate Global Community Many of our students find a new home halfway around the world at The New School. Our diverse community welcomes students from all regions and fosters an environment of internationalism that can’t be matched anywhere else. In fact, we were named the No. 1 most international university, with a higher percentage of international students than any other U.S. university, by U.S. News & World Report (2014).

Our International Student and Scholar Services department has many programs and services to ensure that your child’s transition to living in the United States will be a smooth one.

We provide both immigration advice and cultural support for incoming students in a welcoming and nurturing atmosphere.

If you have any questions regarding your child’s transition to life in the United States, please contact us at iss@newschool.edu.

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT STATISTICS

A BREAKDOWN OF THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT BODY The New School currently hosts more than

International students (approximately 32% of our student population) come from countries.

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The top countries of origin represented on campus are: South Korea Canada China India

3,000 international students, researchers, and scholars.

Parsons School of Design is host to the largest number of international students and scholars—more than

Mexico

1,000

Brazil

students.

Taiwan

Japan Turkey United Kingdom At Mannes School of Music,

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41%

of students enrolled are international.

Community LIVING IN NYC

Big City. Small Neighborhood.

New York may be large and dynamic, but its size and vibrancy come from the intimate close-knit neighborhoods that make up the city. Our neighborhood is one of those.

The New School is located in historic Greenwich Village, in downtown New York. Artistic and progressive to its core, Greenwich Village is an ideal place to live for intelligent and creative young students who want to make a difference in their community.

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD SHOULD LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AS VIBRANT AND INSPIRING AS GREENWICH VILLAGE.

Moving between the 18 buildings that make up our campus, students will be able to stroll tree-lined streets, get to know their diverse neighbors, meet friends at the centrally located University Center, and establish identities as engaged citizens, all while getting an excellent education.

Student safety is of the utmost importance to us. Although New York City is one of the safest big cities in the United States, we are always mindful of the personal safety of everyone studying and working at the university as well as those visiting our campus.

All students, faculty, and staff must present their ID cards to enter our buildings. Visitors to the university are required to sign in and show photo identification at the security desk to gain access to our buildings.

The campus safety office is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Please visit newschool.edu/campus-safety to view our campus safety statistics.

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STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Meet Us at the Club ... House At The New School, we realize that nurturing well-rounded students involves more than academics. That’s why we sponsor a variety of social, cultural, leadership, educational, and recreational clubs and programs designed to help students become engaged citizens with varied interests.

There’s no shortage of groups and activities, from informal clubs to student unions, art shows to film festivals, and live performance groups to social service organizations.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED AND MEET NEW PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM AND OFF CAMPUS.

Organizations include the Student Film Collective, the Association for International Development, Students for Social Justice, Students of the African Diaspora, and the Performing Arts Collective. We also encourage students to start groups if one geared to their particular interest does not currently exist.

In addition to hosting groups and clubs, The New School also sponsors more than 1,000 public events on campus each year. Students have the opportunity to participate in public dialogues and learn from visiting speakers who include government officials, leaders in private industry, famous writers and artists, and top scholars, such as bell hooks, Frank Gehry, and Noam Chomsky.

To see a complete list of student groups and activities, please visit newschool.edu/student-organizations.

To see upcoming public programs, please visit events.newschool.edu.

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THE MOST INSPIRING SPOTS IN NYC (CHOSEN BY NEW SCHOOL STUDENTS) Rockwood Music Hall 196 Allen Street, NYC Lower East Side Tenement Museum 97 Orchard Street, NYC Reanimation Library 543 Union Street, Brooklyn Freehold (coffee shop) 45 S 3rd Street, Brooklyn Westbeth Courtyard behind the School of Drama The Uncommons (board game café) 230 Thompson Street, NYC Mast Books 66 Avenue A, NYC Japan Society 333 E 47th Street, NYC Intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn Marie’s Crisis Café 59 Grove Street, NYC Interference Archives 131 8th Street, No. 4, Brooklyn Metropolitan Opera House 30 Lincoln Center Plaza, NYC Nuthouse Hardware (open 24–7) 202 E 29th Street, NYC Abingdon Square Park lower Eighth Avenue, NYC Roulette Intermedium 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn Upright Citizens Brigade 153 E 3rd Street, NYC Riverside Park Upper West Side, NYC Neue Galerie 1048 Fifth Avenue, NYC The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street, NYC The Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn New York Theater Workshop 79 E 4th Street, NYC

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STUDENT HOUSING, DINING, AND HEALTH SERVICES

Tucked In and Well Fed At The New School, we view student housing as an opportunity to provide a supportive environment that eases the transition from home to college. Students enhance their educational experience

We GUARANTEE HOUSING to all

incoming freshmen who apply for housing

by learning to live independently, as well as building communities

by the priority

through shared experiences.

deadline.

OUR STUDENT HOUSING PROMOTES ACADEMIC SUCCESS, CULTURAL AWARENESS, AND SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABILITY

The dining program

THROUGHOUT CAMPUS AND NEW YORK CITY.

sources its food from

We offer five on-campus housing options: 13th Street Residence,

York City and upstate

20th Street Residence, Loeb Hall, Stuyvesant Park Residence, and

New York.

LOCAL FARMS in New

Kerrey Hall, located in the University Center. All residence halls are co-ed; have 24–7 front desk security and live-in staff; are fully furnished, with air-conditioning, high-speed Internet access, and cable television; and contain laundry facilities, a mailroom, a lounge, and an art studio.

The New School provides students with a dining experience that’s almost as good as home cooking. Students who live on campus during the fall and spring semesters are automatically enrolled in The New School’s meal program, which offers students tremendous flexibility in what and when they eat and provides meals for those with various dietary restrictions and preferences.

If a student requires support services, they can visit Student Health Services, which provides access to confidential, culturally sensitive, high-quality medical and psychological support and other services.

To find out more about residential life, please visit newschool.edu/housing.

To see a complete list of health services offered, please visit newschool.edu/health.

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ATHLETICS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

Burning Calories and Making Friends Whether a student is a competitive athlete or just wants to get exercise and have fun, the Department of Athletics and Recreation sponsors plenty of teams and activities to get them moving.

Competitive and intramural teams:

Basketball

Dodgeball

Cross-country

Soccer

Cycling

Tennis

Volleyball

More than 15 weekly group fitness classes:

Kickboxing

Circuit training

Yoga

Bollywood dancing

Dance

Zumba

Pilates

Off-campus excursions for students who want to get active outside of the city:

Archery

Hiking

Skiing

Backpacking

Horseback riding

Snowboarding

Biking

Ice skating

Trapeze

Camping

Kayaking

Rock climbing

Stay active! To see a complete list of activities offered, please visit narwhalnation.com or contact recreation@newschool.edu.

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Immeasurable Value EDUCATING FOR THE FUTURE

Success Through Experimentation Our ultimate goal is for students to succeed. Here at The New School, we believe true success is born out of experimentation.

That’s why we encourage students to explore new disciplines and areas of study, create their own specialized programs and majors, experiment with new ways of thinking and doing, and iterate again and again in pursuit of a better outcome. We know that not all attempts turn out as planned—there will be false starts and missteps—so we maintain an environment of constant encouragement and support. Professors and advisors are here to help students learn from their mistakes and turn to new paths.

SUCCESSFUL START-UPS USE THE EXACT SAME PROCESS OF EXPERIMENTATION AND ITERATION.

We’re preparing students to succeed not just at The New School but in the industries that are shaping the future and to be successful over their lifetime in a world we cannot even imagine yet.

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THE NEW SCHOOL’S REPUTATION

Why People in the Know Know Who We Are Since 1919, we’ve been at the forefront of progressive education, uniquely combining disciplines to produce well-rounded graduates ready to change the world for the better. Our commitment to the core academic essentials of communication literacy, critical thinking, and empirical reasoning, combined with collaborative project-based learning and making, and our desire to continually innovate have never wavered.

TOP LEADERS AND COMPANIES LOOK TO US FOR THEIR NEXT EMPLOYEES AND PARTNERS.

We provide our students with the lasting prototyping skills they look for at Google, the creative problem-solving skills they seek at the International Rescue Committee, and the communication skills they desire at Condé Nast.

Our notable students and faculty arrived as members of our community and went on to become pioneers in their fields.

They include:

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Stella Adler

Marc Jacobs

Diane Arbus

Jack Kerouac

James Baldwin

Zach Lieberman

Thomas DiNapoli

Margaret Mead

Peter Falk

Eleanor Roosevelt

Robert Frost

Evan Roth

Martha Graham

Joel Schumacher

Emily Gould

Lee Strasberg

Lorraine Hansberry

Ai Weiwei

THE VALUE OF A NEW SCHOOL EDUCATION

Giving Them a Priceless Future Take comfort in knowing that the value of a New School

Ranked No. 1 art

education far exceeds the cost.

and design school for

EIGHTY-SIX PERCENT OF 2014 GRADUATES ARE EMPLOYED IN PROFESSIONAL FIELDS.*

salary potential.

PayScale 2015

The New School fosters intellectual achievement, perseverance, and problem-solving skills, as well as experimentation, iteration, and collaboration experience—all of which make our graduates highly desirable to employers.

SEVENTY-NINE PERCENT OF 2014 GRADUATES FOUND EMPLOYMENT IN THEIR FIELDS OF STUDY.*

Parsons graduates pursue careers as fashion designers, graphic designers, technologists, and advertising and marketing professionals. Lang graduates launch successful careers as journalists, professors, filmmakers, political leaders, and nonprofit administrators and activists. School of Performing Arts graduates start their own companies and performance groups, teach, join recording studios, lead cultural institutions and organizations, and perform in established orchestras, operas, chamber music groups, jazz bands, and stage productions.

TOP FIVE EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIES FOR 2014 GRADUATES Fashion Education: Higher Education/Administration Design: Graphics Advertising/Marketing/PR Government/Public Administration/Public Policy *Includes data from both undergraduate and graduate students.

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LEADING EMPLOYERS FLOCK TO THE NEW SCHOOL TO RECRUIT NEW TALENT Alexander Wang

Major League Baseball

American Express

Marvel Entertainment

American Museum of Natural History

Martha Graham Dance Company

Barneys New York

Mashable

BBC Worldwide

The Metropolitan Opera

Birchbox

MoMA

Bloomberg

MTV

Bronx Zoo

NBC Universal

CBS, The Good Wife

New York City Economic Development Corporation

Chagar Music Code and Theory Condé Nast DoSomething.org Fidelity Investments frog design Gucci Group Hasbro HBO The Huffington Post

Opera Software Pentagram Practical Energy Solutions Time Out New York magazine USA Today Viacom Walt Disney

IDEO

Warner Music Group— Atlantic Records

International Labour Organization

Whitney Museum of American Art

Landor Associates

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Nickelodeon

JoinING the Family PARENT RESOURCES

Welcome to the Family Your child may be the person attending The New School, but we still consider you very much a part of the New School family. Parents play a vital role in championing The New School around the world. We offer extensive parent resources to familiarize you with the university and campus, provide information on important academic calendar dates and university policies, help you transition to the new phase of being a parent of a college student, and facilitate engagement in a community with other New School parents.

Visit newschool.edu/parent-info to take advantage of all of our parent resources.

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FINANCIAL AID

Making Sense of the Costs We understand that sending a child to college is a financial commitment. With so many details to consider and forms to complete, the process can be overwhelming. We’re here to guide you through the process, highlighting important submission dates and forms for tuition, fees, and financial aid and answering any questions you may have. We believe The New School is the right place for your child.

WE’LL WORK WITH YOU TO HELP YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN FINANCIALLY.

For more information on financial aid, please visit newschool.edu/student-financial-services.

CONTACT INFO

Getting in Touch General Admission Information

Student Financial Services

admission@newschool.edu

sfs@newschool.edu

212.229.5150 or 800.292.3040

212.229.8930

College of Performing Arts

International Student and Scholar Services

School of Drama Undergraduate Admission dramabfa@newschool.edu

iss@newschool.edu 212.229.5592

School of Jazz Undergraduate Admission jazzadm@newschool.edu Mannes School of Music Admission mannesadmissions@newschool.edu

Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts Admission lang@newschool.edu

Parsons School of Design Undergraduate Admission thinkparsons@newschool.edu

Bachelor’s Program for Adults and Transfer Students Admission nspeundergrad@newschool.edu

Student health services shs@newschool.edu 212.229.1671

Student Disability Services studentdisability@newschool.edu 212.229.5626 x3135

Student Housing and Residence Life universityhousing@newschool.edu 212.229.5459

Parsons School of Design Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts College of Performing Arts