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Architecture student visits Japan
By WILLHEALY
Special to THE BATTALION
Milton Alberstadt, a graduate architecture
student at Texas A&M working toward his
master's degree, visited Japan this summer on
the Edward J. Romieniec Traveling Fellow
ship.
Komieniec, former dean of A&M's College
of Architecture, established the fellowship in
1989 to allow graduate students in architec
ture to visit Japan and other countries in the
Pacific rim region.
Daniel MacGilvray, a professor in the Col
lege of Architecture, said that Professor and
Dean Emeritus Edward J. Romieniec donated
more than $100,000, the first student was sent
to Japan in 1990. The scholarship provides up
to $7,000 for four months of travel to learn
about health care facilities.
Alberstadt began his six-week trip at the
northern point of Japan's main island, Hon
shu, and traveled south on a bullet train until
he reached the southern tip of Japan's south
ern island, Kyushu.
One of the first places Alberstadt visited
was Texas A&M's Koriyama campus. Though
he did not study at the school his visit to Kc>-
riyama proved to be very beneficial. He said
that the campus was a great help to him in
making the arrangements, and they gave him
an introduction to the Japanese language
which aided him in communicating with
those who did not speak English. Alberstadt
visited a town on the southern tip of Japan
called Ibuski, known in the area as the "Little
Hawaii of Japan" because of its Polynesian ar
chitecture. There he visited a nursing home,
where he heard stories from some of the resi
dents about World War II from the Japanese
perspective.
"Older people in America are not as agile,"
said Alberstadt.
Something Alberstadt found interesting
about Japan was the standard of living.
"I thought from watching the news that liv
ing standards would be nigher [than the
U.S.]," Alberstadt said. He said the buildings
were makeshift and very few people could af
ford to own luxury items.
"People work very hard for little benefit,"
he said.
Alberstadt said the trip taught him a lot
about both health care in Japan and the Japan
ese themselves, and his travels will benefit his
studies at A&M.
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competitive," Nicholas said, "but
now you need a 3.5 to 3.6.
"The most important factor is that
you get the grades," she said.
"No matter how nice a person
you are, if you don't have the
grades, you're putting yourself at
a disadvantage."
Program counselor Karen Sev
ern said a growing applicant pool
allows professional schools to be
more selective.
"They (professional schools)
can be extremely choosy," she
said. "Students who do not have
strong test scores or grades have
to make their application stand
out."
Indeed, Nicholas said students
can make themselves more attrac
tive to a professional school in
other ways.
"If you're in a 3.0 range, you're
on the cusp (of being rejected).
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tude) tests, write a good essay and
interview well (to improve your
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Severn and Nicholas agreed
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possible.
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for the students, so we take stu
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