Parson's or Pratt's 2 year graphic design program

[alysimone]

hey all

i'm looking into either pratt or parsons for their aol/aas program in graphic design..i 've had my ba (media studies, fordham) for 10 yrs and have been walking the line workwise (creative/business) and would like to study /work in graphic design if only on a freelance basis in the beginning (still gotta make $$ at my regualr 9-5). i live in bklyn, work in the city and am leaning towards pratt cuz the courses sound more interesting and give a fuller design education. any opinions from alumni, current students, anyone? thanks.

[Groover McNab]

Here's some honest advice. If you're looking for advice on graphic design this really isn't the best forum for it. There are very few graphic designers here. I would suggest trying the forums at howdesign.com or designateonline.com.

Good luck.

[alysimone]

thanks i didn't realize that...ps..so who does frequent this forum then (may be a dumb question but i'm really new to this so any and all info is appeciated)

[travisirby]

Mostly concept artists, or people striving to be one. Also some more fine arts type people from what I can see, although I am relatively new here so take this with a grain of salt.

[wilee4]

hey all

i'm looking into either pratt or parsons for their aol/aas program in graphic design..i 've had my ba (media studies, fordham) for 10 yrs and have been walking the line workwise (creative/business) and would like to study /work in graphic design if only on a freelance basis in the beginning (still gotta make $$ at my regualr 9-5). i live in bklyn, work in the city and am leaning towards pratt cuz the courses sound more interesting and give a fuller design education. any opinions from alumni, current students, anyone? thanks.

For design, Parsons is generally regarded as the stronger school, I have my MFA from Parsons and aside from the strenght of the program, you leave there VERY well connected. Though that was the MFA Design & Technogoly program, I'm not sure who teaches the continuing education or aas classes.\

And I also took classes at Pratt before deciding where to go, 6 of them, so I do have a pretty good perspective. I also took several continuing ed classes at SVA before deciding, for me Parsons was the best of the 3.

Hope this helps