The personal statement / application essay
As part of your application you will be required to make a written statement pertaining to your interests, achievements and goals. There is a substantial weighting on the personal statement, though it is not as important (for lots of schools) as the portfolio. Check out portfolio tips here. General The personal statement, or ‘essay’ as …
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The architecture school application portfolio
Image by RNDRD, Morphosis. GA Houses. 9 1981, 158 Perhaps you're wondering, do I need a portfolio for architecture school? How long should an architecture portfolio be? How do I make a portfolio with no experience? We have some answers for you. Making a portfolio is a different experience for everyone, but there are some …
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Before you begin your architecture school portfolio
Probably one of the most significant things applicants freak out about is the application portfolio. You’ve been asked to, in a way, do the undoable. They don’t teach architecture in school; your physics teachers seem to think you should be focusing on learning about structural engineering and your art teachers are perhaps a bit …
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How to communicate your work effectively
Intellectual pontification is bad. This is one of the biggest traps you may fall into. This post may help you work around this classic pitfall. Intellectual pontification is bad because of one, singular reason. My old tutor used to endlessly repeat this reason. I’d credit him, but I’m not sure who said it …
What goes into an architecture school application?
This post deals with the basic components. For the individual components to be explained in more detail, such as the portfolio, interview, or personal statement/essay keep an eye on application resources. Part 1: Ultimately, your application depends entirely on which school / application system you're using. Part 2: However, each school follows a similar …
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Architecture school selection
Architecture is vocational, and this has made each of its schools vary in certain respects. Aside from geographical and financial differences, schools differ in course structure, course focus, collaboration vs non-collaboration, written heavy, design heavy...etc. Many applicants panic when choosing a school because they worry that traits from each school may force their own …
Architecture school rankings
Image by AA School of Architecture You may be in the early stages of your architecture school application and happen to find yourself looking through all sorts of architecture school rankings. There's nothing wrong with school rankings, as long as they're valid. Many of them should be taken with a pinch of salt. Here are …
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