After returning to the United States from celebrating the new year in China, Qi Yi's first task was to help Yan Yan find information about schools.
New York is home to three major art and design colleges, aside from Parsons and the New York State University Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) that Yan Yan and Qi Yi mentioned, there's also the Pratt Institute. (note 1)
Universities in New York generally have their buildings scattered throughout the city without the traditional concept of a "campus."
New York universities do not have strict campus boundaries, and the buildings are rather dispersed. Pratt is the only East Coast art school in the United States with a traditional enclosed campus.
However, Pratt's prestigious programs are in architecture and industrial design, which are what Yan Yan majored in for her undergraduate degree. In terms of fashion, its status still lags behind that of Parsons and FIT.
