When in high school, you should plan a college preparatory program strong in English, history, social studies, mathematics, physics, and foreign languages. If you can, add courses in business and computer science. It may surprise you to know that freehand drawing skills will be more useful to you than drafting ability. Many schools of architecture offer summer programs for high school students. An architecture curriculum is intensive and demanding, often requiring many hours of late-night effort.
Many programs culminate in a year long design thesis project.
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