<p>Hey guys, I was wondering if someone could chance me for GT. I am getting really nervous and want to hear HONEST opinions. Thank you to anyone who contributes!</p>
<p>I am an Asian male applying OOS from Minnesota. I also attend one of the top public schools in the state.
The major I'm applying for is Industrial Engineering.</p>
<p>My stats:
GPA: 3.62 UW
ACT: 32 Composite, 34 Math, 34 English
Class Load:
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP US Government
AP European History
Everything else was basically honors</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Varsity Baseball (State Champion 11th grade)
-President of Diversity Council
-Science Olympiad (Placed at Tournaments and Our school has been state champions the last ten+ years)
-Orchestra since 4th grade (Officer on orchestra council)
-Cybersquad officer (A few student leaders chosen by the staff from the senior grade to help fight cyberbullying. This is also a really new club.)
-National Honors Society
-Freshmen mentor
-Volunteering through church</p>
<p>I think you have a fair shot. What’s your weighted GPA? 3.6 might be a little low, unless your weight GPA is good. Test scores seem fine, 34 math and 34 eng is excellent. Are those your only APs? EC’s are good.</p>
<p>Our school only weights AP courses 1.25 and not Honors courses. My transcript says my weighted GPA is 3.82. Our school also does not have class rank, but my dean estimates it to be around the 20th percentile.</p>
<p>Given the 12k+early action applicants this year, i think we will see a lot of deferrals. They will need to see what the regular pool looks like and also how many of the deferred students jump through the hoops. They only have so many slots they have to guess right. This year will probably be harder than past years due to common app. Also, they don’t care about class rank. Per admissions presentation, they weight each of the following equally, grades/rigor, test scores, essay and ec’s</p>
<p>How will they be able to tell how your GPA compares to everyone else’s at the school when they don’t look at class rank? Also, @stilltay, where did you hear that they will weight everything equally? It would be awesome if they did, but I was under the impression that GPA comes first, then SAT/ACT, then Extra Curriculars.</p>
<p>The reason they don’t take class rank into consideration is because all high schools are different. I am # 70 (top18th%) at my high school with a 3.85 uw gpa. I would be a lot higher at a less competitive school. They do look at you within the context of your own high school, meaning did you take the most rigorous classes offered.At the session she did say that each is weighted equally.i don’t think they were expecting this many early applicants. Who knows, they may change their strategy.</p>
<p>The school report from the common app which is written by the counselor serves that purpose. That’s where she can say if someone is at a certain percentile, taking the hardest classes etc. They care less about the exact number for the gpa and more about how it compares to the rest of the school. A 4.5 at one school is worse than a 3.8 at a different school if someone else at the former school has a 5.0 whereas the highest GPA at the latter school was the person with the 3.8.</p>
<p>“During the application process, we will evaluate the weighted GPA listed on your high school transcript. Utilizing this method enables us to look at your grades and class selection within the context of your own high school”</p>
<p>GT also emphasizes heavily on the rigor of the courses.
“During the evaluation process, considerable emphasis is placed on the curriculum taken during high school, keeping in mind what was available at each school. Successful applicants are those who take advantage of the most rigorous curriculum available to them in whatever form that may take – Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, magnet classes, dual enrollment, etc. In addition to considering the courses taken, we are also looking for demonstrated success in those courses”</p>