Deferred from Georgia Tech

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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I recently received my early action decision from Georgia Tech. I was deferred from their Engineering School. I really want to go to this school! Any advice on what I can do to increase my chance of being accepted in the second round of admission? My stats are as follows:

SAT 1480 (1500 Superscore 780 Math 720 English)
GPA was a 4.56 at the time of my application submission but it is now a 4.62 (5.0 grading scale)
Ranked 2nd in class of 400 students
I have taken 6 AP classes and I am taking 7 AP classes this year (including AP Calculus and AP Physics)
I was enrolled in 2 additional college classes at my local community college at the time of my application but I have since signed up for 3 more classes
I am also an Eagle Scout, 4 year varsity starter in football, and I started my own club at my high school (a fitness club)

I feel that what may have hurt my application was that I accidentally submit a two sentence response to a 150 word short answer question. Does anyone know if there any way I could update this short answer to put forth the best representation of myself as an applicant? I will contact the admissions office Monday when they reopen, but any suggestions and advice about my application would be greatly appreciated!

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If you have updated information to provide (additional honors, awards or accomplishments that you earned since you submitted your application), that is a reason to contact them and update your file. The rest of your application is done. Your essays are done. The admissions office will be VERY busy Monday. Is there a specific reason to contact them?

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I assume you are OOS?

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There is not much else you can do. Just wait it out and do what they say to do on the portal. I was deferred too. :slight_smile:

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Yes I am out of state.

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I know this isn’t what you want to hear, but you should be excited about your deferral! Georgia Tech’s just as competitive as many of the Ivies these days, especially for engineering. Passing the first cut of rejections says a lot about your academic strength.