<p>Olivia, both acceptances and rejections are sent out in a wave. Just because you haven’t heard in the first two waves doesn’t mean you will be rejected.</p>
<p>XCcoasterfreak: do you know if Arch applicants are all accepted in one wave? It seemed like last year all the students that were accepted to Arch were in the first wave.</p>
<p>Question, do you guys think that cuse is worth attending if i do not get into newhouse?</p>
<p>If the only reason you want to come to syracuse is to go to Newhouse then no, I think the school as a whole is amazing but you should want to come for more than just Newhouse</p>
<p>Yeah I mean Ive definitely become really interested in the entire school. But I think at this point it might not be smart to spend upwards of 50 grand</p>
<p>Olivia you should go where they can offer you admittance for your major.</p>
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<p>Do you know if arch applicants need to have higher stats than regular admissions. And will a superb portfolio make up for average grades?</p>
<p>how are arch applicants different from regular applicants?</p>
<p>We have to submit a portfolio, which must receive a 1,2 and sometimes 3 out of 5 in order to be forwarded to the regular admissions committee. So basically, admissions is based on more than grades, standardize test scores ec’s etc.</p>
<p>Archswimcreate: I didn’t know that was the process they reviewed portfolios, did you visit and they explain that to you? Did they show examples of what each scoring portfolio received? </p>
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<p>Yeah, when I visited they showed me examples of Portfolios and basically said Portfolio A would receive a 1, Portfolio B would receive a 3, so on and so on. It really helped me see the quality and kind of art work they were looking for. Also, they lady explained that in order to be accepted to the program, a portfolio had to be submitted online, in person portfolio review or via mail.</p>
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<p>Since I don’t work with the office of admissions, I don’t know the methodology behind the notification waves, so I can’t guarantee/answer that. However, are you basing this solely off of what was posted on CC last year? I have been under the impression that it’s random for each wave. Granted, I was notified the first round of ED last year, but again, I can’t promise you anything. I’m keeping my eyes peeled so I know for next year, but just don’t think about it, you’ll know soon enough.</p>
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<p>Expectations are certainly higher and there is a higher rigor to reaching a decision for architecture applicants. Portfolio carries the most weight, and just to reiterate, they do not weigh the strength of a portfolio based on artistic skill. My arch class had the highest average GPA compared to everyone else on campus, but the range from outliers were huge. A really good friend of mine in my class came in with a 2.9, but had a stellar portfolio (and recently found out that he had a superb SAT). And another of my friends was, like, second in his class with an above 4.0 GPA. There is no formula or cut-off for architecture applicants, it’s all holistic. But yeah, your portfolio should make up for it, especially if you wrote a strong opening statement. They are just looking for passionate individuals who are willingly going to invest themselves into the field, and not people who are virtuoso artists and want to fuel their skills into a money-making field (this is why I consider Syracuse better than Cornell in terms of admission, :)).</p>
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<p>Architecture applicants have to first meet the criteria of the school, and are then sent to the architecture school to go through a secondary round of review, which is much more rigorous. There are also different factors that go into the decision, so it’s not the usual SAT+GPA+EC combo. The architecture school seeks a very diverse group of students, and is the most successfully diverse department on campus. Everywhere else on campus, I see people mostly from Jersey, Massachusetts, etc., and in architecture I have a friend from Oklahoma, Ohio, Louisiana, Paraguay, Chicago, San Francisco, and so forth. It’s just a more specialized decision process.</p>
<p>And to Mysticalkites and Archswim, there is a rating system on the portfolio. Vittoria gives it the first rating, and sends it off to an admission committee consisting of faculty within the SOA, who give it another rating. I don’t remember if they are averaged or what happens with the second, but I know the application then gets forwarded to the Office of Admission for the final decision.</p>
<p>Thank you for all the information Xxcoasterfreak!</p>
<p>Hey guys! what do you think my chances are:</p>
<p>Current college freshman </p>
<p>Applied to iSchool</p>
<p>Current GPA: 3.75 (two A- and three B+ last semester, all A’s on mid-term report that I sent in this semester)</p>
<p>Solid essay</p>
<p>SATs: 1650</p>
<p>ACTs: 24</p>
<p>numerous EC activities including church work, fundraisers, and local charities</p>
<p>really nervous :/</p>
<p>Very good chance. Was accepted to iSchool as a transfer with a 3.50 GPA. PM me</p>
<p>thanks! hopefully I’ll here some good news tomorrow! but I’m a little confused about one thing. they requested that I send in my spring grades so I emailed them asking if I could send in my midterm grades and they told me about the “mid-term report” that I downloaded, had my professors fill out, and faxed to SU. this was almost 2 weeks ago yet it still says “Official Spring Grades” under Admission Requirements on Myslice, maybe the system is just slow to update? could they be reviewing my application and still have it say that on Myslice?</p>
<p>What’s iSchool and HEOP?</p>
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<p>HEOP is the higher education opportunity program that allows admissions to students who would otherwise not be admitted, students who’s GPA are not at the school requirement because they were not financially advantaged and therefore were not given the same opportunities as other students, these are students who show the capability to succeed and do well if their tuition is taken care of, HEOP is highly competitive and you have to be deleted by the admissions board as well as meet academic and economic requirements, iSchool is a school witching SU I’m not sure what they specialize in though</p>
<p>iSchool is Syracuse’s school of information studies, and HEOP is the higher education opportunity program.</p>
<p>I meant selected not deleted</p>