panantha1

gomestar: this is good information. Always better to know what you are getting into. Are you then telling that there approx. 3 project per semester? If you set aside $1000 per semester and you say your gf spent $300 or the last project - then appox. 3 projs? Am I right?

gomestar

yep, 3 sounds like the correct number. The first was just a simple intro drawing on paper of elements of windows with a presentation (crit) in the end. The second was "documenting the body" where she made a model to mimic her shoulders and their movement, and the final is the creation of a poolhouse/sauna/spa type thing using elements derived from the second project.

If your D is accepted, tell her to get a job. It's much better to work relentlessly throughout the spring and summer, then focus on academics rather than have a blast all summer long but enter school broke and in need of a job. A job while in the architecture program may end up hurting her more than helping.

panantha1

gomestar: Thanks for your advice. My son is looking to work this summer.

gomestar

ah, son, for some reason i thought daughter. sorry.

gomestar

ah, 'twas post #3 under the Syracuse forum when ARCHcornell said the word daughter ... though, my gf is clearly not my daughter, and you mention your son, so i guess that i keep pondering who he/she is talking about!

what other architecture programs is your son applying to?

panantha1

Do you mean what other colleges that he applying to?

He has applied to Syracuse/Penn state (Schreyers honors college)/CAL Poly/University of Notre Dame and University of Cincinnati.

However, his heart is set on Cornell. That is all he is thinking right now. I hope he makes it.

gomestar

ah, gotchya. I say architecture program because a B.S.ARCH is not the same as a BS in architectural studies (i'm assuming you're aware). It's a professional degree, and isn't available at most colleges. My gf applied (and was accepted to) Syracuse, Carnegie-mellon, Pratt, and SUNY Buffalo - but, buffalo isn't the 5-year BSARCH program, so she would have been in collge for i think around 2 or 3 additional years. That would have sucked.

panantha1

gomestar: I understand now. He is looking at the 5 year profession B.Arch degree in all the colleges he is applying to.

panantha1

gomestar: With the exception of Univ. of Cincinnati which is a 4+2 situation I believe.

Justin_hui

at cornell sc we had to shell out a lot of our money for extra supplies but i don't think we had to spend 300 dollars on every project...unless you LOVE experimenting. even though we didn't use wood or metal, we used mylar, 10 dollar cardboard, etc, a project usually shouldn't cost 300 dollars...otherwise it's a waste of money..what's more important is the idea behind the project.

gomestar

my gf was assigned a material to work with. It's one thing to choose which material to use, it's another thing to be told which one, as the students were in the fall studio. This is where things get expensive, and quality materials cost alot of money. Sure, cheaper substitutes can be used, but students typically dont joke around here.

panantha1

bump.........

panantha1

omgplease: Did you apply ED or RD? Your name was not on the roster that was floating around. Just curios.

Did you attend the summer program at Cornell?

cand1licious

im applying in two years haha (:

Gns

i have a question, in portfolios, i kno this sounds pathethic, but i didn't count w/ the resources to develop my skills, i could only develop and recently, skills and pc desing such as photoshop and other....does that count ? is it really stupid to apply when u have just that and few drawings rigth? i feel so sad...