UriA702

NYC has many other schools. City College of New York - which is a very good school for sciences and engineering amongst others - CCNY is one of the only public schools on the east cost that offer Arch

larationalist

UriA- actually there's also NJIT, NYIT, SUNY (at least Buffalo if not other campuses), UMaryland, UVA, VTech, UGa, UFla, Florida International (think this one's public anyway).... a lot more than just CCNY.

cheers

Lori...pardon my boldness but I get the feeling you are being unduly influenced by your current boss and colleagues. I don't know where you are working but it cannot be one of the top architecture firms because no design-oriented architect would ever encourage you to pursue that double major. The whole double major thing is a phase that many students go through. I've never seen a top architecture student pursue a second degree.

I wouldn't be interested in hiring a double arch/eng major. I'd be worried that the conservatism you learned in engineering school would impede your performance in my office. I tolerate the impediments the myriad of engineers throw at me all day long--barely. I don't need that mindset in my office 24/7. Likewise, I don't think they would be thrilled to have me in their offices wrecking havoc with my non-linear thinking, haha.

I also believe you misunderstood the admissions person at Cornell. I've never met a double major from Cornell. The architecture program is too tough--and too good to make those kind of allowances, frankly.

soozievt

While I can't speak for what is possible at Cornell pe se......It seems to me that a BArch (which is what Cornell offers) is not like a BA and would entail more courses in the major than a BA......perhaps 2/3's of one's coursework. Likewise, an engineering degree is not like a BA in that it requires more courses in the major than a BA major does, perhaps something like 2/3's of one's coursework. Doing the math.....2/3 + 2/3 seems impossible to fit into a college schedule. On top of that, most BArch or Engineering majors have a little bit of liberal arts requirements to fulfill which would be impossible if 2/3's of one's classes are satifsying the BArch major and 2/3's of one's classes is satisfying the Engineering major....and well, it seems impossible to create such a class schedule and graduate with this double major (forget how much work it would be but I am just talking logistically). Both degrees are specialized degrees, not BA degrees. Perhaps an engineering major OR an BArch major could handle a minor or another major if the other one was a BA (still difficult but possible at some schools) but I can't see a double major between two specialized professional degree programs that have requirements that go beyond what a BA major entails in the amount of courses to fulfill each major.