LABORATORY INSTITUTE OF MERCHANDISING N-34

12 East 53rd St.
New York, NY 10022-5268
Tel: (212)752-1530
Free: 800-677-1323
Fax: (212)832-6708
E-mail: khamill@limcollege.edu
Web Site: http://www.limcollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 4-year, coed. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1939. Setting: urban campus. Total enrollment: 608. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 9:1. 421 applied, 65% were admitted. 9% from top 10% of their high school class, 18% from top quarter, 53% from top half. Full-time: 598 students, 97% women, 3% men. Part-time: 10 students, 100% women. Students come from 33 states and territories, 5 other countries, 49% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 15% Hispanic, 10% black, 6% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 23% 25 or older, 14% live on campus, 16% transferred in. Retention: 70% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 2 recommendations, interview, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 2.5 high school GPA. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $40. Tuition: $16,600 full-time, $495 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $450 full-time, $100 per term part-time. College room only: $11,000. Room charges vary according to housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Social organizations: 6 open to all. Most popular organizations: student government, LIMlight Club (yearbook), Fashion Club, Latin Cultures Club, Marketing Club/SIFE. Major annual events: student-run fashion show, ski trip, holiday parties. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. 87 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Option: coed housing available. Adrian G. Marcuse Library with 10,300 books, 100 serials, 500 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. 166 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

LIM's location right in the center of the greatest fashion city, New York, gives its students the best of all possible worlds. Within a block of the school are internationally known department stores, French and Italian designers' boutiques, retailing establishments of every kind, with goods imported from every continent of the world. Only a few blocks away is the heart of the garment district, Seventh Avenue. Merchandising creativity originates here and finds its way into the shopping centers of America, Europe, and the Far East.