Chance me please!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>I'm out of state (from California)</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.00
class rank - 59/428 ='(</p>

<p>very competitive high school (because of the IB program)</p>

<p>ACT composite: 35
english - 35
math - 35
reading - 32
science 36</p>

<p>(english/writing - 31) I got an 8 on the essay ='(</p>

<p>SATIIs:
math IIc - 800
physics - 780
chemistry - 750</p>

<p>national merit commended</p>

<p>Middle Years Program Diploma (9th-10th) w/ completion of Personal Project
Expecting to graduate with Full IB Diploma (11th - 12th)</p>

<p>IB tests: (out of 7)
IB math 2 SL - 6
IB economics SL - 6
IB Spanish SL - pending
IB History HL - pending
IB Biology HL - pending
IB English HL - pending</p>

<p>12th grade schedule: (hardest possible schedule, except math which has one level above it)
AP Calculus
IB English 2
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB Global Studies (history) HL
IB Spanish 2 SL
IB Biology 2</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Certificate of Merit - Piano - lvl. 5
6 years experience in mallet instruments
National History Day (1 year) - regional finalist, state finals competitor
Quiz Bowl B Team - two years
Science Bowl C team captain - 1 year (going at it again this year, hope to make B team)
Science Olympiad B team member - 1 year (going at it again this year)
Member of National Forensics League (debate) - 2 years
won 1st place novice public forum debate at Yuba City HS Tournament
Quiz Bowl Officer: Tournament Chair 1 year (going at it again this year)
Model United Nations Officer: Treasurer (1 year)
Co-founder of UTSAV Youth Group
President of UTSAV Youth Group
Internship with UC Davis medical center Pathology dept. 100+ hours</p>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<p>approximately 230 hours comm. service
FLASH program - (2 years) mentoring/tutoring elementary/middle school kids
Library community service - (4 years) book shelving; upgrading children’s books record-keeping system on FPL library catalog; Summer Reading Program volunteer</p>

<p>UTSAV Youth Group (2 years) - organized coat drive for a local women's/children's shelter; organized Spring Clean-Up event for local park; organized fundraiser for same shelter listed above; organized cooking event for said shelter, currently organizing Christmas toy drive</p>

<p>Listing major for Georgia Tech as Electrical Engineering</p>

<p>Please tell me my chances. much thanks</p>

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<p>er, sorry.</p>

<p>Weighted GPA - 4.28
Unweighted GPA - 3.67</p>

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<p>The GPA is around average, but the ACT and SAT II’s are very good. Your classes look good. I’d say you’re a match. </p>

<p>I would apply by November 1 to make sure you qualify for the PSP program. You have a good chance for a scholarship (half or full).</p>

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<p>Are you serious? I thought it would be like a reach school…mostly because I’m oos and all, but my GPA isnt great either.</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure that there are a lot of people with higher gpa/class rank than me though…?</p>

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<p>Tech seems to favor test scores over GPA, and given that admission is highly stats oriented, I’d say you’re in.</p>

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<p>You are below average on GPA and Rank, but slightly below average. Meanwhile your test scores are outstanding. Your ACT and SATII’s are in the upper quartile for Stanford.</p>

<p>Other than MIT and Stanford, you’ll have a lot of trouble finding a reach school with those scores.</p>

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<p>thanks for the input guys you’ve been relieving a lot of stress, I just have one last question</p>

<p>I just checked GTech’s admissions site, and they say that they recalculate the GPA based on only core curriculum classes (math,science,english,social studies, foreign language) on a 4.0 scale and if the class is weighted they add 0.5 points to that class. I just calculated my GTech GPA, and it turned out to be a 3.97.</p>

<p>their website says “Last year the competitive range (mid-50%) of high school GPAs was 3.67-4.04” </p>

<p>Is that range the GTech GPA then? and if so, am I not that far behind?</p>

<p>please let me know!! thanks</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>you’re in don’t sweat. read burdell posts.</p>

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<p>…are you kidding me, you are set for GaTech.
number one, they love IB kids…I dont know why, but they do
number two your gpa and rank are fine…I have seen kids get in with way lower stats than yours.</p>

<p>But listen to Burdell on the PSP, cause you do have a shot.</p>

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<p>hey jimmy, I just read one of your posts earlier. You applied to GTech already or no? And how do u know about the IB kids and ppl getting in with lower stats?</p>

<p>let me know man</p>

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<p>don’t even apply, its a waste of money. You have no chance</p>

<p>Nah, JK lol. Seriously, GAtech isn’t that hard to get into; they’ll accept pretty much anyone with decent grades in math science and high SAT scores. Remember, they have like a 60% acceptance rate. I’d say you can count on being accepted.</p>

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<p>If by “decent” you mean a 2000+ SAT and 3.8+ GPA, then I agree with you.</p>

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<p>“decent” is probably 1850+ SAT and 3.4-3.5+ gpa with a hard course load, combined with sufficient extracurriculars and an intelligible essay</p>

<p>2000+ SAT and a 3.8+ GPA would have to be a lock unless there are discipline issues or you blow off the essay and never visit the campus, etc.</p>

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<p>My son is a freshman this year at GT. He was told by school admin that the “AVERAGE” incoming student is 3.8 GPA (unweighted) and almost 1400 SAT (out of 1600). FYI.</p>

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<p>That student would not get in. 1350/1600 SAT and a 3.7 UWGPA is borderline. GPA’s in the 3.6’s and lower are below average and SAT’s in the low 1300’s are below average.</p>

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<p>such students get in all the time, if they carried a challenging course load in high school:
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<p>the 25th percentile for GPA of admitted students is 3.67, and the 25th percentile for SAT is 1920/2400 - 1310/1600:
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<p>about 20% of the admitted class (not counting special admits like athletes, etc.) have numbers below these cutoffs, and may more are accepted and choose to go elsewhere (because of GT’s tough reputation, the “ratio”, etc.)</p>

<p>also, the GT admissions counselor said that the gpa floor for freshman admissions was about 3.4 at the information session, the important thing is that students have a challenging course load and pay attential to all elements of the application (including the essay), students with higher gpas will get rejected if they do not have a rigorous schedule and have SATs south of 1800</p>

<p>point is, below average numbers are not a disqualifier for admission, half the admitted students are below average relative to their entering class for the freshman index</p>

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<p>Damn…so my GPA is in the 25% percentile…D= but my ACT is 35…Does that barely equal it out?</p>

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<p>your in. in fact with those scores you could probably get in elsewhere.</p>

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<p>all right, thanks swan. I sent in my app, and now I’m just waiting nervously haha.</p>