Chance me please! Low GPA, decent ACT

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>Background:
In state white male
My school sends a fair amount of students to Tech every year, (around 100 current students from my HS are there currently). Rigor rating of 8, im not sure what this means really</p>

<p>UW GPA is around a 3.58-3.6 upward trend if that matters
6 APs tota, many honors
ACT: 33 English 34 Math 30 English/Writing. This converts to 2155 SAT (for GT)</p>

<p>ECS:
None except for spanish stuff and a little charity lol.</p>

<p>PLEASE BE 100% HONEST WITH ME, and please post what you think even if you think my chances are bad. I notice some chance threads dont get many replies if their chances are low.
i already have a backup/safety.</p>

<p>THANK YOU</p>

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<p>I think you will probably get deferred basically because of the GPA. Hopefully I am wrong.</p>

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<p>You applied early correct? If Weighted GPA is above 4.0 then you may have better shot.
Curious about how you did ACT - SAT conversion.</p>

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<p>do u guys think I have any chance for regular? I’m from TX and actually attend a really competitive school. think it is ranked number one now.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.26
ACT ENG: 29 – cuz I am Asian…
ACT ENG/WRI: 29 – got a 10 on essay, but GA Tech doesn’t seem to consider that… :frowning:
ACT MATH: 34
SAT Chem: 760
SAT M2: 800
Big Accomplishments: I got 120 on AMC 12, 4 on AIME. Intel finalist (got second place in my category), Siemens regional finalist, went upto state level championships in 2 sports.</p>

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<p>Yeah, how did you calculate that conversion. I didn’t think they would have it come out to something with a 5 in the ones place.</p>

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<p>My weighted GPA is around a 3.75 or so. And i just calculated what the single score would be for all three of those ACT scores and added them up. Obviously this may not be how they calculate it, but i assume they do something similar.</p>

<p>I applied regular, do i have a chance?</p>

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<p>To be honest, I am pretty sure when adcoms look at your test score they will just see ACT scores OR your SAT scores… </p>

<p>@VirtueRiserX - I think it would depend on other things since the GPA is a bit low (unless maybe u attend a competitive high school). How do you my chances are? My ACT English scores are a bit low for GA tech I think.</p>

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<p>oh… I assumed you did EA. Is your HOPE GPA the 3.75?
Also on some charts your ACT to SAT score is a little higher and on others it’s a little lower so 2155 is probably a decent guess.</p>

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<p>Oh, if this thread (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/georgia-institute-technology/1007090-gts-act-sat-conversion.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/georgia-institute-technology/1007090-gts-act-sat-conversion.html&lt;/a&gt;) is still accurate, I think your converted score is probably closer to 2200 (more like 2170-2180), I’m not sure, though. Either way, I agree with everyone else: your scores are good but your GPA could be what breaks you, and your ECs/lack of don’t help. Your decisions going depend on the essay. Good luck :)</p>

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<p>I really hope they don’t convert scores that way. That person said they used the upper bound of the range. That means a 35 on a section is an 800 on sat. That is no way accurate. They probably dont even co vert scores anymore.</p>

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<p>I agree with you chessy</p>