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Architecture at The University of Sheffield

Reply 60

wackysparkle

OP

14

awww - ribbon :smile:

Reply 61

ChristianGenius

harther

Lol, i got a letter in November and sent my portfolio off only about two or three weeks ago (whoops) with a fairly apologetic letter.

I got an offer about a week later.

Still, how stupid was I to send it so late?! The thing is I had already got a portfolio, I just had some kind of mental block about reducing it to A4 and sending it. When I did get round to it I made it all pretty with ribbon and nice layout/ title page/ contents etc.

Haha wicked cheers.

And hifives on getting the offer

Reply 62

Katw20

ahh i see. Whey i'm lookin forward to seeing the place on wednesday! Will be great!

xxx

Reply 63

wackysparkle

OP

14

you coming down in march then? :smile:

Reply 64

maryoom

hey the offers ive had for architecture are: Sheffield - ABB, Manchester-ABB, Nottingham AAA and Demontfort - 240 points. and rejections from UCL and Cardiff
my first choice would have been cardiff but i got rejectd. so was thinking of sheffield or manchester, but then again i havent been to the unis so i dont realy know what it would be like to study there- dont know bout nottingham nd Demontfort.......is demontfort realy that bad???
does anyone have any advice??????????????

Reply 65

240920

9

My advice would be to go and visit the unis before you make a decision. Architecture courses vary so much, and so do oppinions on them.. Its best to make your decsion based on your own feelings :smile:

Reply 66

ChristianGenius

maryoom

hey the offers ive had for architecture are: Sheffield - ABB, Manchester-ABB, Nottingham AAA and Demontfort - 240 points. and rejections from UCL and Cardiff
my first choice would have been cardiff but i got rejectd. so was thinking of sheffield or manchester, but then again i havent been to the unis so i dont realy know what it would be like to study there- dont know bout nottingham nd Demontfort.......is demontfort realy that bad???
does anyone have any advice??????????????

You're application is similar to mine. I applied to Sheffield, Nottingham and De Montfort and got the same offers from Notts and De Montfort and sending my Sheffield portfolio tomorrow.

I visited De Montfort, and although Leicester is nice and De Montort is like 12th in the Architecture standings in the Times, I just felt the Uni was too small, has limited resources for the architecture course and employers will look much more highly on the likes of Sheffield, Nottingham and Bath [my 3 top choices.]

So in answer to you're question, De Montfort is not THAT bad, but judging you on the other Uni's you applied for, i'm sure you'd be able to do much better.

:smile:

Reply 67

wackysparkle

OP

14

you know you love sheffield :rolleyes:

Reply 68

ChristianGenius

I liked Sheffield when I visited.

Does anyone have any idea it may take for them to get back to with a reply having sent my portfolio off to them today?

Cheers m'dears.

Reply 69

maryoom

sheffield got back to me 1-2 weeks after i sent my portfolio, so you shouldnt be waiting too long
:smile:

im thinking of going to sheffield now...hopefully..but apparently its dry???..never been there...i think i shud go to sum open day...do you know when their next open day is?

Reply 70

wackysparkle

OP

14

7th march

--- -dry?? who said that? :ninja:

Reply 71

maryoom

lol...err...a friend of mine :redface:

...i guess it was just her opinion of it
ok...i just have a few questions to ask.........
do i have to book to go to the open day??
so you study at sheffield? what year are you in? is the work challenging? does everyone actualy complete the full 7 years?(cuz i know a few people that said that they were planning on doing the 7 years when they were at my stage but decided to stop after the first 4 years)!!
if i take out a loan will i have loads of debts after i finish my degree??
will it take over my life???
:wink:

thank uuuuuuuuu

Reply 72

wackysparkle

OP

14

woooaah!! -- writing a report are we? hehe -- nah, i don't mind answering

well for this open day, i was told that the students who held an offer were invited to it -
yes, i study at sheffield - hence me being the OP :p:

1st year as of sep2006
work is challenging- but great! - you discover more
no- not many are even thinking past undergrad,
its 3 years, 4th - placement year, 5th +6th postgrad
i'm working towards finishing undergrad, then doing placement + finishing RIBA course -- then lets see bout the postgrad!
--- complete the undergrad first -- then think about future years :smile:

money-wise, i am international and pay triple fees. But, be prepared to spend a lot for materials + books -- debt depends on how much you keep a side for each term -- budgeting is a must!
lol - it will only take over you life if you want it too - but i think you should read the thread about "you know you're an architect if..." - i answered yes to most of it! --- you will have all nighters without realising it -which implies you love the course :smile:

- then other times you will have too much time on your hands! heh
any more questions? i will be happy to answer!

WS - :smile:

Reply 73

maryoom

thanks for answering my questions --- i really appreciate it!!!
while reading through your answers..i noticed that you said.....

wackysparkle

i'm working towards finishing undergrad, then doing placement + finishing RIBA course -- then lets see bout the postgrad!

and now im confused(lol...its probably just my dumb-self) because is finishing the RIBA course different to the postgraduate...because i thought the whole idea of finishing the RIBA course was to do undergrad AND postgrad -- if i end up doing architecture i realy dont want to spend any longer than 7 years studying :eek:

... lol...i think i should wait till the time comes :biggrin:

and talking about the openday, i got a letter from sheffield today inviting me to it on march 7...so ill be going to check that out

hopefully i wont be asking you any more questions..lol :wink:

thanks again :biggrin:

Reply 74

wackysparkle

OP

14

lol - yes that was my mistake! -- if you do the full 7 years you do finish your RIBA :smile:

[but i don't know if you will need to do the third part seperately, need to check up on that, when i do i will let you know] -- i was actualy referring to further study - as in specialising and such! whooopss! my mistake!

i'll be there on open day :wink:

- hope to see you there!

no problem :smile:

Reply 75

Dust-

5

Am I the only one going to the open day on the 14th of March? Don't know much about the city, but I'm pretty sure I will like the course from what I've been reading, just trying to pick between Sheffield or Newcastle for my first choice!

Reply 76

wackysparkle

OP

14

i applied to newcastle as well last year - but decided that i didn't like them. They basically demeaned me

14th you say? - hmmm.... have to check up on that, didn't realise that there was one so close to the 7th :confused: