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By the same token, the top 10% 'stars' of architecture schools aren't necessarily the ones who have the best design careers. In my single data point world, the second tier talent has had a higher percentage of turning their inate talent into career-long design opportunities.

The top tier students were stymied by unreal expectations. They went into the workforce believing the professional world would fawn over them as the professors did. Instead they had to scramble to re-establish recognition, often losing out to savvier competition who went into offices with no such expectations.

rick12

My guess would be that about 1/3 of the non-architecture undegrads at Columbia GSAP had some talent. About the same percentage of BArch students that have talent. I think that less than 10% of all BArch graduates ever become clean sheet designers, and I would be surprised if the percentage among 3 year MArch's was any lower.

msheft

My son is a junior and planning on going into architecture. He has the Architecture Schools published by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. It gives very good info on the schools and the degrees they offer. He went through it and came up with a list for himself: USC, Syracuse, Penn St, U of Cincinnati, U of Illinois. Since we live in IL that is why U of I is on the list. He prefers a 5 year program. U of Cin and U of I would be 4 + 2.

In checking, Tulane offers a MArch program that is 5 years (and not a BArch), similar to what the University of Kansas is now offering. He has U of Kansas as a possibility.