Chances OOS

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>Georgia Tech is my reach school but I really loved it when I visited. Im from an extremely competitive area, northern virginia. Im in a class of about 700 and my school doesnt rank.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.85
SAT: 700 M, 630 CR, 560 W
ACT: 33 M, 26 R
Classes taken: All A's in honors math all the way through HS, AP World, AP US History, AP Computer Science, three years of spanish. Other honors courses as well
Senior Schedule: AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Statistics, AP government, Entrepreneurship (Dual enrolled college class), English 12, Accounting.</p>

<p>Total of 7 AP's</p>

<p>EC's: Had steady job since 15, own business teaching tennis, VP of spanish club, lots of activity with DECA, volunteer basketball coach, captain of varsity tennis team and was All-Region last year.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White</p>

<p>Special Circumstances: Type 1 diabetes diagnosed sophmore year during critical time of school.</p>

<p>How much of a reach is GT? Thanks!!</p>

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<p>An 1890 is a little bit low, but your GPA seems fine. I think you’ll get in but it’s not a guarantee.</p>

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<p>Thanks, Im still waiting for my final SAT scores so hopefully they will be improved! And really, I thought my GPA would be on the low side…</p>

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<p>Is your 3.85 Tech Weighted? List out all your core classes here and I can calculate that for you if you don’t know how to (Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Foreign Language).</p>

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<p>Our grading scale is tricky as we literally had one my first two years and another my second. The scale for the first two was 100-94 A, 93-90 B+, 89-84 B, 83-80 C+…etc and my last two years it was 100-93 A, 92-90 A-, 89-87 B+, 86-83 B, 82-80, B-</p>

<p>9th grade (old scale/new scale)
English B+/A-
Hnrs. History B/B?
Hnrs. Geometry A/A
Biology B/B?
Spanish B+/A-</p>

<p>10th grade (Old scale/ new scale)
AP World C+/B- (Oops :slight_smile: )
hnrs Alg 2 B+/A-
chemistry B+/A-
Spanish B/B?
Englisgh B+/A-</p>

<p>Note: I wrote a note that i was diagnosed with diabetes my 10th grade year and it caused my grades to be lower then they should have.</p>

<p>11th (old/new)
AP US B/B+
AP Computer science A/A
Honors precalc A/A
Honors physics B+/A-
English A/A
Spanish B/B</p>

<p>12th grade schedule
AP Calc BC
AP Gov
AP Stat
AP Physics
Entrepreneurship (College class)
accounting
english</p>

<p>THANKS!!</p>

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<p>You’ve got a 3.69 which is definitely below average. The middle 50 range last year was a 3.75-4.06 I think, and the 3.69 coupled with an 1950ish (your 33 will convert to something like a 740) makes you competitive but it is a tad of a reach. That said, obviously people under the 25% range get in - it’s not like you are denied if you are the 24% for Tech - that means you were still better than 24% of people who got in (some of which are athletes =) but still, slight reach but you’ve got a shot.</p>

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<p>wow i go to the same county as you and am a little confused on my GT gpa. below are the grades i got from 9th to 11th, in my core classes, can someone please tell me my GT GPA:</p>

<p>Math:
Algebra 1 Hn: B+
Geometry Hn: B+
Algebra 2 HN: B
Pre Calc HN: B
AP Stat: A-
AP Comp sci A: B+
Comp Sci AB: A</p>

<p>Science:
Biology Hn: B
Chemistry Hn: A
Physics Hn: A
AP Chemistry: B-</p>

<p>English:
English 9 hn: B
english 10 hn: B
AP Lang: A-</p>

<p>History:
World Civ hn: B
AP World: A
AP US: A</p>

<p>Foreign Language:
French 1: B
French 2: B+
French 3: B+</p>

<p>total aps by the end of 11th: 6</p>

<p>12th grade (what i am going to get my semester end):
AP Lit: A
AP Comp Gov: B
AP biology: B+
AP Physics: A
AP Calc AB: A</p>

<p>my GT SAT is a 2080 and I am applying as a bio major. so from my GT gpa and SAT, how competitve am I for admissions? btw im OOS (northern virginia)</p>

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<p>I calculated a 3.53 at the finish of your Junior year. That, with a 2080 definitely makes you also a tad of a reach but you’ve definitely got a solid chance.</p>

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<p>do you know if GT would recalculate my gpa once they get my semester grades for 12th grade?</p>

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<p>I would think so but I can’t guarantee it. Honestly, chancing for a GPA like yours is tough. Nobody on here really thought I would get in with a 3.50 GT GPA, but what they forget is my school (and maybe yours) don’t get these 5 point bumps for honors classes and 7 point bumps for AP classes. GT doesn’t take those away when they calculate your GPA, and that is a common occurrence in Georgia public schools. I presume your school will send a school profile like mine did which gives them grade scale, etc…With these point bumps, my GPA would have been more like a 3.9 or 4.0, so like I said, it’s hard to compare students with their system.</p>

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<p>SL, can you do mine as well? (OOS), I’m having trouble doing it.</p>

<p>9th
English 9 Honors, B
Algebra 2 Honors, A
Chemistry Honors (1.5 credit), A
History, A-
Spanish 3 Honors, B+
Latin 1+2 Honors, A-</p>

<p>10th
AP Stat, B+
AP Bio (1.5 Credit), B+
Pre Calc Honors, A-
English 10 Honors, A
Spanish 4 Honors, A-
Computer Programming (Math course) Honors: A</p>

<p>11th
AP History: B-
AP Comp: A-
AP Calc BC: A
AP Chem (1.5 Credit): A
Spanish 5 Honors: A-
Research Honors (1.5 credit): A</p>

<p>12th
Quantitative Analysis II (At university), A
AP physics (2 credit): A
AP Lit: A
AP Spanish Language: A
Research Honors: A
Current Issues: A/A-
Art: A</p>

<p>My school’s weighted GPA is 4.504 (20/538= top 3.7% in class)</p>

<p>ACT are 34 Comp, 10 essay (might be 35 superscore, waiting for results in december), 780 chem, 800 math 2. </p>

<p>Applying BME</p>

<p>Good ECs: 2 years research, produced 3 research papers, nationally ranked in table tennis, captain of A team for sci bowl, NEAML, CSAML qualifier for math team, vp in chess club, co captain of chess team, 300+ hours of volunteer</p>

<p>Are chances high?</p>

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<p>Drop the research courses, the current issues courses, and art. Remaining is 16 A’s + 5 B’s. That’s 16<em>4+5</em>3=79 quality points. Add in 0.5 * 10 for 9 AP’s and 1 College course brings you to 84 quality points. Divide by 16+5=21 courses, and you get exactly 4.00 GT WGPA.</p>

<p>Are your research papers published anywhere?</p>

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<p>^The current issue course is a mandatory history course at our school. Also, the research courses are considered as SCIENCE courses, not electives. </p>

<p>Art doesn’t count? Alrite, I’m fine with that, lol.</p>

<p>It’s not published anywhere yet, but it will be within 1-2 months (in Journal of Organometalloids).</p>

<p>is 4.00 low for an OOS applying to GT? GPA is the weakest component of my app :(</p>

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<p>Are you on a second round R&R, on a conditional accept, or are you on a full accept on that paper? It makes a difference. Also, are you a first or second author, are you down in the et al group?</p>

<p>As far as those courses, GT will drop them.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure what those terms exactly mean. My professor is doing all that stuff. However, there will (at least there should be) only be 2 names on the publication: my professor’s and mine. So yes, I will be listed as a co-author.</p>

<p>But do I really need to go that detailed? I think I have a good shot at GT regardless.</p>

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<p>Those phrases are the current positioning in the review process. Think of it in the context of applying for the PSP:</p>

<p>Submitted a paper = submit an application
R&R = you’ve been selected for a local interview
Conditional acceptance = you’re a finalist and have an interview in Atlanta
Acceptance = you’ve earned the scholarship.</p>

<p>Telling someone you’ve submitted an application to GT is very different than telling someone you’ve been accepted and have a full ride. The same thing goes with papers. Anyone can submit a paper for a review. Few get R&R and very few are accepted.</p>

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<p>I know for a fact that both the research places where I work, the professors are both highly regarded in their fields, and when I asked them, they said all the papers they have submitted have been submitted.</p>

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<p>hey guys!!</p>

<p>GPA:3.85
SAT I:
CR:600
W:580
M:800</p>

<p>SAT II:
MATH Level II:800
CHEM:710
PHY:730</p>

<p>im from outside US.
Can i please know wht are my chances of getting into GT with my sat scores??</p>

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<p>^You are pretty much in assuming your ECs and strength of schedule are good enough. I’d be shocked if you were not admitted.</p>