I feel like a lot of people are accepted to Sci-Arc since people are asking Sci-Arc or some-other-school question. First of all, I hope I am not offending anyone in this post! I was very curious about Sci-Arc and hopefully I can word this correctly. I have worked with recent graduates from Sci-Arc and I have heard from my project managers that Sci-Arc graduates have a totally different education than other accredited universities in LA. My coworker barely knew how to use CAD and had difficulties delivering simple drawings because they did not fully understand how real buildings are built. One coworker opened the code book and yelled "I did not know codes book had pictures!" (because it was his first time opening it and never saw diagrams before). My question is, although architects are supposed to think out of the box, isn't it very challenging to apply Sci-Arc's education in normal architectural firms? (I can't imagine planning review comments to crazy curvy buildings...) And still Sci-Arc is one of the frequently mentioned schools in this forum. I do believe that it is a high-end education that some universities cannot immitate but firms still prefer CAD/Revit over Rhino and straight lines over curves. So why Sci-Arc?
On a side note, I was very surprised to see that Cal Poly SLO and Pomona are very underrated. Most of my coworkers were from SLO, Pomona, and USC. A friend of mine back in the days preferred UCLA's 2-yr undergraduate program over Pomona's 5-yr undergraduate program (Not accredited vs. accredited). I have graduated from Pomona and had 12 job offers but it is unfortunate that it is not as respected as other schools.
Purnia
Jul 14, 16 7:13 am
Hey!
I can say for sure I prefer the conservative straight lined architecture more than space ship alien curvy architecture. But it depends on everyone.
b3tadine[sutures]
Jul 14, 16 7:47 am
So, you work with one, or two Sci-Arc grads, and now all Sci-Arc grads are dipshits? I doubt it.
xx__
Jul 14, 16 2:07 pm
Because you don't go to uni to learn how to draw or read codes?
chigurh
Jul 14, 16 2:24 pm
Hey I hope I'm not offending anybody, but anybody can get into sciarc and everybody that graduates is an incompetent idiot. Holy fuck bro - the code book has pictures! derp!
I feel like a lot of people are accepted to Sci-Arc since people are asking Sci-Arc or some-other-school question. First of all, I hope I am not offending anyone in this post! I was very curious about Sci-Arc and hopefully I can word this correctly. I have worked with recent graduates from Sci-Arc and I have heard from my project managers that Sci-Arc graduates have a totally different education than other accredited universities in LA. My coworker barely knew how to use CAD and had difficulties delivering simple drawings because they did not fully understand how real buildings are built. One coworker opened the code book and yelled "I did not know codes book had pictures!" (because it was his first time opening it and never saw diagrams before). My question is, although architects are supposed to think out of the box, isn't it very challenging to apply Sci-Arc's education in normal architectural firms? (I can't imagine planning review comments to crazy curvy buildings...) And still Sci-Arc is one of the frequently mentioned schools in this forum. I do believe that it is a high-end education that some universities cannot immitate but firms still prefer CAD/Revit over Rhino and straight lines over curves. So why Sci-Arc?
On a side note, I was very surprised to see that Cal Poly SLO and Pomona are very underrated. Most of my coworkers were from SLO, Pomona, and USC. A friend of mine back in the days preferred UCLA's 2-yr undergraduate program over Pomona's 5-yr undergraduate program (Not accredited vs. accredited). I have graduated from Pomona and had 12 job offers but it is unfortunate that it is not as respected as other schools.
Hey!
I can say for sure I prefer the conservative straight lined architecture more than space ship alien curvy architecture. But it depends on everyone.
So, you work with one, or two Sci-Arc grads, and now all Sci-Arc grads are dipshits? I doubt it.
Because you don't go to uni to learn how to draw or read codes?
Hey I hope I'm not offending anybody, but anybody can get into sciarc and everybody that graduates is an incompetent idiot. Holy fuck bro - the code book has pictures! derp!
get a life.