Architects 1930 vs. Architects 2009

Those of you who know me may have heard this before, and it's becoming more and more apparent to me that my time is running out to make a final decision on this topic. I've always wanted to be an architect, and have always been obsessed with architecture, but have recently been caught up a great deal by the idea that today's architects start on the ground floors of corporations, and that the idea of the 1950's 'star'-chitects of the modern era is a romantic idea that is just not realistic, that you have to be satisfied with the idea that you're going to be drafting toilets in someone else's design for the first 20 years of your life.. This turns me off from architecture, but then I'm pulled back to it by the idea that I want to utilize my creative streak, and drawing talent in the best way possible, this with my love for history has landed me at an art school in Architectural History. I'm obsessed with the theory, and underlying thoughts of the architects of the past, and with it was the past appreciation of artistic/drawing and design talent, where the computer was yet to be realized. I think it is for the most part making the built environment more complex, more fascinating, but making the craft less important, and allowing architects to be less concerned with the things that were at one time a priority of the field. The word architect used to mean a person who was responsible for realizing an idea or project;a know all in many different fields and areas of life, and today an architect has come to be known as one who puts the specifications in the computer of the next plywood match box, and who usually has no appreciation or understanding of what was and one who could care less about what is to come. I think architects today should be mindful of the ramifications of their design, take into consideration its impact on the world, and the people that live there I think that architects should be able to understand where architecture as an art form has come from in order to affect where it's going, and finally I think that it is the duty of the architect to do their best to stay in the know about issues on a global scale, that not only affect the built environment, but the ability life of everyone on the globe, who might be experiencing your take on the built world, because you are in essence shaping the world. Finally, I think that too many architects are practicing architecture for their personal satisfaction, and not for expression, or to improve the quality of other peoples lives. We need more academic architects, and less that are concerned with climbing the corporate later. This is a major problem. So, I come back to the main question: is architecture the way to go in grad school?