relana

Please help me decide which school to attend for March! Please consider everything!

1. UC Berkeley 2 year Master of Architecture Program
2. Upenn 3 year Master of Architecture Program
3. Cornell 3.5years Master of Architecture Program
4. Washington University in St.Louis 2 year Master of Architecture Program
5. UVA 3 year Master of Architecture Program

The most important factors are overall academic experience, architectural academic experience, student life (housing, dining, extracurriculars), job placement, and best value for tuition!

Everyone I know ask me to choose UCB, would you let me know your suggestion? And can you help me with the decision; It’s a very difficult decision, because I have to take 80,000-180,000 from my family. It’s a very large invest. By the way, I like 2 year program much more.

Thanks for all for the help and info you can give!

relana

Is there any one can help me? I am really struggling with the decision. And the deadline is very near now.

Tzar

well--- I think that you must know more about each program before you make a decision but they are all very good schools--- personally I would probably go with UC Berkeley or Washington University in St. Louis.- but some of those programs are very different in ideology and perhaps just as important- feel-- Cornell is isolated, Berkley is in a small city-- on the edge of a much bigger one--- and Wash U if I am not mistaken is in the city--- all different conditions.

snipanlol

It all depends on what you are interested in - the programs are VERY different. I suggest checking out who actually teaches studio, and what kind of work is coming out of the school.

For example, Penn is just about to make the transition from an extremely computerdriven curriculum to one incorporating sustainability and environmental issues - William Braham is taking over after Detlef Mertens as chair of the architecture department.

so_ein_quatsch

I actually posted this in another post, but seeing it is very relevant to what you're asking...

Berkeley is going through a bit of a tough time; either they are currently looking for a dean, or they just got a new one (never can remember which one it is). But anyway, the last dean at Berk didn't do wonders. That isn't to say that you won't get a fantastic education there; you just have to wait a few years for the school to get back on its feet

relana

This is a very great information, I did't think of upenn because they are too computerdriven, but if they did change, i think it's still a good choice, but do you think 3 year is too long?

relana

And yes, I do saw your post, does it means UCB now is not a good choice?

relana

Thank you so much for your help

so_ein_quatsch

It just means that UCB's programs won't be as fully developed as they could be. It could also lead to not so great studio options/studio leaders. Speaking of studio options, you should carefully examine the options for each school. Pay particular attention to location. Some schools are better than others at offering options for S. America or China or Dubai(which, as you know, are areas of huge archit. development). But nonetheless, UCB will still give you an adequate education.

relana

Thank you, so which school do you think i should choose? You said "Some schools are better than others at offering options for S. America or China or Dubai" Could you kindly tell me which school?

so_ein_quatsch

You should just check on the respective school's website. I can't really say which school you should choose. It's really depends on your initial impressions of the schools, what you garnered out of talking with professors and students of said schools, whether many students from said schools go on to fantastic firms.

relana

Yes, I do check all their websites and try to find the information that can really touch me, and also try to find whether many students from said schools go on to fantastic firms. But I just can't get it. Do you know where to find the name list of new architects who go to fantastic firms of the past 10 years and including there graduate school information?

Thank you again.

relana

i saw my friends admission letter from SYRACUSE U said：“'the internship involves a commitment.....which allow u to work closely with a faculty mentor on his research...'//admits a small class, which affords low student-teacher ratios in all areas..//and at the same time supports and encourages trasnsdisciplinary activities and individual research..//we will also contivnue to offer some upper level classes and sudios downtown at the WAREHOUSE, a loaction which offers numerous opportunities for students to engage in the city's cultural resources and to participate in the SCHOOL'S ongoing projects in the city//"School's symoposium on Televisuality , WHICH IS THE SUBJECT THIS SEMESTER OF THE GRADUATE COURSE, ARCH THEORY AND DESIGN RESEARCH..."”


I really like their ideas, but i just can't find these words from the school I am now facing. I do like them all. Actually, if just one school admit me, I will go without hesitate, but everytime i facing the choice, sth change.

I do know I should find some information to convince myself, and i also know what kinds of the information i am looking for, but I just can't find them.I don't know how to do now. Thank you so much.

so_ein_quatsch

I'm sure that if you contact the admissions office and ask them the stats for graduating grads, they should have some info. I know this won't be in any way representative of the graduate level life, but check out Archinect : School Blog Project

relana

Thank you again!
What do you think of the UPenn then?
I am admitted by the 3 year program.
Their things you know it's alittle ........

Does it worth so much? Do the firms buy these style?