<p>Art and design majors</p>
<p>Hi! I'm interested in the art and architecture programs at
Syracuse. I am unable to visit campus at this time but was hoping to learn a bit more about the school. Could anyone please answer some questions I have about the school?</p>
<p>Academics
Is the architecture program more art-focused or technology-focused?
How would you describe your professors?
How would you describe the classes?
How much time do you spend doing homework during an average week?
How many students transfer to another school during or after their first year?
Are there any clubs associated with your major?</p>
<p>Campus and Student Life
How would you describe the day-to-day student life?
What are you involved in outside of classes? How much time do these activities take?
How hard is it to balance these activities with schoolwork?
What are the major campus issues?
How would you describe the relationship between the students and the surrounding community?
Do you live on-campus? If so, how would you describe the dorms? </p>
<p>Personal opinion.
What are the best reasons to go to this college?
What do you do on weekends?
What do you love about this college?
If you had to select a college from the start, would you make the same choice? </p>
<p>Thanks!! [:</p>
<p>My major is painting (double majoring in polysci), so I can’t really answer your questions about architecture, but I should be good as far as art goes.
How would you describe your professors? It’s an eclectic mix. Most of the profs are really into what they do. unfortunately, first year art and design students take a group of non-traditional foundations courses. a lot of the profs in those classes are either grad students or profs who wish they were teaching something more interesting. nevertheless, all of the art profs I have talked to seem laid back and very helpful. You will feel at home here.
How would you describe the classes? Going back to what I said about foundations classes, some of them are interesting and some are boring. 2D is boring, 3D and foundation drawing are okay, and time arts is amazing. design history is the hardest class in VPA. the more specific electives for your major are much more interesting, though, and more cooled down and mellow. Each person knows what to do and has his own style. most profs accept that completely. there’s tons of homework, but that’s how essentially any art and design major anywhere is.
How much time do you spend doing homework during an average week? My entire life.
How many students transfer to another school during or after their first year? i honestly don’t know a percentage, but not too many.
Are there any clubs associated with your major? most art majors don’t have time for clubs, but i do believe a sculpture club exists? you’ll get enough of your major without the clubs, though.</p>
<p>Campus and Student Life
How would you describe the day-to-day student life? wake up pretty early, go to class, go to the studio and work till 2 am, go home, sleep, wake up again at 8. the weekends are drink, drink, drink, sleep.
What are you involved in outside of classes? it’s not hard to get involved. pretty much any club that you can think of exists.
How much time do these activities take? clubs are pretty minimal as far as time you devote unless you want to do a lot of work.
How hard is it to balance these activities with schoolwork? not too terrible, but you might have trouble if your major is intense.
What are the major campus issues? it’s hard to get from place to place and it’s somewhat dangerous if you walk around alone at night.
How would you describe the relationship between the students and the surrounding community? it’s generally alright. no one’s gonna shoot you for wearing orange and everyone loves the SU sports teams. the community lives and dies depending on the basketball. you might find that there’s better relations between ESF kids or le moyne students and the surrounding area, but that’s partially the fault of stuck up students who think anything in the city is ghetto. if you get to know people who aren’t from the school, you’ll start to see that everyone is pretty nice.
Do you live on-campus? i do. If so, how would you describe the dorms? most of them are alright. Boland, Brewster, and Brockway were just renovated and they’re beautiful, but they’re a little bit of a hike from campus and it’s more dangerous to walk home at night/it’s harder to get to classes because of the stairs. this is especially a problem for art and design majors who carry heavy supplies. in general, the dorms are pretty basic college dorms…nothing too special, but not rat infested either. they’re nice enough.</p>