How much does SAT score matter?

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I spoke to my dad who graduated from Syracuse University School of Architecture and this is what he said.

First of all, you can't rely on the chancing engine for specialty schools like the Newhouse School of Communications and the School of Architecture.

They both have acceptance rates are about 15% not 44% for the rest of the school because they are both in the Top 5 in the country for their type of school. 10 years ago in 2011, the SOA acceptance rate was about 24%

https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/orange-agent_o

but now it's much lower so his best guess is about 15%

I see you mentioned Pratt and they are a good school but their acceptance rate is about 3 times higher, they are not nearly as competitive as Syracuse.

The specific portfolio requirements are in this pdf link below

https://soa.syr.edu/live/files/295-applying-to-architecture-school

He recommends that you do not submit your 1250 because it's way below the typical admit range for SOA admits which is like 1350-1450.

He also suggests you consider these other 5 year programs:

CalPolySLO

SCI-ARC

Miami University

Virginia Tech

UT Austin

RISD

Penn State

Univ of Oregon

BAC Boston

Good luck