2017-1-1 昨天晚上在朋友家聚会，和妹妹的一个同学的家长聊天，同学是一个小中男，数学很好，SAT满分，参加州里和全国比赛，拿过一些大奖。可是文科有点儿差，得过几个B，班级排名在前十左右。家长说小孩吃亏在不善言辞，所以在领导才能方面没有加分。妹妹说这个同学只申请了五所学校，MIT，佐治亚理工，CMU，和州里的两所大学。我告诉家长很看好这个孩子，他至少还可以再申请两所学校，一所是油喷，截止日期是一月五号，一所是斯坦福，截止日期是一月三号。家长说小孩不听，而且时间不够了。我说 你真的不知道哪个学校会录取你， 并以姐姐去年班上的一个同学申请普林斯顿成功为例， 因为姐姐的这个同学也是不善言辞，也是数学满分，班级排名第七，但只有普林斯顿录取了，连卫斯理都给拒了，如果姐姐的这个同学不申请普林斯顿，真的是只有上州立大学了。 今天做的最大的一件事，是捡到邻居家丢失了的一条德国牧羊犬，然后和姐姐及小不点儿牵了狗一家家的问，终于的找到失主， 说是一个单身的母亲，没有时间照看这只狗，所以先是在家里玩了半天，然后再开车给送过去，仍然没有见到主人。回来的时候那只狗还依依不舍，不让我们的车子开走。 下午带姐姐和小不点儿去了海边，水有一点儿凉。 今天是妹妹申请大学的收官之作，要申请的十二所学校基本上都申请了，把最不想申请的一个学校放在了最后，还有两所可申请也可不申请的，都不再申请了，因为即便是录取了，也绝对不会考虑的了。 如果没有MIT垫底，妹妹还需要再多申请好几所学校，所以还是得感谢MIT，否则要做更多的无用功。不过通过申请学校这个过程，有成功和失败的体验，孩子才能长大，也了解各个学校的课程设施和不同特点。 106岁的美国华裔动画家先驱黄齐耀（Tyrus Wong）12月30日离世，享年106岁。 1942年他为迪士尼经典动画片《小鹿班比》（Bambi）设计背景，1991年荣获迪士尼传奇奖（Disney Legends Award）。2001年获封迪士尼传奇人物之一，2006年获颁动画片Winsor McCay成就奖，2013年在华德迪士尼家庭博物馆举办最后一场回顾展，2015年传纪片「Tyrus」问世。华美博物馆荣誉馆长郑舒兰讚扬黄齐耀随遇而安，一生精彩。 纽约大学的奥斯卡 得主 动漫历史学家蒋勘梅先生（ Mr.John Canemaker ）对 黄先生在美国动漫事业的贡献高度评价，说他开创了一个前所未有的方向（ He created an art direction that had never been seen before in animation），也参加了迪斯尼《小鹿斑比》影片制作的方方面面，但最终却被迪斯尼过河拆桥，借故开除了。1942年，黄加入华纳兄弟电影公司。 可是如果黄先生当初不在美国发展，而是选择在大陆或台湾，是否仍然有这样的机遇和个人成就呢？
2016-12-28 普林斯顿大学是美国大学中的另类，以培养学生的独立思考能力为傲，是最藤的藤校。普林斯顿大学注重本科教育，比较出名的是就餐俱乐部，她的建筑学院的院长是女性。因为妹妹在考虑申请这所大学的建筑系，就对建筑学院的历史稍微做了一点点研究： The study of architecture at Princeton University began in 1832 with a course taught by Professor Joseph Henry, an amateur architect and scientist who later became the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The course, which covered the history of architecture including the classification of architecture, styles, and marbles, was the first humanities course taught at the College. Henry lectured on the subject until 1837, after which faculty members from various disciplines offered the course on a sporadic basis. The study of architecture continued informally throughout the latter part of the 1870s and into the 1880s. The formal study of architecture returned in 1882 when the Department of Art and Archaeology was founded and Professor Allan Marquand offered a course in the history of Christian architecture. A course on the elements of architecture and historical drawing was offered beginning in 1902, and professional design courses were added to the curriculum in 1915. In the same year a committee was formed to investigate the formation of a School of Architecture. Arrangements had been made to open a School of Architecture in the fall of 1917, but World War I delayed the official opening of the School until 1919. Although the School of Architecture was separate from the Department of Art and Archaeology, the two were closely allied and shared space and teaching staff. In fact, the School was the only architecture program in the country to be so closely integrated with an art history and archaeology program, and it was the only architecture program headed by an historian rather than a professional architect. Thus, the School of Architecture was founded on the belief that architects should have a well-rounded education in liberal studies; approach their profession primarily as an art; understand and appreciate the other arts in relation to architecture; and be taught the science of building construction as a part of their training in design rather than as an end in itself. As the School expanded, more space was required, and a new School of Architecture building was constructed on land adjacent to the Department of Art and Archaeology and the Art Museum. The building, dedicated in October 1963, housed drafting rooms, a freehand drawing room, a classroom, a seminar room, an exhibition gallery, faculty offices with preceptorial areas, a faculty conference room, the Dean’s office, and the Winton Reading Room. In addition, there was space for the offices of the Center of Urban Research and a large sculpture studio and outdoor exhibition court for the Creative Arts Program. In 1965 Robert Geddes was appointed the first Dean of the School of Architecture, succeeding Robert McLaughlin, who had been its Director since 1952. The title of Dean was chosen to better reflect the School of Architecture’s expanding role within the University. Under Geddes’ direction the School of Architecture continued its growth from a small program closely affiliated with the Department of Art and Archaeology to a full-fledged school that related in a broader context to many more departments within the University. This expansion helped the School of Architecture attract a number of notable architects to teach at Princeton whose careers were either well-established or on the rise. Upon his retirement in 1982, Geddes was succeeded by Robert Maxwell, a scholar internationally known for critical writings that examined modern architecture in relationship to contemporary art, literature, and music. Maxwell served as Dean until 1989, when he was succeeded by Ralph Lerner, F.A.I.A., an architect whose practice includes projects in Europe, Asia, and North America. Lerner continued to enhance the excellence of the faculty and the curriculum and to maintain Princeton’s distinguished position. In addition, he reorganized the curriculum for the A.B.degree into a single path with more diverse options for individual students; added courses in Computing and Imaging; restructured the courses in the area of Building Science to reflect advances in that area; introduced Landscape Studies into the undergraduate and graduate curriculum; and began long overdue renovations of selected areas in the Architecture Building. In 2002, Lerner was succeeded by Stanley T. Allen *88, a respected educator and practicing architect, who had previously been Director of the Advanced Architectural Design Program at Columbia University. In 2007, the School completed construction of its first significant addition since the building was constructed in 1962. Designed by the New York firm of ARO (Stephen Cassell '86 and Adam Yarinsky *87), this three story glass and steel pavilion houses a new elevator and public stair, entry lobby, and student lounge space. Through associated program upgrades, the School added new facilities to the building, including a model-making workshop and digital fabrication equipment. Precisely detailed and constructed, the new addition serves as an example of the School's commitment to design excellence. In 2012, Allen was succeeded by Alejandro Zaera-Polo, an internationally renowned architect and scholar, who has been a visiting lecturer in architecture at Princeton since 2008. Zaera-Polo stepped down in 2014 and in May 2015, it was announced that Monica Ponce de Leon, previously dean of theTaubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, will serve as the dean of the School of Architecture, effective Janurary 1, 2016. Although the School of Architecture has expanded its facility, faculty, and student body over the years, it retains a small size that encourages close contact between faculty members, graduate students, and undergraduates. From the beginning, the School of Architecture’s curriculum has always responded to changes in the profession and in architectural education, providing students with courses that reflect contemporary and emerging issues in architecture. Within this flexible academic framework, the School of Architecture has remained committed to its original goals: providing undergraduates with a well-rounded liberal arts education and a strong basis for additional studies in architecture, and offering graduate students a comprehensive education in design, technology, and the history and theories of architecture .
16-9-24 在帮妹妹选学校，看到很多人在质疑为什么普林斯顿大学的建筑学专业在全美和世界的排名那么低？还看到一个来自澳洲的小孩面临和姐姐去年一样的艰难选择，只不过是姐姐所选的动漫专业在USC确非MIT和常青藤大学可比，不知道USC的建筑学专业之强，远没有独步天下。 问题：I got my decisions a few days ago and now I have a pretty big decision. On one hand I have USC, with a trustee scholarship (full tuition) and on the other Princeton (with financial aid about the same as the trustee). USC has a strong arch program, while Princeton's is pretty unknown and I can only elect to move into it after my sophomore year. Also, I live in Australia and have only visited USC and have never been to Princeton so I don't really know what its like. So I was wondering what do you guys think? Any advice would be great！ 网友们给的解答虽然也五花八门，但大都觉得普林斯顿应该不比USC差。 Let me tell you something, a smart fella such as you will regret for your decision of not attending Princeton. There's one guy named Daniel on architect who has already feel sorry for himself for not studying literature at Harvard or Yale despite the fact that he has a 3.96 GPA at USC. Curriculum at USC is well-structured and it leads to a professional degree. Whereas the undergrad at Princeton is a typical liberal arts education with stellar professors and equally brilliant students. Again, if you are not sure you can handle the pressure of learning from the finest, please choose USC then. Otherwise, Princeton is better than USC in all aspects except its snowny winter. A diploma from Princeton will open more doors than the one from USC.It's brutal, but it is reality. Personally, I know a Fulbright Scholar who got her BA in Architecture and Chinese from Princeton and then she went to Harvard GSD for an advanced degree. Two weeks ago, there were some architecture students who submitted their transfer applications to Cornell, Notre Dame and Rice, because they don't like what the have learned at USC. Kids from public schools tend not to have the access to the best and the brightest,which also hinders heir development. For architecture, exposure and crystallization of information are two important factors to determine whether a person can be lived to his best. Academically speaking, USC is not at the same caliber as Princeton. To add a few bonuses for attending Princeton, the job offers and academic resources rival that of Harvard. I might be biased here, social Darwinism teaches us to get rid of competitions and be ahead of everybody else. Princeton is a place which fits that notion perfectly whereas USC is not. Plus, I am a student at USC, my first hand experience is that my classmates have a wide range of intellectual capacities, ranging from the future Rhodes Scholar candidate to the intellectually impaired. I think this situation will least likely to happen at Princeton. the experience you'll get attending either usc or Princeton will be very different, largely because usc will be much more studio intensive and princeton will give you a much more well rounded education. I won't disagree with much of what has been posted already, but I would just ask; how professionally focused are you? If you want to get out of undergrad and begin working in the field with the option of heading off to graduate school in a few years, then USC is the way to go. Princeton's program is really a general education degree with an emphasis on architecture, and will require three years for a masters degree. You may be able to work in an office, but you will be limited by just two years of studio. However there is more to a Princeton degree than just professional advancement. It is one of the great universities in the world, and it is hard to underestimate what four years at Princeton could provide you with. My daughter wants to be an architect, got accepted to the arch schools she wanted, but when Stanford accepted her she decided she could put off architecture school. She is studying product design, and seeing the opportunities she is being given I think she made the right choice. It would be hard to say no to Princeton. Architecture draws on so many skills -- creative, analytical, communication, evaluative. Four years at an institution like Princeton would only make you a better architect. It is, however, a long journey and finance is a very real consideration. My son will be around 30 by the time he's licensed and he has friends from his highschool class who will be practicing architects by the time they're 25! To me looking back from the advantage of old age, 30 sounds like a fine age to begin a career, but I can understand the anxiety. If Princeton accepted you they will help you succeed. The resources are tremendous. You will be challenged yes, but you will be challenged by the whole world of knowledge. At the end of the day, if you don't like what you find there, you will be able to transfer. The Princeton name will never hurt you. USC is a wonderful opportunity and I don't mean to say that it isn't, but the choice between architecture 24/7 and a liberal arts education is a valid consideration and you can be successful either way. I currently go to USC for architecture, but if I had to be in your situation, I'd choose to go to Princeton. It's Princeton! It's practically the number one school in the world. Check USC products like Richard Gage AE911.org. Princeton products either lack courage or not allowed to think. 可是这个澳洲小孩最终还是选择了USC学建筑。 Thanks for all the advice. I still havent committed 100% but despite most peoples opinions, im leaning towards USC. A mix of financial considerations (USC trustee will last for 5 years whereas Princeton financial aid will last for 4 but then my masters if and when i choose to do it, I'll have all this stress again!), the fact that ive been to USC and moving countries but at least knowing the area to which im going is a bit comforting and also that, as lowly as it might seem, im not sure im up for the challenge of Princeton, with the calibre of the students and the varied classes I would be taking and struggling to master. I think I would rather the studio atmosphere which ive kinda of been setting myself up for.
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