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I almost went to bed 2.5 hours ago, and then I stumbled across the Marshall Scholarship, which is something that I surely must have. 2-3 years of fully funded graduate study in the UK, including all travel expenses. They give out 40 of these scholarships every year, and I'm pretty damn eligible.
Here is my dream (of right now): Win a Marshall. Study architecture at the Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh School of Architecture.
I'm not sure how one becomes an American architect with a Scottish degree, but that's a bridge to cross when I come to it.
Here is the thing: When Devin and I visited Glasgow a few months ago, I absolutely fell in love with it, in a way I don't think I ever have with any other city. We sat in a park near our hostel and I thought "Wow, I could live here. I should live here. How can I live here?" The next morning we went to The Lighthouse, a really cool design museum I had seen an ad for. It was amazing, and we ended up being there for three or four hours. They had a huge permanent exhibit on Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who is Scotland's most famous architect. I had never heard of him, but he is so so awesome. Really cool and art deco and really amazing. He was pretty involved with the Glasgow School of Art, and now their Architecture school is named after them. He might have founded it. I'm not exactly sure.
Anyways, the point is that the Glasgow School of Art is sounding to me like pretty much the greatest place on the planet for me to maybe spend a few years after college. I didn't realize when I was there that it could possibly be possible for me to actually go there, but now I find out about this Marshall Scholarship, which would make it way more than feasible.
AND they have a pretty strong focus on environmental and sustainable architecture, which is what I am really interested in and have been having trouble finding American grad programs with a substantial emphasis in.
Oh my god it sounds TOO perfect.
And that is why I am still awake.
Here is my dream (of right now): Win a Marshall. Study architecture at the Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh School of Architecture.
I'm not sure how one becomes an American architect with a Scottish degree, but that's a bridge to cross when I come to it.
Here is the thing: When Devin and I visited Glasgow a few months ago, I absolutely fell in love with it, in a way I don't think I ever have with any other city. We sat in a park near our hostel and I thought "Wow, I could live here. I should live here. How can I live here?" The next morning we went to The Lighthouse, a really cool design museum I had seen an ad for. It was amazing, and we ended up being there for three or four hours. They had a huge permanent exhibit on Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who is Scotland's most famous architect. I had never heard of him, but he is so so awesome. Really cool and art deco and really amazing. He was pretty involved with the Glasgow School of Art, and now their Architecture school is named after them. He might have founded it. I'm not exactly sure.
Anyways, the point is that the Glasgow School of Art is sounding to me like pretty much the greatest place on the planet for me to maybe spend a few years after college. I didn't realize when I was there that it could possibly be possible for me to actually go there, but now I find out about this Marshall Scholarship, which would make it way more than feasible.
AND they have a pretty strong focus on environmental and sustainable architecture, which is what I am really interested in and have been having trouble finding American grad programs with a substantial emphasis in.
Oh my god it sounds TOO perfect.
And that is why I am still awake.