One-on-one tutoring

Individual mentoring and guidance throughout the undergraduate and graduate school application process

  • Taught by a graduate of Harvard GSD and Cornell. Current professor of an Architecture school who understand the college admissions process first-hand

  • Guidance through all of these areas or as needed: 

    • Portfolio development 

    • Written work - Personal statements, Application Essay, Supplemental Essay, Statements of Intent

    • School selection

    • Admissions Interview practice 

  • Begin by filling out the contact form below.

    **2025-26 Admission cycle applications are being reviewed now. Waitlist will start soon.

YOU are a high school student, a current college student seeking transfer, or a recent graduate thinking of applying to architecture school.

You are wondering how to begin the application process. You’d like someone to review your work and guide you through the process. 

You may or may not have some visual material that you’d like to use for your portfolio; you may or may not have drafted an essay.

Wherever you are on your application journey,

AAA is here to help.

TUTORING SERVICES

How it works

STEP 1 CONTACT FORM

Fill out the contact form below. This is a step to understand what your needs and interests are to figure out your next best steps. Do you need feedback on your portfolio? or just written work? No need to commit to anything just yet.

STEP 2 SET UP GAME PLAN

We’ll find out the areas that need guidance as well as the best way to do it. Here is an example of time typically given though this ranges depending on a students’ skill level and preparedness. 

  • Portfolio development - Typically 2-10 months

  • Personal statements - Typically 1-3 months

  • School selection 

  • Admissions Interview practice 

STEP 3 LET’S START

Let’s start the sessions. Here’s how your sessions will look like as you progress through the weeks.

Initial Sessions

Your first few sessions will be geared towards going through your current work and assessing areas that need to be worked on. This is a time to look for strengths, gaps, improvements, and potentially adding new visual projects to strengthen your application package

    • 30 min video meetings

    • an assessment of your work

    • identification of areas that need to be worked on and how to get there

Working Sessions

Now that you know what to work on, these sessions will cater lessons to help develop your portfolio and/or essay. This may include skills-based lessons (such as drawing, modeling, sketching), as well as curation-based lessons to fine-tune the presentation of your work in the portfolio.

  • 30-minute video meetings

    • identification of what needs to be refined in accordance to your application school list

    • a list of items to work on after every video meeting

Final Sessions

You have a robust body of work and an essay ready to go. In this stage, portfolio packages will be optimized to each of your individual school submissions. 

    • 30-minute video meetings

    • skills-based lessons (drawings, modeling, sketching) and/or curation-based lessons (layout, presentation, text, visuals) depending on your need

    • a list of items to work on after every video meeting

FAQs on Tutoring

  • Log into zoom at the scheduled time and date to work through your material. We screen share, make markups, discuss strengths and areas to work on, and set tasks due for the next meeting. We’ll leverage your strengths that are unique to your work and find the best steps forward to hone your application package.

  • You may have some questions after the session ends. You’re welcome to send emails to clarify tasks before the next session. 

  • No worries. Life happens. Feel free to reach out to your instructor at least a day in advance to reschedule.


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