***Georgia Tech Class of 2022 EA Applicant Thread***

The same… That word “Regular” was a concern to me yesterday. Thank you!

On the Admissions Portal, my son’s SAT Math and SAT Total Composite scores show in the “List of Official Test Scores Received” section at the bottom of the screen - sent in September.

Only SAT II and AP scores show in BuzzPort, no SAT I scores.

anyone applied for computer/electrical engineering

Chance me please

male applied EA to Computer Science

SAT: 1560 (M: 800, R: 760)
Math II: 800, Phy: 800 Chem: 750
GPA: 4.37 weighted

Significant course rigor
All courses honors/AP or Post AP
AP Courses: US History, Computer Science, Calculus BC, AP Physics (5 on all )
Senior courses : Multi Variable Calculus, Linear Algebra, AP English, AP Gov, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics

Part time job : Since sophomore (research)
Summer internships : Research work in AI
Lot of programming experience (C, C++, Python, Java)
Various Hackathons prizes
Volunteering : since sophomore > 130 hrs

National Merit Semifinalist
National Honor Society
AP Scholar with Distinction
Published research paper, presenting in January at an international robotics conference

@robokid 0%

@robokid Very impressive. Looks competitive to me. My S is NMSF too. Does Ga Tech take that achievement into consideration? Anyone know?

@amyandscott I don’t think those “achievements” carry much weight. NMSF, NHS, AP Scholar awards, etc… don’t really tell schools anything more than what is already shown by SAT scores, grades, and course rigor. If a student did well in high school and is competitive for Tech they will likely be in NHS and have some sort of AP Scholar distinction. If they did well on the PSAT, as many do given the average SAT scores for Tech applicants, they are likely to have some sort of National Merit status. In fact, so many Tech students have National Merit status that Georgia Tech withdrew as a sponsor of National Merit College Sponsored Scholarships beginning in the 2014-2015 academic year. Students coming to Tech can still get corporate/College Board sponsored National Merit scholarships, but Tech no longer makes a promised scholarship available to students. https://www.finaid.gatech.edu/national-merit-and-national-achievement-scholarships

Thanks @InPursuit I know Ga Tech has lots of star kids. I received an email from the admissions office and they said they would take the NMSF/NMF status into account for admissions. My S’s backup is Auburn. They stopped their participation in the scholarship program this year. We will await their decision on Jan 13. We still don’t know how we would afford it. But I wonder what is the key to getting into Ga Tech??

Indian Male (OOS)
Major: Aerospace engineering
SAT: 1460 ( math-780 and english-680) (one attempt)
SAT math 2: 780
SAT physics: 750
Grade 9 and 10 CGPA: 9.4/10
Grade 11 %: 90%
Essay: Pretty solid essays I guess!
Most prominent EC’s:

  1. Trinity College of London Guitar grade 6
  2. Leadership roles in school Basketball and Volleyball teams.

When is the CSS profile due for early action applicants? My parents would like to turn it in after Jan 1, as they made far less money this year. Is this possible?

@CaptainCold I think the priority deadline is January 31st
https://www.finaid.gatech.edu/incoming-freshman

Hi I was hoping if someone could chance me real quick!

Indian Male (OOS)
Major: Aerospace engineering
SAT: 1460 ( math-780 and english-680) (one attempt)
SAT math 2: 780
SAT physics: 750
Grade 9 and 10 CGPA: 9.4/10 (National curriculum)
Grade 11 %: 90% (National curriculum)
Essay: Pretty solid essays I guess!
Most prominent EC’s:

  1. Trinity College of London Guitar grade 6
  2. Leadership roles in school Basketball and Volleyball teams.
    Please be as realistic as possible!

Could someone please chance me?

OOS
Indian male trying to do computer science and math

  • ACT: 35, 36 superscore -GPA: 3.6 unweighted, 4.18 weighted (had a rough freshman year)
  • Subject tests: 800 math level 2, 790 physics
  • APs: 5s on physics 1, calc bc, physics c mechanics, comp sci A, statistics and a 4 on physics c e&m -Pretty good essays. Not amazing, but not terrible -Decent teacher recs, nothing super special -Captain of the school track team, did it for all 4 years -Wrote a manuscript over the last summer which is currently under review

Could someone please chance me?

OOS
Indian male trying to do computer science and math

  • ACT: 35, 36 superscore -GPA: 3.6 unweighted, 4.18 weighted (had a rough freshman year)
  • Subject tests: 800 math level 2, 790 physics
  • APs: 5s on physics 1, calc bc, physics c mechanics, comp sci A, statistics and a 4 on physics c e&m -Pretty good essays. Not amazing, but not terrible -Decent teacher recs, nothing super special -Captain of the school track team, did it for all 4 years -Wrote a manuscript over the last summer which is currently under review

Chance?
EA
OOS student Female
GPA 3.91UW 4.61W
ACT : 35 (36 English / 35 Math / 35 Reading / 35 Science)
Taken 7 APs (Scholar with Distinction)
Taking 4 APs now
SAT Subject
Math II 780
Bio 780
Essays…who knows? Tried Hard
ECAs
Rowed Crew 4 years (USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll)
Interned at NIST for 8 weeks last Summer working with Micro electronics
Worked Summers since 8th Grade with Appalachian Service project
Currently at a restaurant after school and weekends
President or Officer of several school…Mostly Social Service/Awareness Clubs
Play several instruments
Spanish and ASL
over 400 Community Service Hours

Please Please Please stop the Chance me’s.

I agree. Not what this thread is intended for.

My apologies. Best

does anyone know what is the acceptance rate for international students applying for engineering? Or maybe, what’s the international acceptance rate in general?

For the people that want to be chanced…Best advice my daughter got when applying to high end schools…schools with acceptance rates lower than 25% are a reach for EVERYONE that applies. No matter what your qualifications are. If you look on the the threads from last year you will find students that were valedictorians with 36 ACT’s and 800’s on subject tests that did not get into Georgia Tech…not even waitlisted. Make sure you have a sure thing on the list of schools you apply to!