Forgot to mention that OSU offered me a smae scholarship.

@morteza plenty of the faculty at sci-arc are practicing architects. the types of firms they head or work for vary of course. i can't speak too in-depth as to sci-arc, having only attended a few of their events and reviews, but as is the case with most architecture schools in major urban centers you'll be able to build a network of practicing architects that will most likely help you land your first job. to best answer your question though, i suggest looking up all of the faculty and the firms they work for to judge for yourself whether their professional work aligns with the type of work you'd eventually like to do. good luck with your decision!

digital design is dead

do you design with a computer? with software? do you use sketchup and use any rubyscripts? do you use sketchup's dynamic dimensions? autodesk architecture, revit or archicad? how sophisticated is your use of acrobat or bluebeam for drawing coordination and teleconferences? if you use revit, do you use formulas to govern relationships?

digital design is far from dead in practice, though perhaps in theory it has fallen from grace to, if you read this forum, whipping boy and fad --- digital design is just coming into its own after having just finished its awkward teenage years when so much of it was fetishized and approached with a youthful zeal of ignorance. Thankfully, it is moving beyond this point.

No brainer. Go to SCI-Arc. It's a very experimental environment, allows you to explore any kind of creative approach you can come up with, has some great teachers who are practitioners and some interesting ones who are not. L.A. is a great work environment as well and the school is constantly full of interesting visiting lecturers and critics.

don't worry about practicality. a real office is the only place to learn how to practice architecture, so don't sweat it.

whether sci-arc is creative or not is another issue altogether.

I went to Sci-arc for a bit and then left because I struggled with the "experimental" environment it has and was worried about the practicality of it all. However...

In the end it probably doesn't matter. To echo Jump's advice it is only school where you will have time to do some fun and experimental stuff. You will have plenty of time on the job to learn all the practical sides of the profession. If you are interested in what Sci-Arc offers than go for it!

On a side note I now work with a few people who went to Sci-arc and they are doing a lot of CA work! So right now it prob didn't matter what they're background was...