<p>(Can anyone give me a sneak peek of Rutgers ranking for undergraduate political science, top 10-15-25 etc… all would be great. I can’t seem to find this anywhere local at the moment.)</p>
<p>haha awesome post bclintonk</p>
<p>You don’t go to Madison for museums, and you don’t go to Minneapolis for schools.</p>
<p>At this point, unless you want to look into an affordable (but more expensive than resident tuition) 5 year BArch program still accepting apps (I think Arkansas would be your best bet of this lot), you have to decide 1) do I want to go to UM, start in the major I think I want, but compromise on what I think I want from my college experience; or 2) go to UW, get the college experience I think I want, but try to find a major I’ll be happy with, all while not getting much exposure to the field I think I want prior to grad school, which also might add a year’s worth of time to the process.</p>
<p>Outside of a transfer (no guarantees), I’d figure out how you feel about a different major (and architectural/civil engineering is NOT architecture), then balance how you’d feel in a secondary major/primary college against how you’d feel at your secondary college/primary major. No easy answer there - only you know how important these factors are to you. Good luck with your decision!</p>
<p>UW-Milwaukee’s School of Architecture offers an online minor in Architecture Studies that is available to students at the other UW campuses. The program’s website lists the majors that are relevant for persons interested in the architectural studies minor. Apparently, the credits would transfer back to Madison. See the details here:
[On-Line</a> Certificate/Minor in Architecture Studies - the School of Architecture and Urban Planning](<a href=“http://www.uwm.edu/SARUP/architecture/onlineminor.html]On-Line”>http://www.uwm.edu/SARUP/architecture/onlineminor.html)</p>
<p>Since you’d need a master’s in architecture anyway for professional certification, this might be a good option for you. If you had an interest in UW-Milwaukee for grad school, it’s supposed to be ranked pretty high. Or, you could go to Minnesota for a master’s. </p>
<p>I understand that Minneapolis has a vibrant architectural scene, but the area near Madison has some ties to Frank Lloyd Wright. Milwaukee is an interesting city architecturally. Both Madison and Milwaukee are close to Chicago, which is the world’s capital of modern architecture. Also, in certain Chicago suburbs, there is an ongoing renaissance in Prairie style architecture, not to mention that these and other Chicago suburbs have loads of Frank Lloyd Wright designed buildings (assuming you might like wright…I mean, who doesn’t?)</p>
<p>Knowitsome: I can’t decide. But thats EXACTLY the situation I’m looking at. ****… hah.</p>
<p>zapfino: WOW, thank you so much for that link! I’m going to look into that. Maybe having that option would justify attending UW (for me at least!)</p>
<p>– any other opinions ?
also know: UW has a Landscape Architecture program. I COULD major in that. However, it is much different than architecture.</p>