<p>How hard would it be for someone do be able to do well in an Architecture Program and continue doing a varsity sport. Is there enough time to get to all the practices and do all the homework. Will leaving campus for a weekend for a competition really effect my grades down the road. </p>
<p>Does anyone have this experience. Or how was the Program at your school, and would you have had enough time to balance athletics and academics.</p>
<p>zea, I think it depends on the level of competition, DI, DII or DIII (but come to think of it I don’t know if there are any arch programs at DIII schools) and the sport involved. Are you talking about a DI sport? I will give you a couple of situations that we learned from personal friends involved in your situation that maybe will give you some food for thought. </p>
<p>One is that some schools, including NC State, will not allow its architecture students to play DI sports because of the practice time conflicts. When my s went for his first year orientation at VT, the head of the arch school told one mom (who asked about this exact question), that even doing club sports was going to be challenging and that her daughter should really just work on getting settled into the demands of the program the first year, then branch out after that. </p>
<p>The other is that a many athletes that start in a DI sport and arch either drop out of the sport to stay in the arch major (a good friend of my s did this) or change from their arch major to stay in their sport. Consider that DI sports are year round commitments- there is really no “off” season any more. 2 hour practices in the mornings and afternoons. It makes for an exhausting day. Many coaches will not allow you to schedule any classes in the afternoons so as not to conflict with their practices. That makes it tough, for at many schools, the second year of your arch program you have your lecture/design classes starting at about 1:30 pm- 4:30+. Studio time would definitely be affected I would believe. </p>
<p>I am not trying to sound negative, I just wanted you to hear about the reality involved from what we saw. I hope some others will give you more information (about success stories maybe!) but I would think it would be very, very challenging at the division I level. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>I played lacrosse at a major Division 1 school, and probably did better during the season because it really forced me use my time in studio efficiently. I was the only varsity athlete in my architecture class. Of course this was the era of innocence in minor sports. I walked on, only played during the season, didn’t spend an hour a day in the weight room, and didn’t even have a personal coach. Athletics seems more like a job these days and I suspect that the coaches expectations are going to be much tougher. It is going to be very hard to pull off both.</p>
<p>I worked for Bill Pedersen at KPF, and he was an outstanding hockey player in college. As a sophomore he was the captain of the University of Minnesota hockey team under Herb Brooks. Before entering his junior year he was told by the architecture school that he had to choose between hockey and architecture. I’m glad it worked out for him ;-)</p>
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<p>Thanks for the info guys. After reading the book “BEcoming an Architect” by Lee W. Waldrep, I realized I most likely will not be able to do Architecture and a sport. It talked about the hours in the studios, late nights, weekends and all of that for the education section. I know it would get really hard in my later years in college. I have decided I will switch my major before I start, and work at Kiniseology and work to become a physical therapist. </p>
<p>I am going to Temple and doing D1 mens gymnastics, and they got a pretty good Health school, so it should work out.</p>
<p>Thanks Again</p>
<p>My son just finished his first year in Architecture @ Wash U and his first year of varsity swimming. He managed to fit in 1-2 daily practices and still keep up in studio. I think swimmers in particular use their time management skills & discipline, that have been honed over the years, to their advantage!! He did say that no Arch. major has ever swam all 4 years however…maybe this is due to going abroad and not just the work load.</p>
<p>^ya, when I talked to the Notre Dame Swim Coach, he said no one in architecture has ever been able to swim for Notre Dame. Let me tell you right now, architecture will cost you some experiences in college, it is just a very demanding subject, and sports will probably be one of those.</p>
<p>When we visited Auburn and asked this question we were told they had some swimmers
( Men’s #1 NCAA DivI) that they had worked with so that they could fit in studio time despite conflicts with swim practices/competitions. He also said they were some of the top students in the program.</p>
<p>momto4, wow, thanks for the response and interesting information. I think it says a lot about the commitment that the coaches at AU have in trying to let their athletes pursue their dreams, both academically and athletically. </p>
<p>I wonder though, was this the late Richard Quick’s policy and will Auburn’s new coach, Brett Hawke, continue with it? I hope things don’t change for them. </p>
<p>I think of all athletes, it is the swimmers that could pull it off. The work ethic and time management skills that those kids have to learn as they swim year round is phenomenal. No other sport can match it. It can’t be easy in college, (esp at a powerhouse swimming program like AU) but it never was for those kids anyway! </p>
<p>Again, really interesting info. Thanks for sharing it.</p>
<p>I was an Ivy League swimmer, and my son is about to start his sophmore year at the SOA at Syracuse. His program is much more demanding than my pre-med program was, I can’t imagine how a kid could swim and do a BArch program at the same time! Say what you want about time management skills, there are only 24hrs in a day.</p>
<p>It was actually the architecture department that worked things “around” so that the swimmers did not have conflicts.</p>
<p>does this also relate to an engineering course??</p>