Chance me for Georgia Tech?

<p>Firstly, I am an Asian male that is applying out-of-state into the engineering program.</p>

<p>Credentials: </p>

<ul>
<li>Unweighted GPA: 3.88 (4pt scale)</li>
<li>Weighted GPA: 4.74 (5pt scale)</li>
<li>Unweighted Class Rank: 56/500</li>
<li><p>Weighted Class Rank: 39/500</p></li>
<li><p>SAT Score: 2150 (I plan to retake)</p></li>
<li><p>ACT Score: 31 (I plan to retake)</p></li>
<li><p>Course History:</p></li>
<li><p>Freshman Year</p></li>
<li><p>Pre-IB Algebra II</p></li>
<li><p>Pre-IB Biology I</p></li>
<li><p>Pre-IB English I</p></li>
<li><p>Pre-IB World History</p></li>
<li><p>Pre-IB Spanish II</p></li>
<li><p>Pre-IB Inquiry Skills</p></li>
<li><p>Debate I</p></li>
<li><p>Sophomore Year</p></li>
<li><p>Pre-IB Geometry/Trigonometry</p></li>
<li><p>Pre-IB Chemistry</p></li>
<li><p>Pre-IB Physics I</p></li>
<li><p>Pre-IB English II</p></li>
<li><p>IB American History</p></li>
<li><p>Pre-IB Spanish III</p></li>
<li><p>Debate III</p></li>
<li><p>Junior Year</p></li>
<li><p>IB Calculus AB (HL)</p></li>
<li><p>IB Biology II (HL)</p></li>
<li><p>IB Physics II (HL)</p></li>
<li><p>IB English Composition</p></li>
<li><p>IB European History</p></li>
<li><p>IB Spanish IV</p></li>
<li><p>IB Theory of Knowledge/Research</p></li>
<li><p>AP Microeconomics</p></li>
<li><p>AP Macroeconomics</p></li>
<li><p>Senior Year</p></li>
<li><p>IB Mathmatics (HL)</p></li>
<li><p>IB Biology III (HL)</p></li>
<li><p>IB Physics III (HL)</p></li>
<li><p>IB English Composition</p></li>
<li><p>IB Contemporary History</p></li>
<li><p>IB Spanish V</p></li>
<li><p>IB Theory of Knowledge/Research</p></li>
<li><p>Extracurriculars:</p></li>
<li><p>Future Business Leaders of America - Vice President
I help lead our school's FBLA Club by scheduling times for the club to meet and practice for local/national competitions as well as helping members to get ready for competitions. I contribute anywhere between 5-7 hours a week depending on the tournament level and team availability.</p></li>
<li><p>Robotics Team (FIRST) - Lead Programmer
I am the lead programmer for our school's FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team. It is my job to program the robot using RobotC for the competition every year. In the weeks prior to an actual tournament, I contribute about 15 hours.</p></li>
<li><p>Debate Team - Public Forum Debate Leader
I help teach and lead the Public Forum Debate (PFD) branch of our team. This involves both teaching the art of Public Forum Debate to incoming members and practicing with them in order to help them hone their skills. I contribute, on average, 5-10 hours per week depending on the tournament.</p></li>
<li><p>Math Honor Society - Secretary</p></li>
<li><p>Science Honor Society - Treasurer</p></li>
<li><p>Honors/Awards</p></li>
<li><p>Appointed Treasurer for National Science Honor Society - 2012 (2 years involvement)</p></li>
<li><p>Inducted into National Science Honor Society - 2011</p></li>
<li><p>Appointed Secretary for National Math Honor Society - 2012 (3 years involvement)</p></li>
<li><p>Inducted into National Math Honor Society - 2011</p></li>
<li><p>Inducted into National Honor Society - 2011 (2 years)</p></li>
<li><p>Inducted into National Spanish Honor Society - 2011 (2 years)</p></li>
<li><p>Appointed Lead Programmer for the Robotics Team - 2012 (3 years involvement)</p></li>
<li><p>Public Forum Debate (4 years involvement)</p></li>
<li><p>CFL Grand Finals Tournament Public Forum Debate: National Qualifier - 2012</p></li>
<li><p>FGCCFL Public Forum Debate: 2rd Place - 2012</p></li>
<li><p>FGCCFL Public Forum Debate: 3rd Place - 2012</p></li>
<li><p>FGCCFL Public Forum Debate: 3rd Place - 2011</p></li>
<li><p>FFL Novice State Public Forum Debate: Double Octofinalist - 2010</p></li>
<li><p>Appointed Vice President of Future Business Leaders of America - 2011 (2 years involvement)</p></li>
<li><p>Community Service
Moffitt Cancer Center - Clinical Research Unit Volunteer (2 summers) ~ 180hrs
I am required to help the nurses in aiding the research patients, this includes stocking necessary equipment in order to prepare for treatment of the patient, and aiding in the transportation of laboratory samples/specimens. I must also ensure that the patients needs are met with regards to both comfort and physical well-being. Apart from physically aiding the unit, I am also required to help file and organize paperwork for incoming/outgoing patients. I am responsible for completing any assigned task deemed appropriate and necessary by the staff.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>The Palms of Largo: Assisted Living - Volunteer (1 summer) ~ 50hrs
I was required to help ensure the safety of the assisted residents, report complaints and irregularities, and overall help to entertain and help facilitate ongoing activities for the residents whether it was organizing an event or ensuring the utmost safety.</p>

<p>Other Opportunities:
Executive Internship Program: USF St. Petersburg Ecosystems Technology Group (85 hours)
In this internship, I had the opportunity to work with the members of the Ecosystems Technology Group at USF. Through this internship I gained a better understanding of the application of biological engineering in the real world. I believe that this internship benefited me by allowing me to test the extent of my knowledge and work with the team of professionals to create a bathymetric map of a nearby lake as well as creating a plan of execution to deploy a mass spectrometer to see how the lake was affected on a microscopic level. In addition to the actual field work, I also helped the researchers by writing a very brief analysis on the technology readiness level of mass transfer based non-acoustic sensors as a part of a larger work. Overall, this internship introduced me to the advanced topics I will cover as a biomedical engineer in college.</p>

<p>What are my chances? Thank you in advance!</p>

<p>You are in the running for sure. Everything looks good except your SAT and ACT scores are a little weak for Georgia Tech. My advice, if you have not already done it, is to hire a qualified tutor for the SAT and ACT. My son had lower test scores than you on his first attempt and then we hired a tutoring service. He raised his scores so significantly after using the service that he was accepted to the majority of the engineering schools that he applied to.</p>

<p>I suggest that you really search for a good fit with regards to tutors and interview a few and ask them to give you references and a clear indication of track record. We did that and found a place that had an indisputable record of success. It was not cheap, but at the end of the day we could count the acceptance letters on two hands and having that many schools to choose from was excellent. Also, make sure that the tutoring service has subject matter experts. One tutor should not teach all subjects.</p>

<p>Also, apply to at least 10 schools – GA Tech is great, but what if you don’t like it? We went on multiple tours of schools after acceptance and guess what? The school that was near the bottom of the list, rose to the top after just a couple of hours on campus. The one that we thought would be on the top, after a very short time on campus, my kid wanted to leave and go home.</p>