Tokyo no brainer! Get to know a complete different world and culture you do not easily get to explore. You can work in london later at some point. Dare to differ

@international_applicant I do believe this as well! Going to Tokyo, not to live there forever but for a while, having the culture shock and a new perspective in living will probably improve me as an architect, besides it is a childhood dream! I really did not imagined that I would be offered a spot in these programs, so I am surprised and more confident as well - I belived that my portfolio was not strong enough. 

Thanks for the opinion! It is nice to see that wanting to live in Tokyo because of the culture and the different view of the world is not unique to me!

It is a dream of mine to study and work for.some years in the US and that is why I decided to only apply there (i am european). If i had a second option it would definetely be tokyo, japan. Amazing culture, amazing architects. The best out there in my opinion. Hope it woks out for you 2! Good luck in this mew adventure

Thanks! I hope you enjoy the States as well! 

hi norotelli i apply for aa too but drl program how long does it take for them to reply the application? i just sent all documents around 6th march. the iaac is already accepted me and the tuition deposit deadlines is on the end of march btw I think tokyo is one of the great choice too go for it !

hey! so, the AA I believe it depends of when you submited your application! mine was in december and I got an answer in february. I believe they will give you an answer after the application deadline (if there is one), but I don't think it will be this month. I was offered a place in iAAC as well, and I am still thinking about my options =) Right now I want to go to Japan but I am thinking about job opportunities first, and convincing my parents since they think that japan it is too far from here (but I do not see the point in this concern).

Good luck!

i see , it seems like there is low job opportunities in barcelona but more in london

I got some friends working in london currently. Dont do that pal. Really expensive city, really low wages

I'm in London, admittedly I'm not in architecture however the reason I'm not is because the wages for starting to mid level is so bad you wouldn't be able to rent or even eat, visit /r/London on reddit and you'll see most people wanting to leave because the rents and cost of the city increase is far higher than salaries.

This is new info for me: I knew London was expensive, but I believed that it was possible to live as an starter/mid level architect there. I definetely do not mind finding jobs in other countries that are in a better financial situation at the time, or other cities in the UK that are cheaper. That's why I am researching which school will give me more opportunities after getting the masters! Knowing that the network I will do in London/Barcelona will not the as efficient as I thought is something to think.

Well, I think I must start re-learning japanese soon!

Japan is notoriously difficult to find work without knowing the language, the capital is also quite expensive and interns don't get paid...plus fuck the AA. Tokyo any day.

I do not plan to work in the country of the master, after graduating if it does not work. First I need to finish the master, of course! Then I will see what my situation will be, it is hard to guess. But today my plan would be to work in a place with interesting project to earn more experience (and money) so I would come back to Brazil and open my own practice with some friends, if the political/financial situation is ok to do so. 

So I would not mind graduating and moving to... Italy, Norway, Germany or any European country since my citzenship would help, but finding work here right now it is hard because of the recession. I have a part time as an architect/intern and it is frustrating to not be able to be hired... And a lot of friends are being fired in other cities. At least I have some money of my own, but I have to live with my parents.

In Japan I believe it will be really hard to find something that it is not an english internship in some practices, and true, they do not pay. 

Just curiosity, why fuck the AA? Not living in the UK, the AA has a mytical quality when you hear people say about it. I know it is not like this but it would be interesting to hear about someone that knows more about it! 

Extortionate fees that only the very wealthy can pay, it allows for a profession of the utmost rich and they do not allow for government funding and loans to join.

OP have a look at UCL, excellent school and probably the best in architecture in the UK however it is an extremely intense university.

I applied for UCL, but I believe I was not accepted since I did not heard from them until now! I applied in december haha. In an e-mail they told me that my portfolio was accepted but there was some problems with my grades related to the fact that the evaluation methods in Brazil were different from UCL and that they would talk about it in some council. It´s been two months, so I do not have any hopes about it.

Have you tried calling up?

Yeah, I did send them an e-mail asking, but they answered me saying that there was nothing I could do right now (I said that I could find within my uni here documents explaining the grade system - which is fairly simple 0-100, minimum 60). They said to just wait. Since I need to reach a decision until the end of this month  so I organize my life here I'm not counting with UCL =/ Which is a shame since I went there once and really liked what the students were doing.