B.Arch. 2007
My experience at Cornell is one that will always be different from most Cornell architects. Most schools will tell you that majoring in architecture and playing varsity sports at the same time is impossible. But over the past four years, I have been able to enjoy playing varsity football and presenting my work to professors as an architecture student.
The challenges and expectations here are great, and the professors will push you to be the very best student possible, but the reality is anything that you dream of is possible here.
My Cornell experience includes traveling around the world to see some of the most amazing buildings, studying under some of the best professors, and beating Harvard during my senior year. I spent a whole semester in Rome and got to go to church at the Vatican every Sunday. I also helped build the dragon and paraded around it as it burned. Professor Jerry Wells would always tell us that “architecture is what we do, and it’s not who we are.” I think I have been able to fully enjoy this, because my architectural education has only been part of my Cornell experience. Cornell has truly been a blessing for me.
