| Soozievt, you cannot understand how much I appreciate your last post! Very insightful! I, like your daughter, want to have certain freedoms both socially and academically that an intensive B.Arch would not cater to without undue stress. I will give that some thought. You are exactly right that it is much more about me as a person than me as a prospect, sitting at a desk, filling out a form: A, B, or C. As I am sure you and many students in my position realize, sometimes it can be very difficult to understand this and to distinguish the two. Thanks again for all your help.
momrath- that's comforting to know. You inquired about my double major... well, that's sort of a grey area, but I was thinking of business or economics or something along those lines. I don't want to disappoint anyone, but I think a lot of people fail to realize that architecture can be a decent way to make a living, that it IS a business, and that businesses are in business to make money. I am not trying to suggest that such a degree is an easy ticket to financial success, but I do think that the profession as a whole could benefit from better business practices. Don't get me wrong: I am enthralled with history and theory and debate and all the intellectual facets of a career in architecture, but I am not becoming an architect so that I can impress theoriticians by arguing with Rem Koolhaas about the decay of modernism. I am trying to find a middle ground between life as a professional, a businessman, with that of an artist, a creator. The only example I can think of off the top of my head is Norman Foster, who sort of exaggerates this ideal. It's ridiculous example, I know, but I think I have a valid point. |