3rd year B.Arch wonders about her future.

College Majors Architecture Major
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<p>Hello and thank you to everyone that bothered to click on my thread.
As said before i'm a 3rd year at Pratt for my B.Arch and I was really starting to think about what i can do after i graduate. I see no point to go get a M.arch because looking at the stuff from my school, it seems that a majority of it is about developing your design process, which i am already doing and its not like i need one to find a job.
I'm considering other majors for grad school such as interior design, structural or civil engineering, but its not exactly my cup of tea seeing as how my reason for choosing architecture in the first place was because it was a nice medium between ID and engineering. My GPA isn't the greatest mainly because i'm trying to make up for my first year grades which was a 2.5. Since then i've been above 3.0. I know i could try and battle the job market but knowing how the economy is in the toilet right now, i think i might be better off just going to school for some more.
I know that there is still time for the job market to improve and all that, but i'm just trying to plan ahead.</p>

<p>ANY THOUGHTS OR SUGGESTS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED! PLEASE RESPOND!!</p>

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<p>You have two years left in school, that should be enough time for the economy to recover so you can get a job. You are correct in that a five year degree will not handicap you in your job search, and firms are not going to care about your GPA. What firms care about is the quality of the work in your portfolio. So in the next two years focus on the quality of your projects; the better the work, the better your job prospects are going to be. Work a few years, get to know the profession, save a little money and then decide if you want to go back to school to become an engineer. Even if you go back for a Masters in architecture you will be better prepared to take advantage of the program.</p>

<p>rick</p>