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<p>That’s just some weird anomaly. I looked up Florida at the same site for 2011 and (using the Building Design test as an example) and it’s 132 people…which certainly seems more reasonable.</p>

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<p>I’m surprised Cooper Union is not on any of the lists.</p>

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<p>Can anyone give me feedback on the University of Kansas graduate architecture program?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Just more evidence that these lists are far from perfect.</p>

<p>In Cooper’s case–despite its high quality–its small size limits its fame and many people in the distant provinces haven’t even heard of it. Everyone everywhere has heard of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Cornell, partly because of the excellence of their programs but partly also because of the fame of the universities themselves. </p>

<p>That being said, the “Deans Survey” does list Cooper third among ‘Most-admired undergraduate architecture programs’ here: </p>

<p>[America’s</a> Best Architecture Schools 2012 | Features | Architectural Record](<a href=“http://archrecord.construction.com/features/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools/2012/schools-4.asp]America’s”>http://archrecord.construction.com/features/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools/2012/schools-4.asp) </p>

<p><a href=“http://archrecord.construction.com/features/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools/2012/images/Top-Arch-Schools.jpg[/url]”>http://archrecord.construction.com/features/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools/2012/images/Top-Arch-Schools.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I was doing research on Iowa State, as it look like the only the architecture school(professional degree) that i can apply to as a transfer student from community college right now. I am very unprepared for other architecture school, i have no SAT and less amount of art work (very unprepared). I just came across this forum, and was wondering about the DI survey of 2012. Iowa State seem to jump up to the top 10 list on the DI survey this year, anyone has any idea what make Iowa State on top of list this year? was just wondering because a few year back Iowa State was not mentioned in the list at all (they should be ranked 18th 19th, in the past 2 or 3 years)</p>

<p>Thank you :)</p>

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<p>Simply put, the DI ranking is non-rigorous. It lacks validity, reliability, and integrity. </p>

<p>Granted, *most *of the schools at the top of the list are good ones. </p>

<p>But look at the year-to-year, as you mention. On the graduate list, Michigan is 9th one year, *unranked *the very next year, and 1st the year after that. The school didn’t change much during that period (nor are respondents ‘plugged in’ to any such degree even if it did). And as you note, on the undergrad list Iowa State was unranked last year and shows up at 9th this year. </p>

<p>These sorts of wild anomalies are par for the course at the DI ranking. They’ve had several years to steer their methods into rigorous territory and have declined the task. Frankly I wish USNWR would take up this ranking because–even though everyone likes to take potshots at them–their approach in recent years is far more ‘scientific’. </p>

<p>So in sum, don’t place too much emphasis on the DI rankings. While most of the schools mentioned are good ones, as noted upthread Cooper Union doesn’t even appear on the list and it’s one of the best.</p>

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<p>My daughter is a freshman at Kansas State in the Arch Dept. This morning an interesting blurb about the program appeared in the daily online paper about a challenge that the NY Times offered Architecture students: "The sports desk at the NY. Times thought it would be interesting to pose the problem (no roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium) to architecture students and see what creative responses they could design. Time was tight, and the Times needed drawings and information in only 48 hours because the end of the U.S. Open was approaching. Torgeir Norheim, associate professor of architecture, knew the 13 fifth-year architecture students in his studio could meet the deadline.</p>

<p>The students not only met the deadline, they exceeded the expectations of The New York Times editor, who was UNABLE TO FIND ONE OTHER ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE TO AGREE TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE." (Emphasis mine.)</p>

<p>[Four</a> Ideas for Raising a Roof - Slide Show - NYTimes.com](<a href=“Four Ideas for Raising a Roof - The New York Times”>Four Ideas for Raising a Roof - The New York Times) </p>

<p>I think Kansas State earns its ranking.</p>