<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1370/1980 CR 660 M710 W610 (E 8)
[</em>] ACT: 32 M 33 English 28 E+W 25 (essay 7)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/400
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5; USH 5; Lit 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP bio, lang, worldh, ab calc (toughest course load at my school)
[<em>] Major Awards: Georgia certificate of merit, ap scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars : School Musical (11th held lead role); 11-12 Vars. XC; 9-10 Vars. Golf; 10-12 All-State chorus; NHS; Beta club; math team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Very active in my church/youth group; NHS +Beta club service hours
[li] Essays: Risk essay</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[</em>] Intended Major: undeclared engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US of A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): White male from a middle class family (oh wait, never mind)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Well rounded
[</em>] Weaknesses: Could have more leadership
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted because I’m well rounded and relatively successful in school/ECs.[/li][/ul]General Comments:I felt pretty confident, but still felt a sigh of relief when seeing “Accepted”. I advise future applicants to make sure to not slack freshmen/sophomore year and try to expand your horizons and find some ECs you enjoy.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 CR 660 M800 W720(E 11)
[</em>] ACT:not submitted
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Phy 800 Chem 800 MathII 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.84
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/180
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Phy 5; Chem 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Chin, Eng, Maths, Econ, Phy, Chem, Liberal Studies
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):sereval Maths competitions
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girl Guide (11th Patrol Leader); Book Lovers Club (11th Founder & Chairlady); Prefect Association (11th Secretary); School Peer Guider (9-11 Counselor) ; House committee; Maths team; Debating team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: about 100 hours
[li] Essays: good</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Applied Maths
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): n/a
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[<em>] School Type: Government aided school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): summer credit-bearing courses
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Maths & Science
[</em>] Weaknesses: CR score
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Passion in Maths & Science [/li][/ul]General Comments:
Good luck to all of you!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 680 CR 750 M 790 W
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math 2 770 Chem
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 - but with a strong upwards trend
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30% or so… LOL xD
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4) Chem (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
AP Stats
AP Econ
AP Gov
AP Compsci
Ceramics
Lit and Social Justice
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
-finalist for nation wide incubator program (they give you 500k or so to create the next facebook/tumblr/whatever c: )
-3rd place regional science fair (affiliated with intel)
-category finalist (entrepreneurship) for a 20k scholarship
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars:
CEO of several startups/online businesses - make 5 figures - donated thousands to charity
CTO/Secretary/Team Leader of an organization that gives monthly science seminars (150+ kids usually show up)
Varsity Track
Robotics (only high school competing in an international competition among the best engineering schools in the nation; placed 5th internationally in 2009, 10th in 2010; ex: cornell)
-Tutoring
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: see above c:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: see above also c:
[</em>] Essays: eh. they sucked LOL. xD</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Large Competitive Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ECs, SATs
[<em>] Weaknesses: grades (yes, i slacked. 4.7 senior year though :D)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I kind of expected this despite my low GPA :3 I think i was accepted because of my SATs though
[/ul]General Comments: alsgaksdjfwfdf it’s one of my top choices and I’m really, really happy about getting in c: top 5 engineering school… :D.</p>
<p>My son was accepted and while we weren’t sure we remained confident. This is a great thread for future students who are wanting GT.</p>
<p>SAT 2080
AP 7
GPA recalculated 4.0
14 of class/319
Continued upward trend from 9-11
OOS</p>
<p>While his stats are good his CR was low, but his writing could have off set this #. What I believe benefited my son was quality over quantity. He built upon a childhood passion with one of his ec’s showing dedication, while learning about failure, commitment, sacrifice and hard work. He was able to link this ec experience to his volunteer DARE work as a counselor, helping 4,5,6th graders learn about perseverance. He also built upon his academic strengths participating in HS events, i.e. math league, science ec’s, Leo club, </p>
<p>His essay conveyed who he was and where he wanted to go in life, concisely with space left over. He is clearly a less is more candidate.</p>
<p>Overall, GT sets justified academic parameters. They are trying to choose the best students that will succeed and contribute to building GT for the future as the ones have done in the past.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all who receive their acceptances.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):790 M, 730 W, 670 R (2190)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7 / 400
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):APUSH (5), APES (5), AP Eng Lang (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP Span Lang (2 )
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science, AP Economics (micro and micro), AP Physics C, AP World History, AP English Lit, Newspaper
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year basketball, 3 year lacrosse (founder and captain all 3 years), 3 year volleyball, 1 year field hockey, 3 year newspaper (sports editor for 2 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Homeless Shelter volunteer (250+)
[</em>] Essays: wrote the taking a risk one, pretty weak I would say</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] School Type: public arts magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’m a girl!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, grades, all the objective stuff
[</em>] Weaknesses: non-athletic extra-curriculurs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’ve worked toward it all my life, and I think I’ve earned it.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck to all the regular applicants and the deferred. You will get in somewhere fitting to you, whether that be Tech or elsewhere.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1980 (680 M 630 CR 670 W)
[</em>] ACT: (29 E 31 M 27 W)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 UW (over 4.0 on GT scale)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 53/339
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3), APES (4), AP Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chemistry, AP Macro, AP Gov, Dual-Enrollment ENGL 1102, Business Procedures
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Foreign exchange scholarship, AP Scholar, Academic Letter Award, Honor Roll Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 6 week foreign exchange to Japan, Beta Club, NHS, FCCLA, founder of EcoClub, youth group, soccer (fresh/soph), black belt in Taekwondo
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: tutoring, started small website business
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots and lots of community service, summer volunteer at charity thrift store
[li] Essays: Risk essay</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Science
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public/regular
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, great essays, notably good high school
[</em>] Weaknesses: No gifted/honors classes, mid range test scores, not amazing class rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: upward trend in grades, very very good junior year, good essays, having calculus BC haha[/li][/ul]General Comments:
SO HAPPY!!! I’ve wanted GT forever. Definitely my no1.</p>
<p>Don’t be too confident though! I have a friend who is ranked 3/600 students at a very competitive instate high school, who got a 2360 on the SAT, will have well over 10+ APs by graduation, and is a straight A student, with smashing ECs that got deferred because she figured he wouldn’t have to work on the essay and submitted a very mediocre one.</p>
<p>According to the Atlanta Journal Georgia Tech received 3000 applications for the Oct. 1 EA deadline. They accepted 1740 (58%) and deferred 25%. The average GPA 3.92-4.11 and SAT 2000-2200 with an average of 8 AP classes. Tech has received 5309 applications for the next EA deadline of Nov.1.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32 (34-W, 34-E, 28-M, 33-S)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.52 (weighted is 5.0408)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top Quartile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): I have taken 8, did not submit any to the college.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s, two of the most difficult the school offers.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Over nine leadership positions, many in nationally accredited honor societies, Editor-in-Chief of Gold Medal CSPA yearbook for two years in a row, President of Chemistry Club, etc. I have a literal laundry list of EC’S.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Held a job since freshman year, also took a summer job as a barista and within a month became the shift manager.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 237 hours as an Assistant Choral Director in a group that teaches music in underfunded schools.
[</em>] Essays: Good, used anecdotes and personal experiences (great-grandfathers death interested me in medicine and engineering).</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: BME
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large Public School (2500+), extremely competitive (Valedictorian has a 7.2 Weighted GPA)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Father never went to college, mother and father both immigrants (first born American in my extended family), youngest to graduate from my school (will not turn 17 until end of March), female engineer.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, extracurriculars, etc.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Grades
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t think my grades were where the school wanted them to be, and I’m hoping they’ll accept me RD.
[/ul]General Comments: Kind of bummed about being deferred but I’ll just shoot for great grades this semester and keep everything up and hope they accept me! Congrats to everyone who got in, and to the other deferees, there’s still hope! :)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M-780, CR-740, W-690, T-2210
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math II - 720, Physics - 670
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Weighted GPA (6-pt scale, only 5.5 possible): 4.97
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/395
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5), Calc AB (5), English Language (4), World History (4), US Gov’t & Politics (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Mathematics HL, AP Computer Science, AP Environmental Science w/Lab, AP English Literature, AP Psychology
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Student, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FRC/FTC Robotics, VP of National Honor Society, BSA (Eagle Scout), Speech & Debate etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I worked on a major online grade-checking website for my school system that reaches 3,000 daily visitors in 31 countries/territories and 45 US states.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mostly through Boy Scouts
[</em>] Essays: Invention was related to my work experience so I had a personal reason for needing it but also described the impact on others. Why GT? Intellectual stimulation…</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Engineering / CS
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, Nationally Ranked, IB World School
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Course load, performance, unique work experience and EC’s like starting my own business in the 9th grade.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Unweighted GPA, Why GT essay could have been better because it was rushed.
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I was as honest and straightfoward as possible, my essays were meaningful to me and although I had help correcting grammar and syntax, I did not allow others to greatly influence my message.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Stoked to have been accepted!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):M-720, CR-750, W-730, T-2200
[</em>] ACT: Composite - 31 (I don’t remember breakdown and I’m too lazy to check. xD)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Biology M-780, Math II-670 (>.<)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Computer Science (5), English Language (4), US History (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mech, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Macroeconomics, Organic Chemistry, Humanities, Human Physiology, French III
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors, National Merit Commended Student, National Hispanic Scholar, etc…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: FRC Robotics, DREAMS (we launch weather balloons and conduct experiments), ZERO Robotics, Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus, All-District Orchestra, Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Intern at a plant molecular biology lab at the Universidade de Sao Paulo
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: FLL Robotics, Elementary Science Olympiad
[</em>] Essays: I wrote about I basically come from two completely different neighborhoods: a small American suburb and an extremely boisterous Brazilian city.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] School Type: Public, Liberal Arts Magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Brazilian. And I’ve done research.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Hooks, my scores were ok, and my extracurriculars were fine.
[</em>] Weaknesses: APs. >.>
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Dedication to science, I guess…[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Hi all - My daughter was accepted to Tech:), but has applied to a few others. Tech is probably where she will attend and I wanted to put down a housing deposit BUT has anyone noticed the ridiculously high housing deposit required ($600). Was this the case in years past?
When an older daughter went to UGA a couple of years ago the housing deposit was like $35., so this was a complete surprise. Anybody applied for housing yet? Is there a great risk of not getting the dorm requested if we wait until April?</p>
<p>You can wait until spring and you are sure she will attend. It is not like UGA’s system.
Most of the freshman are on east and all the dorms are very similar. If she decides she wants west, she will have a decent chance for that too.</p>
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