<p>I haven’t had any architecture schooling and was considering teaching myself so I could make some plans before sending my MArch I portfolio in later this year, but then realized it wasn’t a good idea for obvious reasons. I have some cool ideas for buildings but am not so sure how to make architectural designs for them yet. So would including drawings/paintings/models of building “ideas” (and leaving out the architectural plans) be advisable or not? Should I just stick with drawings/paintings/whathaveyou to avoid demonstrating architectural blunders that I might not be aware of? Or should I provide a glimpse of what I have in mind, even if there are mistakes (which can be learned and revised upon in grad school)?</p>
<p>Also, if the deadline for an application is in December, when should I send it in? Around late November / early December?</p>
<p>Don’t wait, send it in as soon as you can. Wouldn’t you rather them think “hey, this person really wants this” rather than “eh, maybe he doesn’t care so much.”</p>
<p>but at the same time, if you can finish another great piece, it may make or break you portfolio. If you send it in a month before, in that time, you may have been able to get one more piece. this is all subjective of course depending on how long and complicated the drawing/piece is.</p>
<p>If the deadline for a school is in December, and I submit all of my stuff by then EXCEPT for a transcript for a class that I am taking in the fall (and thus won’t have the transcript for until the end of December), then I can just tell them that I’m sending it later and they’ll accept it, right? The class is a prerequisite for some schools I am applying to.</p>
<p>i am not sure on that one, you may want to call/contact via email the admissions department of the school. I know that it may be fine (i.e. SATs had to be submitted to ND by February yet their applications were due Dec. 31st), but some schools are more strict.</p>