GaTech Chances and Advice

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I am an an incoming senior and I was wondering if anyone could tell me my chances of getting into GaTech?</p>

<p>GPA -
Weighted District GPA: 5.54
District GPA: 4.04
State GPA: 3.61
(not sure which to use)</p>

<p>SAT -
Math: 650
Reading: 640
Writing: 520
(not the best I know..)</p>

<p>EC-</p>

<p>-I am an active musician participating in School orchestras and bands, and out of school groups and solo projects.
-Also record audio as an outside hobby
-Am in the communications program at my school which includes broadcast, film, and video editing.
-Volunteer at Habitat for Humanity regularly
-Have dual enrolled in the past and am currently (more about this below)
-Working on a research project involving knot theory for the upcoming Siemens Foundation Scholarship.
-Worked in a research lab at USF that worked on solar cell research.
-Self-taught computer programming in C-based languages, C++, Java, and other script based languages like Lua.
-Philosophy Club at my school.
-Work with microprocessors in my free time, actually completed a pretty cool project recently involving microprocessors communicating over the internet (My intended major is Electrical Engineering).</p>

<p>I've taken AP Chem, Human, U.S. History, Macroeconomics, Lang, Lit, Music Theory, and Calc BC. I have finished all of my high school requirements, dual enrolled Chem 1 at USF fall semester, am currently dual enrolling in Calculus for Engineers and Linear Algebra this summer at USF, dual enrolling Bio 1, Philosophy 1, Sociology 1 at USF in the Fall, and am waiting for my AP scores before I determine what I dual enroll in the spring (I'll cover 9 more credit hours though. Probably math or physics based classes if I score well.)</p>

<p>Also I am valedictorian of my class as of now. How do you predict my chances of getting into GaTech?</p>

<p>Also, I'm coming from out of state (FL) what do you think my chances are of receiving some sort of scholarship or financial aid from GaTech?</p>

<p>Thank you,
DevenJ</p>

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<p>To be a competitive canidate you need a higher GPA and much higher in SAT. Have you tried ACT?</p>

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<p>No I haven’t tried ACT, but I think I will this Fall, because I agree I need a higher score in that area… What kind of GPA do I need to aim for? (If I remember correctly though my dual enrollment classes will count the same value as AP courses? So they should really help my GPA considering I’ll have 8 more by the time I graduate right?)</p>

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<p>Well 73% of high schools students have a GPA of 3.75 or higher</p>

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<p>Is that in reference to my state GPA I suppose? The GPA’s are just the 3 put on my last report Card.</p>

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<p>how are those gpas calculate?</p>

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<p>if your valedictorian, then you should be able to get in, because Ga Tech automatically accepts valedictorians, no matter what there stats are</p>

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<p>@Talha, that seems impossible, as there is no space on the application to enter class rank, there is no part of the application for a guidance counselor to acknowledge class rank, and valedictorian often isn’t decided until well after the admissions cycle closes.</p>

<p>So, I do not encourage anyone to put much stock into <em>just</em> getting into GT because you are the valedictorian…</p>

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<p>Yeaa, that doesn’t sound too practical? Idk how they would know, and burdell is right, my rank could possibly change this year (though hopefully not).</p>