WELCOME

You’ve achieved something remarkable: You raised an intelligent and inquisitive independent thinker ready to enter college, face and overcome challenges, and make a difference in the world.

Already know The New School is the perfect place for your child? Then don’t waste another second. Contact our Admission office now.

START YOUR CHILD ON A SERIOUS JOURNEY TO PURSUE SCHOLARSHIP, EXPLORE INNOVATION, AND HARNESS CREATIVITY TO EFFECT WORLD CHANGE.

Still have questions about this important milestone? We hear you and we understand.

We think The New School is the perfect choice for your child. And as you both enter this new and exciting phase of life, we’re here to answer your questions and help make this transition a positive, exciting time.

Students are not admitted. They are chosen.

The New School, home to Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, the College of Performing Arts, and renowned graduate schools and programs, is the only comprehensive university that integrates a major design school with schools in the liberal arts, social sciences, and performing arts. Our curriculum combines the academic essentials of communication literacy, critical thinking, and empirical reasoning with collaborative project-based learning and making. We know this approach isn’t right for everyone. But we know it’s right for our students.

WE LOOK FOR STUDENTS WHO WILL THRIVE AS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

We welcome students who have the ability to speak while others stay silent; who act as leaders in their schools and community; who use their artistic, scientific, or technological talents to broaden perspectives on social issues; who engage in scholarly investigation to uncover new truths; and who have the confidence to experiment and innovate to change the status quo. We don’t admit students; we choose them.

Our unique curriculum prepares students to solve problems in creative and innovative ways, see patterns where others don’t, and lead the way to the future with a contextually relevant and socially aware orientation. We strive to build an exceptionally diverse student body in which each student complements the others in experience and all share a desire to catalyze change in the world. We seek students who will learn both from and with one another. We feel that your child is an essential member of this new incoming class, ready to influence the group from the moment of arriving on campus.