not yet

got an email today

received an email this morning! MArch 2 years!

Congratsss! Did Pratt offer you any scholarship? I also applied to Pratt and Ik its crazy expensive there.

thanks! I got advanced standing with $30000 per yr so would only be a 2 yr program but definitely super expensive for housing in nyc area

In at UPENN, just got acceptance email a few hours ago

Waitlisted RISD

Just got off RISD waitlist - accepted

One year programs correct? Your portfolio available online?

I think all the program has different periods of study; Cornell is 3 semesters (including a summer semester), Yale is 4 semesters, and the rest are something similar. And my portfolio is unavailable online and I don't think I will post it for now...

I see. Tried to get in a post professional degree program during the pandemic
but failed. Was just curious. Best of luck.

Out GSD

In GSAPP

Depends on financial aid, but probably going to YSoA

Hi meekiko, as I mentioned above I’m someone who went through this whole process 4 years ago and graduated last year. On my list of schools that I applied to and was accepted to, I forgot to mention Pratt. I got into Pratt, with no financial offer initially. They sent me the estimated cost of tuition and living in Brooklyn, which in 2020 was $100,000 per academic year… That is an insane sum of money for a three-year program when you’re only going to be making somewhere between $55k and &
65K salary for the first few years.. go to the most affordable program and forget all the other hype. If you get big offer from a “hype” school, of course take it. Also consider things like the city, job growth in the city you’re studying in or the one you want to move to after graduation. Understand which firms are there, study the economy of that place to see what the outlook for real estate development and design is. Take a targeted approach. Let school be a means to an end, not the goal itself — that end, is becoming a professional designer. Look at AIA calculator for your preferred region to get a sense of what you will earn based on where you will end up and how much experience you will have on day one. Pratt is awesome, but wildly overpriced for what you get in the end. Same with Sci-arc and other for-profit schools that lean heavily into Theory, over practice. Just my 2 cents

I'm going to 100% second this! I was also accepted to Pratt yesterday and was a little disappointed at the scholarship award (20k per year, which covers a third of the tuition). While I didn't apply to CCNY I am a graduate of the CUNY system (I got my BA from Hunter) and I can tell you that CUNY graduates are held to an exceptional esteem in New York City. Here's a baffling example: I worked in clinical research at NYU for many years, and it was basically an unspoken department policy that we would hire grads from CUNY (ie, Hunter, Brooklyn College and CCNY) over grads from NYU or Columbia...this is at NYU. Im in my 30s so I have a bit more perspective on what getting a job entails, and I can tell you that literally no one of any importance cares about whether you went to Harvard or a state school. People care about your work ethic, whether you are polite and make eye contact, and if you have enough common sense to wear deodorant to the office. If someone only hires graduates from Yale or whatnot you should take that as a sign that working for them will be a guaranteed nightmare. I would suggest (and I'm saying this to myself too) going to the program that gives you the most money while also offering you the best chances of success. Huge congrats on your admissions and successes thus far!

Well said fancydirt. I have a friend in mentor, who, until recently worked at one of the hottest firms on the West Coast with an office in San Francisco, where he still practices. He said that his office’s policy was to completely disregard applications from applicants straight out of the Ivies, but that was only because, at least in their opinion, the Ivies produced highly theoretically capable students but without the Practical grounding (I think Cornell is one of the few exceptions to this rule) - I showed my portfolio to a friend at GSAPP and another at GSD and both felt my work showed more applicable knowledge than theirs (not that that’s saying much, coz I still learn so much daily in practice) — these programs are amazing tho if you intent to work in academia - can’t beat a degree from YSoA or GSD if you plan to teach… @meekiko , if you’d like, I have two friends who are undergrads at city College NY, earning their B.Arch, they are insanely talented young men, native New Yorkers. We met at an architecture conference through AIAS in Atlanta a couple of years ago. I’d be happy to put you in touch. Again, they are not grad students, but they could show you around, talk to you about the program, or put you in touch With current grad students etc.. in fact, I met up with them just this summer, and they showed me around the city, and we went to see an architecture student exhibition at the Cooper union, which was really awesome!

I got accepted too with a 15000 dollar/ semester. I am an international applicant, I need suggestions too.

I think that $15000 is the new norm now, I saw a lot of pattern where school gave that amount of scholarship to many students rather than giving a higher scholarship to fewer student. This yield higher rate of student going to that school and yet they still get more in tuition, quantity wise.

Clever. Do you think an Admission in pratt means one can get into GSD or Columbia as well ?

I cant say for sure, as long as you're confident in your application you will get into Columbia and GSD. I'm also an international applicant receiving a scholarship from Cornell, but man... in this economy having to spend 150k+ going to grad school is such as pain for all of us. Only miracle is a full-ride.

idk but i like ur username LOL

i meant acceptances... I am still waiting to hear back

yes - received acceptance yesterday from Cornell (MArch1)- good luck to you!

Do they send the majority of their acceptances on March 1st??

I am not too sure if they are on a rolling basis or send every decision at the same time. I received mine on February 29th. I think if you don't receive anything until mid-March or later, then you should email or call them for a status update.

there is one on gradcafe from March 1

Do you know if any MArch 1 candidate has been admitted?

im only basing off GradCafe. as of now there is one acceptance to MArch 1, another one to MArch 2, and two waitlisted. ive been seeing them come in since this morning so I can only assume acceptances are rolling in first

I hope so too and I wish us luck!

got my MArch 1 acceptance via email early this morning! best of luck to everyone

Congratulations! Are you an international applicant?

domestic

Was it via an email notification
or status portal update?

Got an email notification for a status update on the portal!

Okay. If you don’t mind my asking, about how many hours ago, please
?

Two hours (From this comment)

Thank you for your kind response.

Same here, This is so tense.

This question tickled me...

Do you think that they will be sending out anymore acceptances?

I haven't heard anything back yet.

Is that your top choice, Twinky?

yes!!!!! cross your fingers!!!!!

criss cross apple sauce (for both of us)

MANIFESTING FOR U, FANCY. we WILL be in studio together this fall

Depends on your position on the waitlist. You can never know; just sleep on it till you get a status update.

@mmk5885 are you a domestic or International applicant?

Domestic

Likewise!

Will the notification be made via email ?

Got an answer to my own question, unfortunately. Rejected from GSD. Didn't get an email, checked the portal manually.

just got an email! rejected as expected :´)

int student! just got an email to check portal status. rejected as expected :´) wish u luck!

Int'l; I got rejected and they didn't even bother to send me an email, I had to check the portal myself

Congradulations ! Any idea when will GSAPP announce results ?

I think Princeton came out on Mar 8 last year

Congrats on your acceptances!

thank you! back at ya! i think gsapp is mid march. also should've clarified in my post but i'm m.arch 1

congrats! would you mind sharing your portfolio?

following up on this with results: in@GSAPP($) and out @princeton. planning to go yale

Still waiting for MIT… seems like you could wait till late April only to get rejected by MIT. Anyone knows what’s the basis of a rolling admission for master programs (considering the class size is so small)? Does it imply it itself is a waitlist system or they are still making decisions?

Congratulations!

Pretty sure we are rejected from MIT at this point

sadge

Congratulations! I'm waiting for MIT too. I saw someone get accepted recently. But last year, the acceptance date ranged a lot. Still hope lol

Same here. I want to ask was it just one recommender who recieved this ?

My references got it too. My old boss emailed me and was like "this is really bizarre." I wouldn't give it too much mind , probably just a bizarre administrative attempt at politeness.

Just to add, my recommender is a GSAPP Alumini. Funny he mailed me this too and found it very confusing.

Do you know if the recommenders of all the GSAPP applicants received this email?

i'm not sure, i only got a mail about this from one of my recommenders

Did you get any results from GSAPP ?

You'll have to wait another week maybe for that!

Anyone has any insight to how much tough is to get into GSD vs GSAPP. I have no prior experience to applying to any of these.

out now

Me tooooo! I don't think M.Arch does interviews, but I did a interview 2 weeks ago for the SM.ACT degree

I interviewed for SMarchS and was told to
expect decisions by the 15th

Wow, it seems you can get it! Hope to hear good news from you !

@akarien May I know which group in SMArch S ?

a+d

We’ll know by the 15th :)

Oooo damn, gratzz!

You got an email?

I also received, but no merit, congratulations!!! btw, anyone knows about the real learning experiences about MSCDP at gsapp?

Congrats! I also got in! Was reallllly not expecting that.

Notified by email ? Also what program ?

M.Arch 1. Yet, email to check portal.

@qing did you apply for MSCDP ?

@dt_cs yes! do you know that? Is it a good program?

I applied for that program ! Waiting for results ! You got yours ?

Does anyone know the class size at GSAPP for MArch (3 year) ?

@keepbuilding Class size is around 80. I saw their commencement from last year.

@dt_cs yeah, I received acceptance of MSCDP yesterday. btw, does anybody know the class size for MSCDP ? have no idea about it

@qingh Congratulations! I’m still waiting for my results. It’s a 2 years old program. So I don’t know much about it.

Thx!!!! best luck to you!

Waitlisted @GSAPP !

I saw someone ge t accepted

UMich - in

Cornell - in

GSAPP - waitlisted

UPenn - in

congrats on results! wish you luck for gsapp. I also receive upenn and umich, do you apply for MArch program?

No I did AAD and DMT

Penn State - In

congrats on results! got a first choice? curious as a fellow liberal arts 2023 arch grad

ooh I think it'll really depend on what financial aid comes out to and open house impressions, but Rice GSAPP and Yale prob top 3, looks like we got similar results so far down to scholarships haha. hbu would GSD be ur top choice if u got off waitlist?

yeah same, financials are a big factor. gsapp aid offer wasn't exactly enough and basically balances out but columbia i also felt disappointed but when visiting last year. GSD was always a reach but I won't be waiting on it as logistics don't work out properly.

yeah same, financials are a big factor. gsapp aid offer wasn't exactly enough and basically balances out but columbia i also felt disappointed but when visiting last year. GSD was always a reach but I won't be waiting on it as logistics don't work out properly.

yale is #1 for me even though rice's aid is enticing, i just don't think I could do 3.5yr in Houston with my other options in play. still waiting on princeton over the next few days but for some reason i've been visualizing a rejection

ugh I misread the GSAPP award as given out semesterly so that's a bummer, yeah I heard the studio space and campus sucks, the open house is also same day as Rice so idk if ill get to visit

same here! "annual scholarship distributed semesterly" required a double take or two. yeah bummer about the open house timing for rice/gsapp. i think yale open house is the only one I'll be able to see. will be close to my undergrad program though which is nice

in at SCI-arc March II with some money from phone call

in at Princeton! surprised cuz I literally mailed them spreads printed on shitty printer paper and stapled

Congrats on all your admissions SillyS.. Those of you who got into Rice (and with $ nonetheless), it's in incredible feat. Rice Architecture is technically the most selective Graduate Architecture program in the nation, and likely the world. They admit a super ttiny fraction of the students who apply and then they build a really small, Elite cohort. If you haven't visited yet, Houston (is my hometown), amazing city, and Rice is located in a gorgeous pocket of town. Go visit if you can, make sure the smaller cohort size is your vibe and DO IT! Rice is an Ivie of the South, as they say. They do some amazing research and their students produce top notch work!

@Sillystarfish got some crazy stats and admission. Drop us some tips and tricks king.

dude honestly im surprised I feel like my application was rushed and mid, I think it helped I went to a more well known undergrad (many ppl ik applying m.archs from my school have gotten as good or better results) and have a slightly unique angle/sop, I also think I just applied to a lot but its nice to have options and leverage for financial awards

exact same w me, other m.arch prospects from my schools have had solid success. does your undergraduate happen to be in NY?

I am feeling like I am getting a rejection from GSAPP…I feel like they sent out all the acceptances next It will be the rejections :(

im feeling the same exact way! gsapp was my last hope but with all these acceptances, hope has left the chat lol. dont get me wrong it's so cool seeing everyone get their acceptances come in but just let us all know at the same time so we are not left so tense!!!!

Same here :/ hoping they're just not done contacting people yet. Best of luck, fingers crossed

Just got a rejection from Berkeley. Idk what I'm doing wrong. I had my portfolio looked over by architects who attended these schools and they all told me I had a strong chance with it. I think my low GPA really hurt me, and it is difficult to get over

Fk Cal, I also got rejected lol.

i understand, you could have acceptances and rejection will still feel so incredibly brutal. however, focus on THAT, that you got acceptances!!! that alone is enough of an indicator that you're not doing anything wrong

Just got my Berkeley rejection too. :(

I have not recieved any emails from GSAPP and the portal is not updated as well ? What shall I think ? Are they going to be sending rejections ? or I shall wait more.

got my Berkeley rejection too

I feel like admission into Cal is so random and unpredictable, where they tend to value more factors than merits, achievements, experience, etc...

Twinky, where will you be heading to?

so far, USC is my best bet. hopefully i'll get some funding to go! how about yourself?

Congratulations! It's an awesome program!

any idea where you might go, fancy?!

Congratulations! I might go to usc too!

go trojans!!!!! +2 or +3?

+2!

I'm still waiting to hear back from UCLA which is really at the top of the list, so no decisions yet. At the moment it's between USC and Columbia. USC gave me a really generous funding package, so it's definitely in the running!

how did you receive your funding package for USC? I''m looking and can't seem to find where mine would be

@fancy love it! maybe we can still be in studio together at usc :)

@ma18 I received a scholarship which was listed on my acceptance letter in a dollar amount, as well as an offer to TA a course next year (it was called another term that I don't remember but basically a TA gig). The dollar amount was not listed for the graduate assistantship opportunity.

I got accepted in late February good luck

Congratulations ! When did you recieve the update on GSAPP ? 

March 7, around noon EST

Many congrats man! When did you receive the email for gsapp ? I have not recieved anything yet and portal seems to be stuck. I am dying in the grey lol!

We're on the same boat Talhaz, it will either sink :( or will dock at the shore of GSAPP :)

thank you!! i got an email for a status update about 2 hours ago. best of luck to you both!

also, I applied to the AAD program!

@darknight1689 Hope to see you at GSAPP, Wish both of us Luck ! Hope we both doc it !

@talhazulqarnain @darknight1689 add me to your boat. wishing all of us luck!

@xjy.xjy@talhazulqarnain@darknight1689 same for me

Finger cross ya'll! Lets hope we all move from being on the boat to be David Goggin carrying the boat instead.

Any Update guys ?

I haven't received anything from Columbia yet

I read your comment history, you graduated top of your class and they didn't give you scholarship?? damn GSAPP!! perhaps i shouldn't be so bitter that they didn't give me any funding.

lol i know! maybe it's the impostor syndrome in me but i honestly didnt think I would get in so that acceptance alone is enough. i saw a guy on instagram get a full ride and my work is nooowhere near close to his as in quality so im just happy to be considered. congrats on all of your acceptances btw! which schools are your top choices?

Does anyone have an Idea why has GSAPP not updated yet ? Also any leads when SCI-Arc will share results ?

Congrats for getting into GSAPP!! what course did you apply for?

thank you!! i applied to the M.S. Advanced Architectural Design

They send admits end of March.

i got an offer in january

We might bump into each other at Cornell or Penn, still waiting on GSAPP and MIT.

my friend received this too. They are inviting you to the waitlist.

are you a MArch 1 applicant? I don't see anything in the portal

yeah i’m MArch 1

@ar81 I am not seeing a portal update either.. No news is good news! (Until it isn't lol)

Congratulations! I also got into ucla, do you know the class size of ucla, I am not sure about it haha

not sure about class size… do u know anything about scholarships? my letter did not mention anything about funding… should i assume they’re not giving any, or it just hasn’t come out yet?

Well, my offer says the scholarship and funding are separated and it will inform you latter( if you have) . I think it just hasn’t come out

@2005bmw325i, qingh is correct. See my note below about the UCLA funding process.

@qingh(qing) late reply, but just found out program statistics are available for ucla’s m.arch 1. it says for fall 2023, 35 students enrolled so i am assuming the class size is around 35-40 each year

Came out for me right now, rejected

haven't heard anything from them beyond the initial acceptance email

This is extremely helpful! I've actually been curious about negotiating financial offers and how to go about doing so...

fancydirt, You can totally negotiate once you have all your offers in place. As long as you do it with grace and humility you may end up in the situation I was in, with three full-ride offers and two full stipend offers. But it didn't happen right away. Feel free to DM/email me if you need more specific tips

what about if i only got accepted into one school without any funding/scholarships? is it worth negotiating?

I would very much appreciate a convo about negotiating funding—I think I’m in a decent place to do so with a few programs.

@JoeyTheGiant, would you mind sharing your email so that I can DM you about negotiating for a scholarship? I was accepted to Cornell with 20% and student research positions.

@darknight, if you click on contact next to my name it will send an email directly to me..... @Ih11, unfortunately you don't have any leverage to negotiate, per se, but that doesn't mean you cannot try to appeal to their humanity. If you feel your life experience and struggle is compelling enough to merit more funding go for it. It does not hurt to ask. Be honest, let them know that without some assistance you won't likely be able to attend. Also ask if they can point you to any scholarship portals.. you should all know that UCLA has one of the most comprehensive scholarship portals I've ever seen. They link to thousands of outside scholarships for International Students, for Grad students for Art architecture, for race or heritage, for Germans, I mean it's crazy. People from other schools use this portal coz it list tons of resources not just for UCLA students... NOTE: most of the deadlines have likely passed, so you will likely incur some debt in your first year but you can then apply for funding (tons of scholarships) for your second and third years.

even with no leverage its definetely worth a shot explaining my circumstances and being honest and upfront, thank you!

thanks for your thoughts on rice! I will be visiting houston soon. you seem to know a lot about the schools and process, what are ur thoughts on rice vs. princeton (and maybe gsapp and yale if I can negotiate more funding)

i was thinking of applying if i didnt get into any of my other options. there isnt much info but one of my friends told me that its a really good school, however maybe a bit overpriced (but then again which schools arent overpriced these days lol) she also mentioned that the same good professors that teach there teach at FIU, which is less expensive, or smth like that. anyways, your best bet to see what the school/program is really about is to look them up on instagram and see for yourself if youre interested in their activities, projects, studios and student work showed!

I received offer call from sciarc M.Arch1 before, but seems like official result haven't come out yet

Ohhh! I got a voice message from them on Friday, I sort of assumed it was an acceptance as opposed to a rejection phone call. I just checked the portal, it was updated with an admissions decision. No funding or sch olarship information though.

Congrats and T
hanks for letting me know! Hopefly I see something soon. Will keep this updates!

Got the call from Sci-Arc this morning. Got in w/ scholarship

Congratulations! Have you heard anything from CPP?

Thanks! And nothing yet from CPP

Anyone heard from Penn State ?

I've been waiting on CMU as well , no news yet.

Hey. Just want to ask, if you are fine sharing the amount, how much did you receive for the scholarship from Yale? And what’s your program? I know they only offer financial base scholarship and I think I got a pretty good amount, but idk if I should still negotiate the amount…

I'm actually still waiting on a financial aid letter, I'll let you know roughly when I find out. M.arch 1. I'll likely be negotiating with what I have from Rice and Columbia but not sure yet.

I see. I just don’t know what’s the best way to negotiate their offer, since they only offer need-base scholarship/ or loan. I don’t know if I can actually use other school for leverage or I need to display some sort of special financial burden…

Yeah I'm not really super familiar too, but arch professors who have given me some guidance to arch schools have made it clear how negotiating is normal and encouraged. the main turn off is feeling like you are asking too much or kind of testing your luck but I would try to avoid that mindset. I don't know the exact path toward negotiating and the formalities of a counter-offer but once I'll write again if I find out much. still waiting on financial aid from yale....

theres an acceptante to University of Toronto on grad cafe