<p>So Vanderbilt would be my perfect school except that I'd really like to major in architecture (civil engineering is appealing too, but not as much). I found out about the pre-architecture program that Vandy has that's supposed to prepare you for architecture in graduate school, but the website has very little information on it. I was hoping that someone could tell me more about what it is, how successful it is at preparing people for grad school, and any other information. Thanks!</p>
<p>i'd really think you'd be better off majoring in architecture somewhere else. civil engineering is okay here, but it really isn't the same.</p>
<p>architecture is a major that is very art and creativity-oriented. it involves a great deal of time in perfecting drawing skills and developing your particular taste and style. if you want more, read "the fountainhead" by ayn rand.
anyhow, my roommate at georgia tech last year (i transferred to vanderbilt) was an architecture major. he spent many, many hours in the studio drawing. you get many friends in the program, but you spend most of your time there. i know a few very innovative architects and it can be a very rewarding job. if you are creative and practical...</p>
<p>civil engineers have a better understanding of the mechanical aspect of structures, but they don't focus on art at all. i was once told that the best architects are the ones that are good engineers. you don't want your building to fall after you build it...</p>
<p>at any rate, i think that the pre-architecture program is limited UNLESS you know that you want to go to grad school; the point is you could just go somewhere else for undergrad and be done.</p>
<p>great architecture schools are:
ut austin
georgia tech
MICHIGAN
the others are found here:
The</a> USA's best architecture schools in research: 2007 | archsoc.com</p>
<p>sorry i don't know more about the program, i just thought about your dilemma in general.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the advice! I know that I'm going to grad school (even if I didn't want to, it's not really a choice, given my parents.) But I'm also almost positive I want to be an architect. I was thinking that majoring in engineering but taking a lot of studio design classes and other similar things would give me a more unique background (or something) when applying to architecture grad schools. But then again, I have no idea.
Anyways, thanks again for the help!</p>