<p>I want to get into fashion. I am keen on merchandising, PR and marketing. My dream is to work for a designer. I am an honor student (Nat. Honor Society, well rounded, lots of volunteer and community work and have great references. My GPA is 3.4. I do not test well but hope to do ok on my SAT’s in June (I am a hs junior). </p>
<p>My mom wants me to look at the business programs at BU in case I find out I am not 100% sure about fashion. We also agree I should apply to FIT and Parsons (where I know a few alumni and can secure great references). </p>
<p>Does it behoove me to seek out a tradition 4 year biz school / marketing and focus on great internships or should I go right to FIT or Parsons? </p>
<p>Also given the fact I may have low SAT’s does it even make any sense to apply? It seems SAT’s are huge at NE?</p>
<p>I am ready for a big city and hard work.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>fashion merchandising isn't big at BU (as far as I know)...the business school would get you oriented with the business end of fashion. my sister is actually a freshman at drexel and is in the business college with a concentration in designer merchandising. that would be another good school to look at.</p>
<p>BU doesn't really do fashion. Not to kill your dream, but half of high school girls have the same dream as you. If you want to study fashion, you should go art school. RISD, Pratt and Parsons for you darling. SCAD is also good if your portfolio is weak or non-existant. Although, Parsons is practically one building in NYC, which sounds fun for the first day or so, but you better be pretty damn independent. Pratt is.. in Brooklyn. RISD is awesome, if you can get in. </p>
<p>If you want to study fashion merchandising, you need to go to state or trade school. I don't really know if those degress get you anywhere.</p>
<p>If you want to study business, SMG (BU's School of Management) is great. It is TOUGH. You will work all the time. You will be in business wear once a week or so. It is very competitive. The students are really, really serious. You will be taking economics and stats and various other complicated classes. You work with teams and have long meetings with them at least weekly for large projects. This school is not for the weak of heart, or at least not for those with only a vague interest in business.</p>
<p>If you would like to study PR, BU's College of Communication is wonderful. But again, be warned that you will not study fashion merchandising. This is not a beauty queen's communication degree. You will work hard and work for a degree that means something in the COM world.</p>
<p>Again, not to crush your dreams, I'd love to work with fashion too. If you want to develop business or com skills, BU is great. But be prepared, especially in this economy, to not get internships in your dream field. You may, however, soon realize other interests beyond fashion, and if so, you may not want to be stuck at art school.</p>
<p>I agree with everything the above poster just mentioned, I'm a current sophomore/junior standing in SMG and it is pretty intense. You take a LOT of math/statistics orientated courses, as well as accounting and finance which is again, more quantitative goodness. You better like numbers. Fall of junior year, you will most likely have no life and be sick of your team for seeing them more than your roommate because of CORE. But personally, I really enjoy being in (IMO!) one of the best schools at BU :)</p>
<p>BU actually has a group called "FAB" - Fashion and Retail Association - it's pretty active with a large group of members, which cater to trips to NYC to meet with VPs of Coach, Burberry, the like... they also hold an annual fashion show as well as other activities and are a great outlet to fashion internships. A friend of mine (who is a sophomore in SMG) also interested in fashion is now interning with BCBG and Chanel this semester. Our career center is great with finding internships and jobs. </p>
<p>I think it's more solid to hold a business degree background - there are so many things you can do with it.</p>
<p>I am only posting on this because my sisters daughter just dropped out of BU. She too is very interested in a career in fashion/merchandising/pr and thought she could go to BU, get some business courses under her belt, and that would be that.........well, besides the fact that she hated the cold city of Boston (loved it in the spring/summer) though! She didn't like the urban feeling of the campus, where she didn't feel very connected, her dorm was just another building on a city street and not at all convenient to anything...but fashion practically doesn't exist at BU, her words and part of her argument as to why she wanted to leave. So she did make the decision over the Christmas break and pulled out, she was nervous becuase she knows its a good school but she at the same time wants to follow her dream. So now she is taking local courses and applying to universities with a campus and more importantly with a specific fashion program where she can also take business courses. I am just sharing this situation with you, as it sounds quite simliar to the boat she was in. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>I think the college of communication would be good. I am NOT into taking heavy duty statistics or math classes but realistically know I need to at some point. PR would be great. I could do internships in PR for fashion houses…the FAB thing sounds great. I appreciate your feedback. My GPA is 3.4 and I have super grades, am Nat. Honor Society, Kiwanis Key Club and more…have huge internships under my belt in NYC and Europe already so the BIG question for BU is what if my SAT scores are so so? I test badly…what are my chances for getting into BU PR Communications School??</p>
<p>Where is your sister transferring travellady??</p>