<p>important it would be to do interships during the school year? is it even possible since the work load is pretty heavy. Or summer interships are the only option? how difficult or easy is to get summer intership in an arch firm doing some type of relevant/design work? (read: no filing or answering the phones) Is there a strong correlation between the rank of the arch program and how easy/difficult it would be for my D to get a meaningful summer intership? thanks so much.</p>
<p>Summer internships would be nice but not critical, particularly early in her academic career. After her first and second years she will not have many skills to offer, so I think even a job filing and answering phones would at least expose her to the realities of the profession. I hired my D this summer after her freshman year to do work on our website. I don't think she was initially very excited about it, but it was one of the better summer jobs among her classmates. </p>
<p>Internships are going to be in short supply next summer because the profession is reeling right now with the financial crisis, but I have a feeling things will be better by sumer of 2010. The ranking of the school may not make much of a difference, but the location and alumni base will.</p>
<p>rick</p>
<p>There are arch schools that do co-op during the school year.</p>
<p>4trees, thanks for the reminder. I forgot about co-op that some arch offer.
rick, you're right. Thanks for the perspective. It makes a lot of sense.</p>
<p>aliastoo: U of Cincinnati is a co-op program. My son is applying to architecture schools and we visited UC this past summer. We were really impressed with the program.</p>
<p>I was in an M Arch program and could not imagine working during the school year. Summer work however is critical - it's very hard to get a job with no experience. An office that is pleased with your work filing one summer may hire you back the following summer for more substantive work.</p>
<p>aliastoo, my S studies architecture at DAAP (UCincinnati). The workload is too demanding to intern during a normal quarter. He starts co-op this spring or summer quarter and will graduate with 4 quarters of professional experience (built into the program). </p>
<p>It's possible to get summer paid internships in architecture if you start looking early and are resourceful. My S had 3 so far. For 2 summers in high school, it was a mixture of learning & using CAD software, visiting sites, and some office work. This past summer, after a year of arch courses, his work at a different architecture firm was almost exclusively design-related. </p>
<p>Wishing your D good luck with her arch studies,
Mom of 2</p>
<p>My son is a freshman at Syracuse. There is NO WAY he could take on more responsibility than he has now in school. I often wonder how the kids do it who have to work during the school year. I suppose you do what you have to do to get by.
I have heard from upper classman that the time demands become less onerous, partly because the students, as they get through the first year, become far more adept with their time management.
My thought for this summer is that it might serve him best to step back and give his mind a rest. I'm hoping he comes back home, returns to last years summer job in a day camp, and hangs with his non-arch friends all summer. He'll make spending money for school, and return to SU ready and refreshed. There are three more college summers to work in an office.
Do any of you other parents share my views on this, or do you think it's time for him to "grow up" and spend the summer in an arch office?</p>
<p>thespian dad-</p>
<p>My son felt exactly that way when he returned last summer after his first year of Arch. He wanted to let his brain relax. His description of first year- "It was like they opened my head and took a funnel and poured in knowledge."
He is just at the early stages of year two, I hate to say it but he said it is exponentially more intense.(He is enjoying it.)
He has already mentioned that he will probably want to intern this summer.
He also felt that after the first year he didn't think he'd have much to offer an office, but now he feels like he would bring something to the table, as well as be more prepared to learn.</p>