| bneg-of course ec's and leadership will be considered but we shouldn't view arch admissions as a point-system. keep in mind, what separates arch admissions from gen admissions is the fact that architecture is very subjective so just because you are president of your school, get a perfect score on the SAT, and are valecdictorian DOESNT mean you are going to get in. they'll count for sure and tell the professors what kind of person you are, and if these are taken from a subjective view point, then it might help. it might show that you're ambitious, if you do a lot of things..or if you have a lot of arch experience under your belt, it shows that you're passionate and that's super important.
panantha i've never heard of the scholarship but i'll go check it out. cornell only offers need-based scholarships. they don't offer merit-based scholarships. but it sounds great so i'll check it out.
if you guys have any questions about the arch program feel free to ask me..cuz i took studio courses there for six weeks this past summer. some people loved it (i loved it) and some people realized it's not for them. the program is very mind changing, like most architecture programs. basically all preconceptions of what you think architecture is gets destroyed. everything is very abstract and theoretical so if you don't think you can handle that you might want to switch out.
..and arch students literally work all night every other day..and usually pull 4 days without sleep before the crits. but if you love it, then it's not like doing math homework for 4 days..cuz that'd suck. |