<p>thanks. stanford isn't on my list for now...</p>
<p>? why? i remember on page something you were really going for stanford. i guess at that time you weren't looking for a liberal-artsy school right?</p>
<p>you know i went online and saw nothing from the chinese sites.....i should've known that, the system there is way different.</p>
<p>i guess i was just looking at the name and at the chances i had getting into a place with such a big name.</p>
<p>right now top choice is WashU, second RWU. But i'm really thinking WashU now. and I may apply EDI or EDII. i was admitted for 05 so i've emailed to see if there's a way to reapply. but aid is a huge factor. washU now costs about $48,000.</p>
<p>anyway, hear what WashU says:
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Portfolios are strongly encouraged for the College of Architecture and should follow the guidelines for the College of Art. If you wish, you may supplement your application by submitting original drawings of one or more of the following: </p>
<p>a crumpled piece of paper,
a furnished and lit corner of a room,
one of your shoes,
an idea of your choice. </p>
<p>Original drawings should be done by hand in pencil on 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper, and should emphasize line and tone. Write your name and Social Security Number on each sheet of paper.</p>
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<p>i think it's all about the feel and the match. washU has everything i want and i think it's just the perfect match - great flexibility, mid-sized population, beautiful campus, great city, wonderful faculty, and at least it's in the big ten.</p>
<p>i'm just in love with it...actually i'd have gone this fall to washU but i didn't apply for aid [a stupid decision], and the scholarships i had applied for didn't come through...but then, really, i didn't know what i wanted in a school. but i do know that now...and i guess i'm better prepared now than i was then - in all spheres</p>
<p>washU students are very happy there and hopefully, i will be, too.</p>
<p>stanford is not a match. and not even Cornell - it just doesn't click. but of course, one has to be realistic and keep as many options as possible open, just in case...rwu, rice, etc</p>
<p>i'll work on those drawings over the next fortnight. you won't believe what i sent last year - abysmal. i made a few drawings a week b4 deadline...and i couldn't even send a pf cos they req. slides not printed stuff..</p>
<p>oops, gotta go</p>
<p>!WashU! are you sure? Why washU? i remember talking about getting into Cornell, and then talking about liberal-artsy schools...but not that much about WashU. It's going to take a relatively long time for the portfolio tho!
is there a reason why you want WashU? and 48000 is even higher than MIT and Cornell!</p>
<p>sorry, your post showed up right after i posted and the page refreshed~</p>
<p>you sure change your mind a lot! i thought we were really similar in many aspects, but i am happy for you that you know what you want now~ and i hope you have a wonderful fortnight! hahhahaha, i can see your determination cause the requirements, ooh are they ugly. bye~</p>
<p>yeah, in fact, my mind may change next month, lol...</p>
<p>but, i'm still keeping my chances (and my mind) open. washU may prove too expensive i don't get at least half the cost in aid/schol. i had a friend who would have gone to washU this fall but all he got was 30%. washU is pretty expensive, and aid is quite ltd for intls...</p>
<p>but sat scores etc may just change everything...if the myth is true for intls...there's was a guy back home [class of 08] who got 1590 SAT1 and 2350 SAT2 and was offered full rides by 8 schools - MIT, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Harvard, etc, but he settled for Pton, [pton even sponsored his flight!]</p>
<p>so nothing is fixed...the fact that some washU students are happy there does not necessarily mean i will be happy there, and vice versa for other schools...</p>
<p>next month, admission officers from Harvard, penn, st lawrence, conn coll, columbia, and many other schools are coming over here... and there's also gonna be a college fair late October....</p>
<p>'in God we trust'!!</p>
<p>since you are trying to keep an open mind, i guess applying to every school that was on your list would be safest? i guess the huge app fee would not seem so big a deal once you've got into your dream school. wow, how could that guy get into all those schools? or did he just apply for fun because i don't think they all have a good major in common. and college fair is going to be quite exciting with all those schools coming around! a mcgill alumni came to our school once and at that time all i asked her was whether the arch.program was more tech-oriented or design-oriented. and she gave me the blahblah answer of "i would say it's both"! anyway, have fun at yours!!</p>
<p>i know, why don't we talk about our educational and vocational plans so then we can choose schools more easily? let's do this through pm, the thread is becoming way to personal!! ahahha, it must be hard on a new poster. messaging you!</p>
<p>okay, so heres the mail.</p>
<p>i got the interview letter today! weee, i am so thankful, because i get to do the written one!!!!!! i so thought there was gong to be an alumnni in vancouver or something, but i guess not. big relief.</p>
<p>Hi!
Does anybody know where I can find pass rates for the Architectural Register Examination for specific schools?
thx johanna</p>
<p>try <a href="http://www.ncarb.org/are/%5B/url%5D">www.ncarb.org/are/</a> ;it's not working now</p>
<p>some valuable info: </p>
<p>"... licensing examination pass rates should never be looked at in a vacuum. The requirements for being eligible to take the examination can predetermine or significantly impact an examination pass rate. All states administer the national written examination, the Architect Registration Examination (A.R.E.). Some states' pass rates are significantly higher than others, even though the examinations are the same and they are graded the same by NCARB. This is partly because, while all jurisdictions require candidates to have completed a minimum of eight years of education and/or work experience and pass the A.R.E. as conditions for licensure, some states set markedly different requirements for eligibility for the examination. Some jurisdictions require that a candidate have a minimum of eight years of education and experience to be eligible to take the written examination, while other jurisdictions require all candidates to have an accredited professional architectural degree. Most jurisdictions, unlike Colorado, require all candidates to have completed the nationally administered Intern Development Program (IDP), a detailed, structured internship, to meet their experience requirements."</p>
<p>quite true, the californian one i viewed had UC Berkely and SLO slaughtered by this no-name institute!</p>
<p>Which no name institute?</p>
<p>yikes, it's not really a no-name institute, it's just that it's arch. program didn't even seem to exist: CCA.</p>
<p>CCA has consistently scored very high on the ARE. I find it interesting as it is primarily an art school while the ARE is focused on the technical aspects of projects. A piece of advice that I received when I was taking the exam was if you like your design and think it is exciting STOP! The designs that pass fit into the predictable, easily evaluated solutions for the situation. I think that CCA's scores shows that they have a balanced curriculum and that their students appreciate the importance of the technical issues involved in architecture. I always tell my students that the materials are their palette. If they don't understand them they can't control them.</p>
<p>yes the component 100% of CCA students passed sounded very physic-y: lateral forces</p>
<p>but they do have relatively few students participating</p>
<p>Is anyone here majoring in city planning or community development? If so, could you give me your opinion on the best schools with such a program at the undergraduate level. I am applying to University of Washington (my top choice), Portland State University, McGill University (Montreal) and UBC-Vancouver. Any advice, please?</p>
<p>i don't really know about urban planning, but are you positive that UBC has a relevant program at the undergraduate level? Neither of the canadian universities you mentioned have well-known programs in your proposed area of study. The programs seem non-existent.
I know cornell has one, and it's an ivy... so it might be a nice prestigous program.</p>