Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts

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School Says - General Information
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts is renowned for its urban setting and progressive attitude towards scholarship. Specifically, students and faculty are united by their thirst for freedom in intellectual pursuits. Also, students take responsibility in steering their own course of study. Students get the intimacy of a small school with the resources of a larger institution. Lang's 1400 students form a diverse group. We have students from 35 countries and 51 US states/territories represented; four percent of students are foreign citizens. Women outnumber men three to one. One quarter of students identify as minorities. Some students live on campus while others commute. University-run housing is available close to the campus, allotted first to those in their first year at Lang. Students participate in a wide variety of extra-curricular activities, based around the literary journal, performances, political organizations, social groups, and cultural clubs. The Office of Student Development helps to facilitate many of these organizations. Activities take place on campus and throughout the city. Since the 1919 inception of the New School for Social Research, The New School campus has drawn forward-thinking scholars and artists. The founders, John Dewey, Alvin Johnson, and Thorstein Veblen, created an environment for groundbreaking scholarship, bringing W.E.B. DuBois to teach classes in black culture and race and Sandor Ferenezi (who worked with Freud) to teach psychoanalysis. Other instructors in this illustrious tradition have included Martha Graham, Aaron Copland, and Thomas Hart Benton. Currently, Jane Lazarre, Pablo Medina, McWelling Todman, Elaine Savory and Sekou Sundiata are a few of the faculty members, renowned in their fields that lend their guidance to Lang students. The university comprises additional divisions to suit particular pursuits. The New School for General Studies students choose from more than 2,000 classes each term. The New School for Social Research, known at its 1933 founding as the University in Exile, offers MA and PhD degrees. Students may work towards their MS or PhD degree at Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy. Parsons The New School for Design is a major component in the international art school arena. The university operates a classical conservatory at the Mannes College The New School for Music. Classes at The New School for Drama may lead to an MFA in directing, playwriting or acting. In the 2009-10 academic year, all of these divisions combined had roughly 10,500 students enrolled.

School Says - Student Body
Students at Eugene Lang College have an active role in steering College policies regarding academics and student life. The Lang Student Union brings students together to express their views and run their events. There are a number of academic, social and cultural clubs that include Eugene Lang College students as well as other students from The New School's other divisions.

School Says - Academics
Personal development and goals form the foundation of planning a course of study at Eugene Lang College. Advisors assist students in making clear-headed and individual decisions regarding their academics. Students benefit from the interdisciplinary seminar format of many classes. These classes are intimate enough to allow discussions to flourish, primary texts to be tackled, and real relationships to be formed among students and professors. First-year students must enroll in four seminars, one of which focuses on writing, in their freshman year. In subsequent years, students can combine seminars with classes from The New School division, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, Parsons The New School for Design, and the New School for Social Research. Two semesters make up the academic year, running from September to mid-May. The typical load is 16 units each semester. Graduation requires 120 units total.

School Says - Admissions
Eugene Lang College encourages students from diverse racial, ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds to apply. The admissions committee looks for students who demonstrate an ability to make the best use of college-level resources and contribute to the Lang community. Particular qualities that the College looks for include an ability to question, a seriousness of purpose, and the capacity for intensive yet progressive liberal arts study. The Admissions Committee takes the whole student into account when making admissions decisions. A student's personal convictions and creative work, exhibited the personal essay and required interview, are weighed alongside of scholastic achievement, represented by transcripts, recommendations, SAT I, or ACT scores. Most successful candidates have completed a college-preparatory course load in high school. Applicants are encouraged to take a tour and sit-in on a seminar. The early decision application option is highly recommended for those who know that Eugene Lang is their first choice. High school juniors who display a high level of achievement may apply for early entrance, turning in two teacher recommendations with their application materials. Transfer students with a minimum of one year of college work behind them may apply and enroll in upper-level seminars upon acceptance. Those applying internationally follow regular application procedures. Non-native English speakers should submit their TOEFL scores. Students attending other institutions have a chance to come to Eugene Lang and participate in an internship through the New York Connections program. Certain programs have special application requirements. To enter the 5 year Joint BA/BFA jazz studies program with Jazz and Contemporary Music, students need to audition. Fine arts applicants to the 5 year Joint BA/BFA program with Parsons School of Design submit a portfolio and a home exercise. All categories of admits may begin their time at Eugene Lang in the fall (September) or spring (January) semester. A $50 application fee is required. Waivers may be issued under the College Board's Fee Waiver Service. All required materials must be submitted by the following deadlines: November 15 for spring semester or for fall semester early decision; February 1 for freshman general admission and freshman early entrants (April 1 notification). May 15 is the deadline for transfers, and visiting students.

School Says - Campus Life
The university's New York City location offers access to world-class cultural opportunities. Greenwich Village in particular has the benefits of tree-lined streets, beautiful architecture, and a tradition of artistic activity.

School Says - Cost Aid
In 2009-10, tuition and fees totaled $34,550 with room and board costing roughly $15,260 more, varying according to residence and meal plan options.The New School Office of Student Financial Services (SFS) provides a comprehensive program of financial assistance and financing options. We are committed to making all reasonable effort to removing need as a barrier to matriculation and to applying need analysis and awarding policies equitably across the university. Our primary role is to identify possible sources of assistance and financing options for students and their families so that admitted students can enroll and continuing students can successfully complete their course of study. Institutional Funds The New School has established significant funding for institutional scholarships, fellowships, grants and stipends. Graduate students and undergraduate students enrolling in Jazz or Mannes are not required to file an application to be considered for institutional funds as these awards are based on merit. Lang College students, Parsons undergraduate students, and The New School for General Studies undergraduate students should complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or the on-line International Scholarship Application to be considered for institutional funding. Supplemental Sources of Assistance To supplement the institutional aid program, The New School participates in the Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Academic Competitiveness Grant, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Family Education Loan (including Stafford and PLUS) and Federal Work-Study programs. By filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), eligibility for these programs is determined automatically by a financial aid officer. To be considered for federal financial assistance you must be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen. International students are not eligible for federal assistance but may be eligible to borrow through private credit-based education loan programs. Applying for Federal Aid Programs Federal Aid Eligible students should complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid online at www.fafsa.ed.gov ( http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ ). Our school code is 002780. You can either sign your application using a Personal Identification Number (a PIN can be obtained at www.pin.ed.gov ( http://www.pin.ed.gov/ )) if you have one, or by printing out a confirmation page and mailing it to the processing center. It will take approximately 3-4 weeks for processing so please complete the application as soon as possible. It is essential that you review the processed Student Aid Report once you receive it and confirm that all the entered information is correct.

Students Say - Academics
Eugene Lang College is an "unconventional," highly urban school with few academic requirements where courses have "really long poetic titles" and professors "go by their first names." "Lang is about small classes in a big city," summarizes a writing major. There's a "rich intellectual tradition" and, no matter what your major, an "interdisciplinary curriculum." "At Eugene Lang, you have the freedom to pursue your artistic or intellectual direction with absolute freedom," says a philosophy major. However, "students who are uncomfortable in a city and who are not excited about learning for learning's sake should not come to this school." Lang's "clueless," "incredibly bureaucratic" administration is hugely unpopular. The "approachable" and monolithically "radical" faculty is a mixed bag. "Seventy-five percent of the professors are pure gold, but the 25 per- cent who are not really are awful." "Lang's greatest strength (other than location) is its seminar style of teaching," explains a first-year student. "I've yet to be in a class with more then 15 people." Students say their class discussions are phenomenal. "The students, however, at times can be somewhat draining." "All the teachers are highly susceptible to being led off on long tangents" and some "are too gentle and not comfortable shutting down wandering or irrelevant conversation." Juniors and seniors can take classes at several schools within the larger university (including Parsons The New School for Design and Mannes College The New School for Music). "So if Lang's ultra-liberal, writing-intensive seminars are too much," notes an urban studies major, "you can always take a break." Internships all over Manhattan are common, too.

Students Say - Campus Life
There are "great talks given on campus every week by a wide variety of academics on almost every social issue imaginable." Otherwise, "Lang is the anti-college experience." "There is very little community" on this speck of a campus on the northern end of Greenwich Village. "Space and facilities are limited." "There is no safe haven in the form of a communal student space" except for "a courtyard of a million cigarette butts." Certainly, "you aren't going to have the traditional college fun" here. On the other hand, few students anywhere else enjoy this glorious level of independence. "Life at Eugene Lang is integrated completely with living in New York City," and "you have the entire city at your fingertips." When you walk out of class, "you walk out into a city of 9 million people." There are dorms here, but "most students have apartments," especially after freshman year. For fun, Lang students sometimes "hang around other students' apartments and smoke pot." Many "thoroughly enjoy the club scene." Mostly though, "people band into small groups and then go out adventuring in the city" where "there is always something to do that you've never done, or even heard of, before."

Students Say - Student Body
Lang offers the kids with dreadlocks and piercings an alternative place to gather, smoke, and write pretentious essays. It's "overrun with rabid hipsters." "Cool hair" and "avant-garde" attitudes proliferate. So do "tight pants." "Every student at Lang thinks they are an atypical student." "There is a running joke that all Lang students were 'that kid' in high school," says a senior. "Shock is very popular around here," and "everyone fits in as long as they are not too mainstream." "It's the normal ones who have the trouble," suggests a sophomore. "But once they take up smoking and embrace their inner hipster, everything's cool." "There are a lot of queer students, who seem to be comfortable." "We're really not all that ethnically diverse," admits a first-year student. There are "less affluent kids due to great financial aid," and there is a strong contingent of "trust-fund babies" and "over-privileged communists from Connecticut." "Most students are wealthy but won't admit it," says a senior. "To be from a rich family and have it be apparent is a cardinal sin." "Most students are extremely liberal and on the same wavelength politically." "Conservative kids are the freaks at our school. Left is in. But having a Republican in class is so exciting," suggest a senior. "We can finally have a debate."

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