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分享 学建筑是去普林斯顿还是去南加州?
席琳 2016-9-25 14:10
16-9-24 在帮妹妹选学校,看到很多人在质疑为什么普林斯顿大学的建筑学专业在全美和世界的排名那么低?还看到一个来自澳洲的小孩面临和姐姐去年一样的艰难选择,只不过是姐姐所选的动漫专业在USC确非MIT和常青藤大学可比,不知道USC的建筑学专业之强,远没有独步天下。 问题:I got my decisions a few days ago and now I have a pretty big decision. On one hand I have USC, with a trustee scholarship (full tuition) and on the other Princeton (with financial aid about the same as the trustee). USC has a strong arch program, while Princeton's is pretty unknown and I can only elect to move into it after my sophomore year. Also, I live in Australia and have only visited USC and have never been to Princeton so I don't really know what its like. So I was wondering what do you guys think? Any advice would be great! 网友们给的解答虽然也五花八门,但大都觉得普林斯顿应该不比USC差。 Let me tell you something, a smart fella such as you will regret for your decision of not attending Princeton. There's one guy named Daniel on architect who has already feel sorry for himself for not studying literature at Harvard or Yale despite the fact that he has a 3.96 GPA at USC. Curriculum at USC is well-structured and it leads to a professional degree. Whereas the undergrad at Princeton is a typical liberal arts education with stellar professors and equally brilliant students. Again, if you are not sure you can handle the pressure of learning from the finest, please choose USC then. Otherwise, Princeton is better than USC in all aspects except its snowny winter. A diploma from Princeton will open more doors than the one from USC.It's brutal, but it is reality. Personally, I know a Fulbright Scholar who got her BA in Architecture and Chinese from Princeton and then she went to Harvard GSD for an advanced degree. Two weeks ago, there were some architecture students who submitted their transfer applications to Cornell, Notre Dame and Rice, because they don't like what the have learned at USC. Kids from public schools tend not to have the access to the best and the brightest,which also hinders heir development. For architecture, exposure and crystallization of information are two important factors to determine whether a person can be lived to his best. Academically speaking, USC is not at the same caliber as Princeton. To add a few bonuses for attending Princeton, the job offers and academic resources rival that of Harvard. I might be biased here, social Darwinism teaches us to get rid of competitions and be ahead of everybody else. Princeton is a place which fits that notion perfectly whereas USC is not. Plus, I am a student at USC, my first hand experience is that my classmates have a wide range of intellectual capacities, ranging from the future Rhodes Scholar candidate to the intellectually impaired. I think this situation will least likely to happen at Princeton. the experience you'll get attending either usc or Princeton will be very different, largely because usc will be much more studio intensive and princeton will give you a much more well rounded education. I won't disagree with much of what has been posted already, but I would just ask; how professionally focused are you? If you want to get out of undergrad and begin working in the field with the option of heading off to graduate school in a few years, then USC is the way to go. Princeton's program is really a general education degree with an emphasis on architecture, and will require three years for a masters degree. You may be able to work in an office, but you will be limited by just two years of studio. However there is more to a Princeton degree than just professional advancement. It is one of the great universities in the world, and it is hard to underestimate what four years at Princeton could provide you with. My daughter wants to be an architect, got accepted to the arch schools she wanted, but when Stanford accepted her she decided she could put off architecture school. She is studying product design, and seeing the opportunities she is being given I think she made the right choice. It would be hard to say no to Princeton. Architecture draws on so many skills -- creative, analytical, communication, evaluative. Four years at an institution like Princeton would only make you a better architect. It is, however, a long journey and finance is a very real consideration. My son will be around 30 by the time he's licensed and he has friends from his highschool class who will be practicing architects by the time they're 25! To me looking back from the advantage of old age, 30 sounds like a fine age to begin a career, but I can understand the anxiety. If Princeton accepted you they will help you succeed. The resources are tremendous. You will be challenged yes, but you will be challenged by the whole world of knowledge. At the end of the day, if you don't like what you find there, you will be able to transfer. The Princeton name will never hurt you. USC is a wonderful opportunity and I don't mean to say that it isn't, but the choice between architecture 24/7 and a liberal arts education is a valid consideration and you can be successful either way. I currently go to USC for architecture, but if I had to be in your situation, I'd choose to go to Princeton. It's Princeton! It's practically the number one school in the world. Check USC products like Richard Gage AE911.org. Princeton products either lack courage or not allowed to think. 可是这个澳洲小孩最终还是选择了USC学建筑。 Thanks for all the advice. I still havent committed 100% but despite most peoples opinions, im leaning towards USC. A mix of financial considerations (USC trustee will last for 5 years whereas Princeton financial aid will last for 4 but then my masters if and when i choose to do it, I'll have all this stress again!), the fact that ive been to USC and moving countries but at least knowing the area to which im going is a bit comforting and also that, as lowly as it might seem, im not sure im up for the challenge of Princeton, with the calibre of the students and the varied classes I would be taking and struggling to master. I think I would rather the studio atmosphere which ive kinda of been setting myself up for.
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分享 南加州大学电影学院的录取通知书
热度 4 席琳 2016-1-26 12:21
2016-1-25 姐姐今天收到USC电影艺术学院(School of Cinematic Arts)的红信封,里面有两封信,其中一封是专管招生的校长签发的2016年秋季入学的录取资格证明,没有签发的日期,另外一份是校长助理兼大学招生办主任于1月22日签发的祝贺信。 这些看起来都冠冕堂皇,无关紧要。紧要的是另外附加的一张纸条,详细说明被录取的专业和学士学位,还有学校所提供的奖学金的状态:祝贺你被选为学校全额奖学金的终选人(finalist),请在指定的时间和地点,赴学校参加面试,学校报销一半的飞机票。 网上勾一勾,南加州大学2015年新生录取大约9000人,申请的学生超过5万,录取率大约18%。而给的全额奖学金有三类,一类是专门给国际学生的,Mork Family Scholarship,资助金额是每年5万5千美金,总共发给十个学生;一类是给美国学生的,Stamps Leadership Scholarships,和前一类资助金额相同,总共发给5个学生;最后一类也是给美国学生的,叫Trustee,资助金额每年4万9千美金,总共资助100个学生,所谓八十名新生里面挑一名,竞争还算是激烈的。 另外才有校长奖学金,是半奖,减免一半学费,系主任奖学金,是四分之一奖,减免四分之一学费,等等等等,依此类推。
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分享 南加州永不下雨
热度 46 holycow 2015-7-21 13:02
南加州永不下雨
曾经有一个主要依靠英国新闻网站获取信息的加拿大人用下面这张图来黑蚂蚱的南加州: 保皇党加拿大人的刻板偏见就是: 明明是人与自然的有机融合,他偏要说成棕榈泉缺水。 当时俺就掷地有声地指出真相 ---- 棕榈泉那个地方是不会旱的,就算其他地方都旱死了它都不会缺水! 真相不是英国人和加拿大人所能扭曲的,真相必将大白于天下 就在这个周末 南加州发生雷暴强降雨天气, 这架从洛杉矶飞往李根机场的737刚起飞就被雷劈了 至于那张图片的所在地棕榈泉: 这象是没水的样子吗? 把个桥墩下面的地基都冲没了 结果当然就是这样的 如果一定要从英国人那里获取信息,起码听听懂行的英国人怎么说吧: Seems it never rains in southern California Seems I often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California But girl don't they warn ya It pours, man, it pours...
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