I'm incredibly disciplined and ambitious and have a natural thirst for learning. In my past, I've opted for shorter trade school programs (1-2 years) and had huge success in getting employed. For example, I went to Musician's Institute for 1 year and upon graduating, immediately got into a full-time teaching job... transitioning into private instruction after I built my contact list from the job. (private instruction pays much better).More recently, I took a Web Design program through the Art Institute on-line which was 1.5 years long, 2 months before graduating, I landed a paid internship with a small Web Firm based in Santa Monica, 3rd St. Promenade, evolving in 2 months to a salary position. After 6 months total, I moved up to a Web Developer position at Paramount Pictures where I currently reside.If anyone has advice or knowledge in the field of Architecture, I'm all ears! On-line school has taught me to hone the art of learning. I realized about 4 months into my Art Institute Online education that I could have learned everything for a fraction of the cost by myself. The courses were often unorganized, the instructor unmotivated and slow to respond and the textbooks even were low-rated by reviews.So acting on my realization, I picked up about a dozen books on Architecture (all high-ratings/reviews from Amazon) and am perusing the web for more information.Thanks everyone!Namaste,Dey

Actually the ONLY architect schools are for commercial and there are NO shortcuts .There are Major liability issues with the drawings ,It Ain't art or webby stuff .The classes are sequential and require passing grades in each step .The physics and engineering portions are brutal .Only the best minds survive to become real architects .But get accepted into one of the colleges and maybe you can change things .good luckhttp://www.caed.calpoly.edu/prospective/index.htmlhttp://www.caed.calpoly.edu/>