<p>I have already finished my applications to the states..
but i am still wondering about some other options..</p>
<p>I really like california, and i have applied to USC.. and if i don't get into USC, i would like to transfer into UCLA someday for their architecture.
I have found a bit interest in Sciarc. i would like to know more about them, like are they just like a center to learn architecture? or is it more like a univeristy which only has one major- architecutre? And is Sciarc better for their undergraduate or graduate programs? Because i don't really hear alot of people applying to SCIarc's undergrad programs..</p>
<p>Also. I 've heard that Uhawaii at Manoa has a program that gets you a PhD in 7 years.. is that true? And is it really that important to grab a PhD if I'm planning to become an architect?</p>
<p>there's a thread right below this discussing SCIArc, I'm not quite sure I understand your question. A University is, by definition, a place where there are multiple disciplines. It's a school in LA that is an institution for architectural studies. I'm a little at a loss as to why more students don't apply also.</p>
<p>And yes, it is true that UHawaii offers a 7 year PhD and only a 7 year PhD. It's not really that important if you only plan to practice architecture, although a PhD would open up more oppretunities for teaching in the future. But really, you should attened a school in the place you would like to practice in the future. If you go to UHawaii, you'll learn about asain-pacific architecture.</p>
<p>one of the big reasons that more people don't apply to SCIArc for undergrad is the fact that it's not a university. Even if the student thinks they KNOW they want to be an architect (which is generally fallacious, look at the dropout rate in architecture....), their parents aren't always ok with going to a school that limits their options so much. Transferring schools is such a huge hassle compared to just switching majors within a school, that parents urge their kids to go to universities that have lots of good options, just in case what they think they want to do when they're 17 or 18 doesn't work out. Not saying SCIArc's a bad school because of this, but that it caters to a smaller pool, those that KNOW they want to be architects, and who have families that can accept that.</p>
<p>Sadly, there are a lot more people that should fall out of architecture that don't. I dunno how some of the people in my year are still here. Makes those of us that actually work look like masochists. Of course, come portfolio time, it will matter.</p>
<p>well, the reason why architects are so newly undervalued has to do partly with culture, partly with the fact that there are so many licensed architects and that the common person would like a lower price over a better conceptually designed building.</p>
<p>what's wrong with being an architectural masochist? and, sadly, hard work doesn't mean a better portfolio all the time... I think even the inverse of that statement is true.</p>