Architecture Major [USC,RISD,RPI,Cooper,Syracuse,Pratt,NEU]

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>Schools I'm applying to
Rejected for Cornell AAP [ED]
1. RISD
1. USC
(Tied for first choice)
3. Cooper Union
4. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
5. Syracuse University
6. Northeastern University
7. Pratt University</p>

<p>● Chinese American Male – Born and raised in New York City
● Low income family – Parents are divorced, single parent family with reliance on mom.
● First generation
● Technically Bilingual. English as a second language, though it’s the main language I speak now.
● Major: Architecture
● Mild Sensorineural Hearing Loss - I used to receive hearing education services until sophomore year.</p>

<p>GPA: ~90/100
UW: ~3.5/4.0
School does not weight.
My freshman grades are the ones that are really dragging me down (75 and 80 in Spanish compared to a 90 and 97 sophomore year for example) and my grades are steadily improving</p>

<p>84.33,86.77 Freshman
90.33,90.25 Sophomore
92.10,92.30 Junior</p>

<p>*Classes: *
Current: AP Calculus AB, Architecture, Environmental Studies, Shakespearean Literature, Economics</p>

<p>Next term: AP Calculus AB, Advanced Architecture, Geology , Advanced Acting, U.S. Government
*APs: *
● AP World History: 5
● AP Calculus AB: To be taken in may.</p>

<p>Class Size/School: ~800. Very competitive and prestigious high school - Stuyvesant High School</p>

<p>Rank: School does not rank.</p>

<p>SAT: CR: 690 M: 760 W: 730 – Total 2180
SAT II: Math IIC - 780</p>

<p>**EC's:<a href="Only%20EC’s%20listed%20on%20my%20common%20app%20are%20listed">/b</a>
● Worked for ~100 hours for the United Chinese Association of Brooklyn as a volunteer/communications intern – Had to help organize community events, voter registration, etc. (Sophomore)
● Wall Street Dragons Dragonboat Racing team – our boats placed 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th in the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York Corporate Youth Invitationals. - ~40 hours a week during the summer. (Junior/Senior)
● A.C.E. Mentoring Program (Architecture, Construction, and Engineering): Led final presentation for my team and also closed it off. Students work with professionals in the field on activities encompassing various aspects of architecture and construction. (Junior/Senior)
● President and Founder of The Architecture Club (Junior/Senior)
● President and Founder of The Affinity Graphic Design Club (freshman)</p>

<p>Jobs & Hobbies:
● Freelance web and digital design – I do all sorts of design for commission. I spend a lot of time on my work, and I've received numerous commissions(2003-present)
● Clerical work for Blue Ocean Food Trading LLC. (2009)
● I do a lot of digital art on my free time, but I’ve been experimenting with traditional mediums as well – Mask Making, Acrylic painting, Sumi e painting, Chinese Ink and Wash and Shan Shui painting, etc.</p>

<p>Travel: extremely well traveled:
China, 20 different states (Entire east coast from MA. down to FL., KY., TN., NV., AZ., CA., HI.), England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Bermuda, Mexico, Bahamas, Canada</p>

<p>Recs/Essays/Portfolio: -
Recs: Great relationship with both teachers, Got one from my Architecture teacher (known for 3 years) and one from my current english teacher (known for 1 year)
Essays: Great reviews on them all around, teachers I don't have (but got to proofread my essays) said my common app was one of the best they've seen
Portfolio: Pretty strong imo, and unusual in the large amount of digital art as opposed to the other portfolios I’ve seen.</p>

<p>See note at the end of this post</p>

<p>Fit for architecture: A.C.E mentoring program – returning participant for architecture, President of Architecture Club, extremely high grades for architecture, drafting and CAD courses, School’s architecture teacher knows me extremely well and wrote my rec.</p>

<p>PM me for portfolio if you want to see it, contains my name on some of the pieces so i would rather not have it out in the open for everyone to see</p>

2

<p>ba-bump.</p>

<p>10char</p>

3

<p>ba-ba-bump.</p>

4

<p>Your portfolio was good (it was unique), but I still think RISD, Cooper Union, and Syracuse will be your toughest schools to get into.
USC - don’t know much about it
RPI, Northeastern University, Pratt you should get into, IMO.</p>

5

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>Yeah i’m gonna work on more traditional art pieces (only a few were up on my deviantart that i sent you, in the scrapbook section)</p>

6

<p>bump&grind</p>

7

<p>Hey arctic,
havent seen your portfolio, but remember, Syracuse requires that 8 pieces be free hand drawings of life observations. I don’t know if that means no computer assistance, but i have a feeling it does.</p>

8

<p>RISD - ?
USC - reach
Cooper Union - ?
RPI - match
Syracuse - match
NE - match
Pratt - match</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/827736-i-need-more-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/827736-i-need-more-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

9

<p>akmeecheen, thanks, i didn’t know that. and i just linked them to my deviantart :stuck_out_tongue:
I’ll probably use RISD’s home test towards those 8 pieces if i get it done in time, otherwise i’ll have to get drawing soon.</p>

<p>[edit] <a href=“http://www.syr.edu/futurestudents/undergraduate/applytosu/requirements/req_architecture.html[/url]”>http://www.syr.edu/futurestudents/undergraduate/applytosu/requirements/req_architecture.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I don’t see that requirement, where’d you find it?
Though they do suggest still life drawings</p>

10

<p>oh what the… i can’t find it anywhere… it does say it on the VPA website, but that only applies for those applying to the School of VPA… I guess I got mixed up -_-;… I SWEAR I saw it before on the SOA portfolio requirements page… so confused now hahaha. Oh well. Good for you, eh?</p>

<p>Sorry for the confusion :P</p>

11

<p>Haha no prob, and yeah, makes it easier for me :P</p>

12

<p>bumpbumpbump</p>

13

<p>bump…</p>

14

<p>Update: Dropped Cooper (No time for home test, didn’t really want to go anyway), and Accepted into USC!!!</p>

<p>So now I’m basically waiting to see if I get accepted into RISD and if I do, I’ll have to compare FA packages.</p>

15

<p>Hey, nice to meet you. I am currently a high school student from China. I am also applying to Arch… So I think that we could get into touch via E-mail or Msn.</p>

<p>My E-mail: <a href="mailto:diz333@live.cn">diz333@live.cn</a></p>

<p>BTW, I am interested in your portfolio ^ ^</p>

<p>good luck to all your applications!</p>

16

<p>Hello.
I am a current Junior in high school and very interested in studying architecture in college. I was wondering if you could send me your portfolio just so I can see what you have and what I should be looking for in my own work. Thank you</p>

17

<p>Hello!
I’m a high school senior and I’m really into architecture too. I’m also interested in looking at your portfolio, if you don’t mind. :smiley: Thank you!</p>

18

<p>Hello :slight_smile:
I’m an international student from Indonesia, and it sounds like you’re applying to a lot of the same schools as I am! I’m just wondering, can I see your portfolio? I just submitted mine and I want to see how mine compares to someone already in USC (which is one of my top choices)!</p>

<p>Thanks so much in advance. my email is: <a href="mailto:p_chocolatelover@hotmail.com">p_chocolatelover@hotmail.com</a> if you need it :)</p>

19

<p>lol dayum you go to stuyvesant</p>