<p>the list...i would go for the ones in top ten DI and cooper & mcgill... if you are really good with portfolio work then i think cooper... could be a safety? if not, the rest i think could all be safeties for you, because i know you've got into cornell CALS right?</p>
<p>you can ask SRMom regarding reputation; judging by info avaialable on websites (curriculum, average SAT etc.) i think DI is quite accurate</p>
<p>no, i never got into cals, i only said i would've got in had i switched my app form AAP to CALS, cos cornell sent me an email that CALS would fit me better than AAP, but i refused, so... I got into washU, USC, iit, etc</p>
<p>cooper doesn't grant admission to non-US residents...</p>
<p>oh...well, that's sort of like being admitted</p>
<p>as for cooper, if you can get visa you can still apply right?</p>
<p>oh well, considering the email came barely two weeks to april 1, when i received the unexpected rejection, sad.</p>
<p>kansas state would be good enough as a safety... so</p>
<p>cornell,
washu
rice
syracuse
ksu</p>
<p>will send scores to stanf, etc but will decide later whether or not to appply</p>
<p>that would be a good list. Why not texas?</p>
<p>'Please note: All applicants to The Cooper Union must live in the United States or its possessions or territories and must apply from a domestic address. Students on visa (those who are noncitizens or who are not permanent residents) must complete the section about the type of visa held on the formal application of The Cooper Union and are not eligible for financial aid. Applicants whose native language is not English and who have not graduated from a secondary school in this country are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to provide evidence of competence in English. A minimum TOEFL score of 600 is required (paper format) or a 250 (computer format).'</p>
<p>tho i have a visa, i'll prolly have to fly to usa, apply from a domestic address, and i won't get no aid. that's impracticable for me...</p>
<p>looking at ut, ksu is quite large...</p>
<p>i think even if you don't get aid, you get full tuition, meaning you would have to deal with 18000 a year for other stuff without their help. Texas has an eng.arch. degree. You sure you don't want it?</p>
<p>whoa, UT has 36,000+ ugrads. I'd rather Kansas or Cincinatti</p>
<p>woot! i'm just realising that everyone at cooper has free tuition. cool. but i have to live in us to apply. or can anything be done about that?</p>
<p>should i reapply to USC?</p>
<p>i think cooper sends hometests only to domestic addresses, so i guess there's no way around that...you might go for USC as a safety? do you know how much aid you'll get?</p>
<p>well last year i got half tuition at USC - 15,000 bucks, but total expenses per annum is 46,000 bucks. i may get full this time around, but my parent'll will kill me, cos if i wanted to go to USC, why didn't i go this fall?</p>
<p>that's why i really wanna know how good and reputable usc is compared to carnegie mello, ut, etc. how's carnegie mellon's? besides i think USC is too focussed on californian arch. they sent books on cal historic buildings, etc. and they'll be focussing on that mainly. i want a very exposing program...</p>
<p>well, hopefully the money will convince them....you should reapply.
i heard of something like that and the parents got really angry becaues the guy missed the application deadline the second time!</p>
<p>i think CMU is really good! it even has a sustainable design Masters program, but it can't compare to the four i've chosen and it needs TOEFL...</p>
<p>uh-oh, cmu has no aid for intls. so no cmu.
ok, reapply to usc...</p>
<p>wait, are you sure no texas?</p>
<p>which do you think is better between UT and UCincinatti? Texas is so large, twice as large as Cincinnati. But do you know how many are in the arch department at Texas?</p>
<p>Texas is large too. cin has a nice co-op program, and texas has a eng. program. i think both are equally wonderful</p>
<p>oops, whatever i said about 'texas is large too', please ignore me completly...</p>
<p>jrock, cmu does have merit based scholarships for 'at least half tuition', which is better than a lot others!</p>
<p>jrock, if youre still wondering about miami, i visited a few months ago and i loved it... im not sure how its architecture compares to yale and cornell and the like, but its certainly an excellent safety school. its pretty much my first choice besides harvard (which im almost certain wouldnt give me enough money even if i got in)</p>
<p>anyways i like miami because... (1) theres tons of international students (2) really small classes (3) the studios are right next to the dorms and you get 24hr access (4) its the only really good university in the miami area so theres less competition for the good internships than in the northeast (5) you get lots of hands on practice in the community because miami in general is in the process of rebuilding/redesigning itself right now, and last year for example, the 1st and 2nd year students helped design and rebuild communities that got hit by the 3 massive hurricanes.</p>
<p>the only thing is, they dont require a portfolio.. so thats good for me at least bc my portfolio is not as stong as my grades/scores, but im thinking that means theres a lot of drawing and drafting in the first year instead of going right into computer generated stuff</p>
<p>one more thing, because i thought it was just about the awesomest thing ever... the first project you do when you get to miami is draw a decorated map of your hometown, so over the summer you gather pictures and information of important buildings and places and then you do a big map with everything from the culture of your hometown in it. they are amazing to look at especially to see all the different places in the world everyone is from...</p>
<p>anyway hope that helps any,
good luck</p>
<p>(ps. my dad went to school in kansas, he said everyone is really nice but its not the most exciting place to be. and 90% of the population (like of the towns too) is really obsessed with football (and not the good football, but the one played with hands lol), its like life or death. i heard theres only a 9% graduation rate. hope thats not true!! sorry if i bash kansas too much, its probably not all as bad as that)</p>