In its days as a junior college for home economics, Shih Chien was dismissively called a "finishing school for future brides," and most of the students who studied fashion and design did so only because their scores were not high enough to test into the departments and schools they genuinely wanted. But today Shih Chien is a full-fledged university and a place in its school of design is much sought after.
在過去被冠上「新娘學校」的實踐家專時代，學時尚或服裝設計往往是學生「退而求其次」的選擇；如今實踐不但升格為大學，設計學院更成為熱門系所，也不乏將它視為第一志願、高分考進者。