Suprastudio(m.arch II) at UCLA vs. Master of urban design at UC Berkeley

[swati21]

Hi,

 

As the title indicates, i have got through two competitive graduate school for this fall but i am in  dilemma about choosing the right program. .

 

Where on one hand,i have got admission into Master of urban design at the most reputed institution- UC Berkeley alongwith a 10000 USD scholarship to offset my expenses.

At the same time,i have got through UCLA's March II program ,commonly referred as Suprastudio under the guidance of distinguished professor and pritzker prize winner architect-Thom Mayne- and would get an opportunity to work with him as well as continue exploring and learning from two other studio's  of  Frank Gehry and Greg Lynn - of this particular program.The focus of research for Thom Mayne studio this year is Haiti,which is again an urban design & planning exercise.

 

Therefore,though Berkeley is promising in terms of academics,research,title and is economical ,still UCLA suprastudio seems more promising for innovation in learning process,professional exposure along with academics and future job opportunities.

 

 

Please let me know your views,especially if you have attended or are looking forward to attend any of these graduate program.

 

Thanks