The New School Reviews of Master's in Liberal Arts

"It is a flexible graduate program, with a good offer of courses in the fields of film, video art and the social media. It welcomes students in a prestigious community of contemporary thinkers and trend-setters in their fields of activity. If you know how to make use of the courses on offer, it can be a very good professional and educational asset. On the other side, for those who aren't certain of their goals and professional orientation, the vast array of courses on offer could be confusing and distracting."

"Pros: The New School is located in the heart of downtown NYC which offers a great deal of diversity and explorations however, this can also be seen as con simply because graduate school is different than undergraduate and I find that the social life for meeting other grad student is very limited."

"The quality of the instruction is high, but there needs to be something to increase students social interactions and feeling of camaraderie within the school."

"The MFA writing program at The New School offers an amazing reading series and is staffed by professors who are really living their dreams as writers in New York City. The selection of students is of the highest quality and we push each other creatively both in and out of class. This is definitely a program driven by the love of craft, and it's structured to challenge all of us to find which of the tools offered will help us find our place in the literary world. Because the staff is so involved in this world, however, it's not always easy to get in touch with them outside of class. I commute in and out of the city for work and school, so finding the extra time and money to take advantage of any opportunity to meet with faculty members, or even to take advantage of other New School educational or recreational programs, has proven difficult during my first semester. I want to be able to immerse myself in this program as much as possible--I want to truly be a part of this community."

"Excellent teachers, facilities lacking and no social core but the education and being in NYC make up for some of that."