<p>I'm transfering this Fall to one of the UCs I applied to:</p>
<p>UCLA-architecture UCSD-visual art UCD-design UCSB-art</p>
<p>I've got a 3.59 GPA but there're 6 Ws in my acdamic history</p>
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<p>i'm really good at painting drawing, fine art stuff and also familiar with softwares like 3ds max and photoshop</p>
<p>My dream is to become an ARCHITECT, but unfortunately, only ucla and cal has this major..</p>
<p>For UCLA, sadly..i think i'm not getting in because I didn't recieved the open house invitation letter(which people would get if they were accepted).
and even though I've got some backup schools as art and design major.... I still can't give up my dream to become an architect .. i really have passion for it.....
and also..i really don't know what kind of job i will get as an art major and how much i can earn as an artist?... that is just so unsecured...</p>
<p>and i'm going to graduate school for sure..</p>
<p>some people told me that I can still major in architecture after getting into a grad school after spending two years in whatever UC learning painting, sketching and stuff.....</p>
<p>but I really really don't know how hard it is or is it even possible for an art or design major to go to grad school for architecture..especially for great schools like ucla and cal..</p>
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<p>so... if you were me, what would you do? </p>
<p>A. learn about art and design in either UCD UCSD or UCSB and try your best to get admitted to a good grad school offering architecture major such as UCLA and Cal? </p>
<p>or B. just spend another year(i've spent 3 years in college already..) in college trying to improve gpa (i believe i can reach 3.7X) and keeping working for a better prorfolio and see if I will have a better shot next year for UCLA or even Cal? </p>
<p>Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly Pomona</p>
<p>However keep in mind both these schools are tough to get into… their architecture is impacted (both schools) and they’re highly competitive. Usually they don’t really look at people with lower then 3.6ish GPA for architecture or engineering… (many friends were rejected and waitlisted from both schools this year and had really impressive applications and GPA’s (3.5ish))</p>
<p>Oyeah
having a time machine would sovle the problem !
maybe I should start building my own instead of continuing my education. lol</p>
<p>and… yeah…
I don’t know why I’ve never thought of schools other than UCs…
U no… as a Taiwanese immigrant in CA… all I know is UCUCUCUCUCUCUCUCUC…</p>
<p>Cal Poly’s are short for California Polytechnic State University’s… the two in CA have been known to specialize in technology… Recently I’ve been hearing really bad things from Pomona though… Friends who attend are telling me that the school has no money and the classes keep cancelling hence delaying graduation…</p>
<p>These two Cal State’s can compare “education” to that of a legitimate UC (even though the education obtained at a Cal Poly is much more hands on while an education at a UC preps you for grad school - very theoretical supposedly)…</p>
<p>@ Simon: It won’t look bad at all if you take 4 years. There was a lady accepted to Cal who took 1 class per semester and was admitted after 10 years with a 4.0. It doesn’t matter how long it takes you.</p>
<p>If architecture is truly your dream, then shoot for it. Never settle for what doesn’t make you happy. I’m going to stay another year at my CCC if I don’t get into Cal or UCLA…I’m like 99% sure of this. </p>
<p>No joke, guys, I could potentially be on here another year haha.</p>
<p>I recommend that if you don’t get into UCLA, then apply again next year and also apply to Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly SLO.</p>
<p>Have you though of applying as an art major and once in the UC system, changing your major to Architecture? </p>
<p>@emil…holy crap, 1 class a semester? Gees, that’s crazy, isn’t there like a certain time limit within which you MUST complete all coursework in order to get a degree? Cause at that rate we’d all have perfect grades…</p>
<p>Hardly anybody takes 10 years to do it…but I know many ppl at my CCC that are on 3, 5 and even 7 year plans lol. 10 is absurd, but I guess some people do it. I don’t believe there’s a time limitation though.</p>
<p>huh…interesting. Well, I guess if you wanna take 20 years to get a BA you totally can Whether you’d remember any of what you learned 20 years ago by the time you graduate is another matter…Hopefully the lady wasn’t studying pre-med, right??</p>
<p>cal poly SLO is part of the CSU system for those not familiar. CPSLO is the highest of the CSUs. And their most competitive major would be architecture.</p>
<p>if you’re an architect, SLO, is the best school on the west coast, it outranks Harvard, Cal tech, UCLA, UCB and many others. It’s overall reputation is in-line with that of a mid tiered UC like UCSD, UCSB, UCD or UCI.</p>
<p>according to google
<a href=“http://archrecord.construction.com/features/0911BestArchSchools/0911BestArchSchools-2.asp[/url]”>2010 America's Best Architecture Schools | 2009-11-19 | Architectural Record;
1 Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
2 Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.<br>
3 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif.<br>
4 Virginia Polytechnic institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.<br>
5 University of Texas, Austin, Tex.
6 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans.
7 University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
8 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.
9 Rice University, Houston, Tex.
10 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.</p>
<p>to top it off, SLO is DIRT cheap, it’s like $6000 a year(vs 30+ for other comparable institutions)</p>
Whether you’d remember any of what you learned 20 years ago by the time you graduate is another matter…Hopefully the lady wasn’t studying pre-med, right??</p>