#result #result_apply
Result: admitted
Date of receiving the result letter: 12 February
University: Tulane University
Field: MS in Architectural Research and Design
Level: Senior
Fund status:
17k merit scholarship
$3240 stipend/semester
Tuition and fees in this university are very high (around 60,000 per year).
After the acceptance, I emailed the head of the department and asked for an assistantship.
Result: admitted
Date of receiving the result letter: February 17
University: University of Utah
Field: M.Arch
Degree: Senior
Fund status:
$4050 stipend/semester
50% tuition waiver (in-state rate)
Health Insurance
My fund came later than the others because of a whistle I gave in my application and I changed my documents after the deadline
Result: admitted
Date of receiving the result letter: February 25
University: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Field: Landscape Architecture
Course: 3-year senior
Fund status: no fund (GSI can be taken from the 2nd semester)
Result: admitted
Date of receiving the result letter: March 2
University: Illinois Institute of Technology
Field: Landscape Architecture
Course: 3-year senior
Fund status:
$4750 scholarship per semester
Eligible for TA ($2100-4800/semester)
Result: admitted
Date of receiving the result letter: March 2
University: Pratt Institute
Field: M.Arch (advanced standing)
Level: Senior
Fund status:
60k scholarship (15k/semester)
The university tuition and cost of living are too high, otherwise it is a very suitable option
Communication with professors: Just a few emails at the beginning when I started preparing my documents
Result: admitted
Date of receiving the result letter: March 4
University: Iowa State University
Field: Landscape Architecture
Course: 3-year senior
Funding status: No funding
Result: Rejected
Date of receiving the result letter: March 8
University: UC Berkeley
Field: Landscape Architecture
Degree: Senior
If rejected, why? : Apart from the fact that it is very difficult to get accepted into this university, it was the first university I applied to and the quality of my documents for the following universities improved.
Result: admitted
Date of receiving the result letter: March 9
University: California College of the Arts (CCA)
Field: M.Arch (Advanced Standing)
Level: Senior
Fund status: 27k scholarship/year
Communication with professors: invitation to interview
Result: admitted
Date of receiving the result letter: March 12
University: University of Southern California (USC)
Field: Landscape Architecture
Level: Senior
Fund status: It was under review when I declined
Result: admitted
Date of receiving the result letter:
Waitlisted March 12
Admitted April 23
University: Rice University
Field: M.Arch
Level: Senior
Fund status: I was waitlisted for admission and did not receive funds, but I saw people who were accepted directly in Gurdkafe who received Tweetview.
Result: admitted
Date of receiving the result letter: March 16
University: Georgia Tech
Field: MS in Urban Design
Level: Senior
Fund status:
GRA including:
tuition waive + 1200$ monthly stipend
For now, it is for one semester, but it can be extended
There are two types of funds here, MS programs:
1. GRA (Tuition + Stipend)
2. 8K Charles Brown fellowship
I got the first one
Result: admitted
Date of receiving the result letter: April 9
University: Lund University
Field: Sustainable Urban Design
Level: Senior
Fund status: I didn’t get it. It was my first choice in the Swedish application, but I had filled out the scholarship form incorrectly
Result: Not granted
Date of receiving the result letter: April 20
University: AHO
Field: Landscape Architecture
Level: Senior
If rejected, the reason?: Maybe because my transcripts were not official translations and the English transcript was from the university itself.
#Resume
BA: Architecture of Isfahan University of Art 3.8 (18.06)
Senior: Tehran University Architecture 3.92 (17.33)
TOEFL score:
101-R24 L27 S25 W25
GRE score:
310-V150 Q160 W4
Articles (journal/conference):
1 under preparation
No work experience
Any points worth mentioning:
Simple portfolio
I closed my portfolio in a very short time, it turned out well in the end, but it could have been better. In general, nothing really compares to a good portfolio
Rank 1 in the senior exam of 2017. I had sent the ranking certificate of the assessment organization
Strong and large number of reams (we sent more reams to almost all of them than they wanted)
I did not have any previous correspondence
I got better funding for architecture programs than landscape. Either the landscape fund is less or I could not justify that I am suitable for landscape
Universities to view: Tulane, Utah, Michigan, IIT, Pratt, CCA
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