<p>vsswimfly: Where are you from in Texas? I am from the Houston area. Already been accepted into Chem Engineering.</p>
<p>artek 1993,
Congratulations!</p>
<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 720 M, 680 CR, 710 W (2110)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 720 Math II, 650 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88 UW, 4.50 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 32/467
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Calc AB Subscore (5), Stat (5), Chem (3), World History (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1 & 2, AP Lit & Comp, Calculus 3, Discrete Math (@ 4 year college), Sociology 101 (at comm. college), Student Service Learning
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Gold Service Award, Congressional Service Award, other misc. service awards, Maryland Distinguished Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Honor[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mostly cheerleading (varsity and club)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Entrepreneur and owner of my business
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: LOTS! Started a few fundraisers, plus your basic Animal Control, etc. volunteer work
[</em>] Essays: To be honest…I don’t even remember them lol I feel like I wrote so many.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t submit recs for GT did we?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: …
[<em>] Additional Rec: …
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Applied Mathematics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large MD Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Volunteer work, awards
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure![/li][/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: Yay :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 780 M, 700 W, 700 CR 2180 total
- SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 780 Japanese
- ACT: N/A
- APs: N/A
- IBs: N/A
- GPA (UW, W): UW: 3.67, huge upward trend
- Rank: top 15 out of 60? (because of freshman grades)
- Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: High school vice president, math team co-founder/co-president, AMC/AIME school record, etc.
- Job/Work Experience: tutor, carpet business
- Essays (subject and responses): mediocre.
- Hook (if any): (antihook) ORM (chinese)
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Japan
- School Type: Private, international
- Ethnicity: Chinese
- Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>@nerdwantgum Yeah I’m from Houston. I go to Lamar. What high school do you go to?
Congrats! Yeah I just got accepted to Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech as well!</p>
<p>@vswimsfly…random, but I know a girl who went to Lamar! haha</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2060 660M 680CR 720W
[</em>] ACT:N.A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 700BIO.E 680MATHII
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6, weighted 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): above 25%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3APEL, 4APBIO, 4APES, 4ART HISTORY, 4 EUROPEAN HISTORY
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N.A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP PHYS C, AP CALC AB, AP US GOV
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): chinese essay award, AP Scholar w. honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): pres of red cross club, pres of SADD, officer in key club, science olympiad 6 yrs, student council 4 yrs
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n.a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+
[<em>] Essays: decent/average…about my love of nature inspired my major and my enviormental awareness, conservationalism
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: n.a…thought there wasn’t any
[<em>] Counselor Rec:n.a
[</em>] Interview: n.a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: Enviromental Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): no
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): yes
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Strong ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses:GPA, math SAT scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m surprised I even got in[/ul]**
General Comments: Finally a college that i get into despite my crappy GPA. SO happy and amazed I got in, espcially how I got this news on my birthday TuT. Maybe b.c of their gender gap i got in?? Anyways to those applying, go for it, you never know if you’ll get in unless you try. ** Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 34 composite (35E, 30M, 36R, 33S, 8 essay)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): didn’t send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/330 weighted. 2/330 unweighted.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Human Geography (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Linear algebra, microbiology, a graduate-level English class, microeconomics, American government, biology, physics, Spanish, statistics. All college courses.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bronze medal at ISWEEEP, NASF, NMSF, some other science fair awards, STAR Student
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Intramural sports (2 years), yearbook executive (2 years), ambassador for my school (1 year), microbiology and neuroscience research (3 years), a Nigerian cultural organization (4 years), a leadership program run by my county (1 year), JV basketball (2 years)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I teach biology to a group of undergraduates.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I’ve worked with local refugees for 2 years.
[<em>] Essays: I wrote about my interest in Japanese and Korean music lol. Sounds lame, but it seems to be working. It’s not the best thing ever written, because creative writing isn’t my forte, but it showed my appreciation of diversity and world cultures and my sense of humor.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black (Nigerian-American)
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: about 80k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, female, research
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, hooks, research, college curriculum.
[</em>] Weaknesses: ACT math, two Bs last semester
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nobody from my school has ever been rejected.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I don’t plan on attending.</p>
<p>^Thanks nne718. One more slot open for me! :D</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1920
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (3) AP Lit/Comp (4) AP Macroeconomics (N/A)
[</em>] College Credit (I’m putting this instead of IB): Sociology 1101, English 1101, US Govt 1101
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Sociology 1101, English 1101, US Govt 1101, AP Macroeconomics
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Georgia Governor’s Honors Program (Comm Arts), Leadership award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): GHP, Literary Club, Latin Club, Tech Club, Library Aid, Drama performances
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Auditorium Director (an actual paid job :P)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Breast Cancer Survivors Network, Beta Club, Dragon</em>Con Tech<em>Ops
[</em>] Essays: Creative but passionate about Georgia Tech
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[</em>] Intended Major: Industrial Design
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Irish
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ??? eh ???
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, Class Rank, ECs, Work, Graduated a semester early!!!
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[</em>] Why you think you were waitlisted: They like to torture me . . . My scores aren’t great but I’m committed so they know I’m not going anywhere
[/ul][ b]General Comments:**
I’m a Summer 2011 applicant so I have NO idea what it means to be waitlisted</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>ACT: 29, superscore:30
GP: 4.95/5.00</p>
<p>Captain of V. Football, 4 yr varisty letters, all league (3x), all section, mvp, sportsmanship award, outstanding back award, e-club athlete.
and a few clubs, volunteer work, mission trips.</p>
<p>lol…i have lower stats than you and I got accepted to start during the summer…my SAT was an 1860 total… so don’t worry you’ll probably get in!</p>
<p>I would like my brother to pursue his MBA but, do not know if 3+ 1 year degree requirement is must for international students. He will be completing his graduation ( B.com) in 2-3 months. Please help me with the information and some direction.</p>
<p>Also he is working as a RJ from last 2 years</p>
<p>Thanks
Prashant Verma
Atlanta, GA
<a href="mailto:prashantonline@gmail.com">prashantonline@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>I am waiting for other decisions this week, but don’t think I’ll be attending…hope someone posting here gets off the waitlist!!</p>
<p>Accepted EA
(I know this is the RA thread, so I avoided the huge template so as not to take up space)</p>
<p>SAT: 2320
GPA: 99.6 of 100
Rank: 1 of 126
Lots of EC’s
White male from GA</p>
<p>I do not plan on attending. Waitlisters, stay strong :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2060 680W 640CR 740M
ACT: 31
SAT II (if submitted): 720 BIO.M 800 MATHII
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.52,
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP CALC AB
IB (place score in parenthesis): N.A
Senior Year Course Load: AP CALC BC, AP CHEM, AP EURO, AP FRENCH, HUMAN ANATOMY, LANGUAGE ARTS HNS
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): MATH HONORS SOCIETY, NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALIST
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DANCE, TENNIS, THEATER, SCIENCE CLUB
Job/Work Experience: 3 YEARS AS A TUTOR
Volunteer/Community service: 200+
Essays: IT WAS A DECENT ESSAY
Teacher Recommendation: n.a
Counselor Rec:n.a
Interview: n.a
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: YEAH
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: sat ii’s, and ec
Weaknesses:GPA, and sat scores (the things that kinda really matter)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m happy I got it 
lets leave it at that
General Comments: I feel like i got in maybe because of the ratio?? Anyways to those applying, go for it, you never know if you’ll get in unless you try. Good Luck!! :D</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780M 620CR 660W
ACT: N.A
SAT II (if submitted): 770 Math II 740 Physics 750 Korean
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 86/700 weighted.
AP (place score in parenthesis): APES(4) APPhysics(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N.A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB, AP Macroeconomics, Regular Chemistry (I know!), Foods
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NONE
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Basketball (2), Class Representative/ Student Council (2), MUN (1), Peer Tutor (1),
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Mcdonalds 6months.
Volunteer/Community service: Peer tutor and regular tutor.
Essays: I wrote about my work experience at McDonalds and how it has shaped me into a better person.
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Undeclared Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: about 50k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): NONE
Strengths: Scores, college curriculum.
Weaknesses: Low GPA Freshman year, not that much E.C.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essay
General Comments: I am going to visit over spring break and make my decision.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 680M 790CR 800W –> 2270
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Chemistry, 800 US History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Around 3.8/3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): At least top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH 5, Euro 5, Lang/Comp 5, Chem 4
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AB Calc, AP Bio, AP Lit/Comp, AP Gov, Anatomy, Botany, Spanish
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 year varsity swim team captain, 3 yr MVP, numerous school and conference records, NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Academic Team, head campus tour guide
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard for 3 years
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer swim coach, peer tutor, etc.
[ *] Essays: Pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: One supposedly amazing, one really good (not that it matters for GT).
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good, but not relevant.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: In state: HOPE
[ *] Intended Major: Chemistry
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Extensive (nonscientific) independent research.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Writing, most scores, location
[ *] Weaknesses: Math scores were lower than expected.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In state, scores above average for state school (but not amazing), essays</p>