<p>Hi! I am a High School student who wants to become an Architect. I first want to earn a B.A. in Historic Preservation from a certain university, and then I want to earn a pre-professional Bachelors degree in Architecture, and then earn a professional Master of Architeture (which is required to become a licesed architect) I want to first earn a degree in Historic Preservation because I want to specialize in working with historic/older buildings. Anyway, I want to go to an Ivy League school for the pre-professional bachelors in Architecture from Columbia University, Yale University, Cornell University, or the University of Pennsylvania. After looking at the websites of Columbia College and Yale College, it doesn’t look like they would accept me into the program because I wouldn’t be earning it right out of high school. and would consider me as a “non-traditional student” At Columbia I could go into the School of General Studies but it isn’t the same as going to the “college” One page said that I could enter the regular if I were to not interupt my schooling by one year. What do they consider “schooling” Could I enter a regular ivy-league college to earn a bachelors degree even if I previously earned another bachelors degree from another university directly out of high school and wasted no time from when I were to graduate from the first degree and applying to the second. I am a little confused about how all this would work with earning a second bachelors degree. Any help will be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Nope. If you have earned a BA degree, or attended any college for any time, even without graduating, you would have to apply as a transfer student,[ and the chances of acceptance into an Ivy caliber colleges are even less than they are for freshman, AND you would be required to submit a transcript of your previous college courses]</p>
<p>And 2 bachelors degrees are next to worthless.[ Ivys won’t even offer them to students who have already graduated from another college]. You can minor in one area while getting a major in a related, or unrelated degree. Or you can get multiple masters instead.</p>
<p>Thank you. I just looked at the Yale Admissions website and it confirmed that you can not be accepted into Yale (and probably others) if you already earned an undergraduate degree. I have another question. Why? Why don’t colleges and universities want to accept applicants who already have a Bachelors degree?</p>
<p>Why don’t universities accept applicants who want to earn a second bachelor’s degree?</p>
<p>because space for people who don’t have their first degree is already very limited.</p>