<p>So I am getting really confused on which college to choose.</p>
<p>I really want to go to college to be able to become an architect.</p>
<p>Ok so whats my trouble?</p>
<p>Well, I dont want to stop doing my sports, swimming and water polo, just to go to college. I would like to be able to be on that college or university team.</p>
<p>So then that makes it hard to find a matching college/University that will allow me to get a great degree and do the sports, or does it?</p>
<p>PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP/ or any suggestions are great :)</p>
<p>Architecture is a very time-consuming major because of all the drawing projects. At the university I went to, it was often said that architecture students slept only every second night because of the amount of work they had to do. I wonder how many people can successfully complete a major as demanding as architecture while also playing a varsity sport.</p>
<p>the kid next to me was an architect at cornell, the kid didn't really ever sleep b/c the few times i had to pull all nighters, this kid was routinely working, always had his door open</p>
<p>There are some to LACs with great academics (not sure which are the best in archi)... and often D3 or the such sports so that might be an option.</p>
<p>Cornell
Georgia Tech
Lehigh
MIT
Ohio State
Penn State
Princeton
Purdue
Rice
Stanford
UIUC
Maryland
Minnesota
Notre Dame
Penn
USC
Texas
UVA
Wisconsin</p>
<p>According to USNews these schools have architecture</p>
<p>Architecture is seriously difficult, at pretty much any decent school. I'm an architecture major at IIT, and I know some students that do sports and architecture, but usually one or the other ends up suffering, or the student literally doesn't sleep. One complaint in particular was trying to do swim practice for several hours after pulling an all-nighter. All-nighters take a lot of energy. So do sports.</p>
<p>But, yeah, Cornell has a good reputation for undergrad, if you can get in. But, to be honest, architecture schools and architecture, in general, as a profession, doesn't have a lot of prestige. Unless you really care about the prestige for the sake of prestige, you're better off choosing an architecture school that has the specific focus you're interested in. Most architecture schools are good.</p>
<p>There's two main types: artistically-based and engineering or construction-based. Within those categories there are also breakdowns by style (classical, modernist, deconstructivist, etc.) and by a concentration on practicality or on theory. I'm sure there are other focuses, too, that I don't know about.</p>
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Cornell
Georgia Tech
Lehigh
MIT
Ohio State
Penn State
Princeton
Purdue
Rice
Stanford
UIUC
Maryland
Minnesota
Notre Dame
Penn
USC
Texas
UVA
Wisconsin</p>
<p>According to USNews these schools have architecture
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<p>Add Texas Tech to the list. Though I'm not sure why anyone would come from out of state to a school located in a windblown desert.</p>
<p>ok so I will start off with saying that I am taking all of the hardest classes possoble at my high school. I just finished the Ap Bio exam 2 weeks ago, I am waiting for the results. I just got all my certifications and more for me to start my job as a beach lifeguard. Everyone sees me as an over achiever, except for me, because it comes natual. Oh and on half of my free time I draw different style houses for fun and something to do I have TONS. Then I am always at the pool hanging with my friends and practicing water polo and swimming. </p>
<p>So in the sports area I am not amazing, but I am pretty good with a lot of potential. This is my first year ever swimming and I was racing on varsity against the big timers from other schools also this is my first year playing water polo and I made it to Varsity kicking off an experienced player </p>
<p>Well and I am only a Sophomore in High School. I am looking to decide on a college before this years school if out because i am in rolled for runing start and it starts in the summer then rolls to fall so I am planning to start gettting my AA degree started so then I can know what classes I will need to take for my colleges I will be applying too.</p>
<p>I live in Washington state near seattle. I would like to stay towards the west part of the US but i realize that if I want a really good archie college I cant be too picky</p>
<p>Hope that answers all yalls questions
cant wait to see what yall think</p>
<p>eh, I pulled more all nighters this past semester than my girlfriend did (she's an arch. major at Cornell, i'm still at Cornell but not an arch. major). There's all of these stories about students not sleeping at all to do their projects. In reality, many students do not get much sleep and are up at all hours of the night. My observations say it's all their own fault for not going into the studio earlier than 10 p.m. ... of course you'll be up all night working! If you have decent time management, arch. wont be difficult. I'd much rather be up all night bulding a model than doing calculus problem sets.</p>