<p>Grades 9-12
Honors Courses:
Honors English (3 years)
Honors Algebra I and II
Honors Geometry
Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors Biology
Honors Chemistry
Honors Physics</p>
<p>AP Courses:
AP World History
AP United States History
AP Physics C (Mechanics)
AP English
AP Calculus AB
AP Government</p>
<p>Other Relevant Courses:
CAD I and II
Graphic Design I, II, and Productions
Interior Design
Introduction to Technology
Introduction to Engineering (rocket building, engine research, etc.)</p>
<p>Weighted GPA: 4.28
Unweighted GPA: 3.75
Rank: 16/455(ish)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Basketball
Softball
Volleyball (2 years)
Tennis (1 year)
Junior Class Advisory Board
Pep Club (treasurer)
National Honor Society (2 years)
Summer Research Group (selected out of AP Physics; solar lighting for students in Africa)
2-week summer studio at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, focusing on Life Drawing and Photography</p>
<p>ACT:
34 English
30 Math
28 Reading
26 Science
30 COMPOSITE
10 Writing</p>
<p>SAT:
Did not take</p>
<p>I'm just nervous... I'm really interested in Architecture (since I was little... Dream job I guess) because of the employment. So I decided to only go into the degree if I am accepted into a successful school with a well-known architecture program. I'm worried; I'm hardworking and involved, however I don't have "the best" test scores nor a "perfect" GPA. CHANCE ME for Cal Poly SLO and Cooper Union please!</p>
<p>ALSO: I am interested in learning of other schools that I would have a shot at acceptance with a great architecture program. Thank you!</p>
<p>Great grades and scores and extra curricular activities but for cooper union and many other top architecture schools it comes down to your artistic ability/creativity. Cooper union requires the home test, which you will want to be very good at drawing if you hope to get a spot there. Other programs which are heavily artist based are Cornell, Rhode Island School of Design(RISD), Syracuse University, and Pratt. The architecture programs in the schools I listed want to see your art portfolio to determine ur artistic technique/commitment/creativity. Cooper Union takes around 30 architects a year, Cornell takes around 80. Cooper union doesn’t require a portfolio to be submitted(idk why, I think it should) and RISD requires some extra drawings to be submitted in the application. RISDs application is to the school though, not specific to architecture, so you will have to be very artistic and submit a portfolio competing with other kids entering the school maybe just for art(alot of artsy kids). Yes you should be smart and get high grades and scores for architecture programs, but its nowhere close to if you were just applying for like engineering. You can score a 1300 on the SAT and if you home test is the best then ur getting in. I was going to apply for Carnegie Mellon for architecture before realizing that they actually don’t require a portfolio(not 100% sure actually), but that they weight acceptance heavily on your grades and scores. So, some schools want you to be artistic and extremely good at drawing for their architecture programs(Cooper union, Cornell, Syracuse, RISD,Pratt) while others like Carnegie Mellon(and I think Yale) prioritize grades and scores over everything. </p>
<p>Also, for your art portfolios that ur submitting to all of these architecture schools, DO NOT include actual architectural drawings(ESPECIALLY CAD). They don’t want to actually see you designing any buildings, or building designs cause they will have to fix the mistakes and errors that high school may have already taught you. The portfolio can be pretty much anything, photography, paintings, drawings. </p>
<p>Lastly, Cornell will want an interview with all applicants to talk to you about your ARTWORK during the architecture interview lol. </p>
<p>Hope this helped - Grant </p>
<p>Thanks for your help! Did you/are you majoring architecture?</p>
<p>Right now im just like you lol, iv been researching these schools for a while now </p>
<p>Match - everyone is a match if they do the home-test well. </p>