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How proficient should one be at math before majoring in Architecture?
I just finished Algebra 1. First semester was much easier than second semester and I got an A with very little effort, but I put more effort in second semester and only got a B. It was a High B (B+), but it still shows up as a B to colleges. I know these grades are decent. However, to an Architect such a grade in such a basic class might seem pathetic. Do you think I would struggle learning the math for architecture?
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- Now I don't know much about architecture, but i know about not doing good at math. I am going to tell you my personal experience I sucked at math and now I am applying to medical schools with a 39 on the mcat medical school entrance exam. The thing that makes math different than reading (most people doubt this but it is proven) that skills like math and science can be retaught and taught and actually learned and reading can not hooked on phonics and such teach you tricks that fail you in college I know a few people who used it and still did awful at college English and b's are not bad to colleges and it won't pull your grades down to much people told me I was not good enough at math and science to study medicine and I am on my way to medical school I wanted and just had to work harder to learn math and it was worth it to me now I am a math tutor to answer your question anything could account for a bad grade does not mean you can't do it
- Don't rely on Affirmative Action to get you to Medical School (or Architecture School) if you are poor in math. Architecture has two sides. One is "artistic"/aesthetic. The other is technical. The technical side of architecture requires heavy math. You have to be good in both sides of Architecture to get the degree. (In some schools, Architecture is in the same department as Engineering). My guess is you're more suited to Architectural Technology, where the math is easier.
- It depends. Schools like Carnegie Mellon and Penn State pays attention to your math skills but schools like RISD and Cornell pays more attention to your visual abilities. Overall though, schools that pay more attention to design tend to be the higher ranked architecture schools.
