The Fashion Institute
Of Technology
Many people hear this name and they think of one thing,
fashion. Given that it is in the title of the school name,
one would obviously think of fashion first, but only the insiders know of all of
the wonderful things FIT has to offer besides fashion.
The day I received my acceptance letter to FIT was the day my life
changed, and I say that with only a little exaggeration. I had worked so hard
throughout high school. Always staying on top of my grades, going to
numerous SAT and ACT tutors (thanks again mom and dad) and of course
trying to be the typical “well rounded student” that every college wanted. When
it came down to actually applying to colleges I really had no idea of what I was
doing. It knew I wanted to be in the fashion industry but I always felt like I was
being judged because fashion to some people isn’t seen as a sustainable career
path, but for me it was.
I guess during the application phase it shouldn’t have been much of a
question as to where I should apply but for me it was a challenge. My friends
said, “oh it’s so easy for you just apply to FIT and you’ll be fine” but it really
wasn’t that easy. I wasn’t sure if the urban college setting is what I really
wanted. College is a time in your life that you will never give back and you are
supposed to make the best out of the time you are given at college. So I felt it
was necessary to live that “college dream” at a real college with a real campus.
So I applied to 10 different schools with my heart only set on one. I remember
tossing and turning at night thinking of all of the possibilities of where I might
end up. I received some letter backs slowly but surely, some good and some
not so good but I still didn’t hear back from that one school I had really been
waiting to hear back from. It wasn’t until late March that I ran down my
driveway, tore open my mailbox and pulled out the prettiest oversized white
envelope my eyes had ever seen stamped by FIT. That was the day my life had
changed, the day I knew what I was meant to do in life.
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