Hello everyone,

I am a sophomore at Swarthmore College and I am trying to plan out my schedule for next semester. I was just accepted to the Harvard GSD Career Discovery Program, and I am really excited about that. I was wondering if it would be a bad idea to wait to take calculus and physics in my senior year of college. I am asking because I am not sure if it would look bad to not have any calculus or physics courses on my transcript when I apply to architecture graduate schools. 

In addition, I am in the process of thinking about a portfolio. So far in college I have taken Life Drawing (which basically involved drawing human forms in charcoal), Life Modeling (I have about 3 clay pieces from this course), Drawing Architecture (I have some small watercolor paintings and sketches from this course), and finally a course called the Container as Architecture, which involves constructing clay architectural structures. I am wondering if it would be a bad idea to take Photography or another Life Drawing course. Do architecture schools generally like to see sketches of just buildings in your portfolio or can you have drawings/paintings of people too? 

Thank you for any help!