<p>I am very interested in going to school for architecture and/or interior design. I have a 3.8 GPA and a 29 act. I don't have much of a portfolio, but I could get something together within a month or two. Right now I am interested in Parsons/Pratt. What one do you think would be a better fit for me? How are the admission rates to these schools?</p>
<p>I would love to live in NYC, and am not afraid of going out of state (from Michigan). I'm applying to MSU and U of M for my in state schools, but would like to now choose some specific schools. </p>
<p>Open to all types of schools, public or private. Would be applying for financial aid. I am also involved in quite a few (4+) clubs.</p>
<p>Look at the Univ of Cincinnati. The College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) is a very highly regarded school of design in general and the architecture program is one of the top rated programs in the country. Both the interior design and architecture students take the same design/foundation courses in the freshmen year and there is an opportunity to switch majors after that first year.</p>
<p>BTW, Cincinnati does not require a portfolio.</p>
<p>Has a strong architecture program that often flies under the radar. They also have Interior Design, but I don’t know enough about that major at Drexel to give an opinion.</p>
<p>Here’s another question: would anyone advise not going to Pratt? 2nd in Interior Design and 12th in architecture I believe? And in NYC? Seems good to me, but I won’t be able to check out the campus/environment anytime soon.</p>
<p>My family (parents) intend to pay my entire college. We don’t make much a year (<50K) but I will get money from the Military (around 1,000 per month - maybe more seeing as I got a lot better grades than my brother and sister, and that’s what they got) because my dad was in the army. College debt seems moot to me at this point, as I’ll have my whole life to pay for it. (maybe I shouldn’t think like this?)</p>
<p>In California (and nation) the best deal and program is…</p>
<p>The California Polytechnic State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design (or CAED) is one of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s seven colleges. Cal Poly’s CAED program has nearly 1,900 students and is one of the largest programs in the United States.</p>
<p>According to U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 America’s Best Colleges report, Cal Poly is ranked #1 in the Western United States for public schools whose highest degree is a Master’s for the 17th straight year. Cal Poly was the #3 undergraduate architecture school in the nation. </p>
<p>The journal DesignIntelligence has continually ranked the architecture program among the top 10 in the nation in its annual edition of "America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools. More specifically, Cal Poly’s undergraduate architecture program placed sixth in 2007, fourth in 2008, third in 2009, and again third in the 2010 ranking after Cornell (great school with a nice lawn but boring) and Syracuse University (if you like rain, snow, sleet, and ice).</p>
<p>Alumni of Cal Poly average the third-highest salaries of all public university graduates in the United States according to a Forbes.com ranking.[44] Cal Poly outperformed all public universities in the nation other than U.C. Berkeley and the University of Virginia. The median annual earnings for Cal Poly graduates with 10–20 years career experience is $101,000, with the top 10% earning more than $178,000. The U.C. Berkeley and University of Virginia median/top 10% performances are $112,000/$201,000 and $103,000/$215,000 respectively. When U.C. Berkeley’s $26,586 annual cost[45] and the University of Virginia’s $20,513 annual cost[46] are compared against Cal Poly’s $19,125 annual cost,[47] it could be argued that Cal Poly provides the best value of any public university in the nation.</p>
<p>They only have a 37% acceptance rate and 7% out of state. Any chance I’d get in? I have the highest ACT for their 50th percentile. hmm. California. haha</p>
<p>You have a fair chance if entering as a freshman but if did very well in a Architectural Technology or dedicated Interior Design CCC AA/cert degree program you could easily get in as a junior level transfer yea. Plus your first two years would be more fun living somewhere else then when moved to SLO concentrated fully on school.</p>
<p>@Can you transfer into the Architecture program at SLO as a junior? That’s rather unusual for BArch programs.
Yes if do all the requirements. It is possible to do both lower and upper in 4 years but you would prolly be on the Cali 5 year plan more realistically. SLO does expect you to complete their program in 2 years though and is on the quarter system. CalPoly does except transfers from any 2 year Cali school but does not have any TAG or TAP agreements directly with any of them.</p>
<p>My Experience…I actually did a Drafting and Design Degree in Oregon but a GIS/GPS Survey Tech degree in Cali. Those are different but from a similar habitus since we still use just normal CAD. An Architectural Technology AS(!!!) Degree program with give you a balance of academics in architecture and learning the software early on. If you earn an AS in AT and maintain a high GPA yer in CalPoly. I know bunch of friends who done it already.</p>
<p>kmazza - Thanks for the information. I just looked up the Cal Poly SLO website and I see where they list the architecture transfer opportunities. That’s another nice feature of the CA junior to senior college structure. I wish other states had as well structured transfer programs. </p>
<p>It does seem like you do need to have all your ducks in a row and have taken ALL needed classes to successfully transfer, not to mention having a portfolio assembled. Someone contemplating such a transfer needs to carefully set up a plan and follow the course requirements rigorously.</p>