I think it was considered. I asked almost the same question in another group and someone with insight into Syracuse said it was.
Oops, sorry, I didnât mean to post this as a reply!
Itâs very odd. His second choice was a very non-competitive major in CAS and his stats are well above the average. Oh well.
Yes, they are tied to the college that they are in
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I would guess each college gives out about 300, 100-150 end up attending. I know Maxwell has about 120 freshmen LS this year.
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My S25 was accepted into his first choice Newhouse with zero merit. Is there a chance we could ask if his second choice (VPA) might offer merit since itâs less competitive?
They are tied to the school in which they were accepted. My D24 got the leadership scholarship for Arts and Sciences (Psychology). She was admitted as a double major into journalism (Newhouse) but if she dropped psych she would not maintain the leadership scholarship. She ended up attending another university where she got a larger scholarship.
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My son was admitted into his first choice Maxwell with zero merit. We are waiting on Tuition Exchange but even then it would likely be a stretch.
I dont know, I know a bunch of kids that have chosen SU in the last few years and all are happy there. My daughter was also accepted to Architecture at SU and she is trying to choose between Syracuse and Virginia Tech. Both highly ranked programs. SHe loves both campuses and the breakdown of both programs. She attended summer pre college at Syracuse and loved it and has stayed friends with a handful of kids from that experience, 3 have committed to SU for Arch and then one of her friends from HS also planning to attend for Arch. Syracuse also gave her a ton of money in a scholarship which evens the playing field in that respect, cost is now the same as VT is public and only gave a small scholarship. She is well aware of the weather as my husband and I are alumni.
We will be attending accepted students days for both Universities to see where she feels like she most belongs. I think kids need to see where they vibe the most. If they end up thinking it isnt for them after they are there, they can always transfer.
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The B-Arch program, at any of the schools that offer it, is a very different program academically than many of the programs the other students will be in. In addition to the 9-12 hours of âformalâ studio each week the student is likely to be spending 10-20 additional hours/week in the studio working on projects. This is nothing unique to SU. Architecture has a fairly high transfer-out rate. Students that go into the Arch program thinking they are going to have time for multiple clubs and other extra-curriculars will find there is no time for it. S23 is at Tulane in their program, does Marching Band and has time for nothing more, and spends many an evening in the studio.
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Yes when I was answering her assessment of finding happy Arch students at SU. My daughter is deciding between there or VT and is well aware of the rigor required at any BARCH program. She already got a taste of it at summer college when all the other programs were signing up for field trips and tie dye nights, all the Arch program students were at the studio every night working on projects. I told her that will be the norm not the exception. She still loves it and that aspect of the major is ok with her. As you said that rigor and studio culture will be true at any Barch program, not just Syracuseâs.
As an SU alum, I can attest plenty of happy students. The weather is downright awful, bvut it isnt really the snow, the frigid winds and rain are worse. That said, I would still chose it over again and 25 years later my husband (also alumni along with both my sister and BIL) and I still are very close with several college friends and wouldnât change a thing. Weather and allâŠ
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Actually thereâs about 75 LS in Maxwell
across all 4 years of students, or 75 freshmen?
According to SUâs website it says thereâs 3K students enrolled in Maxwell (includes Graduate and doesnât carve that out). 75 freshmen would imply ~300 across all 4 years and ~10% of the student in Maxwell getting LS. Seems high to me but I have no inside knowledge.
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My son checked with his schoolâs admissions dean and she said that the Leadership Scholarship would transfer with him if he changed majors and was in another school.
âthe Leadership Scholarship would stay with you, but it would just get renamed to the college/school you transferred toâ
That is certainly nice to know and wanted to share with the group.
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Very clear on the rigor of the BArch programs, regardless of the schools. Just hoping the hear some clear reviews of the program at Syracuse and how the moral/culture of students are there in general (not just in Architecture).
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Helpful - thanks very much!
She loves the studio culture too - not worried about that. And great to hear the good news about the Syracuse culture.
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Before Design Intelligence stopped ranking the college programs, Syracuse was pretty consistently in the top 10. It looks like there are some Facebook pages for Syracuse Architecture, you might get more/clear/current information by scanning those. If you havenât done so, Syracuse Arch runs some pretty good information sessions - I know they used to have some that were remote/on-line available as well.
Syracuse has a reputation - deservedly - as a party school. It doesnât mean that every student parties every night, but there is the opportunity that if the student wanted to party all the time and completely forget academics they could probably do so. The school has a 80% graduation rate, which is pretty high so it reflects that even though itâs a party school most students do a pretty good job balancing it with academics. âWork hard, Play hardâ.
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75 freshmen in Maxwell/arts and sciences. Other schools (Newhouse, Whitman etc) are prob similar
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Are there dorms youâd not recommend?