“Living in Brooklyn
and being able to explore the city is something I really look forward to, and also being in an area that has so much opportunity for me after graduation.”
Relocating to Pratt Institute Main Campus
During a student’s last semester at PrattMWP, financial aid, registrar, and advising offices from both Pratt Institute and PrattMWP work together to ensure
Students who relocate to Pratt Institute are
that students are prepared for the start of their
considered continuing Pratt students and not
junior year in Brooklyn, New York. Students will
transfer students. Note: PrattMWP students are
secure housing, financial aid, and register for classes.
required to complete the full curriculum on the Utica campus with at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA
Students are evaluated for scholarships to Pratt
(and at least 54 credits with all studio courses
Institute’s Brooklyn campus based on their
completed) before they relocate to the Brooklyn
cumulative GPA at the end of the first semester of
campus. Once completed, students need only
their second year at PrattMWP. When relocating to
indicate their interest in continuing their education
Brooklyn, students must have at least a 3.0 GPA to
at Pratt’s main campus in Brooklyn, New York. No
be eligible for a relocation scholarship, and must
application is required to relocate, and the transition
maintain a 2.5 cumulative GPA to retain the
is seamless as long as you are in good academic
scholarship.
standing. Students who complete the first two years at PrattMWP organizes a yearly relocation trip for its
PrattMWP but decide they want to change their
students to visit the Brooklyn campus in their
major when they relocate to Pratt must submit a
sophomore year. Students become acquainted with
request to the PrattMWP registrar. Acceptance
Pratt by touring the campus and meeting with faculty,
to a different program at Pratt is not guaranteed,
administration, and current students. Many students
although every effort is made to accommodate
reacquaint themselves with their former classmates
students. Students accepted to a different program
from PrattMWP and hear first-hand about the
at Pratt may need to take an additional year to
transition. The trip also enables students to spend
complete their B.F.A. degree. Students interested in
time in their specific departments and learn what to
switching to fashion or architecture will require an
expect throughout their junior and senior years at
additional two to three years. Note: Architecture is
Pratt.
a five-year program.
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