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I don't think these students are MAD at all...

Architecture is a great degree to study regardless of whether you go into the industry or not, it will set those 'bright' 'intelligent' students up for life, in whatever industry they decide to go into.

My belief is that the more architecturally trained graduates that there are out there the better our lives as architects will be. Maybe one of them will go on to become someone who will actually effect and change planning policy at the highest level, or god forbid it become @munter roe's or @zecks_marquise's future clients. We all know that architecturally literate clients tend to be good clients and we should stop worrying that they will all become our competitors (even though this too could be a good thing!).

Recent figures obtained from the RIBA education department show that the majority of students choose not to go on to become architects (around 4000 start on a RIBA Part 1 course each year and 800 get their Part 3 - which leaves the profession flat lining rather than growing)

Let's celebrate the fact that in a time of increased student debt, and a nervousness within our own profession. We have courses of architecture that are still attracting the very brightest and the best. We need them now more than ever!