<p>I like this school, and am cosidering making it my sole safety (with a state university that I’d be kind of hesitant to attend). So I have a few questions, least to most important.</p>
<li> Should the male-female ratio be of real concern? (cuz I kinda care :P)</li>
<li> How’s the campus and campus life?</li>
<li> Am I likely to get a lot of financial aid/scholarship money? (stats on bottom)</li>
</ol>
<p>GPA/Rank: 3.73/ 49/526
SAT: 2300 (780 math/770CR) SAT II (yet to take, October) ACT: 31 (35 math and english) AP: 4 Calc, 4 US HIstory, 5 AP Language and Comp
*I’m not rich or upper middle class, and I’m a minority (NOT Asian)
*Also tell me if I shouldn’t consider this school a safety.</p>
<p>How does OOS matter for GATech? 35% were from out of state, 1/3 weren't in the top 10% according to a resource that's a few years old--do how's my rank low?</p>
<p>That 1/3 is high unlikely to be out-of-staters, but Atlanta and the general area.</p>
<p>And note just for perspective, top publics like William & Mary (33%) and UVA (28%) and Michigan-Ann Arbor (32%) are akin to Georgia Tech's 35% OOS... that definitely doesn't mean any of them are easy/safety out-of-state admits.</p>
<p>The acceptance of around 70% and the 'considered' mark for out-of-staters (on a scale of very important - important- considered - not considered) threw me off. Can I find info on OOS admission? The statistics don't seem to be giving me correct information, though I definately wouldn't compare OOS in GAtech to UVA. They consider state residency 'very important' and accept around 30% less total.</p>
<p>But besides it not being safe, how about my other questions?</p>
<p>GATech is a state school so OOS does matter. Only 1/4 of the students are from out of state and most of the students that are not in the top 10% are from instate. Your rank is a <em>bit</em> low when compared to your exceptional SAT score. But still it is highly unlikely that you will get rejected from GT.</p>
<p>Seems odd to choose an out-of-state school with such a lopsided male/female ratio (72% male) if heterosexuality is important to you. There are dozens of schools with good engineering programs that would provide you with a better opportunity to get horizontal with an actual live human female.</p>
<p>The male/female ratios are usually even worse for guys than the numbers indicate. A high % of the attractive female students will already have studly boyfriends at that college or elsewhere, and they will decide to remain faithful to those boyfriends at the most inopportune times. While some of the male students might have girlfriends there or at other places, that will generally not deter them from much of anything.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that whatever college you go to, it's not easy to find a gal who's attractive to you, and with whom conversation beyond "How ya doin?" is possible. And even if you do find someone like that, SHE has to think you're about the best thing in town (that she can get) before she will ... you know.</p>