I’m a Junior from California and it would so super awesome if you could chance me
White
Male
GPA UW: 3.8
GPA W: 4.0
Desired major: Biomedical Engineering
SAT: 1320(sucks)
ACT: 30
Extra Curriculars :
Piano 10 years
Boy Scouts 10 years
Varsity Football
Started a charity to get homeless people toiletries
Clubs:
National Honor Society (officer senior year)
California Scholarship Federation (officer senior year)
InterACT (officer senior year)
Biology Club
APs/ honors:
honors chem
AP European History: 3
AP US History: testing
AP Biology: testing
AP Physics C: Mechanics: Senior
AP Micro/macro Econ: Senior
AP Calc AB: Senior
Awards:
International Piano Guild Member
Eagle Scout
That would be awesome if you guys could chance me. Thanks!
I don’t know your chances - GPA looks good. My son is applying to transfer from CA to GT, too, though my son is hoping to get accepted into the CS program. Best of luck to you!
@the1carl Math scores matter the most for GT. Get them as high as possible, by retaking if you are not satisfied with your score. Can you take BC Calculus? If not stick with AB Calculus. Almost all Georgia Tech applicants have at least AB Calculus complete. Study for your AP math test. It will serve you well even if you repeat all the math at GT. Try to take a high school chemistry class or community college chemistry if you cannot fit in AP Chemistry in your schedule. Chemistry will be part of the biomedical major you are interested in. Getting exposure to chemistry is important. Physics class looks great! Good luck.
My daughter was deferred EA, but is currently waitlisted for BME. We were actually shocked that she was waitlisted even as her stats are not great compared to the engineering class as a whole. GPA - 3.9 uw/ 4.4 weighted. ACT 30 (was low). Lots of volunteer hours (over 700), president of multiple clubs, including NTHS, competitive sports- soccer and swimming and basketball. We are OOS, like you. The only thing I can think of as far as being a plus for her was her essays, so please take the time on them and really speak from your heart. Georgia Tech is so competitive that they turn down amazing kids with perfect ACT and SAT scores and perfect GPAs, so I’m thinking they really look at the whole package (holistic, just like they say) and sometimes you get lucky. She won’t get in but was happy to have had the opportunity to get waitlisted. Also got into Rensselaer ($50,000/yr in scholarships/grants), Nc State, and VT ($5,000/yr scholarship) and 5 other engineering schools. Fell in love with VT and will be attending there. Good luck! And apply to as many colleges as you can and keep the grades up, retake the SAT/ACT as many times as you can before Nov.
For Biomedical Engineering I’d recommend RPI.
Two big reasons my son decided against GATech was the huge campus layout and the poor graduation rate.
If those two things don’t bother you, go for it.
Good luck!
I would recommend that you check out some other threads for more information on the “poor” graduation rate. Georgia Tech students often take advantage of wonderful opportunities for coops, internships, etc. This will generally push your graduation date back a semester or two. I would encourage you to investigate the reason behind the numbers for any school.
@ reformedman: Note that graduation rates between GT and RPI are essentially identical, unless one focuses solely on the 4-year rate. Keep in mind that state of Georgia provides free tuition for in-state students so for many at Tech there is not as much of a financial incentive to get out exactly on-time. For the 2010 cohort, the 5 year graduation rate was 81% at GT vs. 80% at RPI and the six-year graduation rate was 86% at GT vs. 83% at RPI. Georgia Tech’s campus is 400 acres (which is not huge) and most of the academic buildings are within a 10-minute walking radius. However, RPI’s campus is smaller at 264 acres. For comparison, a Berkeley is 1,232 acres, Stanford is 8,180, and MIT is 168.
Some Georgia students pay the full in state tuition, room and board which is $27,970, including $10,008 of tuition and $2,410 of fees. Out of state is higher but still a bargain compared to private options of the same quality.
. There are in state scholarships, but not everyone wins one.
Note that housing is more for years 2-4, the freshman year is the bargain, because you will be in a freshman dorm, sharing a room. Upper class housing costs a good $2000 more per year. See cost overviews here.
RPI is a smaller private college, where you may get more attention from faculty.
RPI focuses on undergrads more since their PhD programs have shrunk smaller than the undergrad numbers.
I don’t know if Troy NY has the medical school interactions that Georgia Tech’s program offers with Emory University Medical school. Check SUNY Albany? Check which hospitals are close by if you plan to work in a hospital as an undergrad in BME.
@Coloradomama : In-state students do not have to “win” a scholarship. The Georgia HOPE program pays 100% of tuition to in-state Tech students who maintain a 3.3 GPA and a slightly reduced award for those who fall below the 3.3 cutoff but maintain a 3.0.
Only the Zell Miller merit award winners get a full tuition merit scholarship at Georgia Tech. (and other Georgia schools). The HOPE is a maximum of $3600 per semester, which is more than half but not a full tuition award.
Here are the requirements for a Zell Miller merit award: (need to be a Georgia resident)
The Zell Miller Scholarship is a merit based scholarship that provides full tuition at a public postsecondary
institution and tuition assistance at an eligible private postsecondary institution
. A student must graduate from an eligible high school as valedictorian or salutatorian ( meeting the requirements of the HOPE Scholarship)
or
graduate with a minimum 3.7 Zell Miller GPA (as calculated by GSFC) along with a minimum combined score of
1200 on the math and reading portions of the SAT
or a minimum composite score of 26 on the ACT (single national administration of either test)
and meet specific rigorous course requirements
Still hats off to Georgia, its a nice merit package for their students. I do not think all Georgia Tech students win the Zell Miller, but many do.
I think there are a few students with less than a 3.7 high school GPA at GT and many drop down to the HOPE as they cannot maintain a good enough GPA at GT. But I do see that most every GT student starts out with a Zell Miller, its generous, wow. Thanks for your patience @InPursuit. I now see that many in state students can just stick around for five years, because it costs them just room and board.
My son says that almost every professor at GT asks the class not to beg for a better grade to keep the Zell Miller. So some number of GT students are bumped down to HOPE. Its still a 2/3 tuition scholarship, since GT is so inexpensive. its such a bargain for everyone, wow. For out of state kids, its way less than their other options usually. (except in state tuition, but how many states have a techy school like Georgia Tech? Almost none) Other techy schools focus on oil and gas careers, or are not well ranked. The best tech schools are private once or huge ones like Texas, Michigan, Berkeley. This is why GT is so popular. Its a great education at a great price.
OOS students have to be very organized to finish in four years. Otherwise it becomes very expensive and they might as well choose Michigan Engineering, then, or UT Austin.