The New Home Away from Home
A Guide for Parents and Families
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A Welcome from Our President
Greetings!
I offer my heartfelt congratulations to you and your student on their admission to The New School! We are excited to welcome them to our amazing academic community, where passionate scholars, designers, and artists come together to explore bold new ideas, creatively solve problems, and engage with diverse issues and communities in the world’s greatest cities.
No matter which New School program your student chooses, it will be their starting point for a challenging and rewarding journey. They will acquire a strong intellectual foundation and be encouraged to collaborate and engage with the world around them. We’ll help them to shape their own pathway and succeed both within and beyond the university.
This guide is designed to help you prepare for your student’s transition to The New School. We are here to support you and are fully committed to creating an amazing educational experience for your student.
I look forward to welcoming you to our campus. ONWARD AND UPWARD!
Dwight A. McBride, PhD President and University ProfessorLet’s get started...
NURTURING CREATIVE SCHOLARS
Academic and Career Advising: A Comprehensive Support System
Internships and Real-World Experience: Hands-On Practice Makes Perfect
International Student and Scholar Services: An Intimate Global Community
International Student Statistics: Facts About Our Community
THRIVING IN COMMUNITY
Life in NYC: Big City. Small Neighborhood.
Activities and Organizations: Communities Beyond the Classroom
Housing and Dining: Accommodating and Conveniently Located
Health and Wellness: Services That Support Our Students
SETTING OUT ON A SOLID FOOTING
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
TAKING THE NEXT STEPS
Parent and Family Resources: Welcome to the Family
Financial Aid: Making Sense of the Costs
Contact Information: Getting in Touch
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WELCOME
You’ve achieved something remarkable: You helped prepare an intelligent and inquisitive independent thinker 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 student? Then don’t waste another second. Contact our Admission office and secure your student’s place in our incoming class now.
START YOUR STUDENT ON A 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 student. And as your family enters this new and exciting phase of life together, we’re here to answer your questions and help make this transition a positive, exciting time.
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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. We are a research university in which faculty and students develop as scholars and innovators side by side. 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 student is an essential member of this new incoming class, ready to influence the group from the moment of arriving on campus.
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NURTURING CREATIVE SCHOLARS
ACADEMIC AND CAREER ADVISING A Comprehensive Support System
Built on a foundation of intensive scholarship, The New School is a demanding academic environment that ensures students develop the skills needed to innovate in a 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 your student will not be alone. We strive to make acclimating to college life as easy as possible for our incoming students and continue to support them through their years at The New School and their transition into the world of work after graduation.
WE OFFER ADVISING THAT SETS STUDENTS ON THEIR OWN UNIQUE PATHS.
Our advisors do a lot more than just help students meet their graduation requirements. We assign academic and career advisors (also known as Student Success advisors) on the basis of a student’s college and program of study, and advising begins the moment a student decides to become a New Schooler and continues through graduation. Along the way, advisors help students create individualized degree pathways, discover passions that can shape their future, and prepare to bring about positive change in the world. To ensure that their advisees make good decisions, advisors help students articulate their values and goals, identify learning opportunities, take advantage of university resources, and develop a post-graduation path for success.
For more information on student advising, visit newschool.edu/academics/academic-advising
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What students do after college is as important as what they do in college, so we inspire, educate, and support students as they plan their careers. Academic Advising and Career Development provides holistic support, ensuring that our services take into consideration individual goals and obligations, including responsibilities to family, community, and society as a whole.
WE BELIEVE IT’S NEVER TOO SOON TO START TAKING STEPS TOWARD LIFE AFTER COLLEGE.
Academic Advising and Career Development offers workshops on navigating internships and the job search, connecting with potential employers, and honing interviewing skills—all fostering career development from the outset. The New School offers dozens of workshops every semester, along with career fairs, employer information sessions, Intern Day, portfolio reviews, intellectual property sessions, and alumni panels.
Counselors also advise students on applying to and pursuing degrees in graduate school, including The New School’s own Bachelor’s-Master’s program. This program enables undergraduates to take graduate-level courses starting in their junior year and earn both undergraduate and graduate degrees in as little as five years.
For more information on Career Services, please contact careerservices@newschool.edu or 212.229.1324.
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On average, 50 percent of students complete internships while enrolled at The New School.
INTERNSHIPS AND REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE Hands-On Practice Makes Perfect
The New School believes in experiential learning outside of the classroom. That’s why we make real-world applied work an integral part of a New School education. Many of our academic programs encourage or require an internship, and students often earn academic credit for approved internships. Our Career Services department helps students enroll in other for-credit experiential learning opportunities as well.
WE SUPPORT HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT COMPLEMENT EACH STUDENT’S ACADEMIC PROGRAM.
As residents of New York City, the center of the creative media, technology, and nonprofit worlds, students can put into practice theories learned in class and gain valuable skills and industry experience. They also begin building a professional network to draw on for the rest of their lives.
We encourage students to reach out to their academic and career advisors and their professors to explore ways to take full advantage of internship opportunities throughout their time at The New School.
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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, The New School has been named one of the most international universities by U.S. News & World Report.
The students and scholars who make up our international community are a significant and critical part of The New School. The variety of cultural, political, racial, and religious perspectives they bring add immeasurably to our community’s level of scholarship, creativity, and ability to engage effectively with complex global issues.
Our International Student and Scholar Services department offers many programs and services to ensure that your student’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 student’s transition to life in the United States, please contact us at iss@newschool.edu
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT STATISTICS
FACTS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY
International students at The New School come from 100 countries.
The top countries of origin represented on campus are:
China
South Korea
Canada
India
Taiwan
Mexico
Brazil
Japan
Turkey
United Kingdom
The New School currently hosts more than
4,100 international degree-seeking students.
Parsons School of Design is host to the largest number of international students and scholars— more than
2,500.
of students enrolled at the New School are international. 38%
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THRIVING IN Community
LIFE 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 20 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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ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS Communities Beyond the Classroom
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 leadership programs, art shows to film festivals, and live performance groups to social service organizations. We also encourage students to start groups if one geared to their particular interest does not currently exist.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED AND MEET NEW PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM AND OFF CAMPUS.
In addition to hosting groups and clubs, The New School also sponsors hundreds of public events on campus and online each year. Students have the opportunity to participate in public dialogues and learn from visiting speakers who include top scholars and activists, famous and emerging creatives, and industry leaders and government officials, such as Judith Butler, Tarana Burke, Raoul Peck, Ralph Lauren, and UN Secretary General António Gutteres.
To learn more about our student groups and activities, please visit newschool.edu/student-leadership. 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 103 Orchard Street, NYC
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 72 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 314 7th Street, Brooklyn
Metropolitan Opera House 30 Lincoln Center Plaza, NYC
Nuthouse Hardware (open 24–7) 202 E 29th Street, NYC
Abingdon Square Park Eighth Avenue and Hudson Street, NYC
Roulette Intermedium 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
Strand Bookstore 828 Broadway, 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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HOUSING AND DINING Accommodating and Conveniently Located
The New School’s student housing provides a supportive environment that eases the transition from home to college. Students enhance their education by learning to live independently and build communities through shared experiences.
OUR STUDENT HOUSING PROMOTES ACADEMIC SUCCESS, CULTURAL AWARENESS, AND SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABILITY THROUGHOUT CAMPUS AND NEW YORK CITY.
We offer four on-campus housing options: Loeb Hall, 301 Residence Hall, 20th Street Residence, and Kerrey Hall, located in the University Center. All residence halls have gender-inclusive living options; feature 24–7 front desk security and live-in staff; are fully furnished, with air-conditioning, high-speed wireless 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 great flexibility in what and when they eat and provides meals for those with various dietary restrictions and preferences.
Incoming freshmen who submit their HOUSING application by June 2, 2023, are given priority placement in campus residences. The dining program sources its food from LOCAL FARMS in New York City and upstate New York.
To find out more about residential life, please visit newschool.edu/housing. For more information about meal plans, please visit newschool.edu/dining.
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS Services That Support Our Students
We understand that to thrive in the classroom, students need to maintain their health and well-being outside of the classroom. The New School’s Student Health Service team can lend a hand, providing confidential, culturally sensitive comprehensive medical and counseling support. Resources include unlimited in-person and telehealth appointments for routine and urgent care (e.g., GYN, contraception, testing and treatment for STIs, and LGBTQ-specific healthcare) and immunizations (seasonal flu and COVID-19, MMR, and Tdap) as well as short-term individual counseling, support groups, and psychiatric care. Dedicated staff on campus provide services and can refer students for specialized care, including public health resources.
The university also offers wellness-promoting activities such as meditation classes, individual mindfulness sessions, workshops, and stress-relief events during hectic times like finals week.
For students looking to break a sweat, recreational activities for all levels of ability and interest abound. Offerings include club basketball, soccer, and volleyball; weekly yoga, dance, kickboxing, and rock climbing group fitness classes; intramural billiards and bowling; and regular off-campus excursions that enable students to get active outside of the city.
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Learn more about Student Health Services at newschool.edu/health-services, and explore student activities at narwhalnation.newschool.edu.
SETTING OUT ON A SOLID FOOTING 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: Our goal is for our students to succeed over their lifetimes 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 want 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:
Stella Adler
Diane Arbus
James Baldwin
Thomas DiNapoli
Peter Falk
Robert Frost
Emily Gould
Martha Graham
Lorraine Hansberry
Marc Jacobs
Jack Kerouac
Zach Lieberman
Margaret Mead
Eleanor Roosevelt
Evan Roth
Joel Schumacher
Lee Strasberg
Ai Weiwei
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THE VALUE OF A NEW SCHOOL EDUCATION Giving Them a Priceless Future
Take comfort in knowing that the value of a New School education far exceeds the cost.
43 NEW SCHOOL ALUMNI HAVE BEEN NAMED TO FORBES’
30 UNDER 30 LIST SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2011.
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.
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. College 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 FOUR EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIES FOR 2019 GRADUATES*
*Includes data from both undergraduate and graduate students.
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Design & Fashion
& Media
Art,
Journalism
Academia & Education
Manufacturing (Wholesale & Retail)
LEADING EMPLOYERS LOOK TO THE NEW SCHOOL TO RECRUIT NEW TALENT
9/11 Memorial Museum
Alexander McQueen
Alexander Wang
Apple
BBC Worldwide
Chagar Music
Chanel
Condé Nast
DoSomething.org
Fidelity Investments
Games for Change
Gucci Group
Hasbro
HBO
Huffington Post
IDEO International Rescue Committee
JP Morgan Chase
Louis Vuitton
McKinsey and Co.
MoMA
NYC Department of Education
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development
NYC Department of Mental Health and Hygiene
Pentagram
Physicians for Human Rights
Refinery29
Soul Cycle
South Bronx United
Uber Technologies
United Nations
United States Peace Corps
V magazine
Viacom
WeWork
XRC Labs
YMCA of Greater New York
Yurgosky
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TakING THE NEXT STEPS
PARENT AND FAMILY RESOURCES Welcome to the Family
Your student may be the person attending The New School, but we still consider you very much a part of the New School family. All family members play a vital role in championing The New School around the world. We offer extensive resources to familiarize parents and families with the university and campus and provide information on important academic calendar dates and university policies.
If you’d like to get started, visit the New Students page on our website. There you’ll find our New Student Checklist, which you and your student can complete together.
Our resources for families don’t end there. A special orientation for the families of on-campus students in August introduces you to the teams that will support your student throughout their education. Family Weekend in October offers you insight into your student’s academic and co-curricular experience. Our family newsletter and online communities provide regular updates on happenings at The New School as well as ideas for encouraging your student in their newfound independence.
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newschool.edu/new-students/parents and newschool.campusesp.com to take advantage of all of our parent resources. To view the New Student Checklist, visit newschool.edu/ new-students
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FINANCIAL AID Making Sense of the Costs
We understand that sending a student 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 student.
ATTENDING THE NEW SCHOOL IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE; WE CAN HELP.
For more information on financial aid, please visit newschool.edu/financial-aid.
CONTACT INFORMATION Getting in Touch
General Admission Information
admission@newschool.edu
212.229.5150 or 800.292.3040
College of Performing Arts
ADMISSION
School of Drama, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, and Mannes School of Music performingarts@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 finish@newschool.edu
Financial aid
finaid@newschool.edu
212.229.8930
International Student and Scholar Services
iss@newschool.edu
212.229.5592
Student health services
shs@newschool.edu
Student Disability Services
studentdisability@newschool.edu
212.229.5626 x3135
Housing and ResidenTIAL EDUCATION
universityhousing@newschool.edu
212.229.5459
office of student advocacy
646. 909.8302
Their Future Is Waiting
Parsons School of Design
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
College of Performing Arts
