I just received notification today that I was selected as a Semifinalist in the Georgia Tech presidential scholars program (~530 of 12,000 applicants were selected or 4.4%), and I was wondering how big of a deal this is/if you guys think I have a decent chance at some of my reach schools?
Quick stats
GPA- 4.9
Rank: top 2%
SAT: 2310
White Male from Southeast (not Georgia however)
Solid EC’s and recs. I think my essays were solid as well.
I applied to the following reach schools:
MIT
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
Columbia
Duke
I was wondering if you guys knew how applicants who were also selected as semifinalists for this scholarship at Georgia Tech in the past have fared at these top schools?