The Fashion Institute of Technology

Date: Feb 24 2011
Major: Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc (This Major's Salary over time)
Consider this: Every school is what you make of it. You, as a student, upholds the responsibility to make everything happen, to make everything work for you, and to make everything of use to further direct into achieving your goals and aspirations. Now, every college student perceives college life in different ways. Some consider it a chance to exemplify, adjust and improve their talents to their fullest potential. Others consider college as a way to kick back, relax and hang out and go to parties. You know what, that's them…don't worry about them, worry about you and what you can do to develop your career.

Seeing as how I'm being asked to shed my review, here's the pros and cons about FIT after being here for at least a semester and a half…it may subject to change in the long run, but this is how I feel about the school…

What's good about the school are the opportunities for success. They are available, you just have to take advantage of them at all costs. Don't let them slip past you because chances like these doesn't come by so often. If by any chance you're admitted as an EOP student, it's like you have your own command center right there to fully direct you into succession because they will help you no matter what as long as you maintain your responsibilities, meaning attending mandatory meetings, helping around the office, etc. Now, I'm a Fine Arts major at FIT…it's not very competitive, but it's challenging to say the least, however, there are professors fully available for you for assistance so you won't get lost in the shuffle. So far, financial aid, bursar and registrar have been very helpful to me so no problems there whatsoever…FIT is very cheap, so tuition isn't a problem seeing as how it's SUNY…especially if you have financial aid and scholarships because you WILL GET CASH BACK.

What's bad about the school…first off, the scheduling…it can be very abysmal at times, especially fixing up the right schedule so you can add liberals into it. And since I'm in Fine Arts, schedules are chosen in blocks so it's impossible to switch from class to class. Talking about 8am classes, 6:30-9:20pm classes, one class split into 2-3 days a week, the whole nine. Speaking of liberals, they are MANDATORY towards graduation. There's so much liberals to take in order to get an AAS or a BFA…unless you're in the Presidential Scholars Program where an honors class can substantiate over 2 required classes which cuts down courseloads. Other than that, plan your liberals carefully or you will be super stressed. The workload can be very, VERY tiring…pulling out all-nighters, losing sleep and coming in to open lab to finish work runs rampant so you must have heart to finish your work. Don't think about grades, even though they're on a curve, think about your work.

The students in particular, so far they've been very friendly along the way. I'm very shy and I hardly communicate, but if you're very extroverted, try to communicate with others, there is so much diversity within the Fine Arts / Illustration floor. As I've said, FIT is all about what you can make of it. Don't like it, don't come. Interested? Come here. If you're confident enough to rely on your work instead of socializing, it can be a positively good experience. We've had a student who graduated from FIT Fine Arts now getting her MFA at Yale University, so possibilities are endless. It's all about accentuating the positives, putting aside the negatives, obtaining confidence and experience as well as developing your career can portray a fair experience. It's all about what you make of it.