they always say that if you have to ask the price, you can't afford it...i think that transfers well here

I had heard it at some point, but can't remember exactly. So hopefully this is close:

MArch I - 20%
MArch I AP - 5%
MArch II - 5%

thanx yo!

Please excuse me, I'm new to this site. What does GSD stand for?

Also to the original poster, can you post up the rates for Columbia?

It stands for 'Graduate School of Design' and refers to Harvard's GSD.

I found the Columbia stats at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/admissions_2005-2007.htm

Hope that helps!!

MArch II acceptance rate at GSD is definitely much MUCH higher than 5%. Because for a class of 35-40 people this gives around...750ish applications for one post-prof program alone which is a rather extraordinary number even for Harvard. Then again you never know...

Seriously, if you put this same effort into your portfolio, you can be one of the 8-10 % who get into GSD or CU, so really why bother if it's like 6% or 10 %, you'll get in where ever you want if you're good enough,
good luck ;)

Probably more like 20%...if I were to make an educated guess I would assume no more then 300 apps. ( considering that Columbia’s AAD program last year had 246 apps, assume most people applying to Columbia are going to take a shot at the GSD) if GSD admits 50 students 40 accept.. 16% --? Just thinking outloud!

thanks ya'll!!

uhhhhh, did you ever find out how many transfer students are accepted?

Unless it has changed, the MArch II incoming class is way below 35-40... try 12-20

when i was on the selection committee at the gsd (longish time ago), for the m.archII, we had 250ish applications for 22-25 slots. so, i'm buying closer to the 12-20 number.

sorry, i meant transfer % at cooper for b.arch!

you can find stats at NAAB.org. The data reported to NAAB is more accurate than the data advertised by the schools.

you can find charts of these stats at stairwaytoarchitecture.com; look for the Request for Information in the Documents area.

Hope this helps :

About 15% of applicants to the MArch I program at GSD are accepted for an incoming class of about 50-60 students.

...if you do your maths, you'd realise that the no. of applicants works out to be around 400 ! So if you do get into GSD, you are remarkable. I decided agst applying to GSD as the curriculum does not quite fit what I am looking for, though yes, I do have some regrets about not being able to attend a prestigious institution like Harvard.

Where are the stats on the NAAB site? I found a lot of information but didn't see any documents containing acceptance rates.

there should probably be more than 400 applicants since not everyone accepted would enroll in GSD

every year a lot of people got accepted to a number of schools at the same time. These folks might be more interested in MIT, princeton or columbia

just a guess: the final enrollment is about half of the acceptance

Oops, saw that but didn't notice the other tables I was looking for. Thanks!

I'm sure there isn't a statistic but I'd be interested to hear how many people apply to multiple MArch programs. What exia said seems reasonable, but I don't know anyone personally who applied to more than one school (I suppose it was more of a get into THE school you like or just keep working deal).

page 2 of my RFI shows the acceptance/enrollment ratios

http://www.stairwaytoarchitecture.com/images/RFI_STA.pdf

These 2 years have seen an almost 50% increase in applications at the GSD due to the economy, so it is a lot more competitive recently. Although I don't think it's down to 5%, more like somewhere around 8%.

Class sizes vary depending on how many actually accept; My MArch II class (accepted 2007) had 28, next years had 36 I think, the newest class is around 30 also.

Balagan -- Do you know how many graduate in proportion to how many enroll each year?

Generally the post-pro programs most everyone graduates.

The MArch I program probably lose around 5-6 each year, which is where the school makes up the numbers with the MAch I APs. It's more people dropping out, deciding architecture is not for them, and external reasons than being flunked or anything though.

https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/GSD-Factbook.pdf

This is GSD's fact book that includes admission rates and yield rates for the past 10 years. Hope this helps.