Nearing the end of my first semester as an architecture student I often watch in wonder the people who seem to be doing this just for the hell of it. When I first started on this course I didn't quite expect the hectic schedule and vast expenses. So just to forewarn the people who aspire to study architecture - don't do it unless you truly enjoy it and are sure that this is what you want. If your in it for the money, then sorry, you are going to be penniless for a very long time, stretching your last couple of quid between materials, equipment, printing and many drunken nights to relieve your stress levels.
If your thinking that it would be a good choice to go for when you don't know what you want, but you just want to go to university with everyone else - your wrong. The university experience an architecture student has is completely different to your average student - even there are no exams, your work is revieved ona constant basis, with deadlines piling up as you pull out your hair and live on coffee and energy drinks. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm actually one of these people that enjoy what we do in our course, I would have probably gone mad by now.
With such a high demand on university places to study architecture with ratios as high as 10 people to one place, it seems a true waste when people that aren't truly engaged with the subject are offered to be a part of the course. So, just a wordof advice to these who are thinking of aplying - do you actually want to be an architect?
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