<p>I'm a junior and starting to look around at schools for next year. Because of my love for both art and math, I've decided architecture is probably the best route to take. Civil engineering would be a fall back. i really want to go to notre dame, anyone know of the architecture school's reputation? notre dame also hosts a career discovery program in the summer (i believe harvard does as well for architecture, not sure on that though). however, it costs a good deal for a just a week and a half, but i will gladly pay up if its worth it. has anyone attended one of these summer programs and been absolutely thrilled with it? it sounds like it'll be worth the money, but i need an experienced opinion. </p>
<p>also, i've been starting to research exactly how to go through school in order to become an architect. i've found that there are several ways to do this, any suggestions on which is the best?</p>
<p>Yeah, those career discovery programs in arch help. I believe Cornell has one too - a two-week summer program. In fact, I think WashU has one, too. From what I've heard, it's usually a big deciding factor in pursuing arch or not.
There are two routes: the BA/BS+MArch [4yrs bach. degree plus 2 or 3yrs masters in arch] or the BArch [5yr vocational route]. The 5yr route is usually more rigorous, but less broad, depending on how you look at it.
It would be great if you could get in touch with a current arch student at ND. You get a lot of insight into how life as an arch student is, as it varies from school to school. And that, I think, is more important than ranking. For more info on that, you might probably find some useful info on the other arch thread.</p>
<p>The architecture school at Notre Dame is different in their philosophy than almost all other schools of architecture. A few years back they radically changed their orientation towards what might best be described as Beaux Arts-esque or classical. Look at the work coming out of that school, and compare it to the work at other schools - which direction is it that you want to take?</p>
<p>awesome, great feedback. thank you very much to both of you! i will definitely read that other thread thoroughly. and thanks for pointing out the traditional approach nd is taking, i kept looking over it before, i just wanted to go to notre dame so bad.</p>
<p>Yes, the program offered at Notre Dame is somewhat different from the other schools, they emphasize on tradition a lot. However, i recall students in their 3rd years get to study in Rome for a year.. which is pretty amazing.</p>
<p>Yea, so if you're going to Notre Dame, your going a different direction.
which is why i dropped ND outta my list.</p>
<p>i've been looking into some of the other schools as suggested. while the university of cincinnati's daap program has said to be among the top, i find myself to be more attracted to the traditional aspect notre dame offers, so maybe i got lucky in that case. however, is there a need for architects with this type of traditional education?</p>