“I know all top colleges get more great applicants than…”
Yesterday someone posted disbelief that their 1560 kid got deferred because that is the top 1%.
Well, it’s top 1% of the national pool. Average for the GT accepted OOS pool.
GT SAT admission avgs:
2015 SAT gt accepted avg 1450
2016 SAT gt accepted avg 1460
2017 SAT gt accepted avg 1480
2018 SAT guess 1490
A 1500 is the top 1% nationally. So that means the average accepted student is approaching the top 1%.
For admission to Tech a 1560 would be the top 25% of all accepted students instate and OOS. For OOS accepted probably top 50%.
Stats show that you are capable of doing the work necessary to be successful at GT. A 3.7 and 1400 would be the min range. A 1600 and lazy essays is not going to beat a 1450 and great essays.
Stats are one thing but for holistic admissions, you need you demonstrate knowledge of the school and the school’s mission/motto. If you are deferred, you get an extra “update” essay to express how your goals align with the college.
If you don’t send the update, Tech wasn’t a top priority and you are acknowledging that.
@greymeer - I re-read his essay, and I do think it could have been stronger. It was good, but I think it was the first one he wrote and his “why this school” thoughts got better with more practice. He’ll still send in the supplemental essay, but agreed, NC State is a fantastic school, and he’s got several other great ones on his list too. He’s never had his heart set on a specific one.
Any kid seriously applying to these schools will get into a fantastic school, even if it doesn’t work out at every one.
This is for people with lower-end test scores looking for motivation lol I was so surprised to be accepted
Accepted for Math BS
1300 SAT
25 ACT
4.29 weighted
3.87 unweighted
30/700 in class
5 AP’s
AP Physics-2
AP English Comp-2
AP Psych-4
Varsity Basketball
Black Female
With Extra curricular
Rejected OOS
1470 SAT- 770 math/ 700 English
Top 10%
6 AP Classes
4 year varsity athlete
President of one club and founded another
In 4 honor societies
Pretty upset that I didn’t get in but the OOS acceptance rate is so competitive. Congrats to all who were accepted!!
Intl Affairs & Modern Languages
4.1 gpa
1370 sat
5 aps
part-time job & really involved at school and outside (with lots of leadership experience)
in-state
Got deferred for CS major. From Taiwan, public school student (they don’t provide no prep help), 34 ACT, SAT IIs: 800 math II, 800 physics, 800 chemistry, 3.93 UW, top 6 in Taiwan National Science Fair w/ my harmonization AI project, school’s jazz club keyboardist & instructor.
Rejected: Biomedical Engineering
OOS Latinx
ACT 33, SAT 2: 780 Bio, 780 Chem, 720 Physics 720 Math 2, APs:4/4/5(only three as not offered at HS)
LOTS of Science/Laboratory experience over summers at prestigious schools, including winning 1st place
Was expecting a Deferral
Happy with my acceptances and have some good schools to choose from.
OOS asian female, public school
ACT 36 (11 writing), NMSF, SAT 1560 (no writing)
800 bio, 790 math 2
APs: Bio 5, USH 4, BC Calc 5, Spanish 5
Heavy courseload, decent but varied ECs, strong recs
@mcfamilyof4 thank you! From the same data, I calculate 15,758 OOS and 4,531 in-state EA applicants this year, which is 77.7% OOS. All the reported numbers seem precise, except for the exact round number of 4000 total accepted. But that’s what I used, until I see a more exact number.
DS also got the email about sending official test scores. It doesn’t seem like that is required now to hold your spot, but only by May 1 if you are going to commit and enroll. I wouldn’t wait past mid April if GT is still on your list by then, because glitches happen.
IMHO, if you are trying to game the system at any school by applying to an easy major then transfer into a harder major, you may find that there is a reason why the harder major is harder. Remember a lot of students drop out off engeineering/pre-med even as they were admitted.
BTW, MIT does not admit by major at all. History major has to meet the same admission criteria as CS. And major is not a factor in admission.
My OOS D (Indian) was Rejected with CS as 1st choice.
SAT:1580; Math II/Physics : 800/800
Rank: 1
APs: 15 (end of school year) (mostly 5s and few 4s)
NMSF
GPA: 4.0 UW
We visited GT, and she liked the school and the feel. She said could easily see herself going to GT. So kind of bummed.
She got into UT CS (Instate), though. Didn’t do any ED, so waiting on other schools.
Good luck ya’ll
If my son was accepted but not a semifinalist for Stamps, is there any hope of any merit money later or is that it? OOS And if there might be some more, when would we hear? Thanks.