@itsv, Thanks for your comments. We probably won’t qualify for any aid anyways. I was hoping my son would qualify for the merit scholarships offered by GA Tech to parlay some of the OOS costs. But now that seems very unlikely. Push comes to shove, we can manage the financing provided the college he gets into is worth it.
Accepted. I’m psyched!
Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[ *] ACT: 34C (33M, 35E, 35W, 31S)
[ *] SAT II: 770 Math II, 800 Chinese
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: None
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Some unique national awards
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars: A lot
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: a Lot
[ *] Summer Activities: Yale Young Global Scholars, Barrett Summer Scholars
Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Probably
[ *] Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Charter
[ *] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported): N
[ *] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Asian/Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
General Comments: It’s not where you go, it’s the ROI first, then make the most of available opportunities wherever you land.
Choose one:
Decision:Accepted
[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 33 (highest sections: E35 M36 R32 S32)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math 2 800 Physics 760 Chinese 800 (lol)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98?(school doesn’t do unweighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 61/651 had a great disadvantage transferring credits from my home country. Use this to encourage future applicants who have the same problem: Initial adversity on GPA could be overcame by your endeavors, keep your hopes up!
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses): Full IB Diploma Math SL 7 Physics SL 6 others don’t know
Senior Year Course Load: 7 IBs 1 AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): published book review on UN website, nothing too big
[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): leaderships in service club, research, math club, generally well-rounded, put lots of work into this tho
Job/Work Experience: Intern journalist
Volunteer/Community Service: lots with service club
Summer Activities: wrote a review and published on UN website
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: 9/10 my first essay (cuz this was my first app lol), vivid & engaging
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: good 7/10
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 5/10 generic probably
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details)::
Interview:
[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? no
State (if domestic applicant): TX (but i’m an international)
Country (if international applicant):china
School Type: big public
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: fe
Income Bracket: not mentioned in app I guess? not high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: essays, stats?
Weaknesses: class rank
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: qualified & no sheer weakness & stand out (maybe?)
Where else you are applying or have already applied: lots. University of Michigan Ann Arbor (EA Accepted), Safety(accepted), Duke (ED Rejected), Uchicago (EA Deferred), applied to several ivies and top schools regular round
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Georgia Tech, thank you for accepting me!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 33 C 35 E+M (33 E, 36 M, 29 R, 32 S, 8 essay)
SAT II : Biology E 700, Mathematics II 780
Weighted GPA: 4.36
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 AP Microeconomics, 4 AP Macroeconomics, 5 Chinese
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Physics I, Honors English, Chinese, Visual Arts, Current Events, PE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Japan invention gold medal, igem (host by MIT) gold medal, Ukraine invention gold medal, fourth place of national chinese calligraphy, AMC 10 top 5% and AMC 12 excellent award, APCYS (Asian Pacific Competition of Young Scientist) Gold medal etc…
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): founder or cofounder of several clubs, including rotary club, mun, reading club, WSC
Job/Work Experience: Taiwan Business Bank, Title - Assistant of Investment Department; College Consulting Institute, Title - Math Teaching Assistant; Kuan Tong Industrial Co., Ltd., Title - Financial Assistant
Volunteer/Community Service: cleaning our district for more than 180 hours (2 hours a week for consecutive 4 years, been to China to deliver jackets and took care of the orphans, volunteer to be librarian of the school etc…
Summer Activities: Philips Academy Andover, internship, volunteer works
Essays: writing about my transition from childhood to teenage age, and also about how Chinese culture influences me
Teacher Recommendations: pretty good, from an English teacher I have known for 5 years and a dean who guild me to participate in science fairs
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Additional Rec: none
Interview: no
Other:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Taiwan
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Major: Applied Mathematics
Income Bracket: ~100k/
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection:
Strengths: GPA, extracurriculars activities
Weaknesses: ACT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: extracurriculars most likely
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: do more extracurricular activities, write essays beforehand
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 33 (31 M, 34 E, 32 S, 35 R)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): (school doesn’t do unweighted) 4.0 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), French (4), Chemistry (3), Cal AB (3) (did not report)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Cal BC, AP Econ, AP Lit, AP Computer Science, Yearbook
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): AP Scholar with Honors
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
National Honor Society
National English Honor Society
National Art Honor Society
National French Honor Society
Mu Alpha Theta (math honor society)
National french exam–Gold and Silver medal (9,10,11)
President of 2 clubs (founded one)
Technology Director (for a school production–dedicated over 100 hours)
Member of Student council (11,12)
Yearbook staff member
Co-Captained city league softball team, Captained All Star team (11), Selected for All Stars (10)
Varsity Softball (9,10)
Bunch of other stuff 
Job/Work Experience: Photographer (Weddings, Senior Pics, etc…2 years now)
Volunteer/Community service: 50+ hours each year
Other
Intended Major: Bioengineering
School Type: Public
State: OOS
Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): White
Gender: Female
General Comments:
My GPA is low and my AP scores weren’t that great 
Really really really nervous about everywhere else now ugh 
Really disappointed. Congrats to everyone who got in!
Decision: Deferred
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 34 (34 E, 35 M, 31 R, 35 S)
ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math L2, 700 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t know, but my grades (bar the freshman ones) are really high. Currently ranked 1st in school
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/320
AP (place score in parentheses): Not offered at my school
IB (place score in parentheses): Not offered at my school
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous available
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): IRIS National Fair Finalist (ISEF 2016 Semi-Finalist) in Math category
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): RMO qualifier (akin to AIME in my country), NCO (insignificant computing olympiad; state rank: 3, national rank: 36), loads of scholarship and other school stuff.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Only listing down the ones I put on my app.
- Research: 4x papers. First author on all of them. Published x2. Reached National Fair (ISEF Semi-Finals) for two of my papers. Some of our results are really significant
- Work: Started a startup with my friends. Received closure for angel funding. Employ 14 people (12 at the time of applying). Serve as CEO, iOS engineer
- Student Govt.: Head Boy (highest position on student council) for two years. School house captain for one year (3rd highest position on student council). President of the CS club, Debate club. Member of the math club.
- Volunteer work: (Read below)
Job/Work Experience: See point number 2 above.
Volunteer/Community Service: Manage a non-profit that provides CS edu. to underprivileged children. Present in over 10 cities and have a 100+ member strong volunteer base.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App essay was okay, I’ve improved it a lot since then. Gtech essays were pretty good
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: 9/10
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 9/10
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details): We couldnt send one, could we?
Other
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: applied math
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported):
[] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): asian
[] Gender: male
General Comments: friends with way lower stats got in. I dont know what to say. Pretty disappointed
Decision: Accepted (!)
Numbers:
GPA: 4.70 W (4.0/4.0 UW)
ACT: 34 C (35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 32 S, 36 W)
SAT: 2200 (690 CR 740 M 770 W 10 E) (Didn’t Send)
SAT II: Math II 800
AP: US Gov: 5, USH: 5, Lang & Comp: 5, AB Calc, Stat, Physics 1: pending.
Academic/Club ECs:
Placed in 3 university math competitions last year 11th. Started a math club this year for my school 12th.
Placed 1st at region for rhetorical analysis essay, 2nd international extemporaneous speaking 11th.
Beta Club Prez 12th
Academic Bowl (2nd Place Team at University Tourny, I placed 2nd in my subject) 11th, 12th
Student Body Secretary 11th, 12th
Bunch of other “clubs” (Spanish for clubs).
Georgia Boys State: Elected to Supreme Court (hated this experience but whatever)
Honor Committee
Newspaper Writer
AP Scholar
NM Commended Scholar
Some other lame stuff
Sports:
Varsity Soccer since 8th. Region honors 9th, 10th, 11th, All State 9th.
Wrestling since 8th, top 3 region since 9th, 3rd in the state 10th, 11th.
Football 12th, All Area Team
Track 9th???..
Work/Volunteer:
Architect’s Assistant 11th, 12th
Topographical Surveyor 11th, 12th
GA Soccer Referee 9th, 10th
School Athletics 9th-12th
Area Special Olympics 12th
Senior Mentorship Program 12th
Writing Tutor 11th, 12th
Essays:
They were pretty good. Did one about wrestling.
Rec Letters: School policy doesn’t let me see them.
IMPORTANT:
Race: White
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, German, Swiss
Sex: Male
State/Country: Georgia, USA
School Type: Private
Major: Applied/Discrete Mathematics @hereiamcorn
Legacy: Yes
Reflections:
Strength: Scores/GPA, Math Stuff, Sports, Work, IS, Legacy
Weaknesses: Senior Course Load, Volunteering, White Male
Hooks: Rare major
Accepted!!
Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[ *] ACT: 35C
[ *] SAT II: didn’t send
[ *] Unweighted GPA: 4.3
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/347
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB(4), AP Chem(4), AP Bio(3), AP Stats(3), AP Lang(4), AP Psych
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Physics 1, comp sci, APES, AP Calc BC
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Just AP Scholars, and in school awards
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars: Dance, Tennis, Piano (Heavily involved in all 3)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Dance Teacher(Bollywood), Tutor at Mathnasium
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: local hospital (300+ hours), several other smaller ones
[ *] Summer Activities: Nothing really
Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Computer Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): ID
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported):
[ *] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
@nhsrikanth No problem.
The Honours program at Rutgers, as well as NJIT, would no doubt give him this platform (these are the public schools in NJ that I know of personally). It is very easy to get involved in CS research. Having seen what GT looks for, I’ll shed some more light here. If you are a student coming in from any Public school (preferably with a CS doctorate program), with a 3.8 +, some research with a professor, REU’s (which are relativley easy to get, especially in CS), and pretty decent GRE scores, GT’s M.S. program WILL take you. I would also suggest your son to look for an internship with one of GT’s divisions. Then, he can come down here and see how its like. I love GT, but would advise you not to waste money for undergrad, and then GT will hopefully pay for his M.S. (there’s plenty of funding available). PM me if you have any questions, and I wish you only the best.
@MichiganGeorgia I suspected that. It’s ridiculous as his stats/EC’s/tests/everything are way above mine from when I got in. And here we are…sigh…
I also thought it might be a blessing in terms of saving the OOS tuition for a year. But odds are he’ll go to another OOS school and then GT is just the safety valve if he doesn’t like it. Colorado School of mines accepted him in November.
For son:
Happy he was accepted, but probably won’t attend without FA or scholarship (OOS)
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT :36C 35R 36M 36S 36W
SAT II : 800 Math II, 780 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP ( 5 Calc BC, 5 Chem, 4 Spanish, 4 APUSH ):
Senior Year Course Load: Multi-variable Calc, AP Physics, Research Principles, Shakespeare , Latin 5, AP Econ, Finance, Spanish 5
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, Spanish Silver/Bronze,
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (Ocean Bowl Captain, Science Olympiad Captain): Orchestra
Job/Work Experience: Research assistant in engineering lab
Volunteer/Community Service: Food Banks, SO middle school proctor
Summer Activities: Travel, Research, College visits
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? yes
Intended Major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
State (if domestic applicant):Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Private
Ethnicity:Mixed Race
Gender:Male
Select the decision
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (740, 740, 740)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 770 math 2, 700 US History, (740 physics I did not submit as I took it after I’d already submitted my other scores)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4) - didn’t take the class, I just like history. Also school doesn’t have AP classes
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Calc 2 Adv, Stat Adv, Chem 2 Adv, Bio 1 Adv, Lit, History of Architecture Adv, Taking Comp Sci 2 as an unofficial class
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars: lots and have state/district honors for some. Probably 30 hours a week of extracurriculars
[ *] Job/Work Experience: good internship in scientific field past 2 summers
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: service committee member
[ *] Summer Activities: sports, internship
Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: I don’t think so
[ *] Intended Major: Industrial Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Private School
[ *] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported): N
[ *] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): American
[ *] Gender: Male
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (730 CR, 720 Math, 760 Grammar)
[ *] ACT: 34 C (36 E, 36 M, 33 R, 31 S)
[ *] SAT II: N/A
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Weighted GPA: 4.47
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around the top 15%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), Chemistry (4), AP language & Composition (4), AP Euro (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP Courses
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, few medals in Science Olympiad.
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars: NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, youth orchestra, Junior Civitan club.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Mission trip to a 3rd world country, 30 hours of volunteer work in NHS per year, volunteer work in Spanish Honor Society.
[ *] Summer Activities: Studied for standardized tests.
Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Computer Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): AL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Magnet school
[ *] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported): N
[ *] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
General Comments: I see lots of instances affirmative action taking place… Didn’t think I would be outright rejected. Thought I would be deferred AT LEAST. And maybe I should’ve applied for an easy major and changed after I got in…
@WiseInhabitant I chose cs as my major as well and was deferred, but I thought tech didn’t consider it as a deciding factor?
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (800M, 800 CR, 780W)
[ *] ACT: Nope
[ *] SAT II: 760 BioM, 780 Chem, 800 Math 2
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 UW, 4.35 W
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Straight 5’s (Euro, APUSH, English Lang, Calc AB, Calc BC, Psych)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Nope
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Max Rigor, 6 APs
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): AMC School Winner, National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar, other minor stuff
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars: Hospital vol, tons of tutoring, varsity swimming, MUN
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Haha no
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring
[ *] Summer Activities: Mostly TV/ videogames
Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: BME
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): OOS
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported): N
[ *] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Asian (Indian)
[ *] Gender:M
General Comments:
It’s getting tougher by the year, but I’m psyched to be able to attend 
#GT20
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 36 (35m 36s 35e 36r)
[ *] SAT II: 800 M2
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4’s on 6 tests, 10 in total with senior year
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s/DualEnroll, most rigorous
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars: prez/founder of 3 clubs, all state orchestras, ton of music, definitely not lacking
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: a ton at hospital
[ *] Summer Activities: toured with a dude who went #1 on itunes
Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: BME
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): OOS
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: crap public
[ *] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported):
[ *] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): asian lmao
[ *] Gender: Male
General Comments: LMMMAAAAOOOOOO. Wasn’t high on the list, but that doesn’t diminish the magnitude of the rejection to any extent, and I’m overall just confused.
Any hint of Tuft’s syndrome with Tech this year? Sorry, I’m a little bitter to say the least. Does my GPA really bring down my perfect scores/EC’s significantly? I know it wasn’t the essays, I’m a pretty decent writer.
Regardless, congrats to those that got in!
@honeyclover The specific major you choose does not matter much unless you choose computer science or biomedical engineering, the two most competitive fields at georgia tech. I have a friend who applied to gatech with computer science, and he also was rejected. But then I also know a friend who applied to the biology field but was deferred. My deferred friend had lower test scores and GPA than those of both of us.
@james1998iq damn… a person with a 36 ACT rejected… Affirmative action is real.
Reposting from other thread:
"Accepted: 1860 SAT (640 M, 640 CR, 580 W), 2.7 GPA (I have a legitimate reason), Solid ECs. I’m proud to be able to finally tell others that you CAN do it, even with low stats!
Edit: I also count as OOS for admissions purposes, and applied to CS."
Decision: Deferred
Can someone tell me why I get deferred???
Pretty sure my essays are good and my recommendation letters are good.
Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (800M, 720W, 680R)
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 800 M2 790 Chem 770 Phy
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.488
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC(5), Physics C E&M(5), Physics C Mech(5), Macro Economics(5), Micro Economics(5), Chemistry(5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP USH, AP CS, AP Biology, Multivariable Calc, Photography, French II
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): USACO Silver, NMSQT Commended, AP Scholar with distinction Princeton University Physics Competition, RPI Medal
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars: 11 years Ballet(16h / week ), 6 years programming, competitive programming, make iOS apps, photography, Student Government(President)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at a museum (~100h) , YMCA, peer tutoring
[ *] Summer Activities: productive
Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[ *] Intended Major: CS
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):US
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported):N
[ *] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported):Asian
[ *] Gender:F
General comments: Not expecting this.
@pcftcp Just a theory here:
Tech will accept as many in-state kids as they can, and then they will move onto others. In your case, deferral is probably way of saying that they will accept you later, just not now. I would be surprised if you weren’t accepted RD - your stats are killer.