<p>I would not recommend minoring in engineering. As an architecture school graduate, I can tell you that you will not have any time to concentrate on anything other than architecture. Most schools are very design studio centric. Studios are 9 hours of class time per week, plus all your free time to work on your project. This goes for the entire 5 years. If you want to study engineering, I suggest you do it in graduate schools. One misconception is that architecture and civil engineering are related. This is not true. The hardest aspect of architecture is design, which is not technical like engineering and cannot be learned from books or taking exams. Since you want to have an environmental focus, maybe you should look into Cal Poly Pomona since their architecture program has a sustainability focus. In a recent survey they ranked as one of the top three in the country along with Oregon and UT Austin. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.architectmagazine.com/education/sustainable.aspx[/url]”>http://www.architectmagazine.com/education/sustainable.aspx</a></p>
<p>It’s a relatively impacted program. They have 100 spots for 1800 applicants. Average GPA is 3.8 and sat is 1200/1600.</p>