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UMich Taubman BS Arch Program!?
I am a landscape architecture sophomore here at Purdue who wants to switch gear to architecture. If I transfer to a 5Yr Program then obviously I will have to start all over. Since UMich's program is 2-yr and due to the fact that I have actually completed their pre-reg/recommended courses, I don't have to spend extra years just for the sake of catching up studios. My question is: how hard is it to get into that program for a new transfer student. Even though I have GPA of 4.0 and a pretty good portfolio, I have heard that they are pretty selective when it comes to new transfer students.
Moreover, how is the undergraduate program like? I know it would be less rigorous than other accredited programs but I will continue with MArch anyway. Should I just stick with LA at Purdue then apply to 3-yr MArch programs instead? It's not that I dislike LA, it's just that I prefer designing buildings to desigining open spaces with plants. Moreover, I am not too happy with my dull life here at Purdue,so I feel like switching schools may change the situation. However, living costs/tution fees are much higher at UMich.... What do you guys think?
when i was there it was pretty common to have transfer students. They had done 2 years at smaller schools or community colleges and then transfered their junior/3rd year to start the 2 year program. As sophomores we had to submit a porfolio and application to the architecture school and then as juniors we were admitted in the school. i'm not sure if it is the same. good luck! it is a great school!
I did something similar. I went to MSU for 1.5 years, decided to transfer to LSA (the general majors college), and do, in one semester, the pre-arch classes that were required.
Before, I had no artistic background, so everything that went into my portfolio was completed from January to March in the year I applied to Tcaup. As the portfolios were due in March of that year, mine really did not look good.
My GPA from MSU was similar, and I had okay recs. I really wouldn't worry too much about admittance. It seemed to me, that about 30-40% of the class was of transfers students.
I just completed my UG there (last year), so feel free to ask questions.
Thanks guys.
So it seems like they do accept quite a lot new transfer students! What was the first semester of the junior year like? Would it be too challenging/rigorous for someone with absolutely no architecture background(I did take some landscape architecture courses, but I don't think it really relates to 3D design though)?All transfer students are required to take a summer course first is that right?
The undergraduate proram in UCLA is also 2 years
i think you will be fine. most of the students have zero experience with architecture when they are admitted as juniors. some of the students did the prereq classes at michigan history and some drawing classes but that was about it. the first semester is about teaching the basics. in my time that meant drawing and model making. i'm sure it has expanded more to the digital fabrication and 3-d program world.
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