Ben Stern reflects on his journey from McGill’s geography department to architecture and the role of STUDIO FIRST.

Luke McElcheran’s experience in the job market inspired his award-winning thesis on skilled trades.

Wilson Jiang displays a variety of skills and concepts in his portfolio.

Krushalni Mohanarathnam’s portfolio reflects her interest in technology as a tool for designing buildings that are connected to history and landscape.

Ashley Mowry’s portfolio is entirely made up of work she created in the STUDIO FIRST bridge program.

Arkoun Merchant majored in conservation and sustainability as an undergraduate and is now a Master of Architecture student. Here are examples of work from his application portfolio.

Evan Kettler won offers to Carleton, Harvard, and Yale graduate programs. Here are images from his application portfolio.

“We are achievers. We are resilient. We are dreamers with unique visions to offer at an especially important time in history.”

Trench Town’s rich architectural, social, and cultural history inspired Kimberley Wint’s Master of Architecture thesis.

Building Resiliency into a Resource-Based Community

Shirley Chung is in the three-year Master of Architecture program after a career in banking and management consulting. Here’s work she submitted in her application portfolio.

Brendan Schoug’s portfolio helped him get accepted to the three-year Master of Architecture program at the University of British Columbia.

Petros Kapetanakis has just completed his first semester of Carleton’s two-year Master of Architecture program. See his application portfolio.

Michael Jamieson received offers of acceptance from all the schools to which he applied.

Here’s the portfolio that helped Travis Strochinski gain admission to the 3-year MArch program at Carleton.

What makes a great portfolio for grad school? What are admissions committees looking for?

Developed by the Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS), a research centre affiliated with the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism.

This handy list of links and FAQs tells you (almost) everything you need to know.

Carl Boucher landed a “great” job less than a month after graduation.

Read about the experiences of two students who have gone through STUDIO FIRST.