How are Cornell's AAP College admissions viewed?

T26E4
Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:27:13 +0000

Cornell AAP is one of the most selective AA programs in the country. Having lesser GPA and test scores, despite a great portfolio, can be a big problem. Why? Because your competition will have all three. Cornell attracts the best candidates – there’s no getting around that.

Certainly the quality of a portfolio indicates a great deal. But to progress through a pgm like Cornell, you’ve got to have the work ethic and broad academics to perform on time – much of this can be derived from your GPA and test scores.

Many AA or arts applicants do not fully appreciate the fact that college level courses’ demands on productivity within a certain time-frame.

This would also be a great question to repost here:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/architecture-major/

Best of luck to you.