<p>I currently live in small town in arkansas, and i want out. I want to be in a big city with a lot of resources.</p>
<p>Just how rigorous is the 5-year prgm? I have a lot of determination and study harder than almost anyone at my school (2.5-3 hrs a night, studying ahead and doing extra work, my friends say i'm stupid for it but w/e) will i have any time? (ex. time to workout, hangout with friends?) </p>
<p>does the 5-year encompass all parts of the arch. curriculum? (business, technique, sciences, math, etc.) </p>
<p>momrath, so i could minor in like art history? </p>
<p>if i get too deep into my prgm. (say 2 years or so) and just hate it, how hard will it be to switch out? </p>
<p>right now the 5-year plus grad. school sounds good to me, anyone else have opinions on this? I'm going to Rice in about 2 weeks to check it out w/ the proffs. thanks</p>
<p>When you say 'Big City', do you mean Houston or Chicago--or do you mean London or New York? </p>
<p>Rice is a great school with a great program. Be SURE to ask if you can sit in on a critique or jury--watching students put their work up for criticism by professors.</p>
<p>Be sure to ask the students about BArch vs 4 + 3 MArch. Other schools within driving distance would be: Tulane, Illinois Institute of Technology, Drury, University of Texas, Auburn, University of Kansas. These schools are highly regarded in Houston, Dallas, St Louis, Chicago and Atlanta--and not so highly regarded in New York or London.</p>
<p>Architecture school is not like high school. You have a few academic classes, but heaps of hours are spent creating projects, drawings and models. Your design studios will likely be 4 hours a day, four days a week--but studio time is fun. </p>
<p>Frankly, a WHOLE lot of evening hours are spent chewing the fat. If you are an organized student, you will not have any problem performing in architecture school. You will know within the first two semesters if you are well suited to the profession. In my experience, hardly anyone drops out after two years.</p>
<p>How are your drawing and design skills? The best students in Architecture school tend to have very good drawing and model making skills.</p>
<p>I've taken Art I and now am in studio art, I think my work is ok but alot of people say that I have talent in art (pottery, pencil, paint) and I like to build models. I'm trying to strengthen my sketch techniques, and am starting a portfolio.
by the way, new york would be nice, but houston or dallas is fine for me.</p>
<p>Can someone explain the main difference between the 5-year prof. A degree and the 4+2 pre prof. w/ masters? Is the 4+2 undergrad degree still in architecture? is there more flexibility that route? Which schools offer it? i know these answers might could be found on the internet, and i'm looking, but if anyone knows please reply.</p>
<p>4+2 is a B.A. or a B.S. in architecture, followed by an M.Arch. If you wanted to do a completely different major undergrad, your M.Arch would take 3-3.5 years, so the major work you do in that B.A. or B.S. is denting into the time an M.Arch will take you. Some noteable universities who offer this route are ASU and UIUC, and I'm sure many, many more that I'm unaware of. </p>
<p>For licensing purposes, architects in most states need a 'professional' degree. A B.A. or B.S. is NOT a professional degree- a B.Arch or an M.Arch is. So, in order to become licensed in most states, you would need either a B.Arch OR any bachelors + an M.Arch. B.Arch gets you there a year or two quicker, if you know architecture's your goal, and you can not do a masters at all, or wait a while and do it in anything you wish when the time comes. 4+2 lets you explore more in your undergrad years, so if you decide not to do architecture, it's easier to switch majors, double major, or minor in something else. They both have flexibility- for the 5-year, the flexibility is in the grad school and professional years, for the 4+2, the flexibility is in the first four.</p>
<p>If Houston or Dallas is your goal, then you would do well to concentrate on applying to Rice, UT San Antonio, University of Houston, UT at Arlington or UT at Austin. Chances are that most of the architects in Houston and Dallas went to one of those schools.</p>
<p>Be sure to include a portfolio of artwork with your applications. </p>
<p>Now, have you explored how you can pay for the education if you don't get merit aid? Do you know what your family EFC is? If not, you should research the cost of the schools listed above and then use this site to find out how much your family will be expected to pay--IF youare accepted.</p>
<p>Does Arkansas have any reciprocity agreements with UT schools?</p>
<p>Could you major in business and go to grad school for arch? I've taken calculus up to diff equations, 1 year of engineering physics, and one computer drawing class. I'm still a sophomore, are there any other requirements.</p>
<p>Princeton gives some of the best financial aid in the country (they don't give loans!) and has a solid arcitechure program. I'm pretty sure you'd attend for free.</p>
<p>Also look at Tulane. They give a lot of merit aid (you could get a full scholarship for instance) and have very good architecture. I spent a year at Tulane (transferred out -- but if I was in architechture a lot of my beefs probably wouldn't have been there) so I can answer questions for you if you'd like. </p>
<p>Gotta root for my architecture school here, IIT. Thing is, I'm going to it with no money out of pocket (3/4 scholarship + grants + loans), so I think it fits the thread well. We have the 5-year undergrad, well-known, at least around Chicago, because of its Mies-imbued history. All the architecture school's buildings are Mies-designed. The school tends to be more engineering than artistic based, since it is an engineering school. It's on the south side of Chicago, 3 miles to the loop, which has a lot of great architecture. The area's a bit ghetto, but improving quickly.</p>
<p>The school requires a 29 ACT minimum to compete for the Camras scholarship which I'm talking about. The deadline is actually today - the 15th for that scholarship (well, more likely to get it.) They add your highest ACT subscores together also to get the score they count you as having. Free application to the school also.</p>
<p>But...it's true that the 5-year undergrad is not the greatest choice if you don't know for sure you want to go into architecture. It's studio from the start, and studio is your life. If you want to diversify, that's hard.</p>