realisticly... how "hard" is it to major in architecture?

[skim milk]

i hard it's really hard so I'm scared.... but I think it's the only major that I am interested in... maybe i'm just young and dumb. :frown:


also, is it a good field to go into? job outlook/$? .....

 

[notfred]

It's like any other engineering major, but longer.

 

[Hubris]

Probably easier than you majoring in English. 😛

 

[Spoooon]

On an episode of Seinfeld, they said that an architecture major is just an art school dropout. 🙂

So, maybe it won't be so hard.

 

[Hubris]

Originally posted by: Spoooon
On an episode of Seinfeld, they said that an architecture major is just an art school dropout. 🙂

So, maybe it won't be so hard.

But he'll have the everlasting respect of George Costanza. And that's worth it's weight in gold, baby.

 

[skim milk]

also... is it a good "field" to go into?


no other options for me 🙁

 

[notfred]

no other options for me 🙁

What do you mena no other options? Is there something preventing you from majoring in something else?

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: notfred
It's like any other engineering major, but longer.

Plus art.

 

[amnesiac]

There's a 5 year architecture major at USC. Brutal curriculum. Very high attrition rate. But very very intensive.

 

[Jombo]

if that's the only thing that interests you, and if you really like it, you should go for it!!

you shouldn't give up just because someone says something's hard, that's prob the worst way to do it. now if you found something better while pursuing architecture, than that'd be another story, and remember George really did want to become one, and didn't and regretted it ever since...

 

[Gibson486]

It's like any other engineering major, but longer.

Wouldn't say longer in school, but the classes are usually around 3 hours long. My roommate only has about 1 class a day, but the class is 3 hours. I suppose it is also like Engineering and the job outlook is pretty good.

 

[eakers]

if you work hard at it you will do well.

 

[brjames]

Architecture is an incredibly hard profession to actually get into. There are about 10 times as many architecture graduates each year than there are job openings in the architecture field. Of course you could be helped by whatever college you attend. My friend said that one of the reasons she came to Cornell was because it was one of the few schools where she could graduate with a degree in architecture and actually get a job in it once she graduated. As far as the work load: I never see her now that we both go to Cornell because she has studio until 5 every day and often stays much later (read til morning) finishing projects.