rachellie091

oops sorry i thought highschool gpa

cand1licious

portfolio is the most important.
if the college has two students to choose from.
One with a 4.3 and a good portfolio & another with a 4.0 and an outstanding portfolio.
they'll choose the portfolio over the GPA.
just as long as you get over the safe GPA (ex: 4.0), I think you'll be safe.
the problem is there are plenty of people with a high GPA & a great portfolio.

sashimi46

yeah..i'd say 75% of my class are either valecdictorians or somewhere in the top 5% range. so yeah...GPA is important as well

Tzar

I would say that it goes like this:
Portfolio-
Grades-
SAT-
Interest and other-

A great portfolio isn’t going to get you in alone—the Grades should be there too. And yes that does mean top 5% of your class.

larationalist

Remember that at most universities there are two rounds of checks- whether the school of architecture wants you, and whether the university wants you. Some schools do these concurrently, so there's some leeway if the architecture people really want you for them to try and convince the university. But some schools send everything through the university admissions, and if they say 'no' then the school of architecture won't even get your application. So at universities where the overall acceptance rate is low, your GPA/SAT/EC type stuff will count more than you probably want it to.