Since everyone else is doing it:

M.Arch I
Cornell: Accepted (even though i sent application in MARCH)
Columbia: ?? (Below 450 Verbal cutoff)

B.Commerce - Finance / Mechanical Engineer for 2 years
Work: Curatorial Assistant for 2 months
2005: Cornell Summer Program

GPA: 3.1
GRE: (!) 410 Verbal, 760 Math, 4.5 Analytical
(I had 550+ in Verbal in my sample tests...)

Lots of photography and digital painting/photoshop, illustrator graphic design stuff.

Coordinator told me that portfolio was most impressive and trumped everything else... I seriously think that the layout of your portfolio is the most important part of the application. Ask: When 700 portfolios are spread out on the table, does yours stand out?

I should have applied to more schools.. but I thought I wouldn't get into anywhere with a 410 in verbal so i only applied to two.

Hey Early, heres another east bay native rejected by Berkeley. In my portfolio, I even put in a bunch of artwork revolving around maps of the bay area and the east bay.

Maybe they're prejudiced against Oaklanders...

@whizkid
no one at sci arc uses form Z. archaic!

does anyone know when Yale's open house is?

took a break workin in studio to check out asbucks portfolio. pretty awesome. good stuff. I second the comment on the text, if you shorten that down a bit... granted I think its extremely legible which I was told much more "refreshing" these days at a portfolio review then a hodge-podge of gobley-goo where sections and plans and renderings are all overlaid. On one note, how things read from page to page is important, because its a pdf- can't really comment on how it feels when you flip through it but it seems well ordered. I also second the idea of bringing the high-rise to the front. Good to start and end with your strongest. I liked how you started to show hand sketches, think its important to show process, but you probably know that. Anyways, I didnt get into any of those schools either so my word is just as good as yours. but good stuff, I'm sure you will find your place in grad school.

I thought about taking a year off too but gsapp or upenn would get me out by next may! that makes it pretty hard to pass up. But a year off like most people said, is "a blessing in disguise"

funny that you posted your stuff on box.net, this kid who was a business major in the dorm room next to mine freshmen year, he dropped out of school and started that online storage biz. now he's racking in millions. theres some irony in that maybe? either way good luck with your future, sure you will kick some asbuck

skycaptain, now i am really interested in your portfolio. I have been pouring over my own, wondering if I would admit myself. Do you have a link to an online version of your portfolio?

I have been reading this thread for a while so i thought it was only fair-

GSAAP - in
MIT - did not hear yet
Yale - out
GSD - wait list (just found out yesterday)

So this whole wait list thing ... is there any chance of getting in?

Sky cap - my choice is mostly based on gut though I am going to penns open house just to make sure. I like the direction, philosophy, and work coming out of cincy. And the price tag with scholarship is hard to beat. For me personally, I feel like I would only be going to Penn for the name, while the program is not as good of a fit and the price is almost double.

Your thoughts?

pigeon, it gives me some comfort to know that you were at least wait listed at GSD and that you haven't heard from MIT. They are really stringing out their acceptances/rejections. The wait is killing me. When will my letter come? As for being wait listed, I have only had one friend be wait listed. He eventually got in, but that letter came in late May.

did anyone get an email from MIT with an offer to be put up during the Open House? lol. i think they made a mistake...and assumed i needed residence or something for two days....cornell did the same thing for me in november (sadly I didn't end up applying there :S) but they were all super-nice.

Has anyone gotten financial information from Wash U?

I know that it was promised before the end of the month. I was hoping to have it before the open house.

asmal: are you saying oppose to MIT. I couldn't agree with you more re: tuition costs...UPenn is the only school I applied to that I never visited. Not that it matters but with regards to popularity...I would say MIT has more of a "name" than UPenn. I also love Cambridge...

pigeon: how did the waitlist notification get to you? I have no rejection letter yet and there is no more mail coming until monday. booo.

Sky cap - I was only talking about Penn and cincy. I didn't get into MIT but if I had it would have been a tough choice. As regards Penn and MIT, I agree with you.

skycaptain- waitlist just came via post ... sort of funny - did not come in a big package so i had a hunch it was not an acceptance, however it was not a little letter envelope either. it was sort of mid-sized so it gave me a little hope

oooooh. i could do waitlist...did you ever think if there was two people who both were waiting to get into their top choice, but each was accepted into the others second choice....so they'd be waiting forever. i have to get off this chat blog thing. lol.

so far i've onlt gotten into UT and UCLA...
really hoping that at least i will be waitlisted at GSAPP..=(
is there still hope?

my tally right now is:

in: UT, UCLA
out: UPenn, Yale, GSD


i guess I thought I would do a little better than that...
Attached is my portfolio..would love to have you guys critique on it..
I really wish they would just tell you the reasons for rejection..

portfolio

aww man..i guess im alone here today. =T

gradcafe is now reporting only rejections...is it possible that aside from sci-arc, only rejections are left?

i think the link is broken

mmm weird it work before..
anyway

here's another link

link

couldn't resist, long time thread reader...

Berkeley: In
GaTech: Waiting

BSArch Texas Tech '07, 3.6gpa, 1200 GRE
a lot community service and campus activity
commercial arch firm and TTU marketing experience

Anyone going to the Cal admit reception on the 7th?

ok, everyone else is posting their status...so here's mine....


GSD: In
Tokyo Tech: In with full fellowship
RISD: In (but they spelled my name wrong on my admission letter!)
Yale: waitlist...aka. if i get in, it will most likely be with no $$
Columbia: wating, hopes diminishing....
MIT: waiting

@moca... I like your portfolio! I think it looks really nice.

MIT rejection today... came via postal in small envelope.

i just got waitlisted at va tech via email.....

Rejections: MIT, YSOA, Princeton, Upenn, Berkeley

In: Columbia (thank god!!)

Waiting: GSD, SciArc, toronto

Rejections: UCLA, Berkeley

In: Penn

Waiting: SCI-Arc, Columbia (Pleeeease give me a sign!)

dietc0ke thanks!..but i guess its not good enough for some schools..
=(
i really really want to go live in the city..

Druvius when did u get your columbia acceptance?

skycaptain and citrus.grey:

message me too if you guys want to talk about MIT.

i'm also leaning toward MIT over Yale at the moment, and am also interested in being a TA or RA. i also got the email for "student housing" for the 1 or 2 nights surrounding open house, but i declined because i'm staying somewhere else.

druvius did you get you mit rejection today too?

maryland - rejected
uic - rejected
va tech - waitlisted
ga tech - waiting to hear

blah.

I wonder if Columbia is really going to draw this out to April 1st... I really don't feel like going through another weekend of uncertainty!

I am trying to remain hopeful that they are not done with acceptances, but at this point I think I'm grasping at straws.

basically i am a dork and on gradcafe.com..so far Columbia peeps report 10 acceptances...Penn has 12...(at first I counted 9 but soon realized half the people, including 3 acceptees, cannot spell Pennsylvania)...so seeing as how they are roughly the same size incoming class it DOES NOT LOOK GOOD for Columbia hopefuls such as myself.

Riedell, When did you hear from V.Tech?

jsun - i just received an email about 30 minutes ago

Riedell: woa, cool. I wonder if I'll get an email soon.

good luck!

yale FINALLY rejected me!!! ahhhh for peace of mind.

and washU FINALLY gave me $$!! is anyone going to the washU open house?

I'm going. I'm still waiting for Wash U money info

I emailed admissions at V.Tech earlier today and they said a decision would be made by mid July, that sounds a little late.

rose - i asked kathleen to email me when they made decisions, you could probably call her

where are you from? i'll be coming from boston

mid july! geez! my email said that if spaces are still availiable as of may 1st, then they will further review my application.... so i guess that will take a month and a half?

I'll be coming from pittsburgh. I guess I should give Kathleen a call. Have you gotten anything in the mail?

anyone know what the deal is with UCLA financial aid info? I'm not complaining or anything since its way cheap enough as is, but Im wondering if anyone received any extra $$$?

witty nope.. no info about money yet..

moca: you have some great work....i would say cut it down. some things are blown up too big...take a closer look when i get a chance.

rose - nothing in the mail yet...although they said they definitely want to get everyone their finaid packages before the open house.

thanks skycaptain! =)

who's thinking about UCLA? was it you or FF3?
Sorry if I got it wrong..there has been a lot going here..
and I think I lost track.

I think if more rejections come..I'm saying yes to UCLA~

Yeah UCLA! Go Bruins!

Moca: I think you, FF33, and I are all considering UCLA.

Im still deciding between that and CCA in San Francisco, but UCLA is looking pretty good right about now.

are you considering the 3 year program or the 2 year? Im going with 3.