GRE: Just take it and don't do 'too' bad on them.
GPA: Make sure you have a 3.0 or above.
Undergrad: Just finish one in whatever from wherever.
Portfolio: Just make one that doesn't suck and that demonstrates your ability and interest.

Simple enough for you?

ditto what archmed said... would you like my social security number and mother's maiden name while i'm at it...

thanks for the responses...im not worried about my gpa, and im not really worried about my gres either, i was just interested in seeing what kinds of portfolios got people into specific schools. for example, person x's portfolio got them into which of the following schools.

if you're not worried about those things then you'll be fine. Just make sure to apply to a wide range of schools.

sorry that came off a lot more arrogant than it was meant to. what i mean is that i have a 3.7 gpa and an 1180 gre score [which i have to retake for advanced placement at one school] and i am currently working on my portfolio and kinda wanted to see what a 'columbia' portfolio looked like, or a 'harvard' portfolio looked like. ive seen some of the examples on architect i was just wondering if there were more. and thanks for the advice, im intending to apply to a wide range of schools [meaning locations, ivy/not ivy, etc.]. eventually when i get further along on the portfolio ill put it up for comments b/c there are a few schools that i would love to get into...

yeah i do, im currently at catholic u for undergrad and im looking at various schools for grad. school. congrads on the acceptance at ucla and i look forward to seeing your portfolio.

There is no specific portfolio type for columbia or harvard. If you try to fabricate material to cater to a certain school you will probably have a harder time getting in as your work is a representation of yourself and it is generally obvious when something is skewed a certain way. Anywho, there have been old threads where people post their portfolios. Search for those.

You aren't going to get the magic solution you are hoping to find here. Just put a portfolio together, get critiqued, revise, repeat.

A 'columbia' portfolio? a 'harvard' portfolio? What do they look like?

You are a retard and I doubt either of those schools would accept you. In fact, I could probably take a shit in a pizza box, send that in as my portfolio and I'd have a better chance than you with your lame Harvard or Columbia look-a-like effort. Schools want individuals with some spine not your patsy ass.

y so angry? nothing to be mad about.

Folio sent to Columbia, accepted.

Folio sent to Columbia, accepted.

gpa:3.8 gre:1350 applied:columbia, harvard accepted:columbia

wow thanks for the hostility...there was never a direct correlation between my comment about seeing a 'harvard' portfolio and me designing my portfolio to look anything like it, i was just curious to see what people were producing. and honestly how the hell would you know what im designing or what i can produce? its people like you that just piss me off more and make me want to work harder to prove you wrong, so thanks for the worthless post, and i appreciate you motivating me.

just ignore hocus.pocus. he's a troll who also attacked Chch's portfolio with his only other comment.

Yeah! You talk tough now but just wait until you get rejected by those schools. When you're sitting at home crying, "why don't they like me?" then maybe you'll realize that I'm not hostile, just truthful. Tell me, does it hurt to be such a loser? Or have you gotten used to it already?

"Yeah! You talk tough now but just wait until you get rejected by those schools. When you're sitting at home crying, "why don't they like me?" then maybe you'll realize that I'm not hostile, just truthful. Tell me, does it hurt to be such a loser? Or have you gotten used to it already?"

Soooo borring....

hocus pocus has a point...its the delivery that's wrong

Sounds like tumbleweed got rejected a few times. I hit a nerve didn't I? Go ahead and admit it. The internet is all about anonymous truthfulness, innit?

so if i get rejected by those schools, i go to my fall back, graduate in half the time, save a shitload of money and still end up working next to the same people i would if i went to one of those schools. im not afraid of failing and im definitely not intimidated by your hypotheticals. its more like a nerve was hit with you than tumbleweed seeing how you got so angry in the first place...

thanks beefeaters for the example [sorry for the short response im on my way out]

Eye-train, you don't get it. You're not afraid of failing because you already are a failure.

And tumbleweed probably only got into one school because it was a backup plan from the start. Easier being a large fish in a small studio? But then you probably already know that.

hocus.pocus.loosing.focus.

I actually think this Hocus pocus guy is pretty funny... He really knows how to get people all riled up. Designer newbie anyone?

i laughed many a time at this thread. my guess is that hocus is an alter -ego of someone stuck at a boring corporate firm.

My guess is that grid is someone stuck at a boring corporate firm and that he is probably a retard. Unless the he is a she and then "she is a retard" would be the proper way to say.

And for the record I haven't worked a day in my life. I'm still in high school and I totally own the place because I'm smarter than all of the dumb, spineless adults that think they run the place. What's really funny is that some of them "wanted" to be architects. Ha ha. They're not but I'm goiing to be one and probably the best ever too. I'm only in the tenth grade but I'm already shitting in pizza boxes, squeezing out some sweet blobbitecture au naturel-style. I'm taking a CAD class next semester and then I'm going start modeling that shit up in 3d cad.

All of you sad-sack arch school rejects stuck with lame jobs that cause you to bitch on the internet all day are cordially invited to watch me rise to top with my hot career arc. Maybe I'll even post some pictures of my turds later for you to review and study.

Eye-train, when are you going to thank me for making this such a hot thread? Or are you too chicken to admit it?

we should all bow down and thank hocus. with all of that experience behind him/her, is anyone to question this flowering greatness?

"I'm only in the tenth grade but I'm already shitting in pizza boxes, squeezing out some sweet blobbitecture au naturel-style. I'm taking a CAD class next semester and then I'm going start modeling that shit up in 3d cad."

i havent laughed that hard in a long time. i dont agree w ur attitude, but at least you have a sense of humor.

Thank you so much hocus.pocus for making this such a 'hot thread' and preventing me from gaining answers to my original questions. thanks to those of you who addressed my original question. the eye-train is quiet creative as well...you are just on a streak aren't ya?

as daunting as it may seem - this thread has quite a few portfolios posted along w/ some test scores, gpa's, etc.. . i would also suggest taking a look at Quilian's portfolio that he submitted. i will say - and this thread is a good example of it - that you'll have a hard time getting any sort of response to your m.arch app. related questions on this site. most people aren't willing to post scores, along w/ their portfolio because it always turns out just like this thread. it seems like the only way to develop a set of information like the one you're asking for would be to have a highly moderated thread that simply deleted comments, etc.. , that weren't relevent or constructive. if we could actually develop a formal archive of sorts - it could be very interesting.

hey hocus, how's that pre-algrbra class going for ya? and if you dont mind, we'd all like to see a sample of that "blobbitecture au naturel-style", or let's just call it "shit", modeled up in CAD that you were talking about.

does anyone have any condensed M.Ilk info?

anyway, eyes, I think sparch is right in a way. the undergrad (BArch) program I'm in required a portfolio, etc for admittance after two years in a sort of general archtiecture program, and I remember being pretty daunted thinking about what other people's portfolios in my year and years before might have looked like and how mine would stack up against them. I think seeing a diverse collection of portfolios might be good just to get a framework, but I think it is a good point (and I'm sure you know this anyway) that it's important not to compare your portfolio too much to any other portfolio, or the result will be similar to "teaching to the test"