Early Action Applicants - Class of 2016

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>As you all know, decisions come out tomorrow. If you applied early action, please post your stats here. Good luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>Let’s use this format for readability:</p>

<p>(Remove the spaces in each bracket).</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted):
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Essays:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>do they usually come out in the afternoon or is there some possibility they will be released in the morning?</p>

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<p>The most recent email said afternoon. Frankly, I wish it was at midnight…the tension is killing me! Good luck everyone :)</p>

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<p>They’ve stated numerous time on their facebook page that decisions will be posted in the afternoon. However, that’s not going to stop me from checking tomorrow AM, who knows?</p>

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<p>Yea I saw the emails stating it was in the afternoon but from past posts it looked like some were released in the morning last year and that all decisions were out by the afternoon. I’m nervous haha :)</p>

<p>Good luck to you guys too <3</p>

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<p><a href=“Remove%20the%20spaces%20in%20each%20bracket”>quote</a>.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>i can’t understand what you mean. Literally there are “spaces” everywhere, so what do mean exactly? Please provide a “before” and “after” example</p>

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<p>Before:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted):
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Essays:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] </p>

<p>After removing spaces:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision: Deferred
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[li] Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[</em>] Intended Major:
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Well, it’s officially November 18th (EST). Good luck to all.</p>

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<p>I don’t get what you mean by “removing spaces.” What spaces, precisely, where? please run an example for us.</p>

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<p>Ok, for example:</p>

<p>[ *] </p>

<p>See how there is a space between [ and *? Remove that space. Do so for all the spaces within the brackets</p>

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<p>Well I applied EA but account still isn’t update with a decision <em>sigh</em></p>

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<p>I don’t know if they have a time posted, but from past experience they tend to post grades at the time the Admissions Office closes.</p>

<p>I’m sure they get a number of knee-jerk responses from applicants immediately after seeing the decision. Posting the decision at the end of the day on Friday means the applicant will have time to sit down and think about the situation for few days before he or she contacts them.</p>

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<p>OK, got it re “spaces.” So, you mean specifically, “instead of the space before the asterisk, insert your comment or your stat.” Right? Alles klar?</p>

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<p>did anyone receive notification yet?</p>

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<p>re: spaces, no he means literally delete the spaces. So it’s


[ul] [<em>] COMMENT
[</em>] Comment 2
[/ul]

(hopes the 


 tag works on this forum, off to class now so will fix later if it doesn't)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ok so woops not working as intended. What he means is your tag should have no space in it. Instead of [ &lt;em&gt;] you ought to have [&lt;/em&gt;]. The space is there so you can easily copy and paste it from the post because otherwise it gets all pretty and you can't copy and paste it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Same goes for the others. You ought to have [list] not [ list], etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>My son got in! Good luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Send
[</em>] ACT: 34 Composite, 35 Math, 35 Reading, 36 Science, 30 english (7 writing, 27 eng/writing)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): None submitted.
[</em>] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 10.3 on a 12 point scale (or maybe 11?) It converts to an A- GPA so ~3.8 I think? Weighted b/c we don’t send/report non-waited GPA’s
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not sent (however ~top 25%, private school, class of ~140)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), English Language (5), Physics II (senior), Stat (senior), BC Calc (senior), Critical Lit/english lit (senior)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics II, AP Stat, AP BC Calc, AP Critical Approaches to literature (English IV), Debate, Technical Theater, Econ (2nd semester, take the AP but not an AP class)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Global Moderator on a major book forum (~2-3 hours day, 365 days/year). Debate & Tech Theater listed here as well b/c major time commitment outside of class positions for 11 shows I’ve crewed so far. JV Volleyball 3 years.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Planned internship for 3 weeks in Jan 2012, otherwise none.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Ozone Community Mentors (“leadership track”): Through my youth group, volunteer on wednesdays at for ~2 hours at school in a poor area of Houston. Also do other stuff like planning/volunteering at ‘event nights’ for middle school section of the youth group (~2 hr/week ~30 weeks/yr from junior year on). Listed some other summer volunteering stuff as well (only this past summer).</p>

<p>[li] Essays: Choose the one on “share the intro from your bibliography,” titled it “earth that was” and wrote about my passion for flight and space, ending it with this quote “I am a leaf on the wind – watch how I soar” (Firefly). This is the narrative of how I soared. The narrative of how I soared further than anyone before me ever had. This is the narrative of how I left behind Earth that was, never to return." I really conveyed my passion for flight and space through a short narrative and how much of my life I’ve devoted to being a sci-fi geek/flight. Also put in it the mention of “getting my pilot’s license in college” which I do plan to do.</p>[/li]
<p>Why GT: Wrote about research opportunity under a specific professor (researched him through website) and joining the YJFC (yellow jackets flying club) as well as starting one (happiness club). Through in the quirk of “knowing GT was unique because it has the only Pizza Hut that serves coke products.”</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Aerospace Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Small Private College Prep
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT and I feel like my essay was unique/interesting.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA. It’s high but I have consistent B+'s in english and history. Got one in Honors Alg 2/trig as well (by like .2 >.< ). Also only started volunteering a lot in the middle of junior year so not hundreds of hours like some. Parents tried to force me before that but I didn’t like it, but I found one I really truly enjoy and am doing it for them and not for how it looks on transcripts.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Very strong on test scores and clearly a math/science kid. Aerospace engineering + Essay showing my passion for flight/space demonstrates why I want to be in that major (not just there for money). Also very heavy course load (all honors/AP’s possible (limited by scheduling constraints), only 1 free period all HS (this year)).[/li][/ul]General Comments: Anything else you want to know? Or want me to detail?</p>

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<p>daughter was just accepted … Legacy !!!</p>

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<p>My son got in too.</p>