I’m in college now and I would like to transfer to Parsons but I wanted to know… how heavily they will weigh my GPA? Do you think it will have an affect on their decision?
This was one of the biggest questions I had when I applied to Parsons, too. I wasn’t a terrible student in high school, but I wasn’t a star-student either. I’m not an admissions counselor, but if you are worried about your GPA, I think you should focus on what other aspects balance out that weakness. Obviously you can make a really excellent portfolio or home test (I’m not even sure if that is required for transfer, is it?) but have you thought about how some of your extracurricular activites or other interests make you a well rounded student that is qualified to transfer into Parsons? For the record, I had a 2.65 GPA when I graduated high school but I balanced that out with starting a music magazine at my school, helping out the art department, and doing a French exchange program. Also you might be able to say that the reason why you aren’t doing up to your personal standards is because you aren’t being pushed by the curriculum at your current school (and that you think Parsons will challenge you to be a better student and designer.) Good luck!
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1 Eileen // Dec 1, 2008 at 11:29 am
This was a short, but really helpful read! Thanks for sharing
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2 Priscilla aka prica // Dec 1, 2008 at 4:53 pm
good advice sis!
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5 Jill // Dec 15, 2008 at 3:43 pm
on a side note..grades don’t matter at parsons…its a bummer because for those of us who are doing very the reward for this is quite slim…the most you can get through parsons for based upon academic achievement a $4,200 scholarship for a full year, not saying its nothing…im grateful for it… but it ain’t a whole lot…if you want more look elsewhere.
ps. kate, how do u remember your gpa from highschool?…anyway, mine was probably worse.
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6 Matt // Dec 30, 2008 at 12:25 am
When I went for my portfolio review for Pratt they pretty much shit their pants when they saw I had good grades and SATs. If you had solid portfolio work they didn’t seem to care at all about your academics other than for maybe giving you money. I can certainly attest to the fact that most of my fellow students were morons. I guess this was like 10 years ago though so I dunno how they roll now.
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Yeah, I think that might be the case everywhere. At Parsons I remember asking around freshman year and feeling like I had the lowest GPA out of a lot of students but feeling like I had the most common sense?
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7 little Grace // Jan 12, 2009 at 11:34 pm
I’m doinf REALLY REALLY bad this year..my gpa is similar to yours and im in my junior year in high school. How does Parsons judge your work?
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