Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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I’m a senior in high school at the moment, and here are my stats:

Weighted GPA: 3.95/4.0 (student at an IB school. School held status of best in the state of PA the last two years)
Unweighted GPA: 3.5/4.0

Class Rank: School does not rank

ACT Composite: 33/36

  • English: 35
  • Math: 34
  • Reading: 30
  • Science: 33
  • Writing: 28

Subject Tests:
-Math Level 2: 730

ECs and Accomplishments:
-Commended Student for PSAT
-Member of school’s NHS chapter since junior year.
-Student council general assembly member since my sophomore year.
-Was part of a group that organized a hackathon at my school when I was a sophomore.
-Member of the school orchestra since my freshman year (violin).
-Played on the boys’ tennis team since sophomore year (was cut as a freshman)
-Member of my school’s HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) chapter as a freshman, sophomore, and senior. Held a leadership position as a sophomore, and also won third place in an event at the regional level that same year.
-Member of my school’s FBLA chapter as a freshman and sophomore (competed at the regional level.)
-Volunteered in a local hospital’s escort department this past summer to gain a feel for a healthcare environment.
-Worked in a summer job at a local ACT/SAT preparation place, even worked for them a little before the summer.
-Attended a week-long practicum at a major software company this past summer. (IB requirement for my school)
-Also attended a week-long practicum at a local biomedical engineering company this past summer. (IB requirement for my school)
-Speech and Debate since junior year, leaning more to the speech side (did Dramatic Interp. last year)
-Helped to start a political discussion and debate club at my school recently (me and two other classmates)
-Part of my school’s UNICEF and Key Club chapters.
-Part of a statistics club in my high school since junior year.

First Option Major: Biomedical Engineering
Second Option Major: Economics

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Bump

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Are you in-state or OOS? I’m assuming you’re male… ethnicity? Any hooks? Your GPA is borderline low for EA and I’m not seeing anything big to counteract that, but if you’re an underrepresented minority, who knows.

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@yankeeinGA
I am out of state (PA). I’m Asian (Indian). I don’t have any hooks.

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Fingers crossed but that may be a tough sell for EA. RD more likely. But I hope I’m wrong; good luck!

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@yankeeinGA Is RD an easier acceptance period?

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Prevailing wisdom is that you need to be top-of-the-top for EA and RD is slightly easier if you’re borderline. On the other hand, a lot of places (particularly ones that do holistic review, like Tech) take how badly you want to go to their school into account, which would give you the edge with EA. In short: maybe. (Honestly, there’s something about “chancing” I really hate, because there are simply too many factors for which we can’t account.)