Meet Astrid! A First-Year Architecture Major

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My majors architecture er and I'm from Tampa, Florida. Um, what is architecture and many of you guys? Probably. Maybe wondering Well, architecture's focuses on how buildings can affect the environment, how Khun B. ICO friendly, sustainable and now also that but also ties down to deeper level. How can architecture be expressed through how people perceive it? So let's say you're my client and I'm trying to make a building that relates to your personal life. I tried to communicate that through different aesthetics. USF is not only nearby, but it's actually one of my first choices in a university. As soon as I came to the campus, I automatically fell in love with. It's absolutely beautiful, and I love how it's growing, not only by incorporating its community and also creating new housing. I also really like the fact that it's very diversified and it tries to incorporate the whole student body into a system which is honestly, really great. I know a lot of people are scared about how college is going to be and whether or not they're going to fit in or whether or not it's going to be hard. USF does a great job in incorporating different classes like academic foundations, which allows you to have a better transition from high school to college. It also offers a lot of organizations where you can excel at communicating with other people and meeting other people that might be relevant to your future. So I think they do a great job and allowing that transition for people that are upcoming into the university. What's something that you dislike or wish the University of South Florida would improve? Their housing rates are increasing every year, and I feel like the students that may come from international countries that may not afford the same price in dollars that that most of us American citizens can. It can be a little bit tougher for them to afford their housing if they want a higher level education, and I also consider many of the other people that take that move. An initiative to go to a different college may not have the best college background, which is why they want to being on campus and try to incorporate that into their lifestyle. So I feel like it's essential or for students, too, be able to be more facilitated in their environment and not worry so much about student loans and more about their education.