Tulane Class of 2028 Official Thread

Mashinations
Thu, 16 May 2024 10:57:14 +0000

My son decided he wanted to study architecture when he was in the 10th grade. The summer between Junior/Senior year he took an intro course through Syracuse (mom and dad required this as a way of nailing down that he would be applying to BArch programs). This is all to say that even before starting at Tulane he was pretty firm in his commitment to Architecture.

The teachers have been good/dedicated to the success of the students. Everything you hear from students/parents about the studio time commitment to BArch (any school) is true. I’ve said it on other Arch threads but suggest to your student not to get too enamored with all the extracurricular things the school has to offer. She’ll have time for one, possibly two with extreme attention to schedule and workload, and that’s it. My son participates in Marching Band - which is a good outlet for him - but he has little time for anything else.

The studio programs are small 10-12 student cohorts assigned to a professor and TA. The bulk of the rest of the curriculum - so far - has been fairly large classes. His Physics for Architects course was almost 80 students. Class sizes will get smaller in later years. If you or your daughter have specific questions feel free to DM me and I can ask my son.

Did they lay out for you how Spring Scholars works for BArch? The program is pretty structured from a “you need to take this course in the fall and this course in the spring”. I’m not sure how that works with someone coming in off-cycle.