I am currently about to enter my senior year of high school, and need a little advice on which universities have better undergraduate architecture programs than others. I would prefer to do a BA/BS rather than a B.Arch, but I am looking at both possibilities. I could really use some advice about what different programs are like. Some of the schools I’m looking at are:
-Carnegie Mellon
-Lehigh
-University of Massachusetts- Amherst
-University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
-University of Oregon
-University of Washington
For further information, my two SAT scores are 1870 (2014), and 1940 (2015). My best individual scores are: Reading- 630, Math- 650, Writing- 700. My GPA is currently at a 3.93 (unweighted).
you should be good for a number of the above schools but portfolio and financial situations are the big questions. Not sure about U of M or CMU stats wise. Keep in mind that some of these schools are easily over $50k/year and even public ones like UOregon are not that much lower ($40k by the time you figure travel) so…
In terms of school style, Oregon and WashU are often mentioned in the same sentence as having similar style (traditional) while U of M is a lot more conceptual. According to the rumor mill (profs graduated from there) both Oregon and WashU love hand drawing so if you are not friends with Ms. Mayline :)…