Architectural D-1 Colleges with good baseball

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University of Utah

http://www.arch.utah.edu/

University of Southern California, Cal-Berkeley, Cal Poly san Luis obispo, Rice, Washington, UNLV all have excellent baseball and architecture programs. I think Harvard and Yale also fit the bill.

I will tell you though, and others on this board have said their experience is otherwise, when my son went through the process he was specifically told by each school he spoke with on this subject that it was not possible to play any sport and major in architecture. To this end, we spoke with coaches, admissions officers and the Deans of two different architecture departements.

The primary reason is that architecture classes have labs typically every afternoon and you need to be at games or practice every afternoon. In hand with this, arhitecture is easily one of the most time consuming majors one can pursue in college.

You may find a different answer, do your homework and check with the schools you become interested in. We did not find one that would allow my son to do both, maybe you'll have better luck.

It might be worth noting that Drury in Springfield Missouri is one of the few (perhaps only) liberal arts colleges offering an architectural degree program (5-year). Drury has a strong academic reputation, and is a DII school that is starting a baseball program from scratch, to begin playing in the Great Lakes Valley Conference in 2007.
That being said, I have spent some time looking at the course sequence requirements, etc. on the Drury website and do not believe any student could successfully handle both an architecture program and college baseball.

I realize that this sound goofy, and I am REALLY out on a limb, but here is one of those situations where a school with an academic program that is not all consuming might be a better choice, a better fit.

Would agree with other esteemed posters...check with the coaches. Some schools make allowances for academic majors for athletes others simply do not....another one of the "you need to research" questions that are very often overlooked.

Georgia Tech has an architecture program. As others have suggested, I'd bet that it would be difficult to major in architecture and play sports at the same time. The architects are the only group I saw pulling more all nighters than us chemical engineers when I was at Tech. I'm not saying it's impossible to combine sports with a mojor in architecture, but be very up-front with the coaches and academic school in asking about the possibilities.

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee has a very good Architectural program.

I know members of the Baseball team are in the program and able to handle both loads.

My son looked at UWM before deciding on Johns Hopkins, and the coach walked us to the Architectural school office and sat in on the meeting.

He indicated that while it would be work, it is doable and the coaches would support that effort.

Great coaching staff (Especially the pitching coach) mid level baseball program.

University of Virginia

Virgina Tech

I graduated in architecture from Va Tech, and in my wildest dreams, I cannot imagine the professors there tolerating the schedule conflicts which would arise from team practices and road trips. Then there's the general expectation of many hours of work each day in addition to the 4 hour labs you have each day.

In my five years at Tech, not one athlete majored in architecture that I know of. I wouldn't recommend it.

Choose baseball, and pursue a different major.

Penn State has an excellent architecture and architectural engnineering program

University of Kansas

Have you checked out the economics of working as an architect? Don't know about now, but years ago very, very few architects made much money.

As many others have said or hinted at...I cannot think of another major that would be more difficult to combine with playing a college sport.

Have others done it? Yes. But keep your eyes open and think about which you would rather do.

I too have heard that it is very tough to combine architecture studies with baseball. It can be done in some cases, but probably takes a very special student, not to mention special baseball player.

As to what they earn, I am in the mortgage business, so I see what many professions earn. I can tell you that I've provided home loans for architects that make good six figure incomes, as good or better than primary care physicians. Possibly the highest paid individual I've ever provided a home loan for, was an architect. He may have been the extreme exception to the rule, but he did have a 7 figure annual income. One thing is for sure, many primary care physicians don't get paid enough for what they do, or the education they obtained to earn a low six figure income in many cases. I've seen family practitioners who earned under 100K per year, and architects don't have to worry about malpractice like your doc does.

Brookc2b,

Sorry kid, architecture school is tough in itself. I know because "I are one" an arkytec with a 5-year B. of Architecture from U. of Arkansas. That aside, it was the best time of my life! I had more fun doing something I loved. It has to be a passion for any young person in order to get through and put up with everything they put you through. Check your ego at the door because the course load and hours you have to put in are tremendous. Others have said something about the all nighters, well it is true. Then, after several all nighters you have to present your project to a group of professors who show no remorse when they find every little thing you did wrong or should of done differently. They do this to break you down and remold you to meet the demands of the architectural business world. But, let me tell you, the friends you make and your classmates become like a baseball team. They got your back. I was 20 when I started in arch school, which helped a lot. I did have a part time job because I did not have a choice. This time away from studying was very hard.
A baseball team committment and arch school would be, in my opinion, almost impossible. For instance, at the U of A at that time, it took 168 hours to receive a 5 year degree. This was only class time, research, homework and project work. It does not include all of the extra time to get your projects finished.
But I'll tell you what, show me the kid who did both baseball and architecture school, I'll hire him because he's one tough kid who is definitly a team player! Keep us posted on your decision.

Field Builder you are 100% correct.

However, Brookc2b there is a way to do both.
Some architectual school have what is know as a Masters in Architecture - 1st Professional Degree. This is for the student who graduates from a 4 year school with a degree other than Architecture. It's a 3 year program which is 95% architectural classes.

You can attend a 4 year school, play baseball and then get your masters degree in architecture. When you consider it takes 5 years to get your Bachelor's in Architecture, it's really not that much longer.

To be an Architect you have to love it and breathe it. To play baseball at the college level you have to love it and breathe it also. This way you can do both.

Virgina Tech and Carneigie-Mellon are 2 schools I know that have the Masters Program.

My daugther is currently in the Bachelor of Architectural Studies at the University of Kansas. She will then get her Masters (3 year program) in Architecture. Some of the graduate level courses can be taken as an undergrad, so it is possible to complete the Masters in 2 1/2 additional years. It seems that this program would be managable for someone wishing to play baseball at the same time.

Thanks a lot for all the comments. This makes me rethink my major. See I am in the top 5 of my class and I have always wanted architecture to be my field of choice. Still with me being above average in academics, with your comments, i don't want to be stuck at home all throughout college. I want to enjoy college and party with my baseball friends. Maybe there is some other major or minor of some sort that involves drafting or something along that line. But I think with your comments, I am going to change my field to kinesiology. Thanks for all the help. P.S.: your replies really stressed me out, thinking i had my future planned! THANKS