<p>How good is the Umich's Architecture program for Undergrad? </p>
<p>Also... what is the michigan gpa? is that mean unweighted gpa without freshman grade?</p>
<p>U. Mich.'s GPA is when they recalculate your GPA during the admissions process with only the core coreses (like English, math, science, etc.) from your sophomore and junior years. It's not a mean.</p>
<p>i got into the LSA for pre-architecture....i dont know how good the programme is, but they do give you more freedom with your course choices and dont restrict you to only architecture.
Freshman and Sophomore years are done at the LSA and in your junior year you have to transfer to the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning (TCAUP). Thats when their architecture programme really starts
Note that they do not give you a proffesional BArch degree, but a BA or BSc in Architecture.</p>
<p>thank you!! I'm interested in architecture but I'm not sure if I should go for it or not... is it true that if you get into architecture program, you have to be in a studio at least 4~6 hours a day?</p>
<p>yes, you do.
i got into Rice for architecture, so ill probably be going there, but im waiting on cornell. I love to sketch and draw, so a defined architecture programme is better for me. This also means i can take art and architecture history courses and relate them to my studios, which I cant really do at Mich in the first two years because there is no real studio class per se. Only in the third year do we get to spend some real time in the studio.</p>
<p>Tokudas, Michigan has one of the top 10 schools of architecture...but architecture is not as defined a program as Economics or Physics. Each program in Architecture does its own thing. Here are a few rankings. </p>
<p>You should look into each program and see which one appeals to you the most. Some of those programs, like Harvard and possibly Yale, do not even offer Bachelor degrees in Architecture. I hear great things about the Cornell, Michigan and Rice programs.</p>
<p>hey alexandre, those stats are extremely misleading. theyre only for graduate studies. for undergraduate studies theyre completely different. the top three are Cornell, Univ. of Cincinnatti and Rice University. Sorry i dont know the rest.</p>
<p>They very well could be Jimminy. I really am no expert. I have never seen an undergraduate ranking of Architecture programs and I always heard Michigan was top 10 at any level, but I do not know the particulars of other programs.</p>
<p>yes, it is a great architecture programme. i think it hovers around 5-7. But the rankings arent everything....</p>
<p>to the being in studio for 4-6 hours a day comment:</p>
<p>I am a second year at ohio state's school of architecture and if you are worried about spending 4-6 hours a day in studio then architecture is not for you. I spend on average 8-12 hours a day in studio, and that just gets you a B(everyone works hard...you have to have an "architect's mind" to do well, something you will find out soon enough). </p>
<p>So yeah, if you value your time/want to be a college student then really think about how badly you want it. I'm not trying to put a damper on your plans, just trying to warn you.</p>
<p>thank you for the comments!! I want to go for business, but I'm also interested in architecture... So I just wondered if I can double major or not...</p>
<p>I can't imagine a ranking that would rank undergraduate degrees--they're not really considered professional degrees but rather pre-professional degrees. </p>
<p>Most undergrads in U-M's program stay the extra year to get the Master's (or at least, that was the way it was when my spouse was in school there).</p>
<p>I do not think you can double major in Architecture and Business...not in 5 years anyway. It would probably take you 7 years to do it...and even then it would be very challenging. I have a good friend who did her undergraduate studies in Architecture at Cornell, worked for 4 years as an architect and then, returned to Cornell to get her MBA. But a double major in Business and Architecture sounds like a stretch.</p>