<p>ahhh i know! i wouldn't wanna go to hawaii or anything shheeessh.</p>
<p>where is chino hills? is that near like modesto?</p>
<p>chino hills is kinda by hollywood/LA...a little eastward (i think)....i actually haven't checked a map in years - i just take the same bus there and climb the mountain...yikes.</p>
<p>ohhh okay
i used to live in lancaster. antelope valley/aka the place where every desert scene of a movie is filmed. ahahaha</p>
<p>haha, i actually knew that! well think of this way...practically every corner of nyc has been on film....:]</p>
<p>yeah that's for sure.</p>
<p>remember rat race? like half of that movie took place five minutes from my uncle's house! haha</p>
<p>i think you guys have successfully hijacked like every active thread; pretty impressive lol.</p>
<p>ehhh sorrrry!
:S</p>
<p>however, are there any strong summer programs on the west coast?
cornell, cmu, etc. are a little out of my price range...
but i would definitely consider any california programs!</p>
<p>I know that USC offers a summer pre-arch program, but haven't heard much about it. Though I don't think high school seniors can apply to this (I could be wrong), I'd definitely recommend harvard's CDisco program.</p>
<p>so_ein, I think Harvard's program is more geared towards students already in college and considering going for an M.Arch. The statistic is somewhere - it's a very small percentage of high school seniors (you have to have graduated HS already to go to it).</p>
<p>As for west coast programs, I think you'd be the best off at USC. Unless SCI-ARC has a program for high schoolers (I know they have one for current college students). Maybe CalArts has one too, I'm not sure.</p>
<p>Doesn't Cal Poly SLO have a summer pre-arch program as well? And i'm pretty sure that Sciarc only has the summer program for undergrads and grads</p>
<p>I was curious so I looked: <a href="http://continuing-ed.calpoly.edu/architecture.html%5B/url%5D">http://continuing-ed.calpoly.edu/architecture.html</a> </p>
<p>If CPSLO is your first choice, looks like it might be worth looking into.</p>
<p>heres more actually, followed by how long they are:</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO - <a href="http://continuing-ed.calpoly.edu/architecture.html%5B/url%5D">http://continuing-ed.calpoly.edu/architecture.html</a> (4 weeks)
Cornell - <a href="http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/arch.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/arch.php</a> (6 weeks)
USC - <a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/admissions/programs/summer/seminars_discover.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.usc.edu/dept/admissions/programs/summer/seminars_discover.shtml</a> (3 weeks)
RISD - <a href="http://www.risd.edu/precoll_courses.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.risd.edu/precoll_courses.cfm</a> (6 weeks)
Carnegie Mellon - <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/summerprogramsfordiversity/architecture.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/summerprogramsfordiversity/architecture.html</a> (6 weeks)
Pratt - <a href="http://www.pratt.edu/ccps-precollege#%5B/url%5D">http://www.pratt.edu/ccps-precollege#</a> (4 weeks)
Syracuse - <a href="http://summercollege.syr.edu/architecture.html%5B/url%5D">http://summercollege.syr.edu/architecture.html</a> (5 weeks)
UMiami - <a href="http://www.arc.miami.edu/programs/Explorations.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.arc.miami.edu/programs/Explorations.htm</a> (3 weeks)</p>
<p>thanks! that is so cool. </p>
<p>ahhh! the pratt one looks really neat.... a month in new york city?!? akdkajlf</p>
<p>i also applied for usc's summer program, didnt go either obviously...didnt hear much about it, but as for any of those programs, its honestly this way: you got money? you pay? you're in!...for the most part.</p>
<p>pratt's pretty neat - some people love it, others hate it. if you're into more art than technology of architecture - pratt's the place. the campus is interesting and the neighborhood is even more interesting.</p>
<p>don't let ol' bklyn scare you :]</p>
<p>hahah isn't there also a manhattan campus?
i think brooklyn is more interesting as far as new york culture goes...personally.</p>
<p>yeah that's what i have heard, that pratt is more art influenced.</p>
<p>there are random sculptures all the time...yeah, theres a manhattan campus, but its not much - if you go to pratt, you'll mostly be in bklyn.</p>
<p>I thought RISD's was going to be really "art influenced" but it really wasnt as much that as it was incorporating visual principles and visual logic in your work. That came out more in the sections, sketches, and plans than anything. If you had a "random sculpture" you basically got torn to pieces in the crit. That went for having anything random, really.</p>
<p>I wouldn't equate "art influence" to "sculptural." Certain architects give "sculptural" a bad name - sculpture isn't random. Why not call it "random architecture"? It's not sculpture, it's just bad architecture. The logic in sculpture simply doesn't wholly translate to architecture - their functions are different. Thus, trying to connect the two is illogical.</p>
<p>i know, i thought risd's arch was a lot more art influenced, but walking through the studios, i was kinda surprised.</p>
<p>yeah actually the reason i wanted to do it at cornell is because i live in ithaca, i won't have to pay room and board, and my dad works there so i get some money off the cost (plus its a good program). and i'm sure architecture is what i will do in college, i just can't decide if the time it will take away from my summer will be worth it. was it fun atleast (to anyone who did it)? and could someone tell me like exactly how much time you spend in the studio each day and what kind of projects you did? thanks a lot!</p>
<p>It's fun, but it is hard work.
It all really depends how much time you want to spend in the studio. Obviously you have to be there for class, and then people usually stayed until they went for dinner then would come back later at night and go back right before curfew. And if you weren't finished, then you'd either go back at like 12:15 AM if there was a lot still to be done, or if you would go in at like 5:30 and during lunch to finish up. Really all depends on how much time you are willing to dedicate. Living off campus would really have its pros in architecture, since there wouldn't be a curfew. Actually one of the kids lived off campus not in architecture.</p>