<p>for the summer precollege art courses...
is Parsons really better and more recognized than FIT?</p>
<p>because I was reading a couple of books that reccomend programs for people interested in the arts/design, and they mentioned RISD and Parsons, but not FIT.
and I just finished two 3week courses at FIT, and I'm kind of annoyed because it was hard work and I have a friend doing Parsons and it really seems to be the same level, but I picked FIT because RISD is like thousands of dollars, and Parsons is about $900-$1000 for 2 weeks, while FIT is only $700+ since I'm from NY, you get another $200 off, so it was only $500 for 3 weeks.
(keep in mind ~$100-$200 is additionally spent on supplies)
Also, I'm not from the city so I have no way of getting there besides that my dad works there, and his office is 2 blocks away from FIT but about 70 blocks away from Parsons and we already have to leave at 6:30 to make it through rush hour traffic and if I went to Parsons, we'd have to leave at like 5:30 in the morning, and my dad usually goes to work really late, like around 11AM, so I already had to work really hard to convince him to do this, and I didn't think I could stretch it THAT much. </p>
<p>anyways, do you think admissions officers will not look at my classes at the same level as students who took courses at Parsons?</p>
<p>FIT is still relatively well-known. Yes, RISD, SCAD, and Parsons, along with some other Cali schools I can't remember are the elite few, but if you're applying to design schools, they'll know what FIT is. A college book that only has a small section for design schools is probably only going to list the best, well-known schools. It's great that you took a design course this summer, and any reputable design school is bound to notice this whether they know of the school or not.</p>
<p>I'm not sure about RISD (its a great fine arts school but I'm not so sure about Fashion) but both FIT and Parsosns are amazing schools. I go to FIT now for fashion design and many of my teachers teach at both FIT and Parsons. Basically, you're being taught by the same teachers.
One teacher who taught at both schools told us that he saw no big advantage to going to one school over the other. He said at Parsosns he felt that they concetrated too much on art and not construction and at FIT they concentrate too much on construction and not art. So both schools have their advantages and disadvantages.
Both schools are recognized by the industry, so a degree from either school is equally amazing. The biggest difference that I saw was price. Parsons is about twice as expensive as FIT.</p>