One-on-one tutoring

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

  • Taught by ivy-league graduate and Architecture professor who understands 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 inquiries for EA/ ED has closed. Only Regular Decision inquiries are accepted now. Waitlist will start soon.

    ** 2026-27 Admission cycle inquiries are accepted now.

YOU are a high school student, a current college student seeking to transfer schools, 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 are. Do you need help on your portfolio via tutoring or reviews? No need to commit to anything just yet.

STEP 2 SET UP GAME PLAN

We’ll find out the areas that need guidance and 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 3-10 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

    • 45 minute 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 working on the projects that go into the portfolio as well as the design of the portfolio itself.

    • 45 minute video meetings

    • Refining your portfolio according to each school admissions requirement

    • Refining essays and practicing interviews if needed

    • 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. 

    • 45 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

  • Schools typically require an application that lists your academic performance (GPA, SAT scores, etc.), a portfolio, and personal essay. Depending on the program, some will require an interview as well. Check out the “Resources” page on the toolbar above to read more about how to craft your best architecture application package!

  • Of course! Needless to say, college is an important phase of life that will shape many aspects of your future. It is important to select the right architecture program that best matches you and your interests.

    We’ll start by asking what type of schools you would like to go to - accredited or non-accredited (read more about accreditation and how it affects you - under “Resources” tab on the top toolbar), 4-year or 5-year, big or small student body, etc. - and find schools that are the best fit for you.

  • For undergraduate applicants, students come to me typically in their junior or senior year in high school with some body of art work. Depending on existing work, we will work on a few personally-tailored creative projects to help strengthen the portfolio. We will also work on the development of the portfolio itself. Since building a good portfolio takes time, it is highly recommended to start the process sooner than later.

    For graduate applicants who already have an architecture portfolio - If you would like a one-time redline-markup for some constructive feedback to help fine-tune your portfolio, check out the “Review” tab on the top toolbar. If you’re unsure whether your portfolio is ready for a review, feel free to fill out the contact form below to ask.

  • Log in online at the scheduled time and date for a class session. 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.

  • Schedule a class session via an online class scheduling tool where you may book classes for any day and time that works best for you and the instructor. Scheduling for classes is flexible! You may decide to hold the same time and date each week or switch it up depending on your scheduling needs.

  • No worries. Life happens. Feel free to reschedule at least a day in advance and let your instructor know.


  • You’re welcome to send emails to clarify tasks and ask any questions before the next session!

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