Complete the Required Essay
Essay 1
What social issue or construct would you choose to affect change through your study or work at The New School? (200-400 words)
Essay 2
What specific aspects of The New School's academic programs or community drew you to apply? Please pay particular attention to the college and program that you have applied to in your essay. (200-400 words)
Submit Your Portfolio and/or Parsons Challenge
BBA Program Applicants (Strategic Design and Management)
Applicants to the BBA in Strategic Design and Management are encouraged to submit the Parsons Challenge, but they are not permitted to submit a portfolio. They must submit the Parsons Challenge after they submit their Common Application.
Parsons Challenge: Create a new visual work inspired by an advertisement, invention, or theme within a piece you've already created. Support your process by writing a 500-word essay describing how your ideas developed. You may also submit up to two additional pieces that document your process. All forms of media are acceptable - drawing, video, photography, sculpture, 3D work, collage, digital images, etc. The Parsons Challenge helps us understand how you develop ideas, visually communicate those ideas, and support your work in writing.
Submit Letters of Recommendation- Applicants applying directly from high school must submit one counselor recommendation and one recommendation from a teacher. The Common Application School Report is also required.
Submit Official Transcripts
All applicants must provide official high school and/or college transcripts from all institutions attended. Undergraduate applicants who have attended multiple high schools can submit only the graduating school's official transcript as long as all prior coursework is listed on that transcript.
Minimum required scores are:

TOEFL iBT- 92
IELTS - 7
PTE - 63
Duolingo English Test - 115
Cambridge English - 185
International Baccalaureate (IB): Students can pursue either the IB Diploma Program (DP) or IB Career-related Program (CP). Applicants who are taking individual IB courses as a supplement to a national curriculum are permitted to pursue individual IB courses rather than the DP or CP.