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Pratt Institute

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityB- Faculty AccessibilityC+
Useful SchoolworkA- Excess CompetitionB-
Academic SuccessB+ Creativity/ InnovationB-
Individual ValueB- University Resource UseC+
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyC+ FriendlinessB-
Campus MaintenanceC+ Social LifeB
Surrounding CityA+ Extra CurricularsC-
SafetyC-
Describes the student body as:
Friendly, Approachable

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly, Helpful, Condescending, Unhelpful

Female
Quite Bright
Lowest Rating
Extra Curriculars
C-
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Surrounding City
A+
She cares more about Safety than the average student.
Date: Dec 24 2006
Major: Art & Design Department (This Major's Salary over time)
Ok, I'm going to give as realistic a picture as possible here to give anyone reading my comment the best advice I can give about attending Pratt…

First off, getting into Pratt is not that difficult. Admission rates are much higher compared to other prominent art colleges but employers don't seem to know that and Pratt still enjoys a very nice reputation nonetheless. Whip together a portfolio in a month, try not to have a GPA below 2.4 in high school and your chances are pretty good.

So getting in is not the problem for most prospective students…the greatest consideration you should have is whether Pratt is the right fit for you. Factors you should look into (don't take these lightly if you're going to be staying for four years and will be paying for it!!) are where you're coming from and what your idea of an education should be. Read on and these factors will be further explained to you:

YOUR BACKGROUND MATTERS TO YOUR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE. I know lots of students coming from small towns in upstate New York and New Jersey as well as Texas, Michigan, etc… (pretty diverse pool of out of state applicants) and the majority of them really take being in NYC to advantage. Pratt is the only stand alone art college in NYC with a real campus so if you're dorming you can get a nice student community feeling (always a party, SOMEWHERE, on weekends)while having Manhattan only a train ride away. Museums, concerts, ethnic foods, whatever…if you've got money for it, you can get it from NYC. HOWEVER…if you're a NYC native…scratch I've just described…expecially if you're a COMMUNTER. If you grew up around it, the whole NYC experience is obviously not going to further enrich your college experience. If you're communting, forget the campus community feeling, unless you're extremely social. I've spoken to city natives and they typically do not have very positive things to say about being on the Brooklyn campus and they tend to be a lot less excited about Manhattan being slightly less than an hour away by train. Also, the Pratt campus itself is not particularly scenic (award winning sculpture garden aside, it's a relatively small campus with what appears to be never ending construction work going on the buildings). The overall impression of Pratt facilities that one alumni had was "dumpy."

WHAT SHOULD YOU BE LEARNING IN AN INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION? Well, that depends. What matters to you? If you have a single SHRED of care for academics…if you want to feed your intellectual curiosity AT ALL…please reconsider Pratt. Pratt is good for what its supposed to be good for—its a stand alone art school that teaches students trades, technical experience, and possibily career preparation. It's industrial design department is solid, excellent and top ranked. Other design majors it offers are either good or pretty good. But it's not going to give you much wiggle room for study outside of your choosen major. If you consider yourself to be something of a renaissence man/woman with potential and interests in a multitude of areas DON'T GO TO PRATT. Consider RISD, perhaps for its excellent liberal arts program or go to a university with decent art colleges but PRATT WOULD NOT BE THE PLACE FOR YOU.

Remember, don't take the college selection process lightly because your money and precious years of your young life are going to be invested into whatever institution you choose to go into. Make sure whatever place you're applying to (Pratt or elsewhere) have the resources you might want available to you. Pratt is both abundant and limited in many areas. Study the course catalogue, know what's available to you. Make careful decisions, good luck.

 
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questionMay i know how much do i pay to study in Pratt?? Cuz i tried looking, but couldn't find it. i'm from singapore and very interested =) i think your reveiw is helpful, but i need to know actual pricings. thanks so much!
responseRISD is ranked pretty low in annual alumn salaries while Pratt is #1 and out of all major art schools in the United States gives out fantastic scholarships. I say that is the biggest draw. So many schools see talent but let it squander because they're too cheap to help less fortunate students. Also just go to RISD for your masters if you're so obsessed with it.
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