USING DIFFERENTIATION TO BUILD COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN YOUR ARCHITECTURE...
by Architecture School Review Staff One of the most common misconceptions out there is that an applicant has to be “what these architecture schools expect her to be“. It is as if there is a secret...
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By Marko Boudreaux, ASR Portfolio Strategist A Conversation With a Former Architecture School Applicant I recently had a very interesting and pleasant conversation with Ariel, a former architecture...
View ArticleIT’S TIME TO ADMIT THAT YOUR ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL PORTFOLIO IS NOT PERFECT!
by Fernando Rey, ASR Staff In the forty years of my life, and the 20 years I have been involved with architecture, design education and the building industry I have come to very few definite...
View ArticleHOW STRATEGIC SHOULD YOU BE ABOUT YOUR ARCHITECTURAL CAREER GOALS?
by ASR Staff As you are accumulating your application materials for architecture school admissions, you are very likely to find yourself confused about how to describe your architectural career goals....
View ArticleHOW TO GUIDE YOUR RECOMMENDERS WHEN APPLYING TO ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL
by ASR Staff As the deadlines are approaching, you need to start thinking about reaching out to your recommenders, to make sure that they are slowly getting used to the idea that they have to write a...
View ArticleHOW TO SPEND THE LAST 6 MONTHS BEFORE YOUR ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL APPLICATIONS...
Allocating time to build a portfolio is tricky to begin with, and much more so when you consider what else you have on your plate. An average architecture school applicant will need to build a...
View ArticleTHE CORRECT WAY TO PUT TOGETHER AN ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL APPLICATION PORTFOLIO
by Aaron Larkin Based on our latest survey of admissions reviewers, the portfolio carries over 65% of the value of an M.Arch or an MSArch application. In undergraduate programs, portfolios carry over...
View ArticleHOW TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE COMPONENTS OF AN ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL...
by ASR Staff In the process of assemblying your B.Arch. or M.Arch. applications, try thinking of each component as a chance to tell your story to the Architecture School admissions committee. This...
View ArticlePREPARING A WINNING PORTFOLIO FOR ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS
by EVANGELOS P. LIMPANTOUDIS, M.Arch. MIT, class of 2006 So you are sitting home, looking over the Harvard GSD admissions brochure, starring and the samples of work they included supposedly from...
View ArticleHOW TO CREATE AN ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO
The purpose of Architectural Portfolios The primary purpose of your architectural portfolio is to demonstrate how you have grown as a designer within a certain period of time. An architectural...
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