Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>Gender: M
Race: African American
State: IL
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
Major: Biochemistry (Pre-Med)</p>

<p>My ACT score: 29
MY SAT score: N/A
SAT Subject tests: N/A</p>

<p>Class Rank: 14/287 (Top 5%)</p>

<p>unweighted GPA-4.0/4.0
Weighted GPA- 5.0/5.0</p>

<p>Sports:
Basketball 4 Years (3 Year Varsity Starter)(1 year Captain)</p>

<p>Clubs:
Spanish Club: 2 Years (Vice-President)
Class Officer: 1 Year (Senior Class President)
McLean County Urban League (4 Years)(1 Year Secretary)(1Year President)
Fellowship of Christian Athletes</p>

<p>Honor Societies:
National Honors Society: 2 years</p>

<p>AP classes:
AP Government & Politics
AP Statistics
AP Calculus AB
AP Literature
AP Chemistry</p>

<p>Volunteer work:
Volunteered at the hospital over the summer</p>

<p>AP classes- AP Government & Politics, AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, AP Chemistry</p>

<p>Recommendations: I should have VERY good recommendations from counselors and teachers.</p>

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<p>Very good, you should apply.</p>

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<p>Tech doesn’t need recs, so that doesn’t really matter haha :P</p>

<p>GPA’s really good, but doesn’t seem to match to the ACT score. Where I live, a 5.0 weighted is all As in all AP/college classes… What is the scale for you guys? Regardless, ACT’s within the mid-50%, albeit in the lower half.</p>

<p>But overall, strong stats, and URM, you have a good shot!</p>

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<p>At our school a 5.0 is all A’s in AP/Honors courses. I have yet to get a B in high school. Straight A’s</p>

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<p>As got2surf mentioned already, your ACT doesn’t really match your GPA - try to improve! The rest looks really good - congrats! I think you’ll have a good chance to get accepted!</p>

<p>One question though (and all you Tech-lovers, please don’t slaughter me for this one):
If you want to do Biochemistry for Pre-Med, why would you go oos? For this, I would rate Tech not any better than UIUC, and there you’d be in-state … Huge $$$-difference …</p>

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<p>Apply to John Hopkins.</p>