A little special case. My chance of getting into GaTech

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>Hi, I'm currently a high school junior</p>

<p>and my case is a little bit special because I was ".essentially" an international student</p>

<p>I went to Colorado alone in my freshman year as an exchange student through Rotary Club. (I'm a US citizen, but I spend most of my life out of the country.)</p>

<p>and this school in Colorado is extremely small, there's only about 60 students in my freshman year and it offers only CP classes. </p>

<p>It was my first year studying in US and I got 4As and 3Bs.</p>

<p>Next year I went to a better school and joined its IB program.</p>

<p>In my sophomore years, I took 1AP physics mech (got a 5), 2 CPs, and 5 honors courses. And I got all As. My weighted GPA right now is about 4.4. (Freshman year:around 3.8 and sophomore year: around 4.9) It's a pretty good curve I think.</p>

<p>And junior year I'm taking 1 CP and 6APs, and as for this year so far, I got 6As, and a B on my AP Psychology. </p>

<p>For extracurricular, I did Basketball and Cross country (9th grade), track and field (9th-12th, expected to do it this year and next year.)</p>

<p>I also did some community services and Rotary activities such as volunteering. And I'm the co-president of Math Club and Physics club; Chair of Speech and debate club. </p>

<p>And I'm running for NHS VP, doing AMC, Moody's Math Challenge, and science fair this year. And I'll do these contests next year too.</p>

<p>Rank: 28/252 right now. It's mainly because of my freshman year. Bad grades and no honor/AP. But it should go up this year.</p>

<p>And Senior year I'll take 6AP/IB courses, 1 honor, and a dual enrollment, and I expect to get all As.</p>

<p>The thing is that my SAT is really bad.</p>

<p>I haven't taken the real SAT yet, but my PSAT is 75 math, 47 critical reading, and54 writing.......</p>

<p>and SAT II:
Chinese: 800
Physics: taking it in March but expect to get 800
Math:same as physics</p>

<p>Well, that's a lot of stuff there.</p>

<p>Can any one help me figure out my chance of getting into GaTech???</p>

<p>I would really really appreciate.</p>

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<p>Not until you take the SAT. </p>

<p>Right now, worry about the things in your control - keep your GPA as high as possible and trying your best on the SAT. Since it sounds like you’ve only been in the country for about 2.5 years, an extra year of English immersion will probably really help your SAT CR score. You probably also want to consider studying for the CR session.</p>

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<p>You’ll probably get in. I think Gtech will be understanding about your low english SATs (although you should try to improve them with practice). Everything else about your application is very, very good. You could probably get into much better schools like CMU</p>

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<p>What makes the #6 engineering school “much better” than the #4 engineering school?</p>

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<p>I would think that you have a great shot, but who really knows how they treat “foreign” SAT R/W? My recommendation would be to do a lot of reading between now & next fall. You seem obviously smart, so I can only guess that your low R/W scores are due to lack of exposure to English literature. Are you taking English AP’s?</p>

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<p>hm…thanks! they make a lota sense.
and yes TigerDude, I’m taking AP English right now lol
it’s one of my IB diploma’s requirement.
and i honestly think i’m going to fail the AP exam…
northwestern and Urbana-Champaign…
i’m interested in materials science and engineering</p>