What’s in the mind of students on the other side of the world? (Architecture Major)

Work in my home town for half a year or a year, then move to Manila, our capital city for more experience.

Currently I’m doing freelance design work, related to architecture, interior and logos.

I’ve also startup on a new business of delivering of herbs and cashews (my hometown specialties) with 2 friends.

In the future, I want to study abroad so that I can teach architecture to the next generation in Vietnam.

After this course, I’m planning to work as a junior architect in the firm that fits me and then go for masters in architecture.

(During the college we have a semester particularly for internship (i.e. 8^th sem). It is a period of 6 months where a student works in a firm as an intern. After the course of 5 years, one can work as a junior architect and then after a few years of experience, he can start his/her own architectural firm.)

Yes, I have some plans. I really want to do my Masters. I have to help my family, so I would study for my master’s entrance exam (GATE exam) while working. I cracked GATE exam this year but I didn’t get a good enough score to get admission for IIT. IIT’s (Indian Institute of Technology) are India’s best colleges.

I would like to finish my studies and start an interior design company and become one of the best.

It’s really difficult to have a plan of any sort during this pandemic. But for the mean time I hope to gain some work experience and find a master’s degree program that suits me.

This summer I’m working on my last project for my bachelor’s degree and next year I want to start on my master’s degree. 

After graduating I will start working in an architecture design office. I am also interested in participating a architecture design competition. Who knows maybe my professional career could start from it?

Yes, to become an architect and hopefully win some prizes for designing a beautiful house. I’m aiming to be in residential architecture and my goal is to win the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) House of the year. But short term wise, I want to get an internship or a job at an architecture firm. It’s not a lot of design work, more of drawing out other people’s design but I think it’s going to be worth it.

I am currently applying for an Architectural assistant job to gain experience. But I do have plans to go back to university to attain my Master’s degree in architecture.

I’m still deciding.  I applied for 2 universities, one in Chicago and the other in Boston. Depending on which college I’m going to choose, I will stay there for a few years, even after I graduate. I know that to become an architect, I’m playing the long game, so that will take time. I will need to spend years to get my degree, license, and practice it.