cal poly architecture

[asdflkijd]

Originally Posted by Gearcraft

hey im in the program right now. im in the second quarter of 2nd year. we are in the top 15 in US last time i heard. and i believe we just renewed our accreditation last year. i think the school is a bargain. ill be honest though that its hard for us to get what we need facility wise but our instructors are great. one of them actually worked on the caltrans building. most of them worked for popular architects if im not mistaken. one of the part time instructors used to design for redbull. he used to be behind huge redbull parties and designed everything for it. yeah our instructors are chill.

what do you mean its hard to get what you need facility wise? Do you guys get your own working space in the studio? What about overnight stay.

[Gearcraft]

Originally Posted by asdflkijd

what do you mean its hard to get what you need facility wise? Do you guys get your own working space in the studio? What about overnight stay.

we have our own working space but the first year students are in a different building from the rest of us because there's not enough space in the studio. our program would accept more transfer students only if there's enough space. typically, there would be about 1200 to 1700 and sometimes up to 2000 applicants each year and they can only accept about 120 of them because of the space. also, our studio is far from the main campus and we wish we're more integrated into the campus, our wood/model shop is in the building next to us (not integrated). so not unless you would purposely walk around the campus or you are taking some GE classes then you'll just be in one corner of the campus. oh and there's a horse stable by our studio. but despite of all this i think everything else is great.

[bigslickak]

Originally Posted by asdflkijd

great info, whats the GPA like for acceptance? I'll probably be applying with like a 3.6 or .7 with >100 90 credits (30 from University of Washington and 60 from NYTech, my current school... btw, I checked Design intel. and Cal Poly SLO is ranked 3rd for 09.

I applied to Cal Poly Pomona in '96 and got in with a 2.83 high school GPA believe it or not. My SAT and ACT scores were very high though. They would have laughed at me if I applied to SLO, I'm sure.

Your credentials should be no problem for Cal Poly Pomona, and should be competitive for Cal Poly SLO. Architecture/Environmental Design is perennially an impacted major at both schools (meaning they stop accepting people into the program after a certain number of people are accepted), so the standards for admission are always much higher than, say, for a Business major.

[asdflkijd]

Ok, so far... I am looking into both Cal Poly's and Woodbury, SCI Arch seems less appealing of the two.

[.:bHd:.]

Originally Posted by asdflkijd

Ok, so far... I am looking into both Cal Poly's and Woodbury, SCI Arch seems less appealing of the two.

I decided on Cal Poly. It's cheaper, better/bigger campus, easier to transfer to. By the way if you want to transfer to art center, you still need comeplete 8 semesters to get a degree. Which is bullshit and i wasted a year because of them

[asdflkijd]

Originally Posted by .:bHd:.

I decided on Cal Poly. It's cheaper, better/bigger campus, easier to transfer to. By the way if you want to transfer to art center, you still need comeplete 8 semesters to get a degree. Which is bullshit and i wasted a year because of them

So are you transferring for fall 09 or 10? I would love to get in there for the fall 09 term but the deadline has long passed..

[.:bHd:.]

Ya i missed the deadline too but I just switched my major to arch from graphic design so i have to take a couple of extra classes. I'm gonna transfer in 2010.

[asdflkijd]

Originally Posted by .:bHd:.

Ya i missed the deadline too but I just switched my major to arch from graphic design so i have to take a couple of extra classes. I'm gonna transfer in 2010.

Nice.. good luck to the both of us! maybe we'll be in the same class, did you already speak to the advisers and everything?

[.:bHd:.]

Originally Posted by asdflkijd

Nice.. good luck to the both of us! maybe we'll be in the same class, did you already speak to the advisers and everything?

not yet. PCC councelors are horrible, so I'm gonna try to talk to someone who knows their stuff. Good luck to us

[Gearcraft]

here are the photos of the studio insde. there's four more spaces of this size for the whole department. this is just the 2nd year space by the hrose stable.

[asdflkijd]

your studio def. looks nicer than mine..

[.:bHd:.]

haha why are you running Ableton at an architecture studio? In house DJ?

[Gearcraft]

Originally Posted by .:bHd:.

haha why are you running Ableton at an architecture studio? In house DJ?

we wanted to record our instructors' funny ways of talking and make a mix out of it. just learning the program though. also found out that my class has so many musicians like myself so we'll be making a class composition soon. pass along one file and add each person's improvised tracks. architecture is more fun when mixed with music.

[asdflkijd]

Originally Posted by Gearcraft

we wanted to record our instructors' funny ways of talking and make a mix out of it. just learning the program though. also found out that my class has so many musicians like myself so we'll be making a class composition soon. pass along one file and add each person's improvised tracks. architecture is more fun when mixed with music.

I can't draw or think without music.

[.:bHd:.]

Originally Posted by asdflkijd

I can't draw or think without music.

[Gearcraft]

music is essential to my daily life. i cant imagine doing just architecture my whole life. that would bore me to death. when i graduate and get my career going im gonna make myself a home recording studio.

[asdflkijd]

Originally Posted by Gearcraft

music is essential to my daily life. i cant imagine doing just architecture my whole life. that would bore me to death. when i graduate and get my career going im gonna make myself a home recording studio.

nice, sounds like a good plan.. I want to design cars as a side job.