why necessarily a five year program--I thought those were being phased out. I know of some four year programs and graduate programs, but, you can learn how to script on your own if you are a persistent and curious individual.

In all honesty, the best place to learn about all things computational is the computer--there are web repositories filled with tutorials and helpful forums.

I integrate writing code quite a bit into my work and personally find Processing to be a great tool with more creative flexibility than MEL or Rhinoscript once one overcomes the learning curve. It is also free and you can teach it to yourself with practice and hard work.


If you'll only be an undergrad, go to school to learn about architecture and take some math or programming classes on the side, they will do you better intellectually in the long run and equip you with generalized tools and a rigorous approach and grasp of syntax that a studio with computation as an empty aesthetic end onto itself will not.

There is lot more to architecture than scripting and code and also there is a lot that scripting and code can enable in thinking when one turns back to the territory of architecture. It is useful to remember too that any of the programs that you will use in school, wherever you go, are just a bunch of little algorithms bundled together--even down to drawing a circle in CAD or calculating an intersection.

It may be a harder path but it is worth it--the ability to create one's own customized tools rather than be dictated by the tools or scripts someone else has made is unsurpassed.

Some great resources I've used in the past:
http://www.learningprocessing.com/
processing.org

Thank you so much, I would love to try your methods thoughout the summer~