We, as members of the graduating class of the New School, class of 2015, and those who support this endeavor, hereby submit our signatures as testimony to our fury regarding the quality of the New School diplomas.
First off, the design of the diplomas is ironically atrocious. They don't look anything like diplomas, contemporary or otherwise. It looks like they were designed in Word, then printed off last-minute and rushed out. The design is overall bad - the font weights don't agree, the spacing is bizarre, and why is it so large? Normally Bachelor's Degrees are 8 1/2 x 11", but for some reason these are 11x14", which is a size normally reserved for Doctorate degrees or PhDs. Which is fine, if you'd like to grant us those...
Secondly, these things really need to be sent out in more durable packaging. My own diploma arrived bent at the corner. (Despite the "Do Not Bend" note - as though this were an adequate protection.) I'm sure there is a way in which this can be solved very easily.
We realize that these complaints might seem unreasonable or of no consequence, but this simple piece of paper is a testament to the four years of blood, sweat, tears, pride, joy, anger, and tremendously hard work that we all contributed to being at Parsons. It's a symbol of our making through what many others could not. A symbol of all the life-changing experiences and accomplishments we have gathered.
I don't want to bring money into this either, but for the tuition we pay, you'd think that such an apparently measely piece of paper could be attended to with a lot more care and dedication. It feels insulting to have dedicated so much time, effort, and money into our education and have the symbol of that education to be worthy of nothing more than a bad critique in one of our classes. It feels like an insult.
Other schools do it better. There's no reason why we can't either.
We, as graduates of the New School, class of 2015, hereby demand newly designed and reprinted diplomas!
Updates
July 30, 2015
Seeing so many of you connect with this frustration proves that I am not just being picky about a piece of paper. This represents years of our lives and we deserve to hold a document that actually reflects what we accomplished at Parsons.
8 Comments
It is a symbol, a tangible symbol, and it's important that symbols accurately represent what they're supposed to. This does not-- in fact, it represents a carelessness and lack of attention that is not true of any student I have met who graduated from Parsons.
Graduated in 2010 in the height of the recession. My diploma was much nicer than the ones current grads are receiving. Still, when I pulled it out of the envelope I was expecting to be joyful. It was pretty sad. My public high school diploma is nicer than my private college diploma. I have seen the current diplomas people are receiving for 2015. They look awful.
horrible representation for a design school- and Parsons was considered one of the very best design schools in the world! Not good!!
They deserve it!
Come on Parsons, you don't think you could have at least hired one of your graduates to design this this thing? Two birds one stone you twats
As a graduate from a flagship state university a couple of years back, I proudly display my framed diploma on the wall. Were I to have received a diploma that looks like the ones received by the Parson's class of 2015, I would reconsider my choice of decoration.
A diploma from College should matter! They're not treating their diplomas that way!
Sign Petition
We never post to your account. Social sign-in is used only to verify your signature.
Add a comment?
Your signature will be added via . Tell others why you're signing — it's optional.
By signing, you accept iPetitions Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Share Petition
Don't stop at signing, share the petition link with friends to multiply our impact
Copy link or share directly
We, as members of the graduating class of the New School, class of 2015, and those who support this endeavor, hereby submit our signatures as testimony to our fury regarding the quality of the New School diplomas.
First off, the design of the diplomas is ironically atrocious. They don't look anything like diplomas, contemporary or otherwise. It looks like they were designed in Word, then printed off last-minute and rushed out. The design is overall bad - the font weights don't agree, the spacing is bizarre, and why is it so large? Normally Bachelor's Degrees are 8 1/2 x 11", but for some reason these are 11x14", which is a size normally reserved for Doctorate degrees or PhDs. Which is fine, if you'd like to grant us those...
Secondly, these things really need to be sent out in more durable packaging. My own diploma arrived bent at the corner. (Despite the "Do Not Bend" note - as though this were an adequate protection.) I'm sure there is a way in which this can be solved very easily.
We realize that these complaints might seem unreasonable or of no consequence, but this simple piece of paper is a testament to the four years of blood, sweat, tears, pride, joy, anger, and tremendously hard work that we all contributed to being at Parsons. It's a symbol of our making through what many others could not. A symbol of all the life-changing experiences and accomplishments we have gathered.
I don't want to bring money into this either, but for the tuition we pay, you'd think that such an apparently measely piece of paper could be attended to with a lot more care and dedication. It feels insulting to have dedicated so much time, effort, and money into our education and have the symbol of that education to be worthy of nothing more than a bad critique in one of our classes. It feels like an insult.
Other schools do it better. There's no reason why we can't either.
We, as graduates of the New School, class of 2015, hereby demand newly designed and reprinted diplomas!
Updates
July 30, 2015
Seeing so many of you connect with this frustration proves that I am not just being picky about a piece of paper. This represents years of our lives and we deserve to hold a document that actually reflects what we accomplished at Parsons.
8 Comments
Any regular school of any esteem should put at least a little effort into the appearance of their diplomas, but for a design school, this is even more indefensible.
It is a symbol, a tangible symbol, and it's important that symbols accurately represent what they're supposed to. This does not-- in fact, it represents a carelessness and lack of attention that is not true of any student I have met who graduated from Parsons.
Graduated in 2010 in the height of the recession. My diploma was much nicer than the ones current grads are receiving. Still, when I pulled it out of the envelope I was expecting to be joyful. It was pretty sad. My public high school diploma is nicer than my private college diploma. I have seen the current diplomas people are receiving for 2015. They look awful.
horrible representation for a design school- and Parsons was considered one of the very best design schools in the world! Not good!!
They deserve it!
Come on Parsons, you don't think you could have at least hired one of your graduates to design this this thing? Two birds one stone you twats
As a graduate from a flagship state university a couple of years back, I proudly display my framed diploma on the wall. Were I to have received a diploma that looks like the ones received by the Parson's class of 2015, I would reconsider my choice of decoration.
A diploma from College should matter! They're not treating their diplomas that way!
Help this petition grow
Share it with friends to help reach 50 signatures.
Sign Petition
We never post to your account. Social sign-in is used only to verify your signature.
Add a comment?
Your signature will be added via .
Tell others why you're signing — it's optional.
Signing with Google or Facebook verifies your signature instantly — no email needed.
By signing, you accept iPetitions Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Share Petition
Don't stop at signing, share the petition link with friends to multiply our impact
Petitions like this
Other petitions you might want to support
Scan to share
Anyone who scans this can sign the petition.
Any regular school of any esteem should put at least a little effort into the appearance of their diplomas, but for a design school, this is even more indefensible.