<p>If you have two elements in the bottom quarter, then that puts you in the bottom 1/16th of the pool, roughly. </p>
<p>Remember that apps are up about 25% over last year already.</p>
<p>Not true at all (since 1/16 assumes independence), the correlation between high school gpa and act/sat test results is very high, on the order of 0.7-0.8. An applicant with grade and test scores at the 25th percentile is probably in the 15th-20th percentile range of <em>accepted</em> applicants, disregarding other factors such as the essay and extracurriculars which are very important.</p>
<p>Everyone should wrap their heads around this, all of the Burdells here discouraging qualified students from applying to Tech hurt the Institute in the long run.</p>
<p>Early notification applicants are up (its a new program), it remains to be seen where total applicants end up. GT has over 40% out of state applicants, the recession may impact that part of the pool that is willing to pay out of state tuition. Time will tell.</p>
<p>You’re right. I should have said 1/16th of the admitted student pool, not applicants. </p>
<p>The total freshman applicant pool for last year was ~57% non-GA.</p>
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<p>Most states do not have a top-tier engineering program, so those students will continue to look at non in-state options. Of the non in-state options, an out of state public school like Tech is cheaper than a private school. I suspect Tech will see more high-quality applications (from the people that would normally just apply to a places like Duke or MIT + an in-state safety). Those students will be admitted and will then wait on scholarship/grant/fin-aid packages before making a decision.</p>
<p>Where did you see early notification numbers are up, gadzooks? I would have figured more people would have chosen to stay in their home state this year.</p>
<p>I agree with GP. We’re OOS with limited options for engineering so the ds has applied to GT, for just those reasons. Outstanding top-tier engineering program in the $36k/year range as opposed to $52K/year at other OOS schools.</p>
<p>According to GPBurdell32,</p>
<pre><code> By Oct 1 By Nov 1
</code></pre>
<p>Last Year 1500 5500
This Year 4000 7000</p>
<p>Total last year’s applicants, 11431. </p>
<p>Of course, this is first year Ga Tech offer early notification. There is no reason to apply
before Oct 1 last year.</p>
<pre><code> 07 08 09
</code></pre>
<p>Applied 9306 9978 11431
Admitted 6082 6240 6720
Deposited 2734 2768 2819
Enrolled 2629 2636 2645</p>
<p>The average SAT of incoming students is 1365, which is still quite high but if you are 1350 or even low 1300, it isn’t a bad idea to apply. However, GT’s average GPA for lower division is ~2.3 so students who are not adequately prepared will have a very hard time.</p>
<p>idk why you’re worrying so much… I think you’re a slam-dunk case! please chance me back!!</p>
<p>“GT’s average GPA for lower division is ~2.3”</p>
<p>That’s not correct. It is more like 2.9. Also, according to GT web site, 60% of students holds on Hope Scholarship (3.0 GPA) after freshman year.</p>
<p>[Grade</a> Distribution by Semester](<a href=“http://people.math.gatech.edu/~brakebil/grade_distribution/index.html]Grade”>http://people.math.gatech.edu/~brakebil/grade_distribution/index.html)</p>
<p>Here is grade distribution for Spring 2009.</p>
<p>Architecture
Lower Division 3.6
Upper Division 3.5</p>
<p>Computing
Lower Division 2.7
Upper Division 3.3</p>
<p>Engineering
Lower Division 2.9
Upper Division 3.1</p>
<p>Ivan Allen
Lower Division 3.3
Upper Division 3.3</p>
<p>Management
Lower Division 2.9
Upper Division 3.2</p>
<p>Science
Lower Division 2.8
Higher Division 3.1</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>Careful, those distributions are only for math classes.</p>
<p>The first thirteen pages are regarding math grade, however, if you look at page 14 of Spring semester, it has break down for each colleges. </p>
<p>From just looking at roughly, it matches</p>
<p>[Grade</a> Distribution by College by irp](<a href=“http://www.irp.gatech.edu/apps/Grades/Grades_by_College.cfm]Grade”>http://www.irp.gatech.edu/apps/Grades/Grades_by_College.cfm)</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing, jim1980. Helpful to dispel rumors that float around like that. Most people at GT do fairly well. Think how much a kid with a 1.5 or .9 brings things down, so it makes sense that 60% have over a 3.0…</p>