<p>Most of the schools on my list, save Yale, are good match schools that (I hope) I have a solid chance of getting accepted to with my stats and things. Thanks for those suggestions, I quite like those schools!</p>
<p>WashU’s acceptance rate was 15.4% this year… So it’s a reach for everyone, even you if you have perfect stats. Tulane and ND are both at 26-28%, so those are likely matches only if you have near perfect stats. I don’t know about UVA or UI. Just hope you’re being realistic.</p>
<p>Haha me too… I know admissions at those places is by no means easy, but tell me what you think on my chances thread?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1363752-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1363752-chance-me.html</a></p>
<p>I just glanced over your chances thread. Unfortunately, I don’t think you can consider washu a match. Unless you are well within the top 1-5% of your class (even if your school doesn’t rank, most people can accurately guess their rank), RD as washu will be tough. </p>
<p>Tulane is a safety, UVA is a match since OOS. </p>
<p>Umich comes to mind as a great public school that is a safety/low reach. They don’t have a b. arch program (not sure if you were even looking for that), but a b.s. in arch so you’d have to go to grad school.</p>
<p>:( shut down. I feel silly for calling Wash U a “realistic match” now. Well, I can hope for the best. </p>
<p>I like Michigan! I am in state for U of I, and it has a lovely B.Arch program, so I thought I would choose that between the two.</p>
<p>On Wash U: Just a change in categorization, I guess. I will still apply! Thank you all for pulling me back to Earth ;)</p>
<p>I mean, its not an incredible reach, but just glancing over my naviance around half of the 34+'s were waitlisted or rejected.</p>
<p>As long as you show genuine interest, you should be fine. WUSTL has received tons of complaints this year on CC for yield protection (waitlisting applicants who they felt didn’t have washu as a first choice)</p>
<p>It isn’t exactly clear to me why you would take Tulane out of the equation. They have a great M.Arch program, with the students getting very involved in rebuilding New Orleans. Many have actually gotten to see their work built, and worked with students from the business school and other disciplines on helping local businesses and others.</p>
<p>As far as academic quality, the students at Tulane have virtually the same stats as those at UVa. Compare the common data sets (Section C) of the two schools. As far as % admitted go, it is impossible to compare a private school with a state one, regardless of application cost. The inherent pool of applicants is too skewed in the case of a state school, not to mention the state requirements limiting the % of OOS, to make these comparisons meaningful. Add to that the different marketing approaches of schools, public or private, and the statistic gets less meaningful yet. It only really helps if you could see the % admitted with a resume similar to yours, and that is not possible.</p>
<p>Anyway, Tulane has a great program and a very nice campus in a unique city. Go visit. Give it some more thought.</p>
<p>Not sure if you are still looking at this, but FYI here is an article that may be of interest to you: [A</a> Confederacy of Do-ers: Part 1 – A New Orleans Practitioner-Academic Collaborations | Metropolis POV | Metropolis Magazine](<a href=“http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20120719/a-confederacy-of-do-ers-a-new-orleans-practitioner-academic-collaborations]A”>http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20120719/a-confederacy-of-do-ers-a-new-orleans-practitioner-academic-collaborations)</p>