| Thanks, good info.
KandKsmom - I'll put him on to your suggestion about contacting practicing architects. Hopefully he'll find the kind of helpful people your son did. Good news about your son and Virginia Tech, a school on my son's original list, but his "short list" ended up with schools in the northeast.
larationalist - Good questions. He did ask and check into much of what you suggested when he took the tours. Came home with tales of awesome studio areas at some schools, and brought back photos of some of studios that looked almost sterile and others in chaos, somewhat orderly but still chaos to me (which he liked as they match his room at home!). Funny, he recalls which school allowed a microwave at the students space but never asked if space was dedicated or shared. I know he'll ask now... As for curriculum differences, thats an excellent point. He was looking mostly at schools that focused on technical and another look at their curriculum content will help him narrow his choice.
momrath - Absolutely I agree. That's why I sent HIM on the tours. Thing is, he came back with nothing bad to say most of the schools he visited and lots of good about many of them. Then he only applied to schools he was willing to attend. So IF he gets accepted to more than one he's going to need a way to narrow the choice.
Tzar - Exactly !
Well thanks for all the great suggestions. |