<p>I went to UT Austin and it’s a horrid program–2nd rate professors, pretense and unfriendliness beyond belief, worship of English accents and of Harvard (the worst prof there duped them into believing he taught at Oxford cause of his accent and their gullibility) and of SAT scores, fellowships to the richest students in the program (buying future potential donors), snap judgements about students’ ‘talent’ level (within 1-2 weeks by Benedikt, for instance), right-wing town that pretends it’s ‘liberal’, constant sucking up to the power-elite in Texas (the Capital building is 2 blocks away).</p>
<p>I wouldn’t go there except as a last resort. </p>
<p>A 5 year BA is the best option because you have a professional degree when you leave. Take art classes, drawing, figure drawing, landscape, perspective, and be HARD on yourself to draw well. Go to museums, galleries, buy design books.</p>
<p>Loads of people THINK they want to be architects but the reality is different. So work at a firm during summers.</p>