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Summer Pre-College Program for High School Students
Stop Watching. Start Designing! If you can’t get enough of the “before” and “after” room transformations on home design shows, we invite you to join us this summer to design your own “before and after.” New York School of Interior Design’s Summer Pre-College program offers high school students (rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors) with a passion for interiors the opportunity to truly experience and understand life as a designer. It’s the perfect way to see if your passion will become your profession.
As a Summer Pre-College student, you’ll learn the basic “How To’s” of interior design by the professional designers who teach our undergraduate and graduate classes. Your summer learning experience will include: Understanding a floor plan—opportunities and challenges G etting started on your basic drafting skills (everyone has to start somewhere!) Developing your design concept Putting together a dynamic color scheme Choosing furniture and materials for the space and desired “look” A “backstage pass” experience visiting firms to see the design world in action Visits to special showrooms and design shops around NYC—the nation’s design capital You’ll be amazed at what you can achieve in just a few short weeks! Pre-College I students design a small apartment; Pre-College II students (Pre-College I is required first) design a hospitality space such as a hotel lobby or small cafe. The projects you develop will help build your college portfolio, and attendance at Summer Pre-College will earn you one NYSID undergraduate credit for each course you complete.
STUDENT PERSPECTIVES BFA seniors Bailey McGrath and Victoria Bartholomew met as Summer Pre-College roommates and have stayed friends ever since. Now on the verge of graduating with their BFAs from NYSID, here’s what they had to say about their Pre-College experience.
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Before I attended Pre-College, I really didn’t know that much about the details of interior design as a career, but I had a strong interest in it, and I completed the program fully confident this was the career for me. My mom had been nervous about me attending such a focused college, but once she saw the amazing work I produced after just a few weeks, she knew I was choosing the right career for me. The design work I did at Pre-College really helped with my applications to a range of design schools. While I had several options, I ultimately chose NYSID, because I trusted the depth of education offered and it just felt like “home” after having attended Summer Pre-College. BAILEY MCGRATH ’20 (BFA)
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NYSID Pre-College program solidified that interior design was the career I wanted and ultimately, the college I wanted to study at. I was serious, and excited by the work right from the start and it gave me a great introduction to the industry and awareness of skills I’d need to be successful. VICTORIA BARTHOLOMEW ’20 (BFA)
Want to hear a parent’s POV? Check out what Bailey’s mom said about the program on nysid.edu/precollege.
THE DETAILS 040 PRECOLLEGE I JULY 6–16, 2020 Learn the basics of interior design, and complete a residential design project. In this course, you will acquire drafting skills, learn to understand floor plans, come up with a design concept, put together a color scheme, and select furniture and materials. An outstanding part of the experience is visiting design showrooms and the offices of New York professional interior designers. Once you’ve pulled together all your new knowledge, you’ll use it to design a New York City apartment.
041 PRECOLLEGE II JULY 20–30, 2020 Take your basic knowledge of interior design to the next level. In this course, the assignment is to design a café and hotel lobby. Learn how to meet the demands of designing a public space and working with a client. Pre-College I is a prerequisite for Pre-College II.
HOUSING SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION To be considered for a full or partial scholarship: Create a room of your dreams using your favorite medium(s): graphite, watercolor, acrylic, oil, etc. Strong submissions will be work done by hand and will demonstrate theme, color, and functionality. Collages, photography, etc., will also be considered. Write a one-page essay explaining your room design, and tell us why you want to study interior design. Save both as a single PDF document, and email the file to admissions@nysid.edu with the subject line PRE-COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP SUBMISSION no later than April 30. WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MAY 15TH!
NYSID offers housing to Summer Pre-College students at a modern residential facility at 97th Street and Third Avenue, which is easily accessible to NYSID and is in a neighborhood full of shops and restaurants. This housing is available for an additional fee (summer only), and is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Students must be at least 16 years old by the beginning of the course and provide proof of age by the move-in date.
For Summer Pre-College information: VISIT
nysid.edu/precollege
E-MAIL precollege@nysid.edu