Fall 2016 graduate school decisions will soon be mass released (if not already trickling out) and we all needed a new thread to post on...
List the standard:
Age/Gender/Citizenship:
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA :
Portfolio link:
GRE Scores:
Personal Statement:
Schools Applied to:
Got In:
Rejected:
Waitlist:
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like.
I am still waiting, jumping at every e-mail, however at least now have one more forum to check ;)
Cheers and Good Luck!
Non Sequitur
Feb 19, 16 3:04 pm
why?
future_build
Feb 22, 16 1:29 pm
Early decisions have already been and will continue to be released. RISD, Kansas, University Of Illinois At Chicago all have started to contact applicants, according to http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=architecture, just in the last few days.
I wanted to get the thread up early in case anyone wanted to share.
welikeshrimp
Feb 25, 16 6:56 pm
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 26/m/us
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : Brown/3.2
Portfolio link: Still use it for things so not here. Furniture mostly
GRE Scores: 162/152/4
Schools Applied to: UT Austin, Tulane, Yale, Boston Arch College
Got In: UT Austin, Tulane
Rejected: not yet
Waitlist: do they do that for March programs?
No Word Yet: Yale, BAC (which accepts like everyone but yeah)
Scholarships/Funds Awarded, the like. Tulane offers good money and TAing, UT Austin not yet.
Anyone else have any thoughts about UT Austin vs Tulane? Obv. I like both because application fee could have been 3 trips to all-you-can-eat-sushi bar, but still curious about you other applicants.
asdmin
Mar 1, 16 2:51 am
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 26 / Female / Asian
GPA : 4.0/4.0 (Pass or Fail system)
Portfolio link: I'll update later
GRE Scores: V149 / Q153 / W4.0
TOEFL Scores: 104
Personal Statement: I'll update later
Schools Applied to: Harvard, Yale, MIT, Cornell, Upenn
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : UC Berkeley (in the social sciences) / 3.8
Portfolio link: (maybe later)
GRE Scores: V168 / Q 152 / W 4.0
Personal Statement: (maybe later)
Schools Applied to: Harvard, MIT, Yale
Got In: MIT (they called me yesterday)
Rejected: none yet
Waitlist:
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like.
Good luck everyone! Please share.
international_applicant
Mar 1, 16 10:06 am
@glockenklang which mit program?
Bryan Ortega-Welch
Mar 1, 16 11:35 am
@international_applicant Oh sorry, I'm applying for an M Arch I at all schools.
Katzenmaske
Mar 7, 16 12:23 am
@glockenklang M. Arch I here too. Got a phone call at the end of February. Do you plan to attend?
Symphos
Mar 7, 16 10:00 am
Age/Gender/Citizenship: ??/Canadian/Canadian
Undergrad Degree: University of Alberta (Civil Engineering)
GPA : 3.9/4.0
GRE Scores: V155 / Q162 / W4.5
Schools Applied to: Berkeley, Arizona, Austin, Oregon, Southern California
British Columbia, Toronto, Calgary, Manitoba, Carleton
Got In: Oregon
Arizona (Early admission Jan 29)
Berkeley (Structural Enginnering, still waiting for M.Arch concurrent)
Rejected: Austin, Manitoba
Scholorships: $10 000 US (Arizona)
Based on the ones that I got accepted already, which one of these should I go through with?
Bryan Ortega-Welch
Mar 7, 16 11:31 am
Update!
Applying for an M Arch I
Age/Gender/Citizenship: Older than you / Male / US Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : UC Berkeley (in the social sciences) / 3.8 Portfolio link: (maybe later) GRE Scores: V168 / Q 152 / W 4.0 Personal Statement: (maybe later) Schools Applied to: Harvard, MIT, Yale Got In: MIT, Harvard Rejected: none yet Waitlist: Funds Awarded: $22375 plus $2000 work study from Harvard. Haven't heard from MIT yet.
The GSD offer seems quite generous, right? Hard to refuse, though I don't have a frame of reference really. Would love some input.
Good luck everyone!
Bryan Ortega-Welch
Mar 7, 16 11:42 am
@Feykir I'm not sure. I did Career Discovery at the GSD last summer, really enjoyed it. I'm curious about MIT though, I'm interested in their research in urbanism, their work on "incremental housing". I'm trying to stay objective and not get swept up by the GSD mythos, to truly weight each school based on my particular interests (social housing, bioarchitecture, zero waste/biodegradable buildings, the perception of space, and most importantly, the architecture of children's spaces.)
I ordered MIT's "Building Discourse" - a compilation of theses from 2008-2013, gonna pore over it.
Bryan Ortega-Welch
Mar 7, 16 12:05 pm
Funds Awarded: Harvard: $22375 plus $2000 work study from Harvard. MIT: Half tuition fellowship (pretty much the same thing as Harvard, except MIT says they don't do work study)
k1ngsofa
Mar 7, 16 4:21 pm
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 22 / M / US
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : University of Southern California (USC) / 3.4
Portfolio link: bradsilling.us
GRE Scores: 98 percentile V, 56 percentile Q, 80 percentile W
Personal Statement: Focused on issues of storytelling in architecture and game design
Schools Applied to: Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, UCLA
Got In: Harvard, Columbia, UCLA
Rejected: nowhere yet (fingers crossed)
Waitlist:
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like.
Harvard: $20000 scholarship, $19000 grant, $2000 work/study, the rest in loans
Personal Statement: Followed Columbia's prompt; basically highlighted strengths/weaknesses, travel experiences and extracurricular activities
Schools Applied to: ColumbiaGSAPP, Pratt, Tulane, Kansas, and Virginia Tech
Got In: Tulane, Kansas (Offered a PhD position!!)
Rejected: None
Waitlist: GSAPP
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like
Kansas - Fully funded + $16K/year RA
Tulane - $18K + $3K TA (About half tuition)
chendon7
Mar 7, 16 5:28 pm
hey @k1ngsofa, thanks for sharing your portfolio and congrats on the acceptances!
From your site I gather you're @bradsilling from the other thread? If you don't mind--why did you apply for all M.Arch 1s with your background in architecture?
k1ngsofa
Mar 8, 16 9:55 pm
@chendon7 - I'm receiving a 4-year BS in Architectural Studies which is not a professional degree. M.Arch II programs usually require a B.Arch.
Narcus
Mar 14, 16 4:16 am
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 23/Male/India
Undergrad Degree GPA : B.Arch 3.425/4
GRE Scores: V:155/Q:168/
Personal Statement: Project Management and Architect | ETH Exchange | Strategic Data Analytics Expertise
Schools Applied to:
Got In: Columbia MsRED / NYU MsRED
Rejected: Harvard MDes / MIT DUSP
Waitlist: MIT Media Lab
Awaited: Stanford SDC-M / Kellogg MBA / MIT CRE
Median
Mar 14, 16 6:07 am
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 28 / Male / US Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : SCI-Arc / 3.67 Portfolio link: GRE Scores: V157 / Q 160 / W 4.5 Personal Statement: Schools Applied to: Harvard, Princeton, Yale (All M.Arch II) Got In: Harvard and Princeton - still waiting on Yale Rejected: Waitlist: Funds Awarded: Received substantial funding for both Harvard and Princeton
anghln
Mar 14, 16 2:03 pm
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 21 / Female / US Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : Ivy League Bachelor of Arts in Architecture / 3.54 Portfolio link: GRE Scores: V165 / Q161 / W4.5 Personal Statement: Schools Applied to: Harvard (M.Arch 1/M.UP), Columbia (M.Arch 1/M.UP), MIT (M.Arch 1), PennDesign (M.Arch 1/M.CP) Got In: Columbia, MIT, PennDesign Rejected: Harvard Waitlist: N/A Funds Awarded: Received no aid from Columbia or MIT, a small scholarship from PennDesign.
I'm applying directly from undergrad and I don't have any student debt, so I think that hurt my chances for aid even though I'm low-income. I guess it wouldn't be an American education if I didn't have to take out loans at some point!
international_applicant
Mar 14, 16 6:04 pm
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 25 / M / International (Greek)
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : Greek University / 4.0 Valedictorian
Portfolio link: Will post the link once I upload it on issuu
- Yale_MArch II (waiting for financial info email)
- Berkeley_MArch Studio One (waiting for financial info email)
- UCLA_ MArch II_Thom Mayne SupraStudio(waiting for financial info email)
Rejected:
- MIT_SMArchS
Waitlist: -
honolulu _
Mar 15, 16 1:39 am
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 23 / Male / USA Hawaii
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : BEnvD University of Hawaii / GPA 3.46
GRE Scores: V149 / Q154 / W 4.0
Personal Statement: Wrote about what led me to architecture, and my passions to pursue graduate education. Had it proof read by 3 people: A professor who has had experience working as part of school admissions review board, a friend who is a journalist / writer, and a professor who is a writing scholar.
LOR:
-Former Dean of Architecture (GSD alumni)( Whom I have worked closely with during my undergrad.)
-Current Dean of Architecture (Penn alumni)(Whom I have worked closely with during my undergrad.)
-Professor & Employer, Former Director of Genlser's European Affairs (AA alumni)
-Professor (GSD alumni)
-Principle/Partner of the firm I work at (Cornell Alumni)
-State Senator (Studies part time in architecture)
(I had a group of LoR's that I changed out based on the school's I felt that they would best speak to)
Schools Applied to: Architectural Association (AA), Harvard GSD, Columbia GSAPP, Yale SoA, Cornell AAP, Princeton,Taubman Michigan, RICE, PennDesign , Bartlett UCL, Royal Danish Academy. (I had no idea where I stood on an international level so I applied to many schools)
Got In:
-AA (urbanism and Housing MA)
-GSD (M.Arch I) $$$
-Yale (M.Arch I) (haven't heard about $ yet)
-Princeton M.Arch I ($$$$)
-Taubman (M.Arch I) ($$)
- RICE ($$$$)
-(haven't heard from Bartlett, or Denmark)
Rejected: AAP, GSAPP (GSAPP had early an early deadline - I gave them my first time around GRE scores which were slightly less to the second try at the tests.. )
Waitlist: Penn
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like. (Have yet to pursue scholarships, Only offered grants from the schools so far)
Notes: I geared all of the materials that I submitted towards the GSD (as it was my original top choice school.) I graduated from University of Hawaii in 2014 and took 2 years to work and to do competitions. If not increasing my chances of getting in, the 2 years away from education really allowed for me to mature as a designer. I took time to travel, meet other people in the field, and better understand what I wanted to pursue in architecture. I spent 3-4 months working on my portfolio and personal statement. (its good to start them early so that you can send them out to the people who are writing your recommendation letters)
I now am faced with the tough choice of choosing which school to go to. I am leaning towards the GSD, however I am also very interested in Yale and Princeton. GSD has offered a generous grant covering nearly 65% of the tuition, Princeton is offering 95% of the tuition covered. Of course, housing and living expenses is very expensive and not covered by the grants. I am eager to hear what opinions people have here, any advice would be very helpful.
I am honored and humbled to be accepted into such prestigious programs. I am excited to pursue a graduate education on the East Coast ( I have never lived outside of Hawaii, the winter will be a new challenge in itself.)
*Please excuse the long post
Gerrard
Mar 15, 16 2:34 am
Age/Gender/Citizenship: Male 26 US
Undergrad Degree from ___/GPA : Univ Texas Arlington, Magna Cum Laude
Portfolio link:
GRE Scores: Who cares?
Personal Statement: Wrote about bringing back social responsibility into architecture.
Schools Applied to: UC Berkeley, UCLA, Sci-Arc
Got In: UC Berkeley
Rejected: none yet
Waitlist:
Scholorships/Funds Awarded: Still waiting
My two cents on applying. Dont waste time on schools you know you probably wont attend even if they accepted you. I kept my list short and specific. I wanted to live in California so I only applied to California schools. Moved here with the intent to go to UC Berkeley so I focused all my energy there and now I'm fortunate enough to get in. Can't beat living in SF!
AstridCam
Mar 15, 16 1:11 pm
24/F/Peru (However I'm a US Permanent Resident, moved here 2 yrs ago)
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : Universidad Ricardo Palma /3.22
Portfolio link: I haven't uploaded it yet, but will soon!
GRE Scores: 161V/156Q/5.5W
TOEFL Scores: 117
Personal Statement: Mostly about my experiences and how those shaped my professional interests in architecture. Also how my cultural background sets me apart from many and gives me a unique perspective that I can put to good use when pursuing my already mentioned professional interests in architecture.
LOR: Former Professor from Peru, Exchange Studio Professor from Switzerland and Work Supervisor.
Schools Applied to: Harvard (M.ArchII) , Columbia (M.Arch 3 yrs), UPenn (MEBD) , UVA (M.Arch 2), Berkeley, Washington U in St. Louis (M.arch/MUP), U. Michigan
Got In: Harvard, Columbia, Upenn, Michigan, Washington U
Rejected: UVA, Berkeley (My fault, I made a huuugeee mistake with my portafolio there)
Waitlist:none
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like.
Harvard (Grant $$) / Upenn (Need base $$) Michigan (Merit based $$) WashU (still yet to come) & Columbia (none)
Basically I have already decided on Harvard GSD. Their program really fits my architectural interests and goals, I'm really interested in working with many of their faculty, and the financial aid they have offered me is both greater in relationship to cost of tuition in comparison to the others so it makes it a smart investment in the long run. Plus, I actually have felt more welcomed from GSD, they have helped me with many of the questions I had and one of the professors even contacted me to personally congratulate me and see if I had any questions which was very helpful when trying to get a clear picture of the school environment.
Congrats to all of you, this was an incredibly stressful process for me and i couldn't be more glad that is now over. Relief!
PS. If you want any tips on this whole process, I could only say I studied by myself for both the TOEFL and GRE using Princeton Review books (didn't want to spend a fortune in those $700 courses). And this book called "Graduate Admissions Essays" is an amazing guide for all which involved the application process!
placebeyondthesplines
Mar 15, 16 9:58 pm
@AstridCam
Why are you applying to M.Arch II programs (Harvard, UVA) and M.Arch I programs (Columbia, Washington U.)? This makes absolutely zero sense.
intcon
Mar 16, 16 1:25 am
Congratulations to everyone!!! It is about time we should take all things into consideration and decide...
@international_applicant Congratulations to you as well! :) Good job! Do you have any information regarding financial aid in UCLA? As international students are we eligible for any kind of funding? I am weighing things up right now and need to know this kind of information...But apart from the offer of acceptance, I don't have any clue about financial aid...Do you have any official response?
AstridCam
Mar 16, 16 9:35 am
@placebeyondthesplines No WashU is the post-professional track and double degree with MUP. And for Columbia I applied to M.Arch I because in this special case I was told when I visited that in order to obtain my license my degree from Peru wouldn't be good unless evaluated here, so I could apply for the 3 yr program (that would count as an accredited program) and waive some courses that I had already taken depending on the curricula of my university. I did the same for GSD and Penn, but in GSD they immediately moved me to the M.Arch II program, and in Penn they asked me if I wanted to be considered for the MEBD and I agreed to it.
londonfog
Mar 16, 16 8:31 pm
Those who are accepted both GSD and Princeton PLEASE CHOOSE PRINCETON.
Princeton is MUCH MUCH MUCH better school than GSD and much more difficult to be admitted.
Most employers know this is the fact because they also were architect students and you will know what this means.
Princeton has much less students than GSD and there are much more opportunities of financial aid and competition and everything else. Those who are attending M.Arch schools will admit that small number of students is much better than so many students.
And also Princeton gives much more money than any other schools.
I saw a lot of people who are admitted both PRINCETON and GSD and they choose GSD.
Please do not make this kind of wrong decision!! These kind of people usually have some "wrong fantasy"of Harvard. But you need to know that GSD is not the "Harvard" people usually think when they imagine HARVARD.....It's like Kennedy school of Harvard is Harvard school but it is not the Harvard people usually think when they imagine HARVARD.....uh...it's somewhat difficult to explain....
Anyway do not get me wrong. I am not saying GSD is not to good school. I am just saying that Princeton is much better school than Harvard and this is true. (I am not o Princeton student but I was once attneding GSD but now I am attending other school for financial aid. Please sea my past postings ...: ) )
I saw a posting here that who are admitted both Princeton(95% tuition) and GSD(40%) tuition. And he or she will choose GSD because it is his first choice......
OH MY GOD.........There will be no worse choice than this........I believe there is no adviser around that guy and and he has the wrong Harvard fantasy so he is making that worst choice.....
As a senior architect student I will choose Princeton without any hesitation if I were him or her.... Trust me.....one of this kind of internet site is "Useful and Helpful information"......
Do not make a wrong decision guys...As a senior architect student I will give you a very useful and helpful tips(especiall for International Students)
1. If you are admitted both GSD and MIT ---> select MIT (no hesitation)
2. if you are admitted both GSD and Princeton --> select PRINCETON (no hesitation)
3. if you are admitted both GSD and YALE --> I do not know....but I prefer Yale. I visited both schools and have a lot of friends in both schools. The environment and facilities are better in YALE. Just Choose the school that gives you more money.
4. if you are admitted GSD and Cornell --> choose the one that gives you more money. The facilities of Cornell is much much better than GSD
5. if you are admitted GSD and UPENN --> choose the one that gives you more money and according to your design preferences.. UPENN especially puts stress on "Good Form and appearance" If you are a very good "form" designer (like Zaha or Libeskind) Upenn is really good for you. If you see there annual "pressing matters" you can find really good formal projects that cannot find in any other schools. GSD is more theoritical oriented. And I didn't like that.(We are designer not theorist. And the studio instructor in Upenn is especially fantastic...see the hompage and their works)
6 If you are admitted UPENN and Yale --> choose the one that gives you more money and according to your design preferences. Two schools bot have a lot of students. Actually I do not like this. I really like schools that has a small number of students. As I told you if you puts stress on "Good Form and appearance" choose Upenn.
7. If you are admitted UPENN and Columbia --> choose the one that gives you more money. Both schools are the two major IVY schools that puts stress on "Good Form and appearance" and both have large number of students. But if you are International student never choose Columbia. They never gives money to international students.
8. If you are admitted Yale and Columbia --> choose the one that gives you more money and according to your design preferences. both have large number of students. Columbia is more Form and Computational oriented. Actually this is good for getting jobs.But if you are International student never choose Columbia. They never gives money to international students.
9. If you are admitted Yale and Princeton --> select PRINCETON (no hesitation)
10. If you are admitted MIT and Princeton --> choose the one that gives you more money. (no hesitation)
11. If you are admitted MIT and Columbia --> choose the one that gives you more money and according to your design preferences.
9. MIT PRINCETON CORNELL --> small number of students. THis is really really good.
Upenn GSD YALE COLUMBIA --> large number of students. Not good.
10. UPENN, COLUMBIA --> ZAHA HADID, LIBESKIND, ASYMPTOTE style
PRINCETON, YALE, GSD , MIT --> STEVEN HOLL, PERKINS+WILL style
This is REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT. Please check the student workbooks of each school. And find the style of each school. Every school has different taste for design. That is why some students are admitted to Upenn but not admitted to Yale. Some students are admitted to GSD but not to YALE....etc
So if you are admitted at school with a lot of money that means your designs are in line with that school and this is REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT. If your designs are in line with the school's design orientation you really have a lot of chances to win the competition in the certain school and a lot of chances to be the TA or professor in that school in the future. That is one really important reason I stress to choose the school that gives you a lot of money.
NEVER NEVER TRUST the ranking of the schools at some architectural magazines or websites..........!!!!!!!!! That has nothing to do with anything.............
As I always say.........."Good" or "Prestigious" architecture schools never guarantee good jobs after graduation. This is a sad fact. That is one really important reason why I always stress to choose the school that gives you more money. Do not waste money for wrong and false "educational background".
As I told you do not make the worst decision like the guy who are admitted both Princeton(95% tuition) and GSD(40%tuition) and choosing GSD.......
I saw a lot of people making wring decision but this guy's decision is the worst case I've ever seen.....(no offence)
The Last thing especially for International Students....REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT
As an international student I deeply regret coming to the U.S. and spend a lot of money here. I had a "fantasy" of IVY League schools. But all the "fantasy" is wrong. All the IVY LEAGUE schools here are not worth spending so much money. They do not guarantee any good jobs. More than 90% of international students of IVY League architecture schools do not get jobs after graduation and they all return to their countries just spending SO SO SO much money in the U.S.
What I felt during studying in several IVY architecture schools is this. All the ivy architecture schools accept so many international students just for money. This is true.
Especially schools with a large number of students(COLUMBIA GSD YALE UPENN ) accept so many students just for MONEY. I really do not understand why these prestigious schools accept so many students in the graduate program. They already have so much money in school. And the facilities of most IVY league schools are worse than school in my country where the tuition of graduate school is a tenth that. I was really embarrassed.
Dear International students.............Never go to schools that do not give you any money.
You need to spend $300,000,000 for graduation and they do not guarantee any jobs.
This is crazy.
If you are not admitted with full tuition or more than 60% tuition. Just stay in your country and find the job there.......That is much much much better.......Trust me....
glasspyramid
Mar 17, 16 1:54 am
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 22 / M / International (Swiss)
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : B.arch, one of Top 5 undergrad program (according to Designintelligence)/ 4.0/4.0 GPA (several departmental awards)
Portfolio link: will post it later this month
GRE Scores: V166 / Q160 / W 4.0
Personal Statement:
Schools Applied to:
Got In:
- Harvard_MArch II
- Harvard_MLA I AP
- Yale March II
- Cornell March II
Rejected: none
Waitlist: none
international_applicant
Mar 17, 16 5:22 am
@londonfog dude seriously!!! You are for sure waitlisted at GSD and you are trying to send people the other way to get in. Stop doing this. It is fucking obvious
accesskb
Mar 17, 16 5:47 am
righttttt . londonfog. Who has time to write all that, trying to convince others not to attend GSD? Only someone who got waitlisted by GSD and screams desperation! xDDD
londonfog
Mar 17, 16 10:48 am
@international_applicant
@accesskb
HaHaHa....you guys' reasoning is interesting but wrong.
I am now a senior student of MIT.
I am writing a lot about GSD because I know it very well as attended for one year.
I am writing this because I saw a lot of people especially international students making wrong decision and do not want them to just spend money to IVY schools.
All the students now attending IVY architecture will 100% agree with my opinion because they all know this field.
Only you guys-Especially international students - who didn't attend school in the U.S. and who don't know at all about architecture schools in the U.S. doubt like that and finally make the wrong decisions. And I know that there is no on around you guys to give advice like me. Because if you had, you can never think I am waitlisted student.lol.
Do you think a student who didn't attend architecture schools in the U.S. can write what I wrote?
Dear International students
Please take my opinions seriously and read all my writings. Those are really precious and helpful information that you cannot get anywhere.
If you have any questions please let me know.
I can answer you anything about IVY architecture schools.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.
ssnnandan
Mar 17, 16 11:50 am
hey, I am an International Student, got acceptance from Pratt Insitute for the MS in Architecture (Post-Professional) degree.
Can anyone tell me about the overall review for Pratt institute for Graduate studies?
Also, having NAAB accredited degree (M.arch) over Ms degree is how beneficial in terms of job perspective?
seoulkid
Mar 17, 16 6:03 pm
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 28/m/us
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : 3.2, architecture
Portfolio link: Still use it for things so not here.
PRINCETON was my dream school!!!!! The most SELECTIVE SCHOOL in the world!!!
A lot of money!!!
Small amount of students!!!
Everything is perfect!!!
I am really exciting to be admitted to that school!!
My first choice was PRINCETON, second was MIT, third GSD.
I heard from a lot of my friends that if you graduated from PRINCETON or MIT good jobs are guaranteed because they are the most selective schools!!!
Thanks GOD!!!
jessmgg
Oct 9, 17 12:13 pm
Hello, would love to hear your tips?!
k1ngsofa
Mar 18, 16 12:29 am
Updated:
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 22/m/US
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : University of Southern California, 3.5
Portfolio link: bradsilling.us
Schools Applied to: M.Arch I - Harvard (AP), Yale, Columbia, Princeton, UCLA
Got In: Harvard (AP) (90% tuition), Yale (Still waiting on $), Columbia (100% tuition), UCLA (100% tuition)
Rejected: Princeton
Going to: HARVARD! Couldn't be more excited. I think it's the most well-rounded program and provides a path towards practicing architecture with a deep commitment to exploring architecture's role in creating social good. Living in Boston was a big factor too.
In the midst of making a decision... Having a hard time deciding whether to go where they give me the best scholarships offers or the school's name and reputation... any thoughts?
Ibuprofen
Mar 23, 16 1:38 am
Age: 20 | Sex: F | Citizenship: Nigerian
Undergraduate degree: NYU / Urban Design Studies
GPA: 3.66
GRE scores (V/Q/W): 162 / 158 / 4.5
PORTFOLIO: 7 projects: 5 from school projects, 1 at GSAPP intro course, 1 from internship. Ask to see if interested!
Letters of Recommendation: 7 writers: 3 professors, 1 GSAPP professor, 3 employers
Undergraduate degree: B.A. in Architecture with Honors, Liberal Arts College
GPA: 3.70
GRE scores (V/Q/W): 165 V / 158 Q / 5.0 W
PORTFOLIO: Ask me for it if you'd like to see!
Letters of Recommendation: Up to 5, 3 faculty, 1 internship employer, 1 GSD Career Discovery instructor
SCHOOLS (Applied + Results + Funds awarded): Applied for M-Arch I
IN:
UMich (+20k)
Cornell AAP (+14k)
Washington University in St. Louis (+37k)
Columbia GSAPP (no aid)
Yale School of Architecture (22k)
OUT:
GSD
Princeton
WAIT LISTED:
NO RESPONSE:
Preferences: YSOA!
genkoguma
Mar 23, 16 7:58 pm
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 27 / M / International
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : B.arch/ 3.5/4.0 GPA
Portfolio link: will post it later this month
GRE Scores: V162 / Q160 / W 4.5
Personal Statement:
Schools Applied to:
Got In:
- Harvard_MArch I (20k)
- MIT _MArch I (35k)
- Yale_MArch I (22k)
Decision
I am going to MIT of course. I talked to several friends who are attending MIT, GSD, YALE. And they all recommended MIT. Not only for the money but also MIT is more selective school. And I visited all the schools and MIT was definitely the best. Those who are admitted both schools like me please visit and make the decision. That will help a lot. MIT is really cool. I couldn't believe my eyes.
turkeyking
Mar 31, 16 8:37 pm
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 23 / M / Canadian
Undergrad Degree: B.ENDS/ 4.0 GPA
GRE Scores: V160 / Q158 / W 4.5
Schools Applied to:
Got In:
- Harvard MLA 3 (60k)
- UVA MARCH 2/MLA 3 (45k)
- Berkeley MARCH 3/MLA 2 (10k)
- U of Toronto MARCH 3 (first year covered)
- UBC MARCH 2/MLA 2 (first year and a half covered)
Out:
Harvard MARCH
Decision
Paying in Canadian dollars makes everything difficult. The dream is Berkeley dual degree... but that is way to expensive (exchange rate is a bitch). Probably going to go with UBC Dual Degree. Shortest, cheapest (no debt) and good school. Opinions?
dmb2904
Apr 1, 16 6:40 am
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 24 / F / Indian
Undergrad Degree: B.Arch.
GRE Scores: V157 / Q161 / W 4.5
Schools Applied to:
Got In:
- Columbia MSAAD
- Architectural Association
- UCLA M.Arch. II Suprastudio
Out:
Harvard M.Arch.II
Decision
UCLA Suprastudio
ssnnandan
Apr 1, 16 2:08 pm
hey, I am an International Student, got acceptance from Pratt Insitute for the MS in Architecture (Post-Professional) degree.
Can anyone tell me about the overall review for Pratt institute for Graduate studies?
Also, having NAAB accredited degree (M.arch) over Ms degree is how beneficial in terms of job perspective?
camilleora-nicole
Apr 16, 16 7:32 pm
M.Arch 1 Applicant
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 25/F/US
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : Cal Poly Pomona, 3.43
Personal Statement: About why I wanted to attend the school, what I learned from my undergrad as a graphic design student, classes I wanted to take, professors i wanted to meet, why I liked the school, future plans
Schools Applied to: Cal Poly Pomona, USC
Got In: Both
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like. Cal Poly no money, but highly selective (18 seats out of 150 applicants)
Fall 2016 graduate school decisions will soon be mass released (if not already trickling out) and we all needed a new thread to post on...
List the standard:
Age/Gender/Citizenship:
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA :
Portfolio link:
GRE Scores:
Personal Statement:
Schools Applied to:
Got In:
Rejected:
Waitlist:
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like.
I am still waiting, jumping at every e-mail, however at least now have one more forum to check ;)
Cheers and Good Luck!
why?
Early decisions have already been and will continue to be released. RISD, Kansas, University Of Illinois At Chicago all have started to contact applicants, according to http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=architecture, just in the last few days.
I wanted to get the thread up early in case anyone wanted to share.
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 26/m/us
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : Brown/3.2
Portfolio link: Still use it for things so not here. Furniture mostly
GRE Scores: 162/152/4
Schools Applied to: UT Austin, Tulane, Yale, Boston Arch College
Got In: UT Austin, Tulane
Rejected: not yet
Waitlist: do they do that for March programs?
No Word Yet: Yale, BAC (which accepts like everyone but yeah)
Scholarships/Funds Awarded, the like. Tulane offers good money and TAing, UT Austin not yet.
Anyone else have any thoughts about UT Austin vs Tulane? Obv. I like both because application fee could have been 3 trips to all-you-can-eat-sushi bar, but still curious about you other applicants.
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 26 / Female / Asian
GPA : 4.0/4.0 (Pass or Fail system)
Portfolio link: I'll update later
GRE Scores: V149 / Q153 / W4.0
TOEFL Scores: 104
Personal Statement: I'll update later
Schools Applied to: Harvard, Yale, MIT, Cornell, Upenn
Got In: Cornell (M.Arch1)
Rejected: not yet
Waitlist:
Scholarships / Funds Awarded, the like:
- Cornell offered $14000 (every year) + stipend ($13663)
Still waiting for other schools, and my first priority (dream school*) is YSOA.....
Good luck everyone!
Age/Gender/Citizenship: Lower mid thirties/Male/US
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : UC Berkeley (in the social sciences) / 3.8
Portfolio link: (maybe later)
GRE Scores: V168 / Q 152 / W 4.0
Personal Statement: (maybe later)
Schools Applied to: Harvard, MIT, Yale
Got In: MIT (they called me yesterday)
Rejected: none yet
Waitlist:
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like.
Good luck everyone! Please share.
@glockenklang which mit program?
@international_applicant Oh sorry, I'm applying for an M Arch I at all schools.
@glockenklang M. Arch I here too. Got a phone call at the end of February. Do you plan to attend?
Age/Gender/Citizenship: ??/Canadian/Canadian
Undergrad Degree: University of Alberta (Civil Engineering)
GPA : 3.9/4.0
GRE Scores: V155 / Q162 / W4.5
Schools Applied to: Berkeley, Arizona, Austin, Oregon, Southern California
British Columbia, Toronto, Calgary, Manitoba, Carleton
Got In: Oregon
Arizona (Early admission Jan 29)
Berkeley (Structural Enginnering, still waiting for M.Arch concurrent)
Rejected: Austin, Manitoba
Scholorships: $10 000 US (Arizona)
Based on the ones that I got accepted already, which one of these should I go through with?
Update!
Applying for an M Arch I
Age/Gender/Citizenship: Older than you / Male / US
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : UC Berkeley (in the social sciences) / 3.8
Portfolio link: (maybe later)
GRE Scores: V168 / Q 152 / W 4.0
Personal Statement: (maybe later)
Schools Applied to: Harvard, MIT, Yale
Got In: MIT, Harvard
Rejected: none yet
Waitlist:
Funds Awarded: $22375 plus $2000 work study from Harvard. Haven't heard from MIT yet.
The GSD offer seems quite generous, right? Hard to refuse, though I don't have a frame of reference really. Would love some input.
Good luck everyone!
@Feykir I'm not sure. I did Career Discovery at the GSD last summer, really enjoyed it. I'm curious about MIT though, I'm interested in their research in urbanism, their work on "incremental housing". I'm trying to stay objective and not get swept up by the GSD mythos, to truly weight each school based on my particular interests (social housing, bioarchitecture, zero waste/biodegradable buildings, the perception of space, and most importantly, the architecture of children's spaces.)
I ordered MIT's "Building Discourse" - a compilation of theses from 2008-2013, gonna pore over it.
Funds Awarded:
Harvard: $22375 plus $2000 work study from Harvard.
MIT: Half tuition fellowship (pretty much the same thing as Harvard, except MIT says they don't do work study)
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 22 / M / US
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : University of Southern California (USC) / 3.4
Portfolio link: bradsilling.us
GRE Scores: 98 percentile V, 56 percentile Q, 80 percentile W
Personal Statement: Focused on issues of storytelling in architecture and game design
Schools Applied to: Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, UCLA
Got In: Harvard, Columbia, UCLA
Rejected: nowhere yet (fingers crossed)
Waitlist:
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like.
Harvard: $20000 scholarship, $19000 grant, $2000 work/study, the rest in loans
UCLA: Full in-state tuition scholarship
Columbia: Half-tuition TA-ship
Good luck everyone!!!
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 23/Male/USA
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : LSU/2.95
Portfolio link: https://issuu.com/jeremiahanyaele/docs/portfolio
GRE Scores: V:153/Q:157/W:4.00
Personal Statement: Followed Columbia's prompt; basically highlighted strengths/weaknesses, travel experiences and extracurricular activities
Schools Applied to: Columbia GSAPP, Pratt, Tulane, Kansas, and Virginia Tech
Got In: Tulane, Kansas (Offered a PhD position!!)
Rejected: None
Waitlist: GSAPP
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like
Kansas - Fully funded + $16K/year RA
Tulane - $18K + $3K TA (About half tuition)
hey @k1ngsofa, thanks for sharing your portfolio and congrats on the acceptances!
From your site I gather you're @bradsilling from the other thread? If you don't mind--why did you apply for all M.Arch 1s with your background in architecture?
@chendon7 - I'm receiving a 4-year BS in Architectural Studies which is not a professional degree. M.Arch II programs usually require a B.Arch.
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 23/Male/India
Undergrad Degree GPA : B.Arch 3.425/4
GRE Scores: V:155/Q:168/
Personal Statement: Project Management and Architect | ETH Exchange | Strategic Data Analytics Expertise
Schools Applied to:
Got In: Columbia MsRED / NYU MsRED
Rejected: Harvard MDes / MIT DUSP
Waitlist: MIT Media Lab
Awaited: Stanford SDC-M / Kellogg MBA / MIT CRE
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 28 / Male / US
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : SCI-Arc / 3.67
Portfolio link:
GRE Scores: V157 / Q 160 / W 4.5
Personal Statement:
Schools Applied to: Harvard, Princeton, Yale (All M.Arch II)
Got In: Harvard and Princeton - still waiting on Yale
Rejected:
Waitlist:
Funds Awarded: Received substantial funding for both Harvard and Princeton
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 21 / Female / US
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : Ivy League Bachelor of Arts in Architecture / 3.54
Portfolio link:
GRE Scores: V165 / Q161 / W4.5
Personal Statement:
Schools Applied to: Harvard (M.Arch 1/M.UP), Columbia (M.Arch 1/M.UP), MIT (M.Arch 1), PennDesign (M.Arch 1/M.CP)
Got In: Columbia, MIT, PennDesign
Rejected: Harvard
Waitlist: N/A
Funds Awarded: Received no aid from Columbia or MIT, a small scholarship from PennDesign.
I'm applying directly from undergrad and I don't have any student debt, so I think that hurt my chances for aid even though I'm low-income. I guess it wouldn't be an American education if I didn't have to take out loans at some point!
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 25 / M / International (Greek)
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : Greek University / 4.0 Valedictorian
Portfolio link: Will post the link once I upload it on issuu
GRE Scores: V150 / Q161 / W 4.5
Personal Statement:
Schools Applied to:
Got In:
- Harvard_MArch II (No funding)
- Columbia_MS.AAD (33,000$ merit-based scholarship)
- Yale_MArch II (waiting for financial info email)
- Berkeley_MArch Studio One (waiting for financial info email)
- UCLA_ MArch II_Thom Mayne SupraStudio(waiting for financial info email)
Rejected:
- MIT_SMArchS
Waitlist: -
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 25 / Female / International (Greek)
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : Greek University / 4.0 Valedictorian
Portfolio link: Will post the link once I upload it on issuu
GRE Scores: V151 / Q157 / W 4.0
Schools Applied to: Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Berkeley, UCLA, MIT
Got In:
- Harvard_MArch II (No funding)
- Columbia_MS.AAD (33,000$ merit-based scholarship)
- Yale_MArch II (waiting for financial info email)
- Berkeley_MArch Studio One (waiting for financial info email)
- UCLA_ MArch II_Thom Mayne SupraStudio(waiting for financial info email)
Rejected:
- MIT_SMArchS
Waitlist: -
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 23 / Male / USA Hawaii
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : BEnvD University of Hawaii / GPA 3.46
GRE Scores: V149 / Q154 / W 4.0
Personal Statement: Wrote about what led me to architecture, and my passions to pursue graduate education. Had it proof read by 3 people: A professor who has had experience working as part of school admissions review board, a friend who is a journalist / writer, and a professor who is a writing scholar.
LOR:
-Former Dean of Architecture (GSD alumni)( Whom I have worked closely with during my undergrad.)
-Current Dean of Architecture (Penn alumni)(Whom I have worked closely with during my undergrad.)
-Professor & Employer, Former Director of Genlser's European Affairs (AA alumni)
-Professor (GSD alumni)
-Principle/Partner of the firm I work at (Cornell Alumni)
-State Senator (Studies part time in architecture)
(I had a group of LoR's that I changed out based on the school's I felt that they would best speak to)
Schools Applied to: Architectural Association (AA), Harvard GSD, Columbia GSAPP, Yale SoA, Cornell AAP, Princeton,Taubman Michigan, RICE, PennDesign , Bartlett UCL, Royal Danish Academy. (I had no idea where I stood on an international level so I applied to many schools)
Got In:
-AA (urbanism and Housing MA)
-GSD (M.Arch I) $$$
-Yale (M.Arch I) (haven't heard about $ yet)
-Princeton M.Arch I ($$$$)
-Taubman (M.Arch I) ($$)
- RICE ($$$$)
-(haven't heard from Bartlett, or Denmark)
Rejected: AAP, GSAPP (GSAPP had early an early deadline - I gave them my first time around GRE scores which were slightly less to the second try at the tests.. )
Waitlist: Penn
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like. (Have yet to pursue scholarships, Only offered grants from the schools so far)
Notes: I geared all of the materials that I submitted towards the GSD (as it was my original top choice school.) I graduated from University of Hawaii in 2014 and took 2 years to work and to do competitions. If not increasing my chances of getting in, the 2 years away from education really allowed for me to mature as a designer. I took time to travel, meet other people in the field, and better understand what I wanted to pursue in architecture. I spent 3-4 months working on my portfolio and personal statement. (its good to start them early so that you can send them out to the people who are writing your recommendation letters)
I now am faced with the tough choice of choosing which school to go to. I am leaning towards the GSD, however I am also very interested in Yale and Princeton. GSD has offered a generous grant covering nearly 65% of the tuition, Princeton is offering 95% of the tuition covered. Of course, housing and living expenses is very expensive and not covered by the grants. I am eager to hear what opinions people have here, any advice would be very helpful.
I am honored and humbled to be accepted into such prestigious programs. I am excited to pursue a graduate education on the East Coast ( I have never lived outside of Hawaii, the winter will be a new challenge in itself.)
*Please excuse the long post
Age/Gender/Citizenship: Male 26 US
Undergrad Degree from ___/GPA : Univ Texas Arlington, Magna Cum Laude
Portfolio link:
GRE Scores: Who cares?
Personal Statement: Wrote about bringing back social responsibility into architecture.
Schools Applied to: UC Berkeley, UCLA, Sci-Arc
Got In: UC Berkeley
Rejected: none yet
Waitlist:
Scholorships/Funds Awarded: Still waiting
My two cents on applying. Dont waste time on schools you know you probably wont attend even if they accepted you. I kept my list short and specific. I wanted to live in California so I only applied to California schools. Moved here with the intent to go to UC Berkeley so I focused all my energy there and now I'm fortunate enough to get in. Can't beat living in SF!
24/F/Peru (However I'm a US Permanent Resident, moved here 2 yrs ago)
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : Universidad Ricardo Palma /3.22
Portfolio link: I haven't uploaded it yet, but will soon!
GRE Scores: 161V/156Q/5.5W
TOEFL Scores: 117
Personal Statement: Mostly about my experiences and how those shaped my professional interests in architecture. Also how my cultural background sets me apart from many and gives me a unique perspective that I can put to good use when pursuing my already mentioned professional interests in architecture.
LOR: Former Professor from Peru, Exchange Studio Professor from Switzerland and Work Supervisor.
Schools Applied to: Harvard (M.ArchII) , Columbia (M.Arch 3 yrs), UPenn (MEBD) , UVA (M.Arch 2), Berkeley, Washington U in St. Louis (M.arch/MUP), U. Michigan
Got In: Harvard, Columbia, Upenn, Michigan, Washington U
Rejected: UVA, Berkeley (My fault, I made a huuugeee mistake with my portafolio there)
Waitlist:none
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like.
Harvard (Grant $$) / Upenn (Need base $$) Michigan (Merit based $$) WashU (still yet to come) & Columbia (none)
Basically I have already decided on Harvard GSD. Their program really fits my architectural interests and goals, I'm really interested in working with many of their faculty, and the financial aid they have offered me is both greater in relationship to cost of tuition in comparison to the others so it makes it a smart investment in the long run. Plus, I actually have felt more welcomed from GSD, they have helped me with many of the questions I had and one of the professors even contacted me to personally congratulate me and see if I had any questions which was very helpful when trying to get a clear picture of the school environment.
Congrats to all of you, this was an incredibly stressful process for me and i couldn't be more glad that is now over. Relief!
PS. If you want any tips on this whole process, I could only say I studied by myself for both the TOEFL and GRE using Princeton Review books (didn't want to spend a fortune in those $700 courses). And this book called "Graduate Admissions Essays" is an amazing guide for all which involved the application process!
@AstridCam
Why are you applying to M.Arch II programs (Harvard, UVA) and M.Arch I programs (Columbia, Washington U.)? This makes absolutely zero sense.
Congratulations to everyone!!! It is about time we should take all things into consideration and decide...
@international_applicant Congratulations to you as well! :) Good job! Do you have any information regarding financial aid in UCLA? As international students are we eligible for any kind of funding? I am weighing things up right now and need to know this kind of information...But apart from the offer of acceptance, I don't have any clue about financial aid...Do you have any official response?
@placebeyondthesplines No WashU is the post-professional track and double degree with MUP. And for Columbia I applied to M.Arch I because in this special case I was told when I visited that in order to obtain my license my degree from Peru wouldn't be good unless evaluated here, so I could apply for the 3 yr program (that would count as an accredited program) and waive some courses that I had already taken depending on the curricula of my university. I did the same for GSD and Penn, but in GSD they immediately moved me to the M.Arch II program, and in Penn they asked me if I wanted to be considered for the MEBD and I agreed to it.
Those who are accepted both GSD and Princeton PLEASE CHOOSE PRINCETON.
Princeton is MUCH MUCH MUCH better school than GSD and much more difficult to be admitted.
Most employers know this is the fact because they also were architect students and you will know what this means.
Princeton has much less students than GSD and there are much more opportunities of financial aid and competition and everything else. Those who are attending M.Arch schools will admit that small number of students is much better than so many students.
And also Princeton gives much more money than any other schools.
I saw a lot of people who are admitted both PRINCETON and GSD and they choose GSD.
Please do not make this kind of wrong decision!! These kind of people usually have some "wrong fantasy"of Harvard. But you need to know that GSD is not the "Harvard" people usually think when they imagine HARVARD.....It's like Kennedy school of Harvard is Harvard school but it is not the Harvard people usually think when they imagine HARVARD.....uh...it's somewhat difficult to explain....
Anyway do not get me wrong. I am not saying GSD is not to good school. I am just saying that Princeton is much better school than Harvard and this is true. (I am not o Princeton student but I was once attneding GSD but now I am attending other school for financial aid. Please sea my past postings ...: ) )
I saw a posting here that who are admitted both Princeton(95% tuition) and GSD(40%) tuition. And he or she will choose GSD because it is his first choice......
OH MY GOD.........There will be no worse choice than this........I believe there is no adviser around that guy and and he has the wrong Harvard fantasy so he is making that worst choice.....
As a senior architect student I will choose Princeton without any hesitation if I were him or her.... Trust me.....one of this kind of internet site is "Useful and Helpful information"......
Do not make a wrong decision guys...As a senior architect student I will give you a very useful and helpful tips(especiall for International Students)
1. If you are admitted both GSD and MIT ---> select MIT (no hesitation)
2. if you are admitted both GSD and Princeton --> select PRINCETON (no hesitation)
3. if you are admitted both GSD and YALE --> I do not know....but I prefer Yale. I visited both schools and have a lot of friends in both schools. The environment and facilities are better in YALE. Just Choose the school that gives you more money.
4. if you are admitted GSD and Cornell --> choose the one that gives you more money. The facilities of Cornell is much much better than GSD
5. if you are admitted GSD and UPENN --> choose the one that gives you more money and according to your design preferences.. UPENN especially puts stress on "Good Form and appearance" If you are a very good "form" designer (like Zaha or Libeskind) Upenn is really good for you. If you see there annual "pressing matters" you can find really good formal projects that cannot find in any other schools. GSD is more theoritical oriented. And I didn't like that.(We are designer not theorist. And the studio instructor in Upenn is especially fantastic...see the hompage and their works)
6 If you are admitted UPENN and Yale --> choose the one that gives you more money and according to your design preferences. Two schools bot have a lot of students. Actually I do not like this. I really like schools that has a small number of students. As I told you if you puts stress on "Good Form and appearance" choose Upenn.
7. If you are admitted UPENN and Columbia --> choose the one that gives you more money. Both schools are the two major IVY schools that puts stress on "Good Form and appearance" and both have large number of students. But if you are International student never choose Columbia. They never gives money to international students.
8. If you are admitted Yale and Columbia --> choose the one that gives you more money and according to your design preferences. both have large number of students. Columbia is more Form and Computational oriented. Actually this is good for getting jobs.But if you are International student never choose Columbia. They never gives money to international students.
9. If you are admitted Yale and Princeton --> select PRINCETON (no hesitation)
10. If you are admitted MIT and Princeton --> choose the one that gives you more money. (no hesitation)
11. If you are admitted MIT and Columbia --> choose the one that gives you more money and according to your design preferences.
9. MIT PRINCETON CORNELL --> small number of students. THis is really really good.
Upenn GSD YALE COLUMBIA --> large number of students. Not good.
10. UPENN, COLUMBIA --> ZAHA HADID, LIBESKIND, ASYMPTOTE style
PRINCETON, YALE, GSD , MIT --> STEVEN HOLL, PERKINS+WILL style
This is REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT. Please check the student workbooks of each school. And find the style of each school. Every school has different taste for design. That is why some students are admitted to Upenn but not admitted to Yale. Some students are admitted to GSD but not to YALE....etc
So if you are admitted at school with a lot of money that means your designs are in line with that school and this is REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT. If your designs are in line with the school's design orientation you really have a lot of chances to win the competition in the certain school and a lot of chances to be the TA or professor in that school in the future. That is one really important reason I stress to choose the school that gives you a lot of money.
NEVER NEVER TRUST the ranking of the schools at some architectural magazines or websites..........!!!!!!!!! That has nothing to do with anything.............
As I always say.........."Good" or "Prestigious" architecture schools never guarantee good jobs after graduation. This is a sad fact. That is one really important reason why I always stress to choose the school that gives you more money. Do not waste money for wrong and false "educational background".
As I told you do not make the worst decision like the guy who are admitted both Princeton(95% tuition) and GSD(40%tuition) and choosing GSD.......
I saw a lot of people making wring decision but this guy's decision is the worst case I've ever seen.....(no offence)
The Last thing especially for International Students....REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT
As an international student I deeply regret coming to the U.S. and spend a lot of money here. I had a "fantasy" of IVY League schools. But all the "fantasy" is wrong. All the IVY LEAGUE schools here are not worth spending so much money. They do not guarantee any good jobs. More than 90% of international students of IVY League architecture schools do not get jobs after graduation and they all return to their countries just spending SO SO SO much money in the U.S.
What I felt during studying in several IVY architecture schools is this. All the ivy architecture schools accept so many international students just for money. This is true.
Especially schools with a large number of students(COLUMBIA GSD YALE UPENN ) accept so many students just for MONEY. I really do not understand why these prestigious schools accept so many students in the graduate program. They already have so much money in school. And the facilities of most IVY league schools are worse than school in my country where the tuition of graduate school is a tenth that. I was really embarrassed.
Dear International students.............Never go to schools that do not give you any money.
You need to spend $300,000,000 for graduation and they do not guarantee any jobs.
This is crazy.
If you are not admitted with full tuition or more than 60% tuition. Just stay in your country and find the job there.......That is much much much better.......Trust me....
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 22 / M / International (Swiss)
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : B.arch, one of Top 5 undergrad program (according to Designintelligence)/ 4.0/4.0 GPA (several departmental awards)
Portfolio link: will post it later this month
GRE Scores: V166 / Q160 / W 4.0
Personal Statement:
Schools Applied to:
Got In:
- Harvard_MArch II
- Harvard_MLA I AP
- Yale March II
- Cornell March II
Rejected: none
Waitlist: none
@londonfog dude seriously!!! You are for sure waitlisted at GSD and you are trying to send people the other way to get in. Stop doing this. It is fucking obvious
righttttt . londonfog. Who has time to write all that, trying to convince others not to attend GSD? Only someone who got waitlisted by GSD and screams desperation! xDDD
@international_applicant
@accesskb
HaHaHa....you guys' reasoning is interesting but wrong.
I am now a senior student of MIT.
I am writing a lot about GSD because I know it very well as attended for one year.
I am writing this because I saw a lot of people especially international students making wrong decision and do not want them to just spend money to IVY schools.
All the students now attending IVY architecture will 100% agree with my opinion because they all know this field.
Only you guys-Especially international students - who didn't attend school in the U.S. and who don't know at all about architecture schools in the U.S. doubt like that and finally make the wrong decisions. And I know that there is no on around you guys to give advice like me. Because if you had, you can never think I am waitlisted student.lol.
Do you think a student who didn't attend architecture schools in the U.S. can write what I wrote?
Dear International students
Please take my opinions seriously and read all my writings. Those are really precious and helpful information that you cannot get anywhere.
If you have any questions please let me know.
I can answer you anything about IVY architecture schools.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.
hey, I am an International Student, got acceptance from Pratt Insitute for the MS in Architecture (Post-Professional) degree.
Can anyone tell me about the overall review for Pratt institute for Graduate studies?
Also, having NAAB accredited degree (M.arch) over Ms degree is how beneficial in terms of job perspective?
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 28/m/us
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : 3.2, architecture
Portfolio link: Still use it for things so not here.
GRE Scores: 160/162/4.5
Schools Applied to: PRINCETON, MIT, HARVARD
Got In: PRINCETON(90% tuition), MIT(50% tuition), HARVARD(50% tuition)
Rejected: not yet
Waitlist: no
No Word Yet: no
PRINCETON was my dream school!!!!! The most SELECTIVE SCHOOL in the world!!!
A lot of money!!!
Small amount of students!!!
Everything is perfect!!!
I am really exciting to be admitted to that school!!
My first choice was PRINCETON, second was MIT, third GSD.
I heard from a lot of my friends that if you graduated from PRINCETON or MIT good jobs are guaranteed because they are the most selective schools!!!
Thanks GOD!!!
Hello, would love to hear your tips?!
Updated:
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 22/m/US
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : University of Southern California, 3.5
Portfolio link: bradsilling.us
Schools Applied to: M.Arch I - Harvard (AP), Yale, Columbia, Princeton, UCLA
Got In: Harvard (AP) (90% tuition), Yale (Still waiting on $), Columbia (100% tuition), UCLA (100% tuition)
Rejected: Princeton
Going to: HARVARD! Couldn't be more excited. I think it's the most well-rounded program and provides a path towards practicing architecture with a deep commitment to exploring architecture's role in creating social good. Living in Boston was a big factor too.
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 22/f/usa
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : B.S in Arch 3.5
Got In: UCLA, USC($), Pratt ($$), Parsons($$$), Cincinatti($$), SAIC ($$), RISD ($$$)
Rejected: None
Waitlist: UPenn
In the midst of making a decision... Having a hard time deciding whether to go where they give me the best scholarships offers or the school's name and reputation... any thoughts?
Age: 20 | Sex: F | Citizenship: Nigerian
Undergraduate degree: NYU / Urban Design Studies
GPA: 3.66
GRE scores (V/Q/W): 162 / 158 / 4.5
PORTFOLIO: 7 projects: 5 from school projects, 1 at GSAPP intro course, 1 from internship. Ask to see if interested!
Letters of Recommendation: 7 writers: 3 professors, 1 GSAPP professor, 3 employers
SCHOOLS (Applied + Results + Funds awarded): Columbia, Harvard, Yale, U.Mich, U.Penn
IN:
Columbia - NADA XD
Yale - 20k
U.Mich - ZIP
U.Penn - 14k
OUT:
Harvard
WAIT LISTED: N/A
NO RESPONSE: N/A
Preferences: Yale
Posted this in the wrong thread by accident...
Age: | Sex: | Citizenship: 21, F, US Citizen
Undergraduate degree: B.A. in Architecture with Honors, Liberal Arts College
GPA: 3.70
GRE scores (V/Q/W): 165 V / 158 Q / 5.0 W
PORTFOLIO: Ask me for it if you'd like to see!
Letters of Recommendation: Up to 5, 3 faculty, 1 internship employer, 1 GSD Career Discovery instructor
SCHOOLS (Applied + Results + Funds awarded): Applied for M-Arch I
IN:
UMich (+20k)
Cornell AAP (+14k)
Washington University in St. Louis (+37k)
Columbia GSAPP (no aid)
Yale School of Architecture (22k)
OUT:
GSD
Princeton
WAIT LISTED:
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Age/Gender/Citizenship: 27 / M / International
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : B.arch/ 3.5/4.0 GPA
Portfolio link: will post it later this month
GRE Scores: V162 / Q160 / W 4.5
Personal Statement:
Schools Applied to:
Got In:
- Harvard_MArch I (20k)
- MIT _MArch I (35k)
- Yale_MArch I (22k)
Decision
I am going to MIT of course. I talked to several friends who are attending MIT, GSD, YALE. And they all recommended MIT. Not only for the money but also MIT is more selective school. And I visited all the schools and MIT was definitely the best. Those who are admitted both schools like me please visit and make the decision. That will help a lot. MIT is really cool. I couldn't believe my eyes.
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 23 / M / Canadian
Undergrad Degree: B.ENDS/ 4.0 GPA
GRE Scores: V160 / Q158 / W 4.5
Schools Applied to:
Got In:
- Harvard MLA 3 (60k)
- UVA MARCH 2/MLA 3 (45k)
- Berkeley MARCH 3/MLA 2 (10k)
- U of Toronto MARCH 3 (first year covered)
- UBC MARCH 2/MLA 2 (first year and a half covered)
Out:
Harvard MARCH
Decision
Paying in Canadian dollars makes everything difficult. The dream is Berkeley dual degree... but that is way to expensive (exchange rate is a bitch). Probably going to go with UBC Dual Degree. Shortest, cheapest (no debt) and good school. Opinions?
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 24 / F / Indian
Undergrad Degree: B.Arch.
GRE Scores: V157 / Q161 / W 4.5
Schools Applied to:
Got In:
- Columbia MSAAD
- Architectural Association
- UCLA M.Arch. II Suprastudio
Out:
Harvard M.Arch.II
Decision
UCLA Suprastudio
hey, I am an International Student, got acceptance from Pratt Insitute for the MS in Architecture (Post-Professional) degree.
Can anyone tell me about the overall review for Pratt institute for Graduate studies?
Also, having NAAB accredited degree (M.arch) over Ms degree is how beneficial in terms of job perspective?
M.Arch 1 Applicant
Age/Gender/Citizenship: 25/F/US
Undergrad Degree from __/GPA : Cal Poly Pomona, 3.43
Portfolio link: www.camilleelston.com
GRE Scores: 160V/143Q/3.5W
Personal Statement: About why I wanted to attend the school, what I learned from my undergrad as a graphic design student, classes I wanted to take, professors i wanted to meet, why I liked the school, future plans
Schools Applied to: Cal Poly Pomona, USC
Got In: Both
Scholorships/Funds Awarded, the like. Cal Poly no money, but highly selective (18 seats out of 150 applicants)
USC merit scholarship, $30,865 annually
Chose USC :)