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UPENN(MArch2) vs Cornell(MArch2) vs Columbia(MSAAD)
It's really unsure among these 3 programs, which one is better?
And the thing is, Columbia MSAAD has much lower qualification nowadays, and I'm not sure they can remain the quality.
Anyone have some conclusive idea?THX!
they can remain at least SOME of the quality
@laps3
yep, SOME of the quality,
so how much still remained?hah
I would personally go with Cornell. I really like who they have on staff a lot. Great people. UPenn with a close second.
@james petty
Thx for sharing. I guess Columbia would be the last choice.
I may need to check the course and staff of Cornell and upenn
Any advice with the selection?
It's really hard to choose, and any comments appreciated.
What are you interested in? Why are you going to grad school? Especially as a MArch II. There must be something specific you are looking for. You should also used linked in to find current MArch II students there and shoot them some questions. Doesn't Cornell still have you spending the summer in New York City?
I know a guy from columbia MSAAD who worked for 2 pritzker price winners after the course. And i know another guy from princeton working at a third tier coporate firm .
And of course there are inverse cases.
So the thing to take away is all of these schools are great and it depends on your ambition and ability.
@james petty
Actually I found it hard to figure out what specific research is each school doing, which I really need to shoot some questions there.
@macpod
Sounds fair enough, it's our own ability to decide our destiny. thx
@xdfwx, I've been looking into student work recently to decide between Penn and Columbia as well, waiting on Pratt. though this is a bit bias as Columbia has been my dream school for a few years now.
Penn; pp@PD - http://issuu.com/archworkpenndesign/docs/pppd
Columbia; 09-10 ABSTRACT, including MSAAD - http://issuu.com/gsapponline/docs/gsapp-abstract-0910
I'll be attending the Columbia open house to get a better idea. Penn strikes me as as more homogeneous, entirely too focused on parametric design.
There's also the different class sizes to consider, I believe Penn will be around 3 studios and Columbia will be 9-10, judging by recent class sizes. I personally prefer a larger class.
The benefit of Penn's M. Arch II is that it's 2 semesters, so tuition would be 2/3 that of Columbia's, and living expenses would be much lower. The benefit of going to Columbia is for me the location.
hope this helps.
@robrmm
Great help.
I agree with your opinion about upenn's homogenious, and I'm not quite good at parametric things.
Well, will you consider Cornell? Or u even didn't applied that.
As someone who went through this process and has since graduated and talked with people with all three schools, there is no argument that GSAPP has the stars, Penn is very focused in parametricism. As a Cornell grad, what I appreciated was the strong programming and site contextual emphasis and the camaraderie between alumni after graduation.
GSAPP / Cornell
MsAAD / M.Arch II
NY / Ithaka
NA / $/2
... / ...
U Penn
@own1221.. can you elaborate more on what you mean by "there is no argument that GSAPP has the stars".. i plan to attend GSAPP this summer
GSAPP / Cornell ....
any ideas?
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