第一档学校:Harvar University,Yale University,MIT。此档学校的申请者不仅要有好的学校背景和GPA3.7+、 G330+,T110+的成绩,背景专业最好也是建筑或设计相关,作品集的要求也甚高,为牛人冲刺的选择。
二挡学校:Columbia University,Cornell University,University of Pennsylvania,University of California-Los Angeles, Rice University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,Southern California Institute of Architecture,Rhoe Islan School of Design,University of California Berkeley,Parsons the New School for Design,Pratt Institute。申请此档学校的硬件一般要达到GPA3.5,T105,GRE325,当然也不排除因申请者作品集十分优秀而导致学校降低硬件门槛的案例。
第三档学校:A:University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin,Syracuse University;B:Washington University in St.Louis, University of Virginia, University of Miami, Texas A&M University,Clemson Universit申请此档学校的申请者硬件最好达到GPA3.3,TOEFL100,GRE320。作品集的因素,硬件分数不足够的也可以根据学校的建筑项目的风格来尝试申请。
第四挡学校:University of Floria,Northeastern University,SUNY-Buffalo,University of Illinois–Chicago, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute。申请此档次学校的申请者硬件条件一般在GPA3.0+,TOEFL90+,GRE310+。