<p>As an architecture applicant, i am required to submit a portfolio that display my "creative potential". For any previous applicants out there, what do admission officers specifically look for when going through portfolios?</p>
<p>honestly? your creative potential.</p>
<p>if they were looking for anything else, tey wouldnt say YOUR creative potential. basically make something unique and true to you</p>
<p>that is exactly why i said “specifically”,
and by my question i do not mean what the overall purpose of the portfolio is,
but rather what the admission committee likes to see in portfolios e.g. renderings, sketches, models, etc.</p>
<p>from my understanding, they want you to present the best aspect of you. Do what you are strongest at… but ensure that it is well rounded with a mix to showcase your talents.</p>
<p>The adcoms really want to see what sets you aside from others, so if you can do killer renderings, then show them</p>
<p>Very few of the architecture students I’ve talked to put any sort of architectural drawings or renderings in their portfolios. If you didn’t take any sort of architecture class before college, then don’t put anything related to architecture in your portfolio. A lot of people put photographs, paintings — the sort of things you would get out of an AP Studio Art Portfolio class.</p>