Sustainable Design Masters

[karno27]

Hi there,

I am thinking of applying for the Fall of 2013 and am wondering if anyone can provide suggestions / advice on the best way to do so.

I am considering the following schools:

Harvard GSD

MIT

UPenn

UCBerkely

CMU

A bit of background about myself. I am currently in the B. Arch program at CMU and am thinking about graduate schools that have a focus on sustainable design. I know that CMU has a very good program at the graduate level. However, I am considering other places as well as I will be at CMU for 5 years when I graduate! A change of environment and city would probably be a good thing.

I have a couple of questions:

1. How important are the GREs in application consideration and what do you think the cut off / recommended level is in terms of scores for all sections?

2. I know that there has been discussion between scholarly and visual material that should be presented. How important are both and should one be of greater focus than the other?

3. How important are letters of recommendation and who should be the most qualified to write it i.e. professors with reputation, status etc.

If there are any other tips, I would really appreciate the advice.

Thanks!