After hearing stories about how hard architecture school can be, and then undergoing the ordeal myself, I graduated asking myself why was it so tough? Did it need to be? Why is architecture school so hard?
Architecture school can be very hard for several reasons. First is the sheer volume there is to learn – everything from design theory to calculating structural stresses on a wall. Then there is the very time consuming nature of the degree. Almost all classes are project based, which is inherently very time consuming, with few or no shortcuts. To top this off, the student body is typically very competitive, which forces professors to grade harshly.
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