well, some people like blondes, others like red heads, and others like shaved heads. Does that mean if the majority of the people like shaved heads, that you’ll pursue them too? at this stage, you should already know what you like, fit, petite, tall or voluptuous and know where to look.

tuna did you read the question?

i was really aiming to steer people away from answers like yours

There's nothing wrong with what i said. If i went to the GSD, then i'm gunna say Hardvard is the Best cuz i dealt with urban design. If i did the M.Arch II program at Sci-arc, i'm gunna say SCI-Arc was a better program cuz i dealt with building systems. Everyone is going to have different responses. Sci-arc is not know building systems but perhaps someone told it upon themself to explore that area rather than its parametric approach and found it to be more intriguing. But just like you said, it depends on what you're interested in. but its interesting to see people master such great skills and then abandon them after graduating the program. There's not much room for parametric design in the work force. but some people might have interesting stories.

It's hard to be taken seriously when you have more entries than comments...

Cincinnati has the best chili in the world, that's pretty important when deciding on an MArch II program. Gotta have something to keep you going through those long nights. Plus you can learn a great from the explicit laying of material...noodle, chili, beans, onions and a "green roof" of shredded cheese. Not into 3/4/5-ways? Well the coney can teach you a great deal as well. They kinda act like a SIPs panels, I think you see where I am going with this. Go to Cincinnati where you can learn how chili relates to building systems. Oh and their co-op program isn't bad either and their campus was recently ranked as one of the most beautiful in the world.

haha... pretty harsh LITS4FormZ...

but if I posted smart little comments like yours all day, i would have dozens of them... I try to keep my comments constructive and relevant

based on the comment you just posted i'm going to assume all 67 of your comments are just as about useless as this one.

it seems there are more and more high schoolers on archinect everyday these days

I don't see anything difficult about the original request... but as I have not yet begun my first semester of undergrad I can't really give an answer myself.

Do you already have a B.Arch or an M.Arch I?

There's a school blog here by someone doing the M.Arch II at Cooper: http://www.archinect.com/schoolblog/blog.php?id=C0_559_39

I will be completing my B.Arch at Cornell... and would like to stay in school if the economy remains terrible... i have the option of having my last semester of my B.Arch count also as my first semester of my M.Arch II at Cornell, but this is not so appealing to me...

so i would like to get the gist in other M.Arch II programs... but it seems like that when people that about a masters of architecture they are always referring to the M.Arch I

** talk about a masters of architecture....

I think tuna and Litsz4Formz are getting at the fact that you can't really say what school offers the best M.Arch II question; your question is a little redundant. Whats the better fruit, an apple or a banana?

All you're going to get are people in a program THEY think is the best because they're in it/graduated from it (if they didnt think it was the best choice, they wouldnt have chosen that!), or likewise. Perhaps if you were to include a bit more information, particularly what you're interested in studying, it would help your case a lot more and get more constructive responses.

This is typical... i was of afraid of these apples/banana, blondes/redhead answers... they do nothing more than restate facts i already made in the question...

like ismith said this question is not difficult... and like i said this question is subjective: i want to know people's opinions and what they think or even why they chose to go to the M.Arch II program they are in...

If you do not have the knowledge its ok... i don't see the need for throwing jabs behind a computer screen... some maturity can take some of us a long way

cooper union.

MY reasons:

1. its cooper union.
2. It is researched based, allowing for a great amount of individual freedom in what you want to pursue.
3. its free....

Also, no one is going to take you seriously when you are asking for help in one sentence and bashing people's responses in the next.

"some maturity (and respect) can take some of us a long way"