<p>Hi, I am a junior (will be senior in a few months) in High school from NYC and am applying to an art or liberal arts school soon.
I am very passionate about photography, esp commercial/advertising, portraiture and fashion.
However, I cannot seem to decide which schools are best for me to apply to.
I am considering RIT, SVA, FIT and the NYU Tisch Photography programs.
my SAT score is above 2000, a near 4.0 GPA, many extracurriculars and leadership positions and have attended Art Directors Club Workshops, as well as the Summer Arts Institute this summer.
Which photography programs would you recommend? I was wondering about the NYU photo program (I love NYU, but am not sure if the photo department there is any good...)
is the FIT photography program good?
I would love to stay in NYC as thats where I think I will find more internships and assisting.
Thaaannkkk you very muchh :D</p>
<p>thank you once again!</p>
<p>One school you might want to consider if you want to stay in NYC is Parsons. From what I've heard, it has a reputation as a more commercially-oriented photo program (compared to other BFA programs, a good number of which are more "fine art" focused). Since Parsons is so strong in fashion, you'd probably have a lot of opportunities to photograph that type of assignment. Plus, if you want to keep an academic side to your studies as well, they have the 5 year BA/BFA program, in which you are simultaneously enrolled in the Eugene Lang college of liberal arts and graduate with two degrees.</p>
<p>I'm not a photo expert by any means, but I have met some people who work commercially who say that fine art photo programs tend to be an uncomfortable environment for commercial-style photographers. I can't back this up with any of my own experience, but talk to some commercial/advertising people and get their opinion on this - perhaps you should look into schools that have a dedicated commercial photo program. For example, I know that RIT has three tracks available for their photo majors - advertising, photojournalism and fine art.</p>
<p>I don't know much about commercial photo stuff, but I hope this helped a little :)</p>
<p>thank you for the advice!</p>
<p><em>BUMP</em></p>
<p>anyone have more answers?</p>
<p>anymore?
pleeaaassse?</p>
<p>Albin, have you tried posting a specific question about the photography program on the NYU forum? Or some of the other schools you mentioned? Go under College Discussion click on top left of this page. Then scroll down to the boldfaced subheading, "Colleges and Universities" THeee you'll see many schools listed by First Letter of Alphabet.</p>
<p>For each school forum, describe: what are you looking for in a program, in terms of facilities, faculty, career goal? Maybe people will respond better to specific questions. Sometimes people don't want to just say "it's a good program, I recommend it" as too vague.</p>
<p>I don't know about the NYC schools, but RIT does have a good reputation for its photography program. </p>
<p>My DD did some modeling (in NYC) during HS and most of the photographers she worked with knew of RIT and spoke very highly of the photography program. They all seemed to know photographers who graduated from RIT who were now working in NYC.</p>
<p>She's currently a graphic design intern in a large corporation in NJ. Her company hires many of its photographers from RIT.</p>
<p>We've become friends with a magazine publisher from VA who told us he hires from RIT for photography and printing.</p>
<p>How locked in to those schools are you? You sound VERY much like my D who will be a college freshman this fall. </p>
<p>There is an incredible program at Montana State U in Bozeman, MT and University of Utah(SLC) is also good with both having MANY incredible internship opportunities. Ultimately she settled on the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The city is overflowing with cultural and corporate opportunities, UMN has a leading business school (Carlson School of Management) as well as a fashion design school which may lend itself to colaboration with students from these areas on projects that need a photographer, and the university setting allows for her to experience that traditional college experience that she didn't feel she would get at an "Art School." She will be getting a BFA in studio art with a studio emphasis in photography. The art program is in the College of Liberal Arts and is located on a part of campus that is called "The West Bank Arts Quarter." If you have an opportunity to visit you may really like it.</p>