<p>I just went to national portfolio day in Philadelphia. I recieved a lot of feedback from my work and the two schools that are my top choices Pratt and Parsons said I had a good portfolio and that I just needed a few more pieces. However, when I went to FIT they said it looked great and I would definitely get accepted if I applied.</p>
<p>My question is how good of a school is FIT for the fine arts? I noticed its significantly cheaper than the other two schools mentioned. Does it have a good reputation or do you think I should look elsewhere?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,</p>
<p>Tom</p>
<p>Have you looked in to Purchase as a less expensive alternative? It's also a NY state school and has a wonderful fine arts dept.</p>
<p>FIT's fine arts program is not the cream, which is probably why they're quicker to approve your portfolio than Pratt or Parsons.</p>
<p>I took a fine arts precollege course there a while ago. FIT is foremost a fashion business school, fine arts coming in second priority. The facilities are nice enough and the teachers aren't bad, but there's nothing spectacular about the school. There's</a> a few pieces from students on the FIT site for prospective students to view.</p>
<p>Also, FIT's got this weird degree program where a lot of the majors require you to get an Associates before moving on to the upper grades. You should look into that before making any decisions.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. Pratt and Parsons are definitly my first choices, but if I don't get the right financial package I think FIT might be my fall back option. I'll have to reasearch their program a bit more. I'm very much looking to go to NYC for art school are there any other reasonably priced choices that haev good art programs?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Tom</p>
<p>There's Cooper Union, which costs nothing if you can get into it. And also the School of Visual Arts has a fine arts program, and its tuition from what I can tell is cheaper than Pratt or Parsons. But that's without factoring in scholarships or financial aid from any of them.</p>
<p>I agree with aurorative, FIT is hugely and majorly a fashion school.
Cooper Union is pretty hardcore.
Look into SVA (School of Visual Arts) like above mentioned. Tuition wise, they are about $6 or $7K cheaper than Pratt and I think Parsons is even more expensive than Pratt...</p>
<p>I'll definitly check into SVA more. Do any of these schools offer many scholarships? I'm really hoping to cut the cost down to aprox. $30000 a year if possible. I guess I'll just apply to all and see what happens. Thanks for all the help.</p>
<p>Tom</p>
<p>SVA only offer half tuition scholarships. Cooper is def the best but it's extremely difficult to get into. I think Pratt def has a better fine arts ( painting at least) dpt than parsons( stronger in illustration tho). I think you should def go to a strong with good fine arts program. FIT is not a good fit at all.</p>