<p>I don’t understand- if she loves architecture-- and the architecture of another time that shouldn’t be a problem. – You must follow your dreams-- and if a school tries to squash them you must try to understand what you love about them and tell the professors. we only have a certain amount of time in life, and too much of this is done doing what we do not love. If the architecture that she is engaged in is not one which she enjoys then maybe she is doing the wrong architecture and she should start doing the “right” architecture. None of this means switching fields.</p>