• 28 / M / American
• BArch  / Cal Poly San Luis Obispo / 2009
• 4 years work experience in practice including small projects on my own
• 1 year adjunct instructor; 2 years TA'ing

• GPA: 3.7
• GRE: Forget, slightly above average

• PORTFOLIO: see Archinect profile or here
• 5 Recommendations: 1 architecture mentor/employer (Ibero Mexico City Grad, former dean), 1 architecture employer/professor (FAIA); 1 architecture professor (MIT grad); 1 architecture thesis professor (Columbia grad); 1 architecture department head from undergrad

• IN: GSD - MArch II (max money for program); GSD-MAUD (max money for program). W/possibility for concurrent MArch II and MAUD degrees
• OUT: MIT - SMarchS Architectural Design Concentration 

DECISION: MArch II, most freedom to develop my own curriculum.

- 27, european

-  Mag. Arch, university of applied arts, vienna, 2011

- GRE scores: 163/155/4.0

- PORTFOLIO http://issuu.com/bikaxaxa/docs/bikarebek_587c5b952c6cf0

- IN (only applied to those 4): Harvard MsDes, Cooper Union M.arch II, Princeton M. Arch II, Gsapp CCCP

- Final decision: Gsapp CCCP (best fit, best $ offer, best city) 

@jawknow

thank you! I used different software and different rendering engines.. rhino, 3dsmax, maya with vray, maxwell and mental ray

I love how there are maybe 20 schools that have even been listed in this thread, and probably less than 10 that people are going to.

Hi I have a small enquiry....I got a toefl score of 99 and the minimum requirement at harvard gsd is 92 with a sectional requirement of 23..

The problem is i got 21 in reading and the remaining i crossed the 23 mark.

should i be taking the test again?

please help!!

If you have time and money. It doesn't harm to have a better score.

... if not try to contact the school if they will take it. Toefl shouldnt be a big deal in application process