Hi, I was wondering what my chances were at being admitted to Georgia Tech as a biomedical engineering major:
My Stats at a very competitive Texas public high school:
Rank: 77/678 (Top 11%)
SAT: 2110 (720 Math, 660 Reading, 730 Writing)
ACT: 32 (30 Writing, 35 Math, 28 Reading, 34 Science)
SAT Math II: 770
I will have taken 14 AP classes by the end of senior year.
I have job shadowing hours at my local hospital, and am doing an internship with a pathologist and lab crew.
I have a few officer positions in school and community organizations, and 500+ volunteer hours in my community hospitals, food banks, and church.
Any feedback would be great, I’ll chance back. Thanks!
I think GT really looks at the M and SR on the ACT, and you’re good with that!
Since you’re not within the top 7-10%, are you looking for options outside of UT and TAMU?? Are your parents ok with paying the high OOS cost at GT?
Yes mom2collegekids, we are willing to make that investment. I’ve got auto admission to A&M, not UT. Although I may not be admitted to the engineering school due to how competitive it is, I’m fairly confident about getting into UT at least
BME at Tech has become insanely hard to get into, and your stats are average for Tech. It might help that you’re out of state, but I’m not sure. Your extracurriculars and course rigor are good though. I’d say you have an average chance to be accepted to tech, but I would make sure to have backups.
Also, GT looks at all ACT sub section scores. If you’re too worried, apply as Biology major as you won’t be falling into a competitive pool of applicants.
@wanderlust9871 I know that all engineering majors are extremely tough to get into at GT, but what engineering major would you suggest putting down as a second choice? By the way, thanks for the reply!
Undeclared college of engineering is always an option but Nuclear, Material Science, and Civil/Environmental engineering are all much smaller majors than BME and are thus probably less competitive. It is supposedly very easy to switch majors once you’re in