<p>Is it easy to double major in architecture and mathematics at UIUC? If I do that, does it mean that I will be taking twice as many classes to fullfill the requirements of each major? And is it a good idea to stay an extra year (5 total) to complete the double major?</p>
<p>You should check if the College of Fine and Applied Arts allows a double degree program with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. If they do, you'd have to both major requirements with a minimum of 150 credits. I would advise against this, because if you want to be an architect, you'll probably want to get the 2-year M.Arch. after college.</p>
<p>I emailed someone at UIUC and decided to major in architecture and minor in math as duel majoring would be difficult because of scheduling issues. I was just wondering if getting into the architecture program is quite difficult, because UIUC's website says there are only about 125-150 students in every graduating class, and there are over 30,000 students currently enrolled in UIUC. Is this because of the fact that it is difficult to get accepted to the program, or is it because not a lot of people are interested in the program?</p>
<p>I don't think architecture is one of the more competitive majors for admissions. The 125-150 students in every entering class is actually not that small for a major. UIUC has 26,000 students and 130 majors, so the average major has about 50 students per year. For example, Political Science and Electrical Engineering are two of the most popular majors on campus (top 10 for sure) and they only graduate about 200 per year. The architecture web site also says that they graduate 100 architecture majors per year.</p>
<p>Architecture is not that easy for admission. Its middle 50% ranges are about the same as the business school -- 27 to 31 ACT and top 14% to top 4% class rank. It is in the Fine and Applied Arts College but one can be misled by relying on that college's published 50% range which is for that college as a whole and not the architecture school in particular.</p>
<p>Arch has a lot of drops because they aren't ready to commit to the studio time required. I'd definitely talk to an arch major if I could. Here's some sites to help you get started: <a href="http://www.arch.uiuc.edu/admissions/undergrad/requirements/%5B/url%5D">http://www.arch.uiuc.edu/admissions/undergrad/requirements/</a>
<a href="http://www.math.uiuc.edu/UndergraduateProgram/curricula/mathminor.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.math.uiuc.edu/UndergraduateProgram/curricula/mathminor.html</a></p>