WHY I CHOSE HSFI
Meet current students, graduates and staff that were once students share 'WHY I CHOSE HSFI' as the school they wanted to go to when they were applying as middle school students.
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Ms. Chavez, our Admissions Associate, Fashion Instructor and Class of 1992 Alumni, conducts a series of interviews where volunteers share their answers to the following questions:
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What enticed you to apply to HSFI during your 8th-grade year? Why were you interested in applying to our school?
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What concerns or fears did you have back as an applicant? How did you overcome those fears and concerns?
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What experiences at HSFI helped you develop into the student you are today?
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What advice would you give to current eighth graders applying to HSFI?
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Jasmina
Former 8th grader from JHS 223 - Brooklyn
'Being introduced to a variety of courses while also meeting new friendships and being exposed to diversity. It allowed me to become more open-minded and learn new opportunities. HSFI challenged me into becoming a high achieving student.'
Maliha
Former 8th grader from Almadinah School - Brooklyn
'..as someone who is shy and afraid of public speaking, I tend to stay in my comfort zone. However, once I stepped out of my comfort zone regardless of the fear that I have, I realized it isn't so scary and it's just my imagination creating fear that doesn't exist.'
Charmaine
Former 8th grader from Ascension Catholic School - Manhattan
'I think my main concern/fear was coming from a small Catholic school, how would I be able to adapt to this school with 10 floors, with over 1,500 students? I didn't know if I would love it, or hate it, but eventually, I took that chance and realized that it felt like the "right fit.".'
Graduates & EDUCATORS
Why they chose Fashion High
Anthony - Class of 2019
& Marcel - Class of 2016
Anthony is a current Senior at Fashion Institute of Technology and Marcel graduated from Buffalo State College, Class of 2021 and is now a regular CTE substitute teacher at HSFI
Kianmy
Class of 2019
Former Students With Disabilities graduated from the Advanced Fashion Class and is now a
Senior at Bronx Community College and was recently accepted to CHAVON SCHOOL OF DESIGN
'The sky is the limit, no one can tell you that because you have a disability you CAN'T'... because you have a disability, that has to be your motivation.
See Rejection as Redirection.''
