UTA Architecture or Pratt Interior Design?

FionaWong
Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:22:50 +0000

I am currently accepted to both of these programs. I love both of them and they are both outstanding, but that’s what made my choice difficult…

Ranking-wise, these two programs are both really outstanding! UTAustin B.Arch ranked #2 and Pratt’s Interior ranked #2 in Design Intelligence.

Location-wise, I have lived in Austin for 3 years, and I loved the weather and people here. I joined UTAustin’s Summer Academy in Architecture, and I found the studio culture to be collaborating, intense but harmonic, campus really secure and facilities advanced.
But I can’t resisit the lure of NYC! I know Pratt is not a good school for academics… and I may not succeed in outstanding other students in terms of the artsy aspect, but the opportunities in Pratt is an NYC ONLY thing!

Can somebody please give me a fair evaluation on these two schools program-wise?

P.S.
I am currently accepted to: UTAustin, Penn State, Pratt and UMiami.
Applied: Rice, CMU (deffered), UCLA, USC, Dartmouth and Syracuse

Stats:
SAT 2000 TOEFL 101 GPA: our school does not have GPA. Class rank: 25%
Several awards winner in Piano(national), book prices, Scholastic Art(Silver Key), Science Olympiad(State Silver)
Other outstanding Extracurricular activities: Art Club President, West Texas Community Service, Track Varsity, Cheerleading Varsity.