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Hi, I am a Penn grad. The program has improved immensely from when I was there, which was I think what you would call, a transition time. I have sat in on the first year reviews and provided portfolio reviews for the last 2 years. Penn is Penn, you have an ivy league education that you can put on your resume. Now, here are the questions, did you…[Read more]

It seems like a great program!! I am going for sure. I am from that area kinda in Utica area so I really enjoy Upstate New York, even though I have been out in Utah the las few years not much beats the Adirondacks! So I might see ya there, the price is not bad I have not got my papers yet only a call so do not know about $$ yet.

Thank you!

There are several ways to help with that (in addition to using 2/2.5D trees). One is put the 3D trees on their own layer. Leave the actual geometry on Layer 0; just move the component itself to a new layer. Then you can freeze the tree layer and navigate around the model much more easily. Second is to use low-res 2d trees as place-holders until…[Read more]

Run, don’t walk. I am kidding. Sort of. My husband has a bachelors in English, a teaching certificate and a bachelors in landscape architecture. None of these degrees has equaled financial stability. I would seriously consider getting a masters in something different. I love landscape architecture…but you have to be able to pay those loans back.
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I say beard, this conversation has been very fun to follow. I though am one to talk I possess a well maintained full beard… and earrings… hmm I did have an informational interview, and they didnt seem taken back by it at all, heck it didnt come up. But really as long as its maintained, I dont see the issue with it, unless of course they want…[Read more]

I don’t have a BLA – I have an english major from a small liberal arts college several years ago.

I just found out that I got into Cornell, too!
 
It is certainly less expensive than Penn or RISD…

awesome. thanks.
 
yeah, i wondered about that. the hi res 3d trees seem to slow the program down considerably.

Hey Ryan. You should check out the SketchUp group on these forums. There have been some recent discussions about making your own 3D trees with various softwares, and some links to component libraries. You should also check the Sketchucation forums. There are lots of great resources there. Do a search in the Components subforum and you’re sure to…[Read more]

This book is fantastic. Thank you for writing it.

I’ve only recently delved into Kerkythea and found that it produces a fairly convincing render. By adding materials in Sketchup, then rendering in Kerkythea, the result is ok. It takes quite a bit of time though, especially if you’ve got a lot of lights in your model. 
 
You can see some ‘quick’ renders at my b…[Read more]

For what it’s worth, I can tell you that your experience in landscape architecture makes you one of the best “Jacks-of-all-trades” on the market.  Finding the niche is the catch.  I have ended up as an academic advisor at a vocational institution because of my ability to understand the downturn in the building industry, my abilitiy to see s…[Read more]

Thank you. That was very helpful to me. Your right, as long as I don’t get dispatched to do any downtown redevelopment in Libya or nuclear plant bio-remediation work in Japan, I should be OK.,
 
 

Thanks for the commentary and interest please keep it coming
 

An MLA is really not worth that kind of money.  I got a full ride for my masters at the University of Michigan and even then I don’t think it was worth it.  There are literally no jobs in this field.  And if there are, you’ll be making like thirty grand a year with a masters.  How sad.

Then the 2.2 Trillion dollar question is, “what the hell has the government been doing with our tax dollars since the 1940’s?”. Are you telling us that there hasn’t been an Infrustructure Fund this entire time? Are you seriously just thinking about this now, when the US is at an all time financial low? There is absolutely no reason for the United…[Read more]