<p>great! good luck in your interview!</p>
<p>the programs in Australia/NZ are great but i fear they'll be far too focused on arch. I didn't see any other course at Auckland but Arch Hist,Mod Arch, Arch Drawing, Arch Sci, etc. But of course, I'll check each one out for pf advice.</p>
<p>have you ever visited McGill? How's the feel of the place?</p>
<p>would you have to fly to meet your interviewer?</p>
<p>do you know which program is super focused on architecture? i am really wanting to go to one of these programs but the requirements for australia are so weird...and also i've heard that they are not really tolerant of other races there. however i did see like quite a few asians in the photos.
i've never visited mcgill...i've never visited schools! i have only been to SFU, but that's because out youth fellowship used to be held there. this is the impression i get from the university: very old, has the feel of a prestigious school but doesn't seem to have gone out of those good old days (it's gone down despite what americans think), yet located in one of the busiest cities of Canada. And i guess the weather is not too mild. </p>
<p>It's not *The interview yet, it's just to meet with an alumni on more info about cornell, but i don't see why they would think Toronto is local, it's like 4 provinces away to the east. i don't think i'll be attending. </p>
<p>i've only seen one PF advice from australia: 8~10 art works, several written pieces, and a statement of intent. quite odd. </p>
<p>you have a better shot at europe and australia, because i think you have some of the british system. you can really try to take advantage of it!</p>
<p>ooh, got to go!</p>
<p>hey guys, do u make ur portfolio on ur own or do u take art or sth and use those pieces from class as ur portfolio?</p>
<p>Make mix of items that you did in class and then one your own. I had a mix of pictures from a vacation, drawings on my own, art work in class and some items from scouts. It can be anything you have created.</p>
<p>they like to see both, but i think most people only include art class stuff so they specify that they also want self-directed stuff. i think in the art class stuff they would like to see how you can deal with an assigned problem, and in the self-directed stuff they like to see abilities to work on design process independently, setting your own design problems which will show your concerns and interests. i think it is better to include more self-directed projects than assigned ones.</p>
<p>NEVER SAVE IN JPEG FORMAT for a good copy. the colors become dull.</p>
<p>lol which is the best then?</p>
<p>Does anyone know something about columbia's grad program? It was mentioned on another forum, as they used to have the BArch I think.</p>
<p>the original file is likely the best. if it was originally something else and you save it as jpeg, it becomes not only a bit blurred/smoothed BUT if you have something like bright orange on white it looks really dull compared to the original. Saving something as GIF makes round edges jagged. i am not good with computers and stuff but these lessons are learned through recent painful experiences.</p>
<p>regarding columbia's grad program, i think it's ranked well among other grad programs. i also heard this guy who is doing commerce after becoming an M.arch grad, so maybe it's not a very arch-focused program?</p>
<p>yo! bneg, the requirements for arch. in Australia are so weird, and it seems they require early involvement in arch. cos the pf should be half art and half technical drawing. yeah, i did t.d. and all that, but I want the American education. and the thing is, in most cases, what you end up doing does not always correlate with what you studied. that's why the guy could go into commerce after arch grad. </p>
<p>but you'll still need extra. i don't think you'd really want a superfocused arch program. sometime later, you may want to adapt to some other area or use your abilities in a different way. so there's always room. but the most focused prog you can get is a 5-yr one.</p>
<p>sorry i've been out for some time due to web problems.</p>
<p>hi Bozenuts05, please how is USC and the arch prog especially? thanks.</p>
<p>well, after i failed to find an arch. program with the sustainable design or structural engineering fused in it, i decided i'll just have to get over with the pure arch. stuff as fast as i could and move on to the 'extras' in grad school!</p>
<p>well, princeton has an arch+structural eng. program...</p>
<p>see what syracuse says</p>
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The Syracuse University School of Architecture, founded in 1873, is the fourth oldest program of its type in the United States. The School began as a department within the College of Fine Arts, along with the Departments of Painting and Music, and still retains strong ties with the fine arts as a design- oriented program. In 1998 the school celebrated its 125th anniversary.
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<p>that's why they love art...</p>
<p>i still don't see it from princeton....is it a professional one?</p>
<p>it's here, sorry, i think it's either civil with a structures focus or civil with an arch focus:
<a href="http://cee.princeton.edu/undergraduate/e25/architecture_amp_eng.html%5B/url%5D">http://cee.princeton.edu/undergraduate/e25/architecture_amp_eng.html</a></p>
<p>Fact: MIT has the oldest arch department in the US; Syracuse has the 4th oldest. bneg do you like the program at Pton?
-loggin' off now-</p>
<p>oh thanks for finding the link fo me! i think i've seen it but i've never kept it in mind since it was not professional program. i actually kept it in mind mized up with stanfords program! are you still considering stanford? i heard princeton is very generous with their aid tho.</p>
<p>i guess that's why MIT even *has an arch. program! it doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the school. Are you still searching arch. sites for info? i think yahoo also has one of those directories, but i doubt they will have stuff that the google doesn't. i'll search some chinese sites for you too. bye~</p>