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[quote=Anonymous]My son will be a freshmen in high school next year.  For a number of years now, he's said that he wants to be an architect when he grows up.  I know not where this come from, as I'm a CPA and my DH is a tax attorney, and this numbers orientation and arguable blandness seems to be in our DNA!  Our son seems to have much more flair, not only in his clothing choices, but his overall personal taste.  He's always been interested in housing and building styles, and seems to pick up on the keenest of details.  He's also very good, even perhaps gifted, at drawing and sketching and the like.

So anyway, for quite a while now, he has proclaimed that he wants to be an architect one day.  So here are my random questions:

1) What can I do generally to foster this interest?
2) Are there relevant summer camps?
3) DS is at a private school.  As far as I know, they have no architecture classes.  Just curious, do the MoCo high schools still offer such courses?  Is there an after-school type activity that might help in architectural endeavors?
4) Does his skill set sound right for a budding architect (artistic, good design eye)?  How critical is math to be successful?  That, ironically enough, is not his best subject.
5) Does college admission for architecture work differently than standard applications - i.e., do you have to submit a portfolio or something like that?
6) What are the better known architecture colleges?
7) For those architects out there, when did you know that this is what you wanted to do for a living?
8) Are you happy?
Thanks![/quote]

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