DAISY AMES

I was able to opt out of the required theory course for the second year M.Arch I students since architecture theory was my undergraduate major. This opened up another elective for me, which can prove to be a slippery slope because there is a ton of politicking involved in the lottery system at YSOA (not diplomatic at all) and second years are rarely granted priority in the competitive courses. The professors have to know who you are and then rank each applicant based on who they want in their class. Then in conjunction with that ranking, we rank their course, and get matched “by a computer.” I got into both my top two choices which were really competitive. I am in Dean Robert A.M. Stern’s intimate seminar, Parallels of the Modern: The New Tradition, after having to write two essays, and Victor Agran’s small class on Drawing and Architectural Form. I couldn’t be more excited!