<p>does anyone know how much of a role the portfolio plays in the admissions process. For example if my acedmic stats are a little below the standards but my portfolio was really good does that compensate for it??</p>
<p>When you talk about your "portfolio", I assume you are talking about your essays, extra-curriculars (ec's), recommendations, legacy status, state of residence, ethnicity, etc. If so, then YES, a great "portfolio", can definitely compensate for stats below standards. Check out the thread "Official USC Class of 2011 Decisions". Those students were accepted early (in February) because they received scholarships (full and half tuition) and although they weren't all in the top tier with their stats, they had something else in their application that put them over the top.</p>
<p>Ahhh- wait a minute- the title of your post is "Architecture" so maybe you are applying as an Architecture major and you are talking about an Architecture portfolio... oh well- I don't know abou that!</p>
<p>LOLOL that was really funny cc411. HAHA. you typed out all that and at the end, it was "OH. hm. nevermind!"</p>
<p>(yeah, after all that- I didn't want to just delete it!)</p>
<p>I'm an alum of the program, from the first class who was required to submit a portfolio. There were definitely people there whose grades were not up to par, people who had to take remedial writing because they didn't get high enough SAT scores, etc. But those people could draw like nobody's business, they were just flat-out awesome. If you have a portfolio that makes the architecture faculty say "We want her", there's no way a slightly below average SAT score will change that. Otherwise, there'd be nobody at the bottom end of the average...</p>
<p>That said though, there are enough applicants with both excellent portfolios and measurables that they don't really have to accept people with lower scores. It's a total package thing- the lower your stats are, the better the portfolio and essay need to be to make up for it.</p>
<p>Frank Gehryyyyyyyyyy!!!</p>
<p>sorry, that's all i know about USC architecture.</p>