BetteT
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You really are all over the place .... so it's gonna be hard to give advice.
But let's break it down to what you said here and look it it in another way:
1. Graphic Design
2. R&D
3. Fashion History for post grad work.
Internships are usually just the grunt work ... not a real learning or hands on experience. But they give you the opportunity to watch how the pros do it and to possibly make some contacts who can help you later in your career. However, it sounds like you may be able to actually do some of the work ... so you need to consider that, too.
If you have a good chance to get that scholarship and if you think it would help in that one goal, FIT seems ideal for that career path.
But, to me, it sounds like Fashion History post grad work is a "maybe" ... and you did not say where that would take you if you do get it. But I would guess that at the other end the work would most likely be in the Acedemic and Museum worlds ... teaching and research.
So, let me ask you this. What real benefit would come from interning at FIT? Would it really supply new insight and information that you could use it for your thesis? Or will it mainly just let you see how the work of research at a museum is done? And would it beef up the possiblity of getting that scholarship or not?
I can't answer that question ... only you know what is required to get that scolarship. But, if it would help the cause ... then it's still important. If not ... then it sounds great on paper, but perhaps would not really be of that much value.
The other 3 are all graphic design related ... which would probablty help you on your resume, when you are ready to look for graphic design work. So, if you are more likely to move in that direction .... one of these might be better (Ralph Lauren if that is your fav).
I don't think that they will let you shift you days to accomodate a second internship. I know that if I was considering a candate that asked that .... I'd certainly worry about the committment. Food for thought.
There is no clear answer here ... only you know what you really want from the internships and what you ultimate goal is.
That being said, any of these would be helpful and look good on a resume ... so I don't think that any of them would be a big mistake.
But let's break it down to what you said here and look it it in another way:
... currently interested in the possibilities of graphic design related to fashion, fashion design research and development, and graduate school for fashion history only if I can get a scholarship
1. Graphic Design
2. R&D
3. Fashion History for post grad work.
Internships are usually just the grunt work ... not a real learning or hands on experience. But they give you the opportunity to watch how the pros do it and to possibly make some contacts who can help you later in your career. However, it sounds like you may be able to actually do some of the work ... so you need to consider that, too.
If you have a good chance to get that scholarship and if you think it would help in that one goal, FIT seems ideal for that career path.
But, to me, it sounds like Fashion History post grad work is a "maybe" ... and you did not say where that would take you if you do get it. But I would guess that at the other end the work would most likely be in the Acedemic and Museum worlds ... teaching and research.
So, let me ask you this. What real benefit would come from interning at FIT? Would it really supply new insight and information that you could use it for your thesis? Or will it mainly just let you see how the work of research at a museum is done? And would it beef up the possiblity of getting that scholarship or not?
I can't answer that question ... only you know what is required to get that scolarship. But, if it would help the cause ... then it's still important. If not ... then it sounds great on paper, but perhaps would not really be of that much value.
The other 3 are all graphic design related ... which would probablty help you on your resume, when you are ready to look for graphic design work. So, if you are more likely to move in that direction .... one of these might be better (Ralph Lauren if that is your fav).
I don't think that they will let you shift you days to accomodate a second internship. I know that if I was considering a candate that asked that .... I'd certainly worry about the committment. Food for thought.
There is no clear answer here ... only you know what you really want from the internships and what you ultimate goal is.
That being said, any of these would be helpful and look good on a resume ... so I don't think that any of them would be a big mistake.
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