Nomad wrote: I think your first degree is a preprofessional degree in architecture. If you get a BArch, the you should apply for the postprofessional MArch. In fact, you are a bad boy: this question had already been answered many times on ABBS. :p
actually, the portfolio is decisive, not you ranking within your class.
just get people who have taught you to write the letters. Social celebrities are not necessarily helpful. If you know Brad Pitt, that might be nice, but Michael Jackson is useless.