I just graduated with my bachelors degree and unfortunately missed the cutoff to apply to an architecture program this coming year. I dont have a portfolio ready anyway, seeing how I graduated with a bachelors in environmental planning , so I wouldn't have been able to just apply to a program. I am planning on taking this year to work on my portfolio, but I felt it would be smart to continue growing and learning. I originally wanted to maybe get a job in some kind of architecture related work, but without some knowledge in the field already I dont see how this is possible. Than I thought I should try and look for work that would put some money in my pocket and might help me pay of grad school, but this is not exactly an easy task also. So instead I figured my best bet was to attend my local community college full time while working on my artistic skills and my portfolio. While this was not my first choice, I feel this might be very beneficial because the community college I will be attending offers a number of courses and certificate programs. One of the certificates I have been contemplating working toward is a certificate in business entrepreneurship because I feel that once I get my architecture masters degree and work in the field I will eventually want to take it to the next level and possibly start my own firm. I feel the business knowledge from this certificate will come in handy in pursuing this goal. On the other hand the community college also offers a certificate in CAD. I thought this might be extremely useful seeing how I eventually want to become and architect and CAD is a big part of that work. But than I was also thinking it might be overkill because I have heard that architecture programs already focus on this, so I might be learning this again in graduate school, but than again I dont know if they will go into as much depth as this certificate program will offer? Any guidance would be very appreciated. Thanks.