• New Students
  • Welcome, new students! This page is designed to help you understand the important steps you'll need to take for a successful start to your New School journey. Explore the pages in the gray navigation bar on the right side of your computer screen (or the top of the page on your mobile device) to learn about Orientation, course registration, online platforms you'll use as a student, and more! Below you will find your New Student Checklist. Please take action on all the items on the list before you start your first semester at The New School.

    Are you a Parsons Paris student? Find your checklist on the Parsons Paris New Students page.

    Please note: You won't be able to get started until you've paid your tuition deposit, so visit your Admission Hub to reserve your spot in this year's class.

    New Student Checklist

    Complete all the steps below or on our interactive checklist before classes begin.

  • Important Dates

    On-Campus Housing Move-In
    August 17-18, 2024

    New Student Orientation
    August 19-23, 2024

    Family Orientation
    August 19, 2024

  • Take The Next Step

Submit your application

Undergraduates

To apply to any of our undergraduate programs (except the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs) complete and submit the Common App online.

Undergraduate Adult Learners

To apply to any of our Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

Graduates

To apply to any of our Master's, Doctoral, Professional Studies Diploma, and Graduate Certificate programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

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