***Georgia Tech Class of 2021 RD Applicant Thread***

Accepted
Aerospace Engineering
OOS
GPA 4.4 (w), 3.87 (uw)
ACT 35
SAT 1510

EC: Varsity Swimming, Eagle Scout, NHS, High Adventure camping (weeks in the wilderness)

Ranked 20 of 650 students at my public school. Also attend the county’s Governor’s School which is a junior/senior program in partnership with George Mason University. So I take 4 college classes in the morning each semester, then drive to my home high school for 2 AP classes. Really great program focused on STEM. My George Mason college classes included 4 semesters of Physics, 2 semesters of computer science, 4 semesters of calculus (including MV and linear algebra) and a research projected of two years with a college professor.

@chelleshao Yes, I cannot believe it. The odds were totally stacked against me, and somehow I made it. I’m just in awe.

Accepted!
Chemical Engineering
ACT: 35- one sitting
SAT: Math 2- 800; BioM- 780
GPA: 4.0 UW/5.4 W
OOS Asian
Essays decent- showed how my Extracurriculars connected what I wanted to do at GTech; Recs- IDK
EC’s: Research, Science Olympiad, Other Service/Leadership Stuff

Accepted
Mechanical Engineering

OOS
GPA: 3.9 (U/W), 4.5 (W)
SAT: 1480

Creative essays and lots of leadership + extracurriculars.

Does anyone know how many students were waitlisted? And being waitlisted pretty much means rejection, right?

Someone in an earlier thread had asked about admission statistics for Class 2021. The following from their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GTadmission/?ref=page_internal&hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&fref=nf

Congratulations, Class of 2021! Quick stats on the admitted class: 31,464 apps, 23% admit rate. 1458 SAT, 33 ACT. ‘A’ GPA, 11 AP/IB/DE courses. #gt21 #igotin

@3mlannon Congrats!

Congrats!

I’m a parent. My son was accepted

Program/Major:Computer Science
SAT I (breakdown): 1570 (math 800, verbal 770)
SAT II: math II 800, physics 800
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: school does not weight
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/444
AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5), World (5), BC Calc (5), Comp (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP CS, AP Bio, honors physiology,lit & comp, calc 3, diff EQ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, two publications
State (if domestic applicant): OOS Missouri
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: didn’t list
Gender: male
Income Bracket: too much for financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no

Accepted!! Surprisingly
Biomedical Engineering
ACT-32
UW GPA- 3.85/4
Leadership, unique extra curriculars, hardest curriculum at school, dual enrollment at college

Accepted after being deferred!
Aerospace Engineering
OOS
ACT: 33
SAT: 1500 (760 math)
3.74 uw gpa
7 APs at graduation

rowing varsity captain
international club treasurer
couple hundred hours volunteering at church etc

Following are some past statistics on the Georgia Tech waitlist. You can see that the number of wait-listed students admitted fluctuates from year to year.

According to the Georgia Tech Common Data Sets (http://www.irp.gatech.edu/publications/common-data-set/):
For the Class of 2020:
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list - 3,830
Number accepting a place on the waiting list - 2,267
Number of wait-listed students admitted - 470

For the Class of 2019:
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list - 3,397
Number accepting a place on the waiting list - 2,031
Number of wait-listed students admitted - 38

For the Class of 2018:
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list - 3,900
Number accepting a place on the waiting list - 2,150
Number of wait-listed students admitted - 174

Accepted
International
GPA:3.5
SAT:19**
Really meaningful essays. I guessed.
Amazing reccomendations.

So we will find out if we got accepted off the waiting list a little after May 1st?

Accepted Industrial Design
In state
Male
GPA 3.87 unweighted
SAT 1380 super
Great essay
Great work experience
Great letters of rec.
4 AP’S at grad

@JuicyMango, you probably received the link to the GT Waitlist FAQ: http://admission.gatech.edu/waitlist
Here are several articles from GT Admissions blog discussing the waitlist:
– BE COOL (3/9/2017): https://pwp.gatech.edu/admission-blog/author/rc218/
– The Waitlist Sucks (part 1 of 3 (3/16/2016): http://pwp.gatech.edu/admission-blog/2016/03/14/the-wait-list-sucks-part-1-of-3/
– The Waitlist Sucks (part 2 of 3) (3/21/2016): http://pwp.gatech.edu/admission-blog/2016/03/21/the-wait-list-sucks-part-2-of-3/
– The Waitlist…yea, you know. Part 3. (3/23/2016): http://pwp.gatech.edu/admission-blog/2016/03/23/the-wait-list-yea-you-know-part-3/

Rejected : Scheller Business School
International/ Out Of state
Male
GPA 3.84/4 unweighted 4.6/5 Weighted
ACT 34
Top 5% of class
Alright Essays
Great ECs
Great letters of rec.
7 APs All 5s
Acceptances: UT - Austin McCombs, TAMU Honors, RPI,
Waitlist Northwestern Univ.

I dont get it at all. I beat all the average stats. I didnt even get a waitlist. I’ve had very solid ECs and an internship at a pharma VC firm. Did I get the flat out rejection because I applied as an OOS/International student?

Here are more sobering stats which may help those on the waitlist make a decision:

  • According to the FB posting, for the class of 2021, there were 31,464 applications at a 23% admit rate = 7,237 accepted.
  • Last year’s freshman class size was 2,800.
  • The national average for students accepting offers (i.e., yield) is 33.6%.
  • According the GT Admissions office, the ideal undergraduate population is approximately 60% from Georgia, 30% from other states, and 10% international students.

Waitlisted for International Affairs
In State
Caucasian Male
GPA 3.79/4 Unweighted 4.1/5 Weighted
Superscore ACT 33 (E: 34, M: 32, R:30, S: 34, Writing: 21)
Top 9% of class
Essays were subpar and super liberal biased
Chorus, football, 5 different National Honor Societies, Key Club, 200+ Service Hours, 6 leadership positions (4 in and 2 out of school), and work experience at a day care for 3 years
Rec. Letter from a GT Alum
13 AP’s at graduation (not a single 5 on the exams lol)
Not too broken up about it, I’m going to Alabama anyway.

Accepted!
Aerospace Engineering
SAT: 1450/1600
ACT: Did not take
GPA: 3.80uw/4.01w
OOS
Rank: 14/106
Essays were good; I’m not that great of a writer, but they were about how I started a software company and what I learned from programming.
Recs: One great one, one average one
EC’s: developed various iOS apps, varsity swimming, varsity math team, vex robotics team captain(ranked 52 in the world -out of 20,000), competing in programming competitions, oneironautics, NHS, and I play lead guitar in a band
Volunteer work: math and reading comprehension tutoring, ballot clerk in town and national elections, working in a section of my local government dealing with town-wide communication and leadership.
Work Experience: Co-owner of a software company, summer job as a part-time cashier.