<p>Wow. That pretty much makes me lose my edge. With a 3.50 Tech GPA, Top 14% Classrank, and 32 (1420) ACT and 1400/2160 SAT, I probably am far, far below average on the whole and won’t get in now.</p>
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<p>I would say more than “slightly lower.”</p>
<p>The 3.5 is the bad part. 1470 and 3.735 (Tech calculation) was waitlisted.</p>
<p>Wow…I’m kind of devastated now. F**k I should have gone to public school. Does Tech look at 7th semester grades? If I get an A in AP Calc, AP Bio, AP Physics, and H English, I will have a 3.675 Tech calculated GPA.</p>
<p>Congratulations,you guys basically tied us. Y’all were actually slightly higher though. We had 1399 lol. However, there normally isn’t that big of a difference between those who enroll and those who were admitted. Nice job, you guys are doing extremely well at attracting good students. We could use some pointers in perhaps marketing as applications have declined two years now (somehow the average SAT increased for 2014 anyway though) Nice to see my favorite public/ our “partner in crime” doing well. Plus I’ve seen that you guys have lots of neat construction projects going on over there, like that learning center. Seems like it’ll be amazing. Wonder when it’ll finish so I can go check it out 
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<p>Granny, doesn’t the fact that I have a 3.41 unweighted (3.50 Tech weighted) which makes me Top 14% give me any boost? I’m reading <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/georgia-institute-technology/880310-class-2014-official-rd-decisions-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/georgia-institute-technology/880310-class-2014-official-rd-decisions-thread.html</a> and people are Top 50% and getting 3.6’s. Such a joke. I’m out of state though so that should give me a boost.</p>
<p>Yeah, the GPA is more the killer in your case, SLight, but it’s not a total killer. I’ve seen worse get in. I mean, if you had a 3.5 and a low GPA, I’d be questioning it, but if it’s a 3.5 and a higher than average SAT for applicants, it may mean you went to a tough school. I mean, if you were lazy, chances are both would be much lower. Just as an example, I knew someone in high school who got in with 1120 and a 3.65, so I definitely don’t think you’re out of the running. It isn’t just the numbers, but also personality conveyed in the essay, etc… Make sure to give off a good personality, work ethic, etc. in the essay. They really do read them even though they are a Tech school. Show them that there is a real person behind the numbers that will contribute more than just statistics to the school.</p>
<p>Thanks for your suggestions, runningncircles1. I would give anything to attend this school in a year and I hope I can show that passion in both the app and during the potential waitlist month.</p>
<p>They do consider first semester senior grades - the one I mentioned made straight A that semester with 3 APs and it did raise the GPA. From what I’ve read, this past year, Tech had the best set of apps it has had. Birth rate had a local peak in 1990 and is on its way down so admssions might become easier going forward.</p>
<p>I think i would still get in if I apply this year</p>
<p>@ slightManifest, how did you do on your AP exams? I am sure if you emailed your admission councilor it would help show how rigorous your school was.I was always emailing my admission councilor with questions. It helps.</p>
<p>I got a 3 on AP Chem - next year I have Calc, Physics B, and Bio. And I emailed my admissions counselor once but I don’t want to bug her - just let her know I am here and interested.</p>
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<p>why do you claim other schools inflate grades when they have a 3.9 and a 1800 SAT scores. And you have claimed that you would be mad if you didnt get in when I did with an 1840 3.8ish GPA? I got a 5 on BC calc(5 AB sub-score), a 5 of Physics C mechanics when I wasnt even in the class, and a 4 on AP chemistry. How can you claim your school is much more rigorous when you have no great AP scores to prove it?</p>
<p>That’s an interesting question ilyssa, but you kind of contradict yourself when you say that you got those scores when you were not even in class. That means that you were probably very good at prepping or doing well in those subject areas without a classroom. You would have actually probably done well on SAT IIs also. If anything, your question raises questions about the relevance of SAT Reasoning scores. This is exactly why most top schools want SATIIs I suppose. Apparently reasoning test scores don’t correlate as well with performance at the college level as many would like to think, especially amongst high performance students. I think back to my freshman year at Emory, and remember all of the people/friends with better math SAT scores (overall scores too, even though mines were solid) and perhaps better math backgrounds and similar science backgrounds, and many really struggled in the pre-med weeder courses much more than I did (those actually went well except 1st semester where I got a B- in bio and a B in orgo. 
, but many of my friends got C and D range grades in the respective courses, and in some cases the gen. chem, gen. bio combo). It, however, normally works in reverse though, especially at private colleges. The GPAs are higher than what would be predicted by SAT scores, and the discrepancies in student performance vs. discrepancy in SAT is somewhat negligible for various reasons including inflation/deflation. Point is, that test (SAT reasoning) does not represent the school well at all. Perhaps the predominance of passing AP/IB scores/subject test scores vs. gpa is revealing. </p>
<p>Oh, and good job on the physics exams Ilyssa. Those scores will really help you avoid physics there, which is terrible from my understanding. As for chem., just use the AP credit, it looks like a useless class lol.</p>
<p>I will definitly be using my AP credits! I was actually in Physics B and prepared outside for the C exam because GT does not take B credit, and I was actually in AP calc BC and Chemistry. I completely agree with you when you say AP Vs. GPA is a better way to determine if the GPA is inflated. I was just trying to make a point that just because you have a low SAT and high GPA it does not mean your school inflates grades. Slightmanifesto might have felt like I didnt deserve to get in to Georgia Tech because I did not have the 2000+ of the average admitted student. I got in because i had 95+ in all my math and science AP classes and got higher on the Physics C test then most of the people who got accepted early action to Tech who were actually in the class. I got a 680 on SAT math but a 5 on the BC calculus exam.I am pretty sure the knowledge for that AP exam is more challenging then the basic algebra on the SAT, but I am better at free response then fast paced MC.</p>
<p>My point for slightmanifesto was that if his school was really as challenging as he makes it out to be( resulting in his on the low side for GT GPA and high test scores) he would have easily made a 4 or 5 with a B in the class.If he has gotten a B in AP chemistry and a 5 on the AP exam, he could email his admission councilor to show how rigorous his school is.(Mrs. Estes is a very nice lady and very helpful)</p>
<p>sorry, the SAT score thing really annoys me because I am just as smart as most Tech students that get accepted with 2000+, but prone to careless errors(I really am working on it).</p>
<p>Well it’s part because I will just be really bitter because I have an intensely strong desire to go to this school and a bunch of people in this forum spoil that dream for me sometimes (which puts me in a bad mood).</p>
<p>As for AP Chem getting a 3 - I pretty much C/C+'d all the tests (~50 pts per test) but made up for it on labs (~20 pts) and homework sets (~10-15 pts) plus over my 3 years of science, we have always focused on problems rather than concepts (hence my low SAT2 score) and maybe a partial explanation for my AP score - I did very well on the free-response on the AP exam I believe.</p>
<p>As for difficulty, I’m pretty much just comparing to my public school where in middle school, I breezed through Social Studies classes with easy A’s and got A’s in English reading children’s books and having tests with questions like “What is the main character’s first name?” and now I go to this school and am forced to decipher greek mythology poems and work my butt off in History classes to just get a B+. It’s a shame really - that garbage public school system taught solely to get good CMTs (Connecticut Mastery Tests/[elementary school/middle school standardized test scores]). No joke - we literally spent maybe a quarter or half the year doing the practice for the CMTs version of SAT Critical Reading. Maybe what I mean is I’m bitter that, while I would have gotten a worse education, I’d basically have a free pass to GT had I gone to my public high school and graduated with a 4.0 and at least a 2000.</p>
<p>However then you could claim that I’d be absolutely screwed for college-work levels whereas I think I would really excel after graduating from the school I work at now. I got a B in H Geometry, A in H Physics, A in H Algebra 2, A in H Chemistry, A in H Pre-Calc, and B in AP Chem. That works out to a 3.75 Math/Science GPA (compared to a 3.00 English/SS) and if I can A my math/science courses this year, I’d be a 4.05 Math/Science GPA. Do you think I still have a chance at this school?</p>
<p>At this point you just need to wait and see (what else can you do?). </p>
<p>If it makes you feel better, these were my credentials that got me into Tech.</p>
<p>SAT: 570 CR, 720 Math, 520 WR
GPA: 3.95 (My high school was nice, but not a nationally ranked school by any means)</p>
<p>I was in the National Science Honors Society, won a county science fair, and totaled around 200 volunteer hours.</p>
<p>That was it. Pretty pathetic compared to most (all) people on this forum.</p>
<p>I can’t guarantee you will get in obviously, but hopefully this eases your mind a bit.</p>
<p>^thats not going to ease his mind much.</p>
<p>@slight, you have to focus on doing well in your AP classes this semester. Tech will want to make sure you can do well in a college level class. They really dont want lazy intellects (most high SAT/low GPA). Make sure you focus on your AP math and science classes. They will want to make sure you can handle the classes and need proof you can do so, since and A in honors Algebra 2 is not an A in AP Calculus. If you get As in all your AP Science and math classes, i have no doubt you will get in regular admission.</p>
<p>And there are easy public high schools, and more challenging public high schools. Just dont assume a school is inflated with low SAT/high GPA. Unless its like below 1500 total with a 4.0…</p>
<p>People with High GPA/low SAT have just as much of a right to get in to Georgia Tech as people with high GPAs.</p>
<p>Good luck for your senior year.</p>
<p>@ SLight: With a 32 ACT and 2160 SAT you have shown the intellectual capacity to get at or very near a 4.0 at just about any high school in the country. This tells me your lower GPA is due to problems in your study habits or study methods. It may be true that you would have had a higher GPA at your public school (although equating middle school to high school is not a valid comparison…).Ultimately, the AP test serves to gauge your overall performance compared to others across the nation (not just your school) and your performance would seem to indicate either you were lazy in your AP Chem class or your school is not nearly as rigorous as you claim, in which case you cannot use that as an excuse for your GPA. In short, stop whining about how going to public school would have given you a free ride to GT. Perform well next year and see what happens. That is all you can do. And even if you don’t get in as a freshmen you can always transfer if you do well at another college. There are multiple ways to get into Tech, and there are many great schools out there besides Tech. You should not define your life or high school career by whether you get into any one particular college. In Lincoln’s words, “People are about as happy as they make up there minds to be.” Make up your mind to be happy no matter where you end up.</p>