Architecture?

<p>i'll be ready for university next year, hopefully.</p>

<p>Jrock,I hope my mom could also allow me to take one year off after my graduation, but asian parents will never allow me to do so.Sad.</p>

<p>I don't think you need to. Because, at this stage, you already know so much, and when you graduate, you'll probably be very sure of what you want and where you want to go. </p>

<p>I'm not actually taking a year off in the sense that, I'll be engaged in a very rigorous academic and arts program and try to bring myself to a high level of perfection while also reflecting deeply on my personality and stuff. To do this successfully, I need to step aside, and change my environment.</p>

<p>How is Wentworth INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for Architecture??</p>

<p>Is it good? compared to MIT?</p>

<p>to answer the question about graduate school, for harvard design school they have 3 1/2 year program for a college graduate with a major non-related to architecture. they have 2 1/2 year program for 4-year architecture (or environmental design) students and 1 1/2 year program for 5-year architecture students. So if you major in something other than architecture, you have to study a year more. I don't know what other schools do, but I believe you are at a certain disadvantage, at least timewise, if you major something other than architecture.</p>

<p>Does anyone know if it is possible to attend architecture grad school in the US by doing a 3 year bachelor degree in the UK (in something besides architecture). I was wondering if it's not possible b/c you couldn't take the physics and math electives directly at the university and b/c it is a 3 yr instead of 4 yr degree?</p>

<p>i dont think its possible because atleast four years are required to qualify for an MArch degree.</p>

<p>to enter most UK unis, students usually take 2-yr A-level courses, so most bachelor degrees can be obtained in three years, so theoretically, it's possible. But the curriculum is very narrow in the UK, and it's nearly impossible to take courses in other fields (especially art, or something else). The best thing is to do Civil Engineering, if you can't do Arch. USC has a grad program for civil engineering bachelor's degree holders.</p>

<p>Thanks. Do you think there would be any chance if my degree was a double major of history of art/architecture and archeology?</p>

<p>You should check with the school and look at the speicific degree requirements. There is not a lot of overlay between these two.</p>

<p>anastasia 11, are you talking about Harvard?
You definitely can do that.</p>

<p>Fallinwater: Unfortunately, no! It would be a 3 year bachelors degree in a UK university.</p>

<p>yeah, 3-yr degree. way to go. but with a-levels, you could also get sophomore standing in some American unis.</p>

<p>anastasia,do you meant Oxford? Because they have a good archeology program as well as history of art and architecture.</p>

<p>hey fallinwater, are you going to USC this fall?</p>

<p>fallinwater: I looked at Oxford's history of art program (which is new by the way), it looked great, but what I didn't like about it was that it was very directed and limiting. This meant that one couldn't really take classes from archaelogy and other departments.<br>
I'm considering the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, which allows me to major in both, and take classes at other colleges at the university.</p>

<p>you can get a B.A. in architecture at Cambridge and still get a very well-rounded education.</p>

<p>I won't going to any college this fall, I am a soph.!;)</p>

<p>aahhh...that makes sense.
go work at an architects office.
ive been working at one for two months now and its awesome!!</p>

<p>that's great jimminy! What do you get to do?</p>