Intellectual freedom, artistic and academic excellence, and social responsibility are the guiding values of New School University, a progressive New York institution. Its schools and colleges for design, liberal arts, performing arts, social sciences and public policy challenge students to develop the capacity, passion and will to stregthen the communities and world in which they live.
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly around Greenwich Village.
Some 9,300 students are enrolled in graduate and undergraduate degree programs in a variety of disciplines, including the social sciences, liberal arts, humanities, architecture, fine arts, design, music, drama, finance, psychology and public policy. The school is renowned for its avant-garde teaching and houses the well-known international think tank, the World Policy Institute.
From its founding in 1919 and for most of its history, the currently-styled New School was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University. The university and each of its colleges were re-branded to their current names in 2005.
The graduate school of The New School began in 1933 as the University in Exile, an emergency rescue program for threatened scholars in Europe. In 1934 it was chartered by the New York state board of regents and its name was changed to the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, a name it would keep until 2005 when it was renamed New School for Social Research.
Parsons The New School for Design is the university's highly-competitive art school.
The current president of the New School is former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE), who assumed his role in 2000. Kerrey drew mixed praise and criticism for his divisive streamlining of the university, as well as censure for his support of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, generally opposed by the university's traditionally left-wing faculty. In 2004, Kerrey appointed Arjun Appadurai as Provost. Appadurai resigned as provost in early 2006, but retains a tenured faculty position at the New School. The current provost is Benjamin Lee.
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| Percent of Students International: | 19% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 18% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 26,540 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 28,560 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 620 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,712 | 23% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 1,916 | 11% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 8,685 | 70% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 3,694 | 54% | |
Any Aid: |
76% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 51% (Highly Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 66% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 500, Math: 500 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 630, Math: 620 |
| Application Fee: | $ 40.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Not Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
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Question:
The New School?
Have you heard anything about the university called The New School? If not, what are your impressions about it upon hearing the name.
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22 months ago
Best Answer
The New School is quite well known in academic circles.
It's made up of Eugene Lang, Parsons, the New School for Social Research, and a couple of other schools as well (I think there's one for music, and one for theatre, and one for business).
Eugene Lang, Parsons, and NSSR have solid reputations. I honestly don't know much about their business, theatre, or music schools.
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Is there anybody who's at the School or have been? I would like know how was your experience and how competitive is the admission for the PhD program is political science.
I'm from Canada and we lack information about the School and its reputation.
24 months ago
Best Answer
I went to the New School for Social research for Summer School a long time ago. It was the best experience ever. The people that attend are independent thinkers and the school is extremely competitive. Just taking a couple of classes in Economics made me change my whole major. I liked Eugene Lang better than NYU because the classes are smaller and one gets more attention. (I went to Columbia U). Hope that helps.
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