<p>forgive me for ranking UCSD with those… it’s got roughly the same acceptance rate as UCI, I know most people rank it as tier 1.5 in the UC system with LA and B being tier1 and I, SB, and D as tier 2. I’m pretty sure that most of the regulars on here could get into SD easily.</p>
<p>thanks emilsinclair</p>
<p>it really takes courage to stay for another year…when you know you are just going to transfer while most of your friends are graduating from 4 year universities… </p>
<p>and thanks nicolles </p>
<p>but are you talking about transfering again from UC? then I would rather stay in college, that’s very expensive to spend a year in UC than in college, and UC to UC transfer is even harder right?. Or if you are talking about changing major to arch in UCD UCSD or UCSB, well, I would do it if they had the major…but none of them have…</p>
<p>ps: you say “none of them have or has” ??? … my ESL question…</p>
<p>If your dream it to become an architect you have a few options. </p>
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<li><p>You can just finish your BA anywhere, preferably somewhere with a visual arts focus and get your professional M. Arch from UCB or UCLA, which would take 3.5 years to finish. </p></li>
<li><p>You can transfer transfer into UCLA or UCB now and get a non-professiona, non-accredited BA in architecture. You take architecture course for 2 years there. Then you can go for a professional and accredited M. Arch from either school, which would take another 3 years.</p></li>
<li><p>Transfer to Cal Poly Pomona or SLO for a professional and accredited B. Arch degree which would take you a minimum of 5 years to complete. Everyone talks about SLO being a better program because it’s highly rated by the trade, but that’s only because they are very technical and well trained on computer drafting and come out ready to crank out drawings. Pomona has a more design oriented program since it can draw practicing design architects from the LA area. Not too many good practicing architects at SLO.</p></li>
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<p>That’s a wide spectrum to choose from. I would say, if you’re sure you want to be an architect, the Pomona SLO route might be the quickest. If you want to broaden your background and variety, maybe route 1 or 2 will work better.</p>
<p>thank you very much egmontus
that really helps.</p>
<p>but for option 1, I want to know how hard it is for me (assume that I’ve done with my BA from UCSD visual art, but haven’t really studied anything about architecture at UCSD.) to get admitted to the professional M arch program at UCB and UCLA??? </p>
<p>I just don’t know how it works for a visual art major to go to grad school for arch.
will they even admit me, a person who haven’t really studied arch? </p>
<p>ps: generally, how do you guys apply for a grad school? is it like transfer that you write personal statement, complete prereqs, and finish some online applications???</p>
<p>… there are just so many things I don’t know in the future waiting for me…</p>
<p>There are three types of M. Arch degrees. One for someone with a 5 year B. arch from either Cal Poly, which is called a post-professional degree. The second is for someone with a 4 year BA in Arch such as a degree from UCLA or UCB and the third is a degree for someone with an unrelated degree. So there is a specific route for someone with a visual arts degree from UCSD. In addition, architecture is a very broad subject where diversity of thought is desired, so having a visual arts degree is actually a plus when it comes to admissions. The last thing UCB and UCLA is a school full of geeky engineers (no offense to anyone)… They will look at your porfolio for sure, so the more creative you are the better. Have you looked at the two Cal Poly’s?</p>
<p>Cal Poly is very well known for its architecture. :]</p>