Chances at Presidential scholarship?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>I'm a rising high school senior very interested in Georgia Tech, and would like to get some feedback on whether I would even be considered for their Presidential scholarship. </p>

<p>Grades: 93.15/100, around 3.9/4.0 (not exactly sure because we don't give GPA)</p>

<p>Class Rank: not given (I believe the highest average in our class is something like a 98)</p>

<p>Courses: All honors/AP, with college technology/engineering classes
AP English Literature
AP Calc AB & BC
AP Physics C: Mech & E&M
AP Biology
College credit for soph & junior tech classes (engineering/drafting, 3D modeling, etc)</p>

<p>AP Scores:
Physics Mech: 5
Calc AB: 4
Will take Bio, E&M, Calc BC</p>

<p>SAT:
2230 (M 770 CR 780 W 680)
SAT II Math 760
Will be taking SAT II Physics in October</p>

<p>EC:
Drama Club President Junior & Sr (450+ hr commitment per year)
NHS President Sr
Ballet
Newspaper
Tutor in math, science, writing, etc; specialized in children with special needs</p>

<p>Any help or advice is appreciated. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Good luck (10 char)</p>

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<p>If you’re a valedictorian with a 2230 SAT, you might considered for an interview. But your EC’s are very weak compared to what is usually considered a strong PSP candidate. So you might get an interview, but unless you blow the interview out of the water, you’re probably not getting to the finalist round.</p>

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<p>You won’t get credit at Tech for those classes.</p>

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<p>banjo is right on the money</p>

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<p>As a father of a PS, I think I can add a comment:</p>

<p>Looking at my sons PS-friends at GT, I have to say that all the ones I’ve met had either </p>

<ul>
<li>really good grades (SATs in the range of probably 2300 or higher; my son had 2390) </li>
</ul>

<p>OR</p>

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<li>they have done something really impressive in high school (spectacular R&D or impressive ECs). </li>
</ul>

<p>Either way, you have to stand out in your application to get invited for an interview - and from there on it’s how well you interview … </p>

<p>I’m afraid I have to agree with banjo - from what I see about you, I have my doubts that you’ll even get an invitation for an interview … it might depend if you’re in-state or not, I don’t know, but I’d say your chances are slim - sorry.</p>

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<p>How good are you at ballet? How much time and energy have you poured in with what results? </p>

<p>It doesn’t matter so much the title of the activity as the outcome, results, and lessons learned. </p>

<p>So this will be more a function of what you’ve actually accomplished in your activities and how well you convey that on the application.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>