<p>I'm really freaking out about Georgia Tech decisions. I'm hearing a variety of stories in terms of statistics and who gets in. I also hear GT is switching to common application, which would increase the applicant pool. Thing is i know a lot of people who are going to tech or will be next summer. But if I don't get in, what if i'll be the laughing stock of family friends. What should I do to keep calm about this?</p>
<p>First thing is first, you should never become a laughing stock to anyone because a school rejected you. College admissions is a complicated process and applying to a school that rejected you means you went outside your comfort zone.</p>
<p>Statistics wise, I think the twitter said the admissions rate was 39% this year for freshman, so it has become more competitive. I would guess a 30% or lower when they switch to the commonapp. I don’t know the particular on that, but I know commonapp has historically increased the number of applications for the schools that use it.</p>
<p>Just keep doing your best in your classes and on the tests you take. If you are doing your best, there is really not much else you could be asked for.</p>
<p>One thing that was apparent this year is that the admit rate from the early action pool was much greater than the regular admission pool. So you may want to consider applying early.</p>
<p>Definitely apply early action. I did, and quite frankly, I think that was what got me in this year. I’m not sure what the regular admit was for this year, but I think it was around 18%, compared to the 50% of early (39% overall), which is pretty ridiculous. The only thing you can do is keep your grades up, do well on the SATs, write killer essays, and hope for the best. If there’s anything I’ve learned from the college admissions process, its that it is 100%, bona fide, believe it or not, completely random. If you don’t make it, that doesn’t always mean you weren’t smart or accomplished enough, it just means that the person reading your application didn’t feel like they connected with you, which is quite frankly their fault and not yours.</p>
<p>I won’t lie to you, switching to the Common App will cause a massive increase in applications, and therefore a great reduction in acceptance rate. Especially considering that engineering is the new and hip thing people are talking about nowadays to stimulate the economy and create jobs, Georgia Tech will be rising like never before.</p>
<p>Remember a few things: apply to a variety of schools that appeal to you, do the best you can wherever you can, and when you’re done with all that, kick back and relax, because worrying isn’t going to help you, so you might as well let the dice fall where they may. Best of luck.</p>
<p>Thank you for your help and support! I got into Georgia Tech Calc, which is offered to those who complete Calc BC, and is a competitive admission process. The admission lady said that 97% of those 300 who got in(this includes the sophomores and juniors as well, and they cant apply) to ga tech calc, also got into Gt. Does anyone know if this puts you on edge for admissions or what?</p>
<p>Definitely helps with admissions, especially if you do good first semester because it is the best indicator of how well you will do when you go to Tech. If you got in that program, you should have virtually no worries about getting in.</p>
<p>I was talking about the Georgia tech calc program by the way, not ea although helps a lot too. Everyone that got into GT calc got into GT at my school last year.</p>
<p>Being in GT’s Distance Calculus program wont weigh in on the admission’s decision when you apply. But if you are able to be accepted in Tech’s DC program you are definitely smart enough to get into GT because they accept a drastically few amounts of students to the DC program</p>