chances for presidential scholarship

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>Thanks in advance for helping me out.</p>

<p>Location: SC
Race/Gender: Asian Male
GPA uw/w: 3.9/4.854 (at the end of junior year)
Rank: 6/334
School Type: public, suburban
Course Load: probably most difficult at my school
Senior Courses:
-AP Lit
-AP Calc BC
-AP Euro Hist
-Psychology 101 (USC-Lancaster credit)
-AP Bio
-Gov/Econ Hon
Essays: Not too bad, but probably nothing spectacular
Recs: Haven’t gotten them back yet but probably excellent
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering/Business</p>

<p>AP Scores:
-AP Calculus AB: 5
-AP Chemistry: 5
-AP Statistics: 5
-AP Art History: 4
-AP US History: 4</p>

<p>SAT I: 2030 (Composite, taken 3x)
-Math: 710
-CR: 660
-Writing: 660</p>

<p>SAT II:
-Math Level 2C: 790
-Chemistry: 780</p>

<p>EC:
[Clubs and Activities]
National Honor Society (11th-12th)
National Spanish Honor Society (9th-12th)
National Art Honor Society (11th-12th)
Beta Club (9th-12th)
Key Club (10th-12th)
Academic Team (10th-12th)
Invisible Children Club (12th)
National Forensic League (9th-12th)
Student Congressional Debate and Public Forum Debate
Youth in Government (9th-12th)
Project Club 2008 (11th)
- Our class's planning committee for prom, graduation, homecoming floats, etc.</p>

<p>[Awards and Honors]
Runner-up to Nationals in Policy debate (10th)
Placed 5th in the Western Carolinas on the American Chemical Society Olympiad and participated in the National Olympiad
Rotary Club of Greater Greer for High School Top 10 Ranked Students (11th-12th)
National Merit Scholar Commended (12th)
AP Scholar with Distinction (12th)
National Forensic League Degree of Distinction (12th)
National Honor Roll</p>

<p>[Leadership]
National Honor Society President (12)
Key Club Vice President (12th)
Key Club Point Treasurer (12th)
Class Secretary (11th)
Project Club 2008 Secretary (11th)
Youth In Government Floor Leader (10th)
Youth in Government Committee Co-Chair (11th)
Youth in Government Speaker Pro-Tempore (12th)
Youth In Government Club Campaign Chair (11th-12th)</p>

<p>[Community Service]
Miscellaneous volunteer activities (100+ hours)
- Meals-On-Wheels, Adopt-A-Highway, Boys & Girls Club of Greenville, local festivals</p>

<p>[Work]
Cashier/Bagger at grocery store during the summer before senior year (20-25 hours a week)</p>

<p>[Other]
Attended Clemson Summer Science and Engineering Program
Attended Pawley’s Island Leadership Conference
Attend Horizon’s Values Conference
Participated in Race for the Cure, Tri for the Cure, Relay for Life</p>

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<p>20%........</p>

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<p>Both President's scholars I know were valedictorians with a much higher SAT score than that :/</p>

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<p>you probably need 2200 SAT or up</p>

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<p>At a PSP meeting on a Preview Tech day, they said that 80% of recipients have 1500 or above on their SATs. They don't look at the Writing portion. Also, 60% were in the top 5 people of their class and 90% have straight As. Also, they are looking for passion about one or two things(music, hospital volunteering, etc.)vs. dabbling in a lot of things. Your stats look really good(SAT could be higher, but you make up for it other ways), I bet you make semifinalist, no problem!</p>

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<p>Actually... yall might be surprised. So far, 7 people at my school have been selected as PSP semifinalists. Out of all of them, only 3 of them are in the top 5% of the class, and a majority did not even break 1500. However, I live in-state. Regardless, I really think that this year they are looking for people with really good leadership. Based on your stats, you have a really good chance. Good luck to us all!</p>

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<p>I think they said they have a thousand semifinalists, but invite only 100 back for finalists. At that point they are equally divided by gender and in/out of state. So, as a female out of stater, you would need to be the top 25....The 100 all get scholarships, but they range from free rides down to $10K(maybe?).</p>

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<p>Leadership and communication skills are just as important as intellectual ability and achievement.</p>

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<p>The stats look very high for prior year finalists in that report on CC. So though leadership, communication, passion for research, are important, those items would have to be waaay up there among exceptional candidates to survive anything less than top stats in terms of grades, top courses, and test scores. The ones I knew when we were in Ga were kids who also were HPY candidates, and often had to decide to take tha scholarship and go to GT or go to one of those top schools.</p>