Chance Me for Georgia Tech!!!!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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Gender: Female
Graduating Class: 2019
Race: African American/Black
Intended Major: Biology, Minor in Economics
SAT I: 1440 (690 Reading, 750 Math; retook in August, superscored)
SAT II: Biology and Math 2 taken in October, haven’t received scores yet.
GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.31 W (will increase bc of classes taken senior year)
Class Rank: School doesn’t rank
AP Tests: English Lang (3), Spanish Lang (3)
Senior Classes: AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Calc BC, AP Psychology, AP Economics

ECs
-Girl Scouts (since kindergarten, earned Bronze and Silver Award; 100+ hours of community service)
-Marching Band (since freshman year, section leader of drumline senior year)
-Pep Band (founding member, freshman year and sophomore year)
-Black Leaders Union (participant since sophomore year)
-SAFE (member since freshman year)
-Roses 4 Austin (participant since freshman year, founding member, 50-70 hours of community service)
-Student Council (junior and senior class representative, involved since sophomore year)
-Spanish Club (co-president junior and senior year)
-BioBuilder Club (one of the founding members of this club, student leader)
-Circle 80 (service learning club, participant since freshman year, 100 hrs of community service)
-Tau Gamma (secretary senior year, service learning club, participant since freshman year, 80-120 hours of community service)
-Volunteered at New Moms organization (sophomore ad junior year)
-SPARK Tutoring (started this organization with friends recently)
-Did research freshman and sophomore year in biology (grew crops in martian-like soil and regular soil bc of the possibility of humans living on Mars or other planets; researched was published and I won a local science symposium as a result)

Summer
2017-Went to Dublin for James Joyce Summer School, earned 3 college credits

2018-Went to Legon, Ghana and earned 45 hours of international volunteer service hours; attended Brown University’s Summer@Brown pre-college program and took Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine class

I’m also an OOS student from Oak Park, IL and applied to GT early action. Is GT a school out of my reach? I really want to go here but being an OOS student, I feel like I’m not very qualified.

Thank you so much for your feedback and advice!!

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Stats are below average. It’s even more competitive if you’re out of state. The OOS population is only 20%. That being said, you can’t hit a shot you don’t take. The worst thing they can do is say no.

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your community service will help

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Chance my S please
My S has applied EA for class of 2033 . What are the chances for GT ? EE or Ind Eng. OOS /Asian American / Male

GPA - 3.91unweighted/5.21 weighted
SAT 1510 ( 800 m, 710 r) , SAT math 2 ( 800) & SAT physics 760
AP - 16 plus ( AP physics C,AP calc 2 etc)
Rank Top 5% out 430 in Top Rigorous College Prep school in Math Science Eng

Ecs
chess club president
USChess rank U1800, won several regional competitions
Unpaid internship in Civil engineering
Science museum volunteers
Built Robotics , programs Drones , Rasberry PI etc ( no competition)
Participants of 24 hour coding

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So this is the type of people applying? Well seems like im going to community college and not Georgia Tech

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@coolguy40

Undergrad population varies from 40% to 44% OOS for each incoming class.

The overall student population grad and undergrad in Atlanta is 54% OOS.

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Chance me
Gender: Male
Graduating Class: 2019
Race: African American/Black
Intended Major: Computer Science
SAT I: 1540 (740 Reading, 800 Math)
SAT II: Biology and Math 2 taken in October, haven’t received scores yet.
GPA: 96.9% (School uses number scale instead of A scale)
Class Rank: School doesn’t rank
AP Classes: Didn’t put scores but AP Comp Science(5),AP Physics 1(4) ,APUSH(3), psychology(5),AP Stat
Senior Classes: AP Physics C, AP English Literature, AP Calc BC, AP English Lang AP Environmental Science, and some required classes

ECs(Only 10 allowed on Common App)
-NSBE Tutoring 8th graders in computer science since 10th grade
-Cohead of Software Robotics
-Founder of a computer science/teaching club since 11th grade
-Science research for 4 years
-Independent researcher in my community college since 11th grade working on recreating robotics project
-Stanford Scholar DRI(Directly responsible individual) (International Research organization)
-Web Developer Intern at an educational startup in 10th grade
-Hudson County Community College LEAP Student(received college credit for classes such as Calculus I, Engineering Physics I, Statistics, College Chemistry I and Engineering Design)
-Robotics Instructor for Private Company as a tutor
-Online Learner(Completed an online course an AI)(Udacity)
Honors:
NJ STEM Showcase Computer Science Gold Medal
ProfHacks(Hackathon) Top 10 Hacks
Google Code-in Recognition
Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award(11th grade)
StuyHacks(Hackathon) 3rd Place

Essay:
8/10- I felt they worked towards Georgia tech’s core values, and other people said they were good, but I’m just not sure. They were from the heart though.
Recommendations
More likely 10/10-I’ve known this teacher for 4 years so I feel she will write me a good rec

I’m also an OOS student from Jersey City NJ and applied to GT early action. Is GT a school out of my reach? I really want to go here but being an OOS student, I feel like I’m not very qualified.

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I meant to add my SAT II scores were 790 Math(TRIGGERED, 800 Physics. Sorry copy pasted first comment.

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OP, you have good stats. GPA is a little on the low side. Looking at your ECs, I think you’ve got a good chance of being accepted. Good luck.

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OP, I also think you have a good shot. Good luck!

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@coolguy40, some departments at GaTech are now 50% OOS , like College of Computing. Also its much easier to get into GaTech if the student wants to study biology, or chemistry , as those departments are relatively small at GaTech and it may be a slight boost to declare biology like @clbbrock63 .
GaTech mechanical, computer engineering, and CS is about 70% of the school. Business, international business, economics, and architecture are small, along with all the sciences, math and the other humanities majors. GaTech is very very lopsided school, so students who express interest in other majors, may have a much easier time. GaTech needs to find students who want to study biology as so few want that today.

So its not at all a straight 20% out of state get in. The legislature of Georgia only mandates the AVERAGE
number of Georgia kids, and thus GaTech can play around and let in a ton of OOS students in some departments,
as long as the average works out to be legal. Its an actual law at most state universities, the number of in state
kids they are required to accept.

The school makes good money on the OOS tuition and fees. All in state Georgia kids win a Zell Miller for
the first semester. They can hold onto that, if they get good grades and the Hope Scholarship has a lower GPA,
so every OOS student pays for about two in state students.

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CHANCE ME FOR GEORGIA TECH—Unfortunately, after evaluating the two people above me, it seems like Georgia Tech may be off my radar, but I’m still willing to give it a try.

Gender: Female
Graduating Class: 2020
Race: Middle Eastern/White (no racial scholarships given, as far as I’m concerned)
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering & Psychology (Masters in Engineering Management)
SAT: 1250 (620 Reading, 630 Math) [Only taken once, in process of studying for ACT]
ANTICIPATED ACT: 26 [minimally]
GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.079 W
Class Rank: School doesn’t rank
AP Tests: APUSH (3)-----will be taking AP Biology, AP Literature, AP Seminar, AP Language this year.
Senior Classes: AP Calc AB, AP Stats, AP Government We the People (semester), PE (semester), Accounting (semester), ACP Business Administration (semester), Engineering Design & Development [4th year of PLTW course], Honors Physics, AP Microeconomics (summer), Art class requirement (summer)

ECs
-Wrote a 1,000 community grant to promote wellness, hygiene, and health in youth (8th grade)
-Muslim Student Association (participant for 3 years, leader for senior year)
-Black Student Union (junior year, anticipate senior year)
-Speech & Debate team (qualified for state in 2 different events two years in a row, member since freshman year, anticipating national qualification)
-National Gold Medalist for Scholastic Art & Writing Competition
-Key Club member (requirement of 20+ community service hours per semester, member for freshman year, anticipating senior year)
**Robotics Club (ANTICIPATED senior year)
-Worked at Kumon [a math& reading tutoring center] for a year and a half
-Admitted into school’s Finance Academy
-Business internship senior year summer at LaunchIndy (ANTICIPATED to be engineering based)

****I’m hoping to get a recommendation from my PLTW Engineering teacher, and I know it will be a phenomenal recommendation because he has an engineering background [which I hope gives him more credibility in their eyes] and he thinks very highly of my work ethic, and places me in leadership positions despite being one female of two in the entire class.

Summer
2016- IUPUI Youth Innovators Quest

2018- IUPUI Social Justice Camp

2019- will be going traveling to Egypt & refining my Arabic writing & speaking abilities

I’m also an OOS student from Fishers, Indiana and hope to apply to GT early action.
I’m aware that my qualifications aren’t great because I’ve had some at-home troubles with my life, however, if you have any recommendations on how to vamp up my application, please tell me so. Or if it’s not even worth the application, also tell me so.