<p>How do you which city I'm from? lol. No, I wanted to apply to Mcgill, but I missed their deadline, unfortunately.</p>
<p>does cornell require an interview for arch students? how important do you think itd be to get an interview?</p>
<p>Salome, canucks? (or did I read wrong?? sorry then~) I've seen your other posts~~</p>
<p>Ryan, they make you do one, so if your location does not allow for one you do a written one. </p>
<p>Salome, I did a written one!! THat's sort of odd if we are from the same city! It's okay Salome, since you can go to any institution (SFU is pretty easy to get into now) for two years and work on your PF and be admitted to Dalhousie and still be quite ahead in the game!! God bless!</p>
<p>hmmm, I want to be an architect sooner, which is also why I applied to Cornell cuz you can get ur bachelor and master faster. Not sure if spending two years at SFU is still ahead in the game, sign...</p>
<p>I wish I had done a written one...depressed. Anyways, it's good you didn't get an interview. My interviewer totally forgot about the interview when I showed up at his place. One of the first questions he asked me was " So, what do you think are the contrasts and similarities between the Vancouver Public Library and the Ottawa Museum of Civilization?"</p>
<p>I blabbed on about organic shapes, symmetry and bs and he totally disagreed with me on that....turns out my favorite architect is his most loathed architect...so yeah, it was depressing. O, and also the entire time, his kids were yelling and playing around with him on the sofa.</p>
<p>hi everyone,</p>
<p>I haven't posted for quite a while... usually I get email from cc notifying other people's messages...but I just realized that I haven't got any lately (maybe something wrong with cc...).</p>
<p>RyanMac, I don't think it matters to them whether you go to the interview/do the essays...it won't affect the admission decision, but if there's an alumni around your area, you should go to the interview (interview is required unless you can't go and you have to write essays, like bneg said). I did the interview at the architect's office and it was a great experience. Yesterday I went back to his place to see how the firm works =) We went to sites and he let me stayed through the meeting..it was awesome..! </p>
<p>If you're gonna do the interview, prepare to answer general questions like..why architecture, what do you like about it, your favorite architect, etc.</p>
<p>jcro, congrats for getting into rice!!! x) !!! I still have to wait til April.. ><</p>
<p>salome, it seems like you had a tough interviewer... My interviewer didn't ask me specific questions about architecture (only 'why architecture')... the rest was just casual conversation. I guess it depends on the interviewer...</p>
<p>Salome, that was just horrible....I can't believe you had such a harsh (and rather disrespectful) interviewer!! I didn't even know that Ottawa had a musem of civilization. However, it might not be as bad as you thought becaues you were actually able to come up with symmetry/organic shapes and all that....disagreement could mean that he was having a rather intelelctual conversation with you! For my princeton one, the only thing we talked about that was reated to arch was that the interviewer's grandparents were architects and SFU was designed by Arthur...which I answered correctly, Erikson. </p>
<p>If you do SFU, it'll take 6 years in total, just one year late, but I think for SFU if you choose a really easy major you might be able to do two years in one (don't know if Dalhousie accepts that though~) I might be considering that too~</p>
<p>does it even matter if you go to USC or Harvard?</p>
<p>i mean, it all depends on your skills really. i dont think people really hire architects where they went to school. just my opinion.</p>
<p>couple of things,</p>
<ol>
<li><p>is it even a good idea to get an MA in Arch? how much of a difference does that make? all you need is an arch license and you're all good. what benefits differs from a B.A?</p></li>
<li><p>what california school have a short program?</p></li>
</ol>
<p>hey guys. new here</p>
<p>i got into cornell architecture early for the class of 2010
did anyone here get in? i'd like to get to know you</p>
<p>i know quite a lot about architecture admissions in cornell so hit me up if you'd like. i don't check this forum often</p>
<p><a href="mailto:justin_hui@hotmail.com">justin_hui@hotmail.com</a></p>
<p>but as for now, here are some advice</p>
<p>1) portfolio is everything
2) attending a summer program helps a lot ONLY IF YOU DO WELL IN IT.
3) the school that you attend is not that important in architecture.
4) sometimes going to a state school might be a wise decision because the starting pay isn't good.</p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>hey guys just checkin in....
3 comments -
1) bneg i dont know if i understood you right about UT, but im 100% sure its a 5 year BArch program
2) i can testify that portfolio is not everything, seeing as how mine was crap and i got into rice
3) i can also testify that interviews are really important so dont wimp out and do a written one if theres any possible way you can do a live one! :) I'm convinced that's what saved me at rice - that and cause im from the northeast and they want northeast kids so they can try to be like an ivy
4) now ive come to the suspicion that my harvard alumn interviewer was being rude and annoying and "forgetful" on purpose to test me and see how i would react. good thing i stayed bubbly ;)</p>
<p>ok so that was 4 comments. i decided to kick in the last one on impulse.</p>
<p>ps. vyan - check out calpoly slo</p>
<p>arabesque, I'll post here so then our inboxes don't explode: I don't think it's an excellent idea... First of all, it makes you seem like you didn't do well enough the first time to meet the deadlines, and that you had to stuff some good things in the last moment. Also, it's cooper-specific, so although they may be good it might make the other schools feel a bit inferior to cooper...</p>
<p>Anyway, I think you can email each school and they will be happy to tell you what they want...maybe you can make it less obvious that they are responding to cooper's test because it might be more obvious to arch profs, and that gets rid of the second problem, and through their responses you can probably tell if the first problem is a problem to them or not. It might work out in the end!</p>
<p>Jcro: I think we're talking about toronto and texas :)
are you sure your portfolio was...?!</p>
<p>Hi everyone!</p>
<p>I'm very interested in architecture, but the problem is that I'm also interested in other things and am not sure if architecture's the major for me. Are there any suggestions for an undergraduate major that could transition smoothly into an architecture graduate degree?</p>
<p>Hey connyfoo</p>
<p>if you're not very sure what you're absolutely interested in, do a M.arch degree in architecture (2 year). That's your safest bet.</p>
<p>IF you're doing architecture, make sure you're absolutely sure you love it. The profession is very demanding and you won't get paid that much.
do architecture only if you know you can't do anything else and that you are very committed for architecture.
otherwise go pursue some business degree or something else that would pay you more money. because if you aren't dedicated to work long hours and being paid low, then your interest might wear off.
if you love it and know it's what you really want to pursue in life, go for it.</p>
<p>architecture from the general public view is very different from architecture taught in college. i'd recommend taking a COLLEGE course, not high school course, during the summer on architecture. i'd recommend the summer program in cornell..if you can afford it. then decide whether you're really interested in it or not.</p>
<p>I've taken some college courses through the University of Minnesota for credit and I really enjoyed it. I've also interned with an architect last summer at a small firm and can see myself doing something similar.</p>
<p>It's just that I know that I get really excited whenever I Humanities or Political Science, and I really can't decide. I was hoping to major in one of these --- would a masters in architecture fit well?</p>
<p>one of hte reasons why I really enjoy architecture is because it encompasses many subjects...and the more you know about everything, the better architect you are. architecture deals with so many fields</p>
<p>i enjoy poli sci too but i can't imagine pursuing a career in law or soemthing related to it..esp since i like to create things.
one think you'll find in architecture is that it's somewhat related to the humanities. The way you think and understand things is quite similar...again i wouldn't know what to do with a humanities degree that I would really enjoy doing in the future so that's why i chose architecture instead. </p>
<p>getting a masters in architecture is good. you can get licensed after several years of internship with a masters. some ppl say it's better that you have a degree in somewhere else befoer you get a masters (which is your case) because you already have a broader mind. in an architecture education, it's critical to have a well rounded education, where you also learn things in other fields. since you already have knowledge in other fields, i'm sure your undergrad degree will be a benefit to your future arch masters education (in case you pursue it)</p>
<p>follow your heart, and do what you feel is right. seems like you've been exposed to the field already. good luck!</p>
<p>wow i just realized how bad my writing was...sorry</p>
<p>hey guys. im applying as architecture as well--except transfer. anyone goin' for cmu?</p>
<p>while arch. major may seem "limited" you can still go indepth and relate/combine with other majors</p>
<p>i have a friend from my school going to study architecture at cmu next year</p>
<p>cool. did he get in ED I/II or RD?</p>
<p>ask him/her what a "followup letter" is supposed to be. i think its supposed to arrive by fri or sat</p>