I am not sure if you are interested in RISD but they have portfolio tips and Q and A videos with faculty that I found really helpful.

Look for us universities. Every university outside us only looks at the GPA. While us admissions are more holistic. You'll have better opportunity there. Even im planning for next year.

Thanks for sharing! I would love to know more about RICE's program. I'm interested in a more artistic architecture school. Since you come from studio art background, I assume you are more sensitive to that aspect. Do you think RICE falls into that category?

From what I have seen, not in the way a school like RISD or Pratt does, as far as facilities go. I was told they have a woodshop and are currently building a metal shop. My interest in Rice stems from an interest in research and history (my minor). However, they have some really interesting classes, and it seems like they focus a lot on theory. If you look on their website, there are a ton of student projects to look through that may give you a good idea of the work that comes out of the school. I would consider it a more artistic architecture school from what I've seen. I'm not sure how reliable that opinion is because I don't have a plethora of knowledge to base that on.

Thanks for sharing. Ya RISD is definitely on my list too . Good luck with your application!

XUNITRT - Have you looked at SCI-ARC?

May I ask if LSU is a good school of MArch program? Or it is just a average joe state u just like which I have got my BArch

In at Tulane. Denied from Umich.

Thanks for sharing. Good luck!

Waitlisted at Yale :/

In at UW, financial aid pending

Waitlisted at Cornell

In at WashU, financial aid pending. Out at GA Tech and RISD

In at USC -$

In at VT, no financial aid info.

WashU 3yr -$$$.

Which option did you end up going with? I am looking into some of the same schools and would be curious to hear why you picked what you did.

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed Yale's zoom info session as well, and all Profs are very generous with application & portfolio & financial aids tips.

In at Harvard, Rejected from Yale

In at RISD and GSAPP

I'm also choosing between RISD and GSAPP! Have you made a decision yet? I love the small class size and cool electives at RISD, but the courses and faculty at GSAPP seem exciting too and the campus is amazing.

just saw you're also in at GSD though my b

ANY comment is appreciated :)

Accepted, no $ :(

In at Berkeley!! No $$ or AP info yet but I'm incredibly happy either way

In at Penn, out at GSD

Out at Princeton, got portal notification a few hours ago

Just received a portal update from Yale and rejected.

Accepted into SCi-ARC.

Accepted into University of Pennsylvania. Received an early admissions email this morning.

I wonder if they send them all at once? I didn't receive anything... sad. Was the email very personalized?

I believe the email is generic that they send to all admitted applicants, but it’s around six paragraphs long and fairly detailed. I’m not sure if it’s a rolling admissions process; or if it’s all at once. Safe to say though that if you don’t receive a notification of early admission before March 13th (I was told this is the formal notification w/ financial aid if offered) then it’s more than likely a rejection.

Rejected from Cornell University.

Rejected from Princeton University.

Accepted into WashUSTL w/ Advanced Placement.

Accepted into USC w/ Advanced Placement.

Waitlisted at Columbia University.

Accepted to Northeastern University.

Rejected from MIT.

Accepted to Columbia University.

In at Yale!!!! I’m so happy and grateful omg. Congrats to everyone!

Denied from Yale. Got an email to check my portal. Pretty sure it was an automated letter.

Hello,

Also denied from Yale. Regardless, your profile is amazing and I think you'll get into one of your top choices. Just to add, I also applied to mostly the same schools as you, so hopefully we can meet up one day!

Thanks :) And yea, hopefully we both get some good news soon.

Accepted to SCI-Arc yesterday (02/21/2023) by just looking at the portal. Official emails to be released later this week and next week.

Just received the email from SCI-Arc

Got an acceptance email from Berkeley's CED fellowship program, which I assume also means an admit into the M.Arch 1 program? Will have to wait and see.

Received my official Berkeley acceptance just now.

Denied from Harvard just now, email for portal update.

Waitlisted at RISD just now.

Denied from Princeton just now. Email to portal.

Denied from Cornell through an email.

My application season is over and I'll be going to Berkeley. Their financial aid offer was really great. Let me know if any of y'all will also be there next Fall.

Berkeley is still an amazing school! I didn’t get in, but I would still like to connect with you on Instagram so we can keep up with each other
— let me know if you’re interested.

Just sent you a DM!

I'm still waiting on a few programs + $$ info but in all likelihood I'll be at Berkeley in the fall as well! I'll send you a DM

Replied!

Welp... Got into Columbia with some good money, that is awkward

did you get an email?

Yes, an email to check my portal

As expected, denied from UPenn

Denied from MIT just now. In contrast to the post above, I will actually be going to Columbia...

Oh yea, if anyone wants to speak with me further please just contact me through Archinect above, or the email thingy. Won't be checking this forum anymore... too much PTSD

Fellow indian here. If we both get accepted at Umich
we might become friends xD

what makes you say that?

This is a question mark lol based on my email communication with some school's admission admin, they had record high number of applicants for Fall 2022 cycle.

So just wondering compared to last year, whether they will be seeing more applicants this year

This thread does seem very dead compared to the 21/22 cycles.. makes me wonder if the amount of applications are actually low this year. Coupled that with the fact that UCLA and Pratt did extensions, which I don’t remember them offering in the last cycles.

This thread does seem very dead compared to the 21/22 cycles.. makes me wonder if the amount of applications are actually low this year. Coupled that with the fact that UCLA and Pratt did extensions, which I don’t remember them offering in the last cycles.

yeah i was thinking the same thing after comparing with threads from previous cycles. I didn't know that UCLA and Pratt did extensions, where did you see that?

Pratt emailed all applicants that students who have started their applications can still submit in the upcoming two weeks (the email came around 8 days ago) and they'd still be considered to have met the priority deadline. Parsons and Cooper Union also extended.

But the strange thing is that some universities reported that they got a record number of applications. I applied to Aalto in Finland and their numbers were up by 44%. Similarly Umich apparently got a huge number for their Psychology (?) program maybe. People are applying to grad school a lot this year but I'm not sure whats particularly up with architecture grad schools since numbers seem low

Where did you hear numbers are low?

I'm speculating based on the previous years' threads

GSAPP did extension as well (for MS UP, though).

if you look at when the other threads get lively it's closer to when results come out (late feb/early march) so not sure if that's a good indicator as of right now but washu also gave a 1 week extension

UPenn sent an extension email too!

Usually around March. You can check GradCafe

Last year people heard back from berkeley as early as february 9th. Definitely cannot promise that will happen this year, but possible berkeley applicants hear back in the next week.

I just received a phone call from RISD this morning telling me I got into their MLA program! Not sure if it is a similar timeline for M.Arch, but I suppose some schools do notify applicants a bit earlier than others

Congratulations!

Supposedly Yale comes out March 2nd. according to a phone call w their office back in December.

But it was Feb 25th last year so who knows

I've heard that the GSI (graduate student instructor) strikes at Berkeley (plus GSAPP, potentially others) have stalled the admissions process. Because of the higher wages and benefits, the program sizes are thought to shrink to compensate due to budget issues. Not sure if this will actually impact admissions class sizes, just wanted to share what I've heard

Yale released decisions today.

Not yet - had an interview last week and they said they'd let me know by the end of the week but nothing yet.

Good luck! I got rejected one month after interview

Did they email you or just update the portal? Sorry about the rejection :/

thank you for sharing!

So far…

In at Utah denied at texas

Hey check your portal at Arizona. Ours changed overnight stating that the Arch program has reviewed the application and recommends admission. The application was passed back to the Graduate school for final approval, and now the portal shows final transcripts are needed.

I ended up getting in everywhere but UT Austin. I got $$ from everywhere but GTech. I decided on University of Washington!

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Results: Admitted to GSD, GSAPP, Yale, Princeton. Received good financial packages at all the schools except for GSAPP. Picked GSD after touring, but was also impressed by the Yale open house.

You are in Aziza! Cuz I got rejected just now and it is a completely different paragraph then what you post. Congrats!

I am sorry to hear that. I hope you get accepted to other programs that you applied to. About my situation, it is not even a paragraph. There is a form attached to my account and it only asks me if I accept the admission or not. Nothing else. Not a letter, officially saying I am accepted. Maybe it is a glitch in the system. I am afraid to even get excited.

Congratulations on the acceptance! I was also denied aswell.

I also have that glitch aziza. I guess I'll wait it out and check if it's fixed tomorrow.

Might I ask are you guys March I or March II

M. Arch I for me.

Thank you, guys! I am sorry @zahaHadont for the rejection. You will get accepted to other choices of yours! I will still postpone the celebration until I see with my eyes the letter saying that I am admitted. Keep posting here if anyone gets any updates or experiences similar issues.

M.Arch I as well. I'm also waiting on something more concrete before I believe it. Good luck to everyone on all their other applications!

checked again and I'm in! can't believe it honestly

Congratulations! I also just checked and I am in too!!! But there is not any information about scholarships or financial aid. Did you receive any information on the letter about funding?

Congrats to you too! I didn't get any info about funding, but it seems like that's still pending.

Congrats all! I also got accepted at Yale, my letter is not glitched. There wasn't any info on funding but it does mention they will send another letter with additional info soon.

@Bam7, they fixed the issue in about an hour. Congratulations to you too! I am looking forward to see financial aid package. Hopefully it will be good one.

Hi aziza094, could you please tell your TOEFL score? My score is 81 and I got rejection from YALE and I am not sure why it got rejected.

Received the offer yesterday from Yale MArchI. Congrats on everyone being admitted to Yale! Does anyone here know if Yale offers merit-based scholarships or if it is need-based aids only?

I am not sure, but I think it is only need based.

Monish, I was not required to give an IELTS exam.

Neither TOEFL.

I vaguely remember the minimum TOEFL score yale requires is 100

I've been seeing similar inquires; though my portal is so messed up. Are you saying you're seeing "accepted" on my.sciarc.edu? I know my application has been received but I don't see anything on this website.

Nevermind, I see what you're saying under the "candidate" tab. I'm, assuming they'll send an email soon.

Oh I mean my application statue is "accepted" on my sciarc.edu portal. I saw it was "in review" when I checked before, but it seems like the statue was updated.

Was the username the numerical one they emailed us or did we make our own? I can’t figure out how to log into their portal…

It should be in an email titled something like: "SCI-Arc Account Log-In Information"

Just received an email back from this inquiry. SCI-Arc will be releasing official emails this week and next. But they also let me know that you can just view it yourself by "navigating to Admissions and then to Candidate and View Admissions Status." So, that status is your result.

I got a mail of acceptance today from sci arc for m.arch 2
few hours ago

I also applied to Delft. Been staying at Step 2 forever. Step 3 has always been yellow. Anybody applying to Delft too?

I applied for Delft, and I'm so nervous...

Did your portal update anything? What’s your step? My step3 has been yellow for ages…

I am still step2... just waiting... I heard my friend got result last week

Last year they released the decision around mid-March

I don’t know if delft is on rolling basis. I submitted on the last day. Hope they don’t reject me just because the positions are filled lol

You are better than me... I am still step 2 and I applied it at DEC 30

That’s strange. My Step 2 only took 9 days to update since submission. It was updated on Jan 24th.

My mistake! I am on step 3 since Jan 19.... just waitying... I really hope to see you Delft soon...

Also waitlisted man, not sure how/if it's gonna happen esp since they didn't give out wait list positions

Hi, have you guys heard back from TU Delft?

Congratulations!!

Did you get an email or just portal update?

Received an email, but it was also updated on my portal

Congrats! Has anyone else who applied not heard back? I applied and haven’t :/

Same. I applied too and I haven't heard back.

Same @aspiringarchitect12!! Got in this morning.

Heard back today. I was denied

Heard they're delaying acceptances a bit because of wage-strikes on campus? But yea, they usually release decisions by now, so it's definitely delayed.

Going to reach out to Berkeley tonight and see if they can give a definitive answer of when decisions can come out.

Also @boyracer I’m surprised you applied to Berkeley and SCiArc, but not USC, or UCLA. Any reason why?

I did end up applying to UCLA; I thought about applying to USC for a bit, but when checking them out I didn't really get any particularly alluring vibes

@zahahadont let us know what they say, I

!*

@boyracer Funny thing is I felt the same way you feel about USC, but for UCLA. Would be quite interesting to go to a graduate program 30mins down the road from you, haha. Excited to see the outcome though — only three more weeks of waiting.

@ham1 Will do.

@ZahaHadont Hey did you hear back from Berkeley?

Berkeley decisions are out!!

@Vivekpatell This isn’t the first time I’ve emailed Berkeley and haven’t received a response — are these people that unprofessional or something?

Has anyone else still not heard back from Berkeley for M. Arch?

I have not heard back anything from Berkeley yet.

@lukie did you receive an email or portal update?

oh shoot! sorry to mislead - it seems like all decisions were released on the same day in the previous few years. I received an email with a link to the portal

Haven’t received anything. Should I think of it as a rejection?

Admitted but no $$ yet

Rejected again...sigh....

I have not heard from or seen anyone get accepted in the 2 yr program there. I know quite a few who applied, got into Yale, and not here. Good applicants. I wonder if they accept three years and fill in with two years from attrition. Texas Austin as a whole has become very difficult to get into, I think they are down to 6% from OOS for undergraduates. They must also maintain a % of the student body from in-state. I would not read this as anything personal. There is something else going on there.

Parsons sent me a we-are-still-accepting-applications email yesterday...

Nope, judging from other past years' they usually send out results on March 1st, and if lucky they early notify around now, but I wouldn't bet on it

Tysm!! I’m panicking

Nope, nothing from MIT yet (I'm speaking generally, not that I personally haven't heard anything). I believe it to be a similar situation as the comment I made above to godfish. Though, judging from recent years, they do like to do early notifications/calls; actually, they tend to do this on the 23rd of February, but no one seemed to get anything today. Perhaps tomorrow or next week.

MIT's timeline is confusing, to be honest. But what I see from previous years, they call actually at the end of February (after the 20th) if you are accepted. I think if we do not hear back by the end of February, then it is either a waitlist or rejection. They send their rejection in mid-March. First acceptance - last weeks of February, then Waitlist - 1st week of March, and then finally rejection. I wish they just posted all the results at the same time as Yale does.

Thank you! Just lurked around Gradcafe and the acceptance pattern varies rather wildly on late Feb towards mid March and yes, waitlist in the 1st week of March, then followed up by rejection.

I know a guy who just got accepted by MIT Media Lab as a Master's student

Yep, but it seems like they do the admission process separately in each department. Some departments release decisions earlier, some later.

Accepted to MIT!

Wow congrats! What program?

@m.hahud29, big congratulations!! Which program and when did they reach out? Was it a call or an email? Sorry for too many questions, I am waiting anxiously:)))

Going to assume @m.hadud29 applied to MIT’s DUSP program since they mentioned acceptance UMich’s MUD program in another comment.

Sorry for the late reply, yes I applied to the DUSP program and they gave me a call first in March 1 and then an email.

For M.Arch as well?

No update on my portal. Where did you check from?

https://wolverineaccess.umich.edu/.... new and prospective student business new and prospective student center app status

Yes UMich has done

There's no update on my portal either. Are you an M.Arch applicant?

Last I emailed they told me the admissions decisions will be out 7th March. There are some decisions on gradcafe, but they're all phD

same!! do you have any updates?

I have not heard anything yet but it seems like 1 or 2 people here have?

No updates yet either. Hopefully this next week

My partner got accepted! I’m so happy for them

I've got a very vague acceptance.

@godfish_edyx, can you connect me with them? I had a few questions

Did all of you apply for M. Arch I or II?

This is a datapoint that we need. Its very weird that they are releasing singular decisions instead of just all of them at once. So strange.

I've applied for m.arch II

Maybe that means they only released M. Arch II acceptances/decisions? Unless some of you applied to M. Arch I

I applied M.Arch I

They said 'end February'. I assumed anything after the 25th is end February so I emailed for an update. Haven't heard back.

Congratulations!! Which course if you don't mind me asking?

M.Arch I

That's amazing. Did you get a mail or was it just updated in the portal?

I got an email this afternoon, I feel like they sending out on a rolling basis

Ohh. I didn't know they send out emails on the weekends.

Yea, i was surprised as well, the email came with the attached acceptance letter

You must be super happy. Enjoy the rest of your weekend :D

thanks :)

$$$$ at Yale! Still going to wait for MIT, but practically a done decision now.

Waitlisted at Columbia

me too , no money

me too , no money

yes, it's in wolverine access under decision which is a separate sign up from where you actually applied. no official letter has been sent yet but will be soon.

Got accepted!

Columbia is 14th March I think

I have, I feel like their results are really delayed by now. Maybe we'll get some news today?

I reached out admissions and they said the result will come on first week of March. I think we will hear back this week.

Has your portal for Berkeley updated yet?

I also didn't receive any financial aid letter from Berkeley.

Same here, no financial or AP standing information

Nothing, applied for the MCP program though

Haven’t received anything either.

I have.

Almost seems like it, I still have not heard anything. Unless I am supposed to assume rejection at this point…

But it also looks like no one has directly received a rejection notice yet, I’ve only seen acceptances

I’ve just read UC Berkeley’s M. Arch FAQ and this what I’ve been able to uncover regarding how many students they admit per cycle —

On average, (30) Students for the MAAD program, (40) Students for M.Arch Program with Advanced Standing (two-year professional program), and (100) Students for M.Arch Program (three-year professional program) are accepted.

So far, I’ve only seen around 10-15 people accepted to the M. ARCH program (I and II) if we’re counting GradCafe and this forum. It’s highly likely that it’s more than this number since everyone doesn’t post to these online forums, but if you haven’t received an acceptance letter yet from UC Berkeley, I wouldn’t give up hope yet.

It seems like Berkeley’s admissions board is sending out acceptances over a period of time (not sure how much time) instead of just releasing all the decisions at once. I believe this has something to due with the way they filter and rank applicants.