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Guidance For Architecture Applicants

Architecture Prep is an online admissions consultancy.

We help you develop:

— Architecture application portfolios — Personal statements / essays — Interview practice

For undergraduate and graduate architecture school programs, all over the world. See some of the schools our students have been admitted to:

With the help of Architecture Prep’s distinctive program, my son was granted admission to numerous US architecture programs with single digit acceptance rates, and most importantly, he was admitted to his first choice school. I only hope he will have professors that rise to Architecture Prep’s level of inspiration and engagement! We recommend without qualification Architecture Prep.

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Our Services

Group webinars.

Learn how to make the best undergraduate applications in an interactive setting.

— Example portfolios — A detailed overview — Unlimited email support

Get individual help customized specifically to your applications.

— Develop your portfolios — Written materials — Interview practice, and more

Get instant feedback on your more developed portfolios and writing.

— Receive a report — Get constructive feedback — Sent within a week

Our tutors are admissions consultants for applications to architecture schools. We have tutored clients to top architecture schools such as the following. Cornell, the Bartlett UCL, the AA, USC, Pratt, Carnegie Mellon, the Cooper Union, and more. For BArch, B.Arch, MArch, M.Arch, BSc, BA programs. Our admissions consultants help with architecture school portfolios, personal statements, application essays, and more.

Founder , and one of Architecture Prep’s Tutors

Sebastian graduated with first-class honours in BSc Architecture from the Bartlett UCL, and completed his MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design at Cambridge (ARB/RIBA Part 2). He now runs an architectural practice in addition to Architecture Prep.

As a student at the Bartlett, Sebastian served as Senior Mentor to first year students, and at Cambridge he taught the University’s annual summer school to high school architecture applicants.

He has worked for UK and US-based architects and artists under scholarships in addition to his own design practice. He has also consulted for two separate admissions agencies before launching Architecture Prep in 2018.

Sebastian has experience tutoring applicants to top schools such as Cornell AAP, SCI-Arc, the Bartlett UCL, the AA, and many more. In his own applications to undergrad and postgrad programs he was admitted to The Cooper Union, Cornell, SCI-Arc, the Bartlett UCL, the AA, Edinburgh, Glasgow School of Art, Cambridge and the Royal College of Art.

Architecture Prep is made up of further admissions tutors, all of whom graduated from top architecture schools globally and now work in the most competitive positions within the field.

If it is clear that a client would benefit from working with one tutor over an other (due to program application types, geography, or general interests) then all efforts will be made to facilitate a match. Some of these tutors include graduates from Harvard GSD, MIT, Yale, and the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, as well as employees at Zaha Hadid Architects and Foster + Partners.

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A high school portfolio for architecture school. Designed for admissions to architecture school. An example and sample for B.Arch applications, BArch applications, M.Arch applications and MArch applications. This portfolio was used for admissions to the Cornell AAP BArch program.

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Harvard GSD Student Reviews Her Accepted Architecture School Portfolio (MArch)

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Example of an Accepted Portfolio to the AA, Bartlett, Cornell, SCI-Arc and More… (BSc, BArch)

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What matters when selecting an architecture school?

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Problems with architecture school rankings.

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