Chance me Georgia Tech

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello, I am new to the form and would like to ask for all of your opinion concerning my chances of getting accepted into Georgia Tech. My hook is my background as I am a Hispanic student (mother immigrated here from Peru) whose first learned language was Spanish. I feel that my heritage adds a unique element to my application (just my humble opinion) as it qualifies me as a URM and has been a large element of my life, given that I grew up in a Spanish speaking household and only learned English once I started going to school (I started at the pre-k level). I intend on majoring in either Biology or Biochemistry as a pre-med. Anyways, as far as numbers are concerned, here goes (I am currently a HS senior):

SAT Single Sitting (New): 1400/1600 (Math: 710 Reading and Writing: 690)
Essay Score: 8-8-8
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 670 Chem: 650 US History: 750

AP Exams: US History: 5 Chemistry: 3 (I will be taking the AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, and AP Spanish Lang exams at the end of my senior year)

Weighted GPA: 4.00 (95 on the 0-100 scale)

Honors: High Honors each marking period up until the end of my junior year (senior semester has just begun)

AP Courses: AP US I, AP US II, AP Chem, AP Physics C, AP Spanish

Honors Courses: (I do realize that honors courses are not a regulated curriculum in the way that AP is, but here is the list anyways) Geometry Honors, Pre-Calc Honors

Volunteer Work: Park cleanup, tutoring, food kitchen, taught English for a week to a small school district in Peru (I did this thanks to a connection I have with one of the district’s administrators)

Extracurriculars and Misc.: Politics Club Member, Red Cross club member, Lab Assistant for my AP Chem teacher, Flight Simulation Club (this as been a lifelong passion/hobby of mine), participated in a CNN interview in which the anchor was to interview students about their political views on this election (I was one of the 10 students recommended to be interviewed in a school of 800). Fluent in Spanish

If you have any questions concerning my application, please let me know. Also, I have done quite extensive research on the school and it does look like a bit of a reach for me, but I would still like to hear an opinion from a third party. Thanks

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Borderline. Meaning that you’re a strong student but not a standout student for GA Tech…meaning you might get in, you might not. What’s your unweighted GPA?

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Thanks for the reply! My unweighted GPA is 93.84, which, at my school, still classifies as a 4.0 average (93-96 is what falls into the 4.0 range). As indicated before, this bumps up to a 95 according to our weighting system, but I’m not sure how Tech adds weight to AP classes. I intend on taking the SAT once more (I just took my second one today, meaning that I’ll have 3 SAT scores by the end of November), so hopefully my superscored SAT will further my chances of acceptance. I plan on applying EA to Tech (they affirm on their site that they’ll still accept the November SAT for EA).

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In state or OOS? Male or female? Legal or undocumented?

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Out of state (NJ), male, and legal. I was born in North Carolina, but nonetheless brought up in a Spanish household (my parents divorced shortly after I turned 5, so my Peruvian grandmother played a large role in raising me as well since I lived with my mother afterwards while she went to school. My father immigrated from Slovenia).

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Here’s what I"d do – take the SAT again, really work on your application, apply with enthusiasm and optimism…but have good safeties in place.

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OOS admissions rate last year was about 23%

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Thanks for the help guys. From what you’ve all said, it seems that Tech is a bit of a reach, but is nonetheless worth a shot. I was also considering the University of Miami and UCSB and UCSD (I have safety schools planned but I won’t bother asking about them). From what I have researched, it seems that UCSB and U Miami are within my range, with UCSD being more of a reach, as is the case with Tech. Any thoughts?

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Calif schools wont give FA to out of state students. Have you researched this?

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Yes, I’m aware of that. It is for that reason that I was leaning more towards other schools, but I didn’t rule the UC’s out entirely despite the fact that I’d be paying full OOS tuition