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eluding Yale, UCLA and M tssis sippi State. After graduation, architects typically intern for three years under the direc tion of a licensed practitioner To practice themselves, they must pass the rigorous four day Architecture Registration Examination, which is given once a year. To suit the profession’s changing needs, many grad schools develop their own spe cialties. UCLA, for one, has staked out leadership in ener gy conservation and computer aided design. Clients welcome computerized drawings, says Bill Jepson. who directs com puter courses for UCLA’s School of Architecture, because they can see a three-dimension al translation of their archi tect’s ideas—and make imme diate alterations. Yale stresses individual creativity, encour aging students to experiment with the avant-garde and even the fantastic. "Yale doesn’t teach you a style of architec ture; you have to want to devel op your own,” says Maya Lin. TMafc snail: At Mississippi State, a leader in planning for towns and small cities, stu dents fan out to communities around Starkville to sketch buildings and analyze their details. For one current proj ect, students are helping mer chants in seven small towns try to regain business they have lost to suburban malls. One way to begin, says Dean James Barker, is by peeling the aluminum siding and oth er false facades away from the buildings, perhaps to recap ture the nostalgic appeal of weathered wood and brick. Of course, not every MSU project is quite so practical, Barker observes One student also sub mitted designs for a "ration alist-style festival pavilion" for America’s tricentennial in 2076; it would span the precar ious coastal highway near Cal ifornia's BigSur. No matter what architecture school they attend, graduates find themselves learning new skills on the job—especially the fine art of dealing with clients. At 30, Jon Nathanson is still trying to temper his idealism as a design associate at Swanke Hayden Connell'* Washington office. "When you get out into the working world, the profes sion is concerned with meeting deadlines, bringing in jobs on budget and satisfying the cli ent’s needs," says Nathanson, a 1980 Yale graduate These days, he says, "my goal is to bridge the gaps between my own theoretical and philo sophical concerns about being an artist and being a business man.” It is a bridge—as even Howard Roark should under stand—that almost every suc cessful architect must eventu ally build CONNIt tilth Tsacv StviTXis AW Haim, Kilt* Golds*SO in La* Angtln ami Lisa Gibbs in Coral Oabtr* A Newsweek On Campus Poll: What, Me Worry About Jobs? Students are not only surprisingly certain that they know which careers they want to enter, they're pretty sure they'll be able to win the jot* they’ll like. An overwhelming number say they're at least fairly confident they’ll be able to How certain are you now will enter? Total Students Freshman Senior about what career field you VERY FAIRLY NOT CERTAIN CERTAIN CERTAIN 46% 39% 14% 40% 36% 23% 50% 39% 11% Looking ahead, how confident are you that you will be able to get a fulfilling Job soon after graduation? VERY FAIRLY NOT TOO CONFIDENT CONFIDENT CONFIDENT Total Students Freshman Senior 43% 50% 5% 40% 57% 3% 50% 39% 8% Which of these things do you want to gain from your higher education? MOST IMPORTANT A fulfilling job immediately after graduation To team about important ideas, thoughts, etc., in the intellectual world Maximum job flexibility throughout your career To make a substantial amount of money To be generally well informed so that you can converse with people intelligently To be around bright peers and have fun for four years To learn how to be a good parent To meet your future wife/husband 31% 24% 20% 7% 5% 2% 1% TOTAL MENTIONS 56% 66% 61% 38% 31% 14% 8% 7% find fulfilling jobs after graduation That’* the goal nearly a third cited when asked what they most hoped to gain from college—but half also declared that students spend too much time worrying about careers instead of education. Some people say that many college students worry too much about specific preparation for a career compared with getting a well-rounded education. What do you think? WORRY WORRY TOO MUCH TOO UTTU Total Students 60% 18% Freshman 41% 18% Senior 63% 17% PROPtRl.Y BAI-ANIT.I) 28% 34% 18% Which of these factors might you consider when seeking your first Job after graduation? Interesting work Value of job to building your future career The contribution you can make to society A good salary The city or area of job The people you will work and socialize with Prestige associated with the job or organization Must SECOND MOST IMPORTANT IMPORTANT 39% 19% 21% 14% 12% 8% 10% 27% 4% 8% 3% 11% 1% 4% For this Newsweek On Campus Poll. Th. Uallup Organisation conductor! H07 fac# to lac* interviews with collage etudenta on 100 cimpuaM nationwide during the period Nov 2fi through Doc 1#. IftHA Th* margin of arror la plus or minus fl points Don’t know'' raaponsas ara eliminated, parcantagas may add up to mor. than 100 whan multlpl* raaponsaa ara parmittad 'Th* Newsweek ON Campus Poll. ® I9WI hy | Newsweek, Inc t JOWCPIt M ARENA NEWSWEEK