<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I've heard that Syracuse University has a top-ranking undergraduate program for architecture, but I haven't been able to get a lot of information about its graduate program. Is there anyone who can offer a bit of perspective on that, or how I might pick a graduate school for an March?</p>
<p>I'm actually a incoming freshman at another college without an architecture program, but I'm interested in architecture and I'll be pursuing a art/digital media program for my bachelor's. I liked the feel of Syracuse U and kind of wished I applied to it; I was surprised to find out it is actually a good school for architecture, so that's why I'm interested in its graduate program.</p>
<p>coco, Syracuse is a solid choice for an M.Arch, but I think you’re getting ahead of yourself. Get a few years of college under your belt and come back to the topic of architecture graduate school around your junior year. Take some architecture classes – art history, drafting, theory. Work on building your portfolio. Get basic physics and calculus out of the way. </p>
<p>In the summers, do something related – an internship at an architectural firm, an architecture exploration program at an architecture school. In the meantime get out and look at architecture. Try to travel outside of your comfort level.</p>
<p>When you get ready to apply to a graduate program, you’ll find plenty of information on the internet. Many well known schools offer information programs for prospective students.</p>
<p>I agree with everything momrath wrote above. It really is too soon to be looking into MArch programs. She gave you good advice as to what to focus on the next couple of years. That said, my daughter applied to the MArch program at Syracuse and got in and also visited. She did not opt to attend, and while it is competitive to be admitted, it was less selective than most of the other options on her list. It is a very good program, however. </p>
<p>I will put one idea out there for you. Since your undergrad major is not in architecture (this is totally fine), you may want to explore the option of a junior semester abroad through Syracuse in Florence, as they offer a pre-architecture program for students from any college (most are not Syracuse students in fact). My daughter, who went to Brown for undergrad, did the Syracuse architecture program in Florence. It was a chance to do studio and other arch courses with travel every weekend to various arch sites. She even used some projects from that semester in her portfolio for grad school admissions. So, look into that in another year or so. It would be a chance to be immersed in architecture to make sure you like it before committing to an MArch program, and also a chance to develop some work for your portfolio. It was a really exciting semester.</p>
<p>momrath and soozie, thank you for your replies and advice. I agree that I might be getting ahead of myself by thinking about graduate programs so early on, but I’m afraid I was just enticed by the possibility of attending Syracuse for architecture later on and wanted to find out more.</p>
<p>I’ll definitely be looking into opportunities to find out if I’m really interested in pursuing architecture or not. Thank you!</p>