anyone have any suggestions?

If you aim for the Ivy schools, I think U need to get higher scores, at lest V 155+and Q 163+

Well... according to your scores forget about MIT.... Princeton and Yale still fine IMHO...

For Sci-Arc and Columbia its OK as well.

p.s. GRE is such Bul###....  

Thanks for the suggestions

hmmm Does MIT put more emphasis on the GREs? 

i got 157 verbal and 159 quantitative and im now at yale. dont stress too much about the gre. 

hi, i'm a current B.Arch undergraduate who is interested in pursuing a M.Arch ll degree.

however, i do have a very poor GRE 136/141/3.0 and overall GPA 2.99. one of my major's GPA is a 3.41. although my grades and GRE scores are poor, I received letter of recommendations from a very famous architect, two directors, and principals...(i've had a close educational and professional relationship with all of them). i've also won more than 15 scholarships/awards and have done internships since I was a senior in high school.

i'm also a minority...

.. are my chances farfetched?

i applied to: 

harvard's m.arch ll, columbia's msaad, ysoa m.arch ll, mit, princeton, cornell, etc.

well, i know columbia won't consider applicants that don't have a minimum GRE of 150v/145q or something like that...

do you know what columbia's msaad requires in a portfolio? 

@sensation- you have what it takes (networking)

@Znaika... thanks.. so networking also plays a major role... as an undergraduate.. i also received more than one bachelors.. i just pray that these schools will consider me

how about i let you in our studio and you can build my final model? so many things i'd rather be doing at 3am on a saturday night.

you know, its best  just to call into those schools and explain your situation. perhaps they can shed some light on some of your questions.