@CapeCodLady8 just got an email… REJECTED!!! yayyy
You’re too funny. Glad they finally got back to you.
@thegrant did you already commit to Syracuse?
@ztaotao doing it tonight!!! How about you bruhhhh!?!?!
@thegrant I can’t decide between Carnegie Mellon and Syracuse.
@ztaotao bro I visited both just a few days ago! Let me just tell u from my experience bro…
Syracuse was AMAZING, everything about it was awesome- the studio spaces and labs and everything and the enviornment and atmosphere was the best! The parties are insane lol
When I went to CMU they didnt even have architecture tours or anything really, I walked around asking students about the program and they were really helpful but I didnt feel the same kind of excitement as i walked around Syracuse.
GO ORANGE BRO!
@thegrant I visited both too. I actually got to go on an architecture tour in cmu and didn’t get to go on one in Cuse. It’s really hard to pass up living in Pittsburgh.
@ztaotao okay what really off from going to CMU was the first kid i asked when i was in a random building and didnt know where i was i was like “hey, do u knkw what building this is?” and the kid doesnt even look at me, looks onthe ground and walked away and i thought he was suicidal or something lmao
When i drove around syracuse i saw two huge parties within two blocks of each other outside thr campus brah
@thegrant Syracuse is a major party school and has some fantastic programs as well . . . as a first year architecture student just how much partying do you expect to be doing? Or are you more drawn to what you perceive as a friendlier, more social environment?
I always assumed the partying was due to Syracuse’s location - not much else is going on in upstate New York. Pittsburgh is way more metropolitan, with Pitt and CMU (and probably others that I’m not thinking about) contributing to the student scene.
I am also trying to find the differences of the two school of architecture of CMU and Syracuse.
So after going back and forth, a lot, my son chose Syracuse. Who will be attending for the SOA BArch Class of 2020?! Grant, you’ll be there, right?
@CapeCodLady8 YEAH BABY
YESSSS
Hows everybody doing?
Hey there Grant, thanks for starting this thread. It was reassuring to connect with people who were going through the same challenges, especially during that dead time between applying and hearing back from colleges.
Best of luck in Syracuse. Have fun!
@KCB1234 No problem bro! College Confidential sure was helpful
good luck to you too! 
Hello everyone!
It’s been a while since I posted in here (literally back in January), so I have quite a bit of developments with my own endeavors to share. Mostly I am looking for some guidance on what course of action you would choose if you were in my place.
So I accepted at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for their Architecture program (it’s cool if you’ve never heard of the school Lol, but it is the only Wisconsin school for architecture…also btw I’m from Illinois). There were two primary reasons I chose UWM, the price and my acceptance into the Honors College. The other two schools I was considering heavily at this time were University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and University of Cincinnati (UC). I was pushed away from UIUC because it is the “state school”, and I felt like everyone from my high school was going there. Essentially, I was looking for something a little more adventurous. Also, I would prefer a larger city, but a college town is okay as long as there are plenty of things to keep me busy haha. University of Cincinnati fit a lot of my criteria, but the main sticking point for them was cost. Not that I couldn’t afford it, but if I chose somewhere else I would have more room left over for paying for graduate school. In fact, when I accepted at UWM, I told my parents, “I would be choosing UC right now if they were the same price as UWM.” So of course time passes and I realize the weight of my decision. So I called UC today and they said their program still has 4 openings for this fall. UC financial aid also told me that the scholarship they offered me is still available. The problem is that housing is already filled so I would have to live off campus (and that would really suck freshman year). I thought maybe what I should do is take freshman year at UWM and then transfer to UC into sophomore year, but the architecture program is very strict and will not accept transfer students. So basically my three options are:
- Stay at UWM all four years
- Run around and switch to UC for four years
- Take freshman year at UWM and transfer to U of I if I don’t like it at UWM.
When advising me, please keep in mind the thoughts I have deliberated on above and feel free to ask for clarification or a more detailed answer to something. I could write a novel about my thoughts on every school and this process, but I didn’t want it to be any longer than it already is.
And if you’ve made it this far…congrats. You deserve an internet cookie for reading all of that
All three of these schools offer the BS in architecture. Assuming that you’ll eventually get an MArch, you’ll have lots of options for graduate school – you don’t have to stay at the same school as your undergraduate school unless you want to.
I’m not sure why you’re getting cold feet on Wisconsin. I’m not familiar with their architecture program, but academically it’s a great school and Milwaukee sounds like the kind of environment you’re looking for. What is it about Cincinnati that you like better?
My impression is that you’d get an excellent well rounded liberal arts education at UWM honors college, though it may have less design prestige and architecture name recognition than Cincinnati’s DAAP. My questions for UWM would be where have their BSAS students gone for their MArchs and how helpful is the school in placing students in summer internships.
You are correct, both of the schools are about equal when just looking at their architecture programs. But what sets Cincinnati apart is the “college experience”. They have a marching band, cycling team, and other activities that Milwaukee doesn’t offer. Also, I feel like the co-op program at UC gives students an edge when applying for grad school.
If you feel Cincinnati is a better fit for you than UWM, then that’s a valid point.
What’s the cost difference between Cincinnati and UWM? In other words, if you go to UWM how much do you figure you would have left over for graduate school?
I like Cincinnati’s architecture program for many reasons, but I don’t know that it would necessarily position you better for MArch admissions than UWM would. I just don’t know enough about UWM architecture to make the comparison. Before you make a move I think you should ask UWM for more information on what their students have done after graduation and what kind of internships they secure while they’re in school.
I would also give Cincinnati a nudge on the housing issue. There must be some fluidity in a university of that size.
Matt34Bears — an MArch I for architecture is so expensive! I would say try to save as much money as you possibly can in undergrad, but then again UC has a pretty well known program(one of my friends dad is a professor there haha), but then on the other hand your going into the Honors College- which will obviously help make your application look a lot nicer when you apply to grad schools (possibly ivys and stufff)
If I were in your situation I would stay at UWM! But like @momrath said, how much more of a price gap are we talking here?