***Georgia Tech RD Results***

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[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]

College:

[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II (place score in parentheses):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Activities:
Essays ( details)::
Teacher Recommendations (details)::
Counselor Rec (details)::
Additional Rec (details)::
Interview:

[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid?
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ b]Reflection**
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:

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Decision: Accepted (After being deferred)

College: College of Computing

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800 Math L2, 700 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No GPA provided by school
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/320
AP (place score in parentheses): None taken
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous course available to me
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ISEF National finalist, published research, etc.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Research (x4; published twice), volunteer work through my own organisation, startup, soccer, basketball, lots of club, student council head, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Found my own startup
Volunteer/Community Service: teach underprivileged children programming through my organisation
Summer Activities: research and playing video games
Essays ( details):: Substandard. CA was really bad (had to change it after EA apps). Supplement was decent
Teacher Recommendations (details):: 9/10? Teachers like me
Counselor Rec (details):: 8/10. I dont meet her much
Additional Rec (details):: Didnt submit one to Gtech
Interview: N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? No
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: well rounded app, really strong research work, volunteer work
Weaknesses: SAT Physics score, weak essays
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Above average applicant at Gtech
Where else you are applying or have already applied:

Admitted: UIUC (CS at CoE), Columbia (Likely letter; Egleston Scholar)
Rejected: MIT EA
Waiting for: a bunch of ivies, stanford, CMU, UCs, etc.

General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Be honest in your app and dont write anything just for the sake of pleasing the adcom

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Decision: Accepted (Deferred EA)

College: College of Computing

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 760 CR, 780 W
ACT (breakdown): 35 M, 35 CR, 36 W, 35 S
SAT II (place score in parentheses): None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/650
AP (place score in parentheses): Psychology (5), Human Geography (5), Environmental Science (5), Calculus AB Subscore (5), Calculus BC (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP Computer Science A, AP Statistics, PLTW Principles of Engineering, PLTW Civil Engineering, Honors English IV, Honors American History II
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): 3 varsity sports (Captain), Technology Student Association (Treasurer), Economics Club, various honor societies
Job/Work Experience: Internship at engineering firm, lawn mowing business
Volunteer/Community Service: 250+ hours, school community service award
Summer Activities:
Essays (details):: Decent CA essay, great supplements
Teacher Recommendations (details):: Didn’t see, probably above average
Counselor Rec (details):: Didn’t see, probably decent
Additional Rec (details):: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Programmed Android app to help dyslexic people (won 4th place @ TSA Nationals)
Weaknesses: No SAT subject tests
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m thinking (hoping) I was deferred because I technically had no AP science until taking physics this year and they wanted to see my mid-year grade
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted at Virginia Tech, NC State, Clemson
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Demonstrate interest and show why you’re a unique applicant. The applicant pool is getting larger every year, so you need to show why you are a good fit on campus, not just why you’re qualified.

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Decision: Accepted

College: College of Computing - Computer Science

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (800 math, 650 reading, 650 writing)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 680 Math II, 690 Biology
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): kind of 4.0
Weighted GPA: same (I went to an international high school, so no honors classes)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of a very small class haha
AP (place score in parentheses): none
IB (place score in parentheses): none
Senior Year Course Load: regular (can’t choose my courses)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some international awards that people here wouldn’t know about

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): pretty unique since they were international, some Women in STEM stuff and programming classes. I have also played the piano since I was a child
Job/Work Experience: lots, since 8th grade
Volunteer/Community Service: a little bit
Summer Activities: an aerospace engineering camp, volunteering, stuff like that
Essays (details):: pretty good :slight_smile: I talked about my experience as a latin girl in technology and stuff like that
Teacher Recommendations (details):: regular (my teachers aren’t used to making recommendations)
Counselor Rec (details)::
Additional Rec (details)::
Interview: n/a

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State (if domestic applicant): California (even though I went to an international high school, I am also a CA resident)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Latin/White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: very low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation, girl in STEM, US citizen living abroad?

Reflection
Strengths: SAT I Math score, GPA, girl and minority in STEM…
Weaknesses: SAT II scores and not being able to show my strengths academically because I had
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: see strengths
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted: UCSD and UCSB, waiting for UCLA, Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, Cornell, and USC
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Pretty happy! :slight_smile: don’t think I’m gonna afford it though

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Decision: Accepted

College:

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1930 Math (630) CR (640) W (660)
TOEFL (breakdown):113 Reading (29) Writing (25) Speaking (30) Listening (29)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (680) B/M (660) CH (620)
Unweighted GPA: 19.6/20 Since I am in an international high school they don’t do weighted GPA
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1-2/37 I think
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gordon Leadership Award in UCSD COSMOS

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Head Delegate/Secretary General of Model UN team, Founder and Editor in Chief of Avila News, Independent Study on the creation of microspheres, Co-Founder and Volunteer of a program that teaches Model UN to less fortunate teenagers, Co-founder and Producer of School’s Radio Show, Developer of The School App, Dancer in School’s Folkloric Music Group.
Job/Work Experience:n/a
Volunteer/Community Service: Over 80 hours of community service, Organizer of the School’s Christmas Bazaar to raise money for scholarships, volunteer in a foundation dedicated to provide money for kid’s open heart surgeries.
Summer Activities: UCSD COSMOS on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative medicine
Essays (details):
Common App: I love this essay. I wrote about a experience in research where all our cells died, and how our team came together over that and worked hard to rebuild our experiment. I challenged the idea that scientists are not team workers.
Why GA tech: I wrote about my interest in research, my passion for helping in world health and the empowering community that is GA tech.
Unbound future: I talked about how i want to create a vaccine for neglected tropical diseases such as dengue in my country. i wrote it as if I had already developed it and I was reflecting on how GA tech had helped me.
Teacher Recommendations (details): I think they were okay, I don’t know if they were great I couldn’t read them. However, we do get along really well.
Counselor Rec (details): She writes a lot of letters so I guess they were generic.
Additional Rec (details): n/a
Interview: n/a

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? I think International applicants don’t get financial aid
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Venezuela
School Type:private
Ethnicity: Latin/Hispanic/White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: when you convert it to dollars it is really small
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Woman in STEM from an international background?

Reflection
Strengths: it think my essays and extracurricular are really strong, besides they reflect my passion for science and technology.
Weaknesses: My test scores and the fact that I am an international applicant.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: honestly I don’t know I think my essays played a big role in my acceptance.
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I should have started studying for the SAT from very early on, but it just goes to show that test scores aren’t everything and that they really do take a holistic approach. Congratulations to all of you who were accepted!!

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Decision: Accepted

Major: Electrical Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2280 in one sitting (730 R, 790 M, 760 W)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: 780 Math 2, 790 Bio E, 790 Chinese, 740 Physics, 790 Chinese
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t do unweighted GPA, but maybe around 3.7~3.8?
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology(4), AP Macroeconomics self-studied(5) AP Physics 1(4), AP Language and Composition(5), AP Chinese(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Physics C Electromagnetism, AP Computer Science A, AP US Government and Politics, AP Literature and Composition
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Central Taiwan National Debate Championships 1st Place, WSC Taiwan Round debate champion, WSC Global Round debate champion

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate Club Captain- On the national WSDC debate team + Represented Taiwan at the NSDA National Round in Texas. Central Taiwan National Debate Championships- 1st Place, NIFTY Impromptu speaking-1st place, and some other debate awards not worth mentioning.
Swimming Team Captain- 200 meters Butterfly Hsinchu City-1st Place; Broke two Hsinchu County records for 50 meters and 100 meters Butterfly in November 2014, and a lot of other swimming awards not worth mentioning.
WSC Club Founder and President- WSC National Debate Champion; Global Round Final Debate (Represented Taiwan’s top debater at Dubai); Global Round (Dubai) Debate Champion…etc
Robotics Team Co-founder and Captain- International Student Software Competition (ISSC) 2015; TAIROS Industrial Robotics Convention… no major awards
World Cultures Club- Founder and President- Helped out at lantern festival, volunteering at migrant worker centers…etc
Every Child Counts Club- Vice President- Fundraisers, community service at orphanages…etc
Piano- Had a lot of regional awards, nothing major
MUN- Had around 6 best delegate awards and some chairing experience

Job/Work Experience: Had a biorobotics internship at NCTU in the summer of 2015 and wrote a research abstract on the matter.
Volunteer/Community service: Had around 70~100 total community service hours volunteering at the Hope Center for migrant workers, teaching children English/Chinese at the Honghua Orphanage…etc
Summer Activities:

  • Had a biorobotics internship at NCTU. (Created a prototype for a rehabilitative robotic exoskeleton- I worked on the electromyography of the exoskeleton)
  • Represented Taiwan’s national debate team at the World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC)
  • Was the champion qualifier team in Taiwan so we attended the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Round in Dallas, Texas.
    Essays (rating 1-10, details):
    Commonapp- Rushed it for the ED deadline (7/10)
    Penn Supplement- Spent time on it, but nothing outstanding or special (8/10)
    Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
    Counselor- Doesn’t really know me (6/10)
    AP Physics teacher- (8/10)
    AP Lit teacher- (7/10)

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
Country (if international applicant): Taiwan
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Taiwanese (Asian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80,000~100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nopeeee

Reflection
Strengths: I think my extracurriculars definitely helped me on this one
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Above average ECs and scores maybe?
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Happy that I got in! :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted

College of Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 32 composite, 34 super score, 36 writing
SAT II (place score in parentheses): N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/50
AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (4), Calculus AB (3), Language and Composition (4), US History (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature and Composition, Dual Enrollment Physics, Calculus (Math 1910), Statistical Methods (Math 3250)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st place Environmental Engineering in state engineering fair

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Model UN, NHS, Boy’s State, Math Team, Mayor’s Youth Council, Student Body Secretary, Varsity Football, Varsity Soccer, Future Business Leaders of America, FCA
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community Service: Single Soldier Thanksgiving Dinner, Christmas Stockings for Deployed Soldiers, Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, Church
Summer Activities: varsity sports, internship at local landfill
Essays (details):: very good, wrote about medical challenges and the adversity
Teacher Recommendations (details):: 10/10 from AP English teacher and AP Calculus teacher
Counselor Rec (details):: 10/10
Additional Rec (details):: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State (if domestic applicant): TN
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, essays, extracurricular
Weaknesses: AP scores, didn’t take SAT subject tests
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: very balanced student with good enough scores and such
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
Accepted: UC Berkeley, Purdue, Wisconsin
Waiting: UCLA, Northwestern
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: be balanced

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Decision: Accepted

Major: Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (CR-680; M-750; W-700)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (E-34; M-35; R-32; S-35; W-36)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math 2 (790); Physics (700)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Weighted GPA: 7.03
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/437
AP (place score in parentheses): Human Geography (5), Psychology (4), World History (4), Environmental Science (4), Physics 1 (4), Statistics (4), English Language (4), U.S. History (4), Chemistry, BC Calc, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, U.S. Government, Comparative Government (ones without score are this year’s courses)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
•AP Microeconomics 1st semester/AP Macroeconomics 2nd semester
•AP Chemistry
•AP Comparative Gov. 1st semester/ AP U.S. Gov. 2nd semester
•TV Production
•AP BC Calc
•Dual Enrolled American Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): QuestBridge college match finalist.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
•Student Government (junior class VP; junior class executive board: Senior class treasurer)
•Non-Partisan political awareness club (president and founder)
•Varsity Basketball
•Science honor society/competition (Treasurer, Quiz Bowl, Chemistry team captain)
•Rho Kappa/Social Studies honor society (VP)
•National Honor Society (Treasurer)
•Math honor society
•Essay editing

Job/Work Experience: Math Tutor
Volunteer/Community Service: ~300 hours coaching basketball and helping with freshmen orientation
Summer Activities: Engineering Camp at Purdue university (competitive admission, 75% scholarship)
Essays ( details): Contrasted big city life and progressive culture to that of a sleepy, conservative suburb. Came across as passionate and my writing is very different than that of most engineering students (I’d say I write somewhat “flowery”) and I feel as if that helped me immensely.
Teacher Recommendations (details): only read one and thought it was great. She mentioned a very specific event from 2 years prior that stuck with her, I feel it was distinctive and indicative of my character along with my youthful fallibility.
Counselor Rec (details): Don’t know, but I’m my counselor’s golden child.
Additional Rec (details): N/A
Interview: N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Hell yes.
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~60k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection
Strengths: Essays were my strength undoubtedly. I feel that I have a very distinctive writing style, and my use of figurative language probably set me apart from many of the more mechanical “attack-the-prompt” kind of writers that math-kids tend to be. Also I believe my high school course load helped me immensely; I took 14 AP classes and 5 dual enrollment classes, it showed that I really challenged myself.
Weaknesses: Test Scores were fairly average for tech, ACT was high so that helped, although I think my SATs were leaving something more to be desired.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I came across as fiercely passionate, and my applications shed light on not only the science applications of engineering, but the environmental/energy policy side of things. I advertised myself as a son of coal worker who wished to will coal into its death via renewable resources, and with a strong interest in politics, my mentioning of engineering in policy definitely tied together a lot of my purpose in writing to Georgia Tech. I think I got in from being a little different than most applicants who like to stick to their numbers; I stuck to my words.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: UF (accepted), UCF (accepted), Columbia (rejected ED), Rice, Northwestern, UVA, Cornell, Dartmouth, USC, Vanderbilt, Duke, Carnegie Mellon.
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Don’t shy away from boyish enthusiasm, or what some call “cheesiness” in essays. I believe a distinct feature in youth is our optimism, and I definitely played the part of the excited kid eager to get his hands on what he loves. I urge you to do the same, good luck!

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Decision: Accepted

Major: Electrical Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 reading 800 writing 770 math
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800 chem 800 math II 780 physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.7X
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/9XX
AP (place score in parentheses): Euro (5) Chem (5) Calc BC (5) APUSH (5) Lang (5) Art History (5) plus 6 this year
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: All ap: Bio, Physics C mechanics, Lit, Comp Sci, Gov/Econ, Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None (unless you count some minor piano awards and AP Scholar stuff)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): piano, a little bit of violin, swim for 3 years not this, (Link Crew)
Job/Work Experience:Worked for two weeks as swim instructor, interrupted by COSMOS (see below)
Volunteer/Community Service: A little bit at the library doing menial tasks
Summer Activities: COSMOS at UCI most recent summer
Essays ( details):: Wrote about love of computers for Common App essay, decent supps but not too much time spent
Teacher Recommendations (details):: Good rec from math, generic from APUSH teacher
Counselor Rec (details):: Not sure, probably decent since I’m a top student
Additional Rec (details):: none
Interview: none

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? no
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public school
Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: undisclosed
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection
Strengths: numbers (basically all my strength lol), main essay
Weaknesses: EC’s, supp. essays
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: numbers
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Stanford (rejected), UCR- accepted $10,000/year Regents, UCI- accepted $2500/year Regents, UCSD- accepted $2000/year Regents, UCLA- pending, likely (see below), UCB- pending, main choice
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Numbers, numbers, numbers, essays and then EC’s and recs; I have typical EC’s, nothing spectacular, so I’m worried about UCB. But you can see hear that my numbers heavily outweigh my EC’s and activities and work and stuff. Essays are, of course, important, but numbers are VERY important.

Note: UCLA: Likely- I received an invitation into the Fast Track program for electrical engineering- 20 are invited into this program, 100 are admitted overall into electrical engineering out of 1000. This information comes from a current student in the program who I will not name.

Good luck to all!

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Decision: Accepted

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):Math: 770, Critical reading 710, Writing 690
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math 2 (750), Physics (720)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
Weighted GPA:4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): English Comp (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Civics and Government, AP Economics, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, and Philosophy.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional Robotics Awards

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Robotics (Team Captain), Debate Club (Founder), Varsity Tennis.
Job/Work Experience: I created and currently moderate multiple websites; I am also developing a desktop app; I am writing a book.
Volunteer/Community Service: I co-founded the charity “Drops of Love”
Summer Activities: Studied Physics at Stanford (SPCSI)
Essays ( details): Wrote about finding my identity after a serious injury in sports.
Teacher Recommendations (details):: 10/10
Counselor Rec (details):: Typical
Additional Rec (details):: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Top
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): As previously stated, I founded a charity.

Reflection
Strengths: My essay and non-profit.
Weaknesses: My GPA and course-load
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably my extracurriculars (such as founding a charity, writing a book, and creating websites).
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Stanford (rejected), MIT (rejected), UT (accepted), School of Mines (accepted), Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Rice, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, and Harvey Mudd.
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Although I was probably accepted just because of my above average scores, my charity couldn’t have hurt!

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Decision: Accepted

Major: Electrical Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (610 M, 800 R, 710 W)
ACT (breakdown): 32
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Weighted GPA: 4.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 3%
AP (place score in parentheses): 6 ap classes, 9 if you include my senior year courses.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1, and 3 dual enrollment courses.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Mu Alpha Theta, Environmental Club, Key Club
Volunteer/Community Service: 240 hours total volunteering at a children’s hospital
Summer Activities: I took dual enrollment courses at community college every summer; I volunteered at said children’s hospital multiple summers.
Essays ( details):: I would say my main common app essay was very good. Talked about my experiences growing up as a hispanic female. (8/10) I would also rate my supplement essays about engineering pretty highly (8/10)
Teacher Recommendations (details):: Two recs from my math and english professors. One was ok, fairly standard.(5/10) The other rec was pretty personal and well written. (8/10)
Counselor Rec (details):: Have a very good relationship with counselor due to my involvement in dual enrollment. I can’t be too sure but I would rate it 7/10.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes.
State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic, low-income

Reflection
Strengths: My challenging courseload which was chock full of dual enrollment and AP courses, my background as a low-income URM (further emphasized by my status as a Questbridge Finalist).
Weaknesses:My relatively poor extracurriculars; I definitely could’ve have used some leadership positions.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Can’t be too sure. I feel like my essays really boosted my application.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: University of FL, Rice, Northwestern, and Emory
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I can’t believe I got in!! Congratulations to everyone else who got accepted.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (690w, 710r, 800m)
ACT (breakdown): 34 superscore (35e, 34m, 34r, 33s)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 720math2, 760biom
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79? School doesn’t do unweighted
Weighted GPA: 4.07/4.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Lang & Comp (5), AP Bio (4), APUSH (3), AP Physics I (3) didn’t submit last 2
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs and one independent project (worst decision of my life)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Haha!
Minor Awards:
SRI (Society of Reproductive Investigation) 2016 Oral Presenter (abstract of BPA’s effect on brain aging was accepted)
Author of a published scientific paper dealing with endometriosis (through Yale School of Medicine)
1st place Team in Division 1 Teams/Jets Competition (2015)
2nd Place novice debate team (2014)
Spanish Honors Society
AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Software development team | President & Founder
Film Club | Co-president & Founder
JETS Engineering Team | Captain
National Honors Society | Treasurer
Student Senate | Treasurer
GHS Debate Team | Secretary

Volunteer/Community Service: 300+ hours

Summer Activities:
Basic Science Research Intern | Yale School of Medicine (studied estriol’s effects on ishikawa cell histone methylation)
Yale Discovery to Cure | BPA’s role in selective epigenetic programming in the uterus
Independent Research Project | Yale School of Medicine (continued research on BPA)
Made a 60+ min feature film which was shown at school in front of 450+ people, made front page of NHR and a bunch of local newspapers

Essays ( details): (8.5/10) Common App essay was hit or miss, in the way that it was quirky and pretty chill, it was a good representation of who I am. Writing was never my slice of pie though. Supp essays were good, showed my interest in GT
Teacher Recommendations (details): (8/10) I love my teachers. Haven’t gotten to read any of the letters of rec yet, but I’m sure that they’re a good reflection of who I am in class.
Counselor Rec (details):: (8.5/10) I don’t interact much with her but I pop in here and then with a question or with a CS form. I also openly told her that I wanted to tutor students and she was really pleased since there was a student who needed tutoring. Small world.
Additional Rec (details):: (7.5/10) The head of the Yale reproductive science wrote mine. Interned under him for 3 years. Although we rarely interact, I’ve felt as if he at least acknowledges my work in his lab
Interview: N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Y
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: extracurriculars? Leadership?
Weaknesses: Grades, test scores, no national awards (all of which are held to a very high standard due to my race haha)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My ECs probably, otherwise maybe just luck?
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Denied to the majority of my schools FeelsBadMan
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Honestly guys, grades and test scores do matter, but it’s not the end of the world if they’re not perfect. I mean, you can take a look at my scores haha. I fucked around a lot and probably didn’t try as hard as I could have in school, so I wasn’t really expecting getting into a super prestigious school. Still, I showed passion and worked towards what I loved and the admissions officers must have seen that through my pretty shitty application. I know that most of you guys probably only care about the scores and only come on threads like these to compare your scores with those who were accepted, but really chill out. Make the most out of your high school experience, and strive to do shit that you’re extremely passionate about.

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I’m shocked you were deferred in the first place. Congratulations on getting into GA Tech. That is the most competitive of the schools you applied to.

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Decision: Waitlisted

College: College of Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (770 CR, 780 M, 600 WR
ACT (breakdown): 35 (30 E, 35 M, 34 R, 35 S)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 71/339
AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus BC (5), US History (5), Environmental Science (5), Statistics (5), Physics C (in progress), World History (in progress)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus (Dual enroll, S1), Discrete Math (Dual enroll, S2), AP Physics C, AP World History, Honors French Conversation & Composition, Honors English 12
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NTHS, NFHS

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Space Settlement Club (president), Science Olympiad, Robotics Club
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community Service: 30 hours
Summer Activities: Nothing much
Essays ( details): Decent
Teacher Recommendations (details): 7.5/10
Counselor Rec (details): 7/10
Additional Rec (details): N/A
Interview: N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?
State (if domestic applicant): NC
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection
Strengths: ACT, GPA
Weaknesses: SAT writing, not as many extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: writing test scores, not enough extracurriculars, essays
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I got into NC State, Illinois, and a few other good engineering schools, so I don’t care that much about not getting into Georgia Tech.

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Decision: Waitlisted

College: College of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering)

[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): 2070( 750 M, 660 Wr, 660 Cr )
ACT (breakdown):-
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 770 ( Maths II), 700 ( Chem), 700 (Physics)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not applicable ( Took A-Levels)
Weighted GPA: -
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):-
AP (place score in parentheses):-
IB (place score in parentheses):-
Senior Year Course Load: Took 4 A-Level Subjects (Forecast :3A*,1A), Straight A’s in Grade 10,11,12
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National award on scoring Straight A’s on national examination, scholarship to pursue A- Levels

[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Rotaract Club(Club Director), Environmental Science Club(Club Director), UNESCO Club(Treasurer), United Nation committee, Mathematics Society(Secretary), Board of Corporation(Stock Exco), Taekwondo Club(Vice President),
Won some sports and academic competition but nothing major
Job/Work Experience: Work at bookshop
Volunteer/Community Service: Not too sure of hours but (3 hours weekly teaching at orphanage, 3 hours fortnightly soup kitchen, organize numerous coastal cleanups around Malaysia, tutor to migrants, organized fellowship events around Malaysia)
Summer Activities: Internship at local Engineering Firm
Essays ( details)::Common App(9)- talked about sleep paralysis and how I was able to diagnose the symptoms and solve it
Georgia tech essay was alright( researched a lot on not too well known programs)
Teacher Recommendations (details):: Didn’t read it
Counselor Rec (details):: Didn’t read it
Additional Rec (details):: Didn’t read it
Interview:-

[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? N0
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Malaysia
School Type: -
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:60,000 $
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College

[ b]Reflection**
Strengths:I guess my essays and my extracurriculars
Weaknesses: SAT scores, lack of awards related with my major
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: SAT scores, other people are better I guess hahaha
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I was accepted to UCLA, U of Illinois, Uni of Washington and waitlisted at Berkeley, so I guess I’m still fine with the waitlist. For anyone who want to apply, just give it a go. In my all other Unis that I was accepted to, my scores were below average so try your best in school and sometimes this admission system, a lot of it relies on luck. So All The Best to future applicants!! :slight_smile:

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Son’s
Decision: Accepted (Deferred EA)

Program/Major:Computer Science

Objective:

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, lots of chess awards at state level

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess (pred), Quiz bowl (vp), soccer, Jewish & Interfaith clubs
Job/Work Experience: medical research, summer camp counselor, Sunday school teacher
Volunteer/Community service: soup kitchen, community garden, food bank
Summer Activities: camp, counselor, resarch
Essays: great according to English teacher who reviewed it
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
Counselor Rec: didn’t read

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
State (if domestic applicant): OOS Missouri
School Type: large & excellent public
Ethnicity: didn’t list
Gender: male
Income Bracket: too much for financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no

Reflection

Strengths: gpa/test scores/ very “rounded” applicant
Weaknesses: no CS club activity/not a “pointy” applicant
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: gpa and test scores
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted EA for CS at UIUC, acepted UMN-TC with honors into CSE, accepted TAMU into honors eng, accepted Purdue, Pitt

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Decision: Accepted Late Start Summer

College: College of Computing, CS Major

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 32C 31R 29E 34S 33M
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Didn’t take any
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Weighted GPA: 4.45
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5% 22/444
AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (4), AB subscore (4), Physics C: Mechanics (4), Biology (4), Computer Science A (3), Chemistry (3), English Language (4), World History (2), Physics 1 (2), Psychology (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, US Government (not AP), US History in Film, Distance Calculus Program at Georgia Tech (Math 1554, 2551)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): National Honor Society, Technology Student Association, Science National Honor Society, Varsity Math Team
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: Around 20 hours for SNHS and NHS
Summer Activities: Nothing interesting that I put on my college app
Essays ( details):: Common App (8) - talked about computing, overclocking, water-cooled computers, how they affected my life and aspirations. Both Tech Essays (8-9) really good essays with great vocabulary and as much substance and passion as 150 words allows.
Teacher Recommendations (details):: Physics Teacher (8-9) had her for 3 years, she loves me and knows how much of a hard working student I am and she’s been the facilitator for many of my competitions. Math teacher (8-9) had him for 1 year, and two years of Math team. He loves me and knows how much I love computing and programming.
Counselor Rec (details):: Basic Recommendation I don’t even remember my counselor’s name anymore (not the reason I got in)
Additional Rec (details):: AP Lang teacher (8) who knew I was into STEM, he is now a Vice Principal somewhere in my county.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State (if domestic applicant): Georgia, In-state
School Type: Public School
Ethnicity: White/Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 70k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I am duel enrolled at Georgia Tech via the Distance Calculus program.

Reflection
Strengths: My awards that aren’t major, (4 consecutive 1st place in regional tech fair, 1st place in state tech fair, 3rd place in state tech fair, 1st place in state math competition, 3rd place in state math competition, 2nd place in Lockheed Martin CodeQuest, 3rd in state TSA competition) and my essays.
Weaknesses: No leadership at all in my Extracurriculars, didn’t take SAT II’s,
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I am enrolled at Tech via the Distance Calculus program and made a B in the first class, and doing well in the second one. Huge spike in my application for CS and Engineering
Where else you are applying or have already applied: UGA, Stanford, Purdue, Johns Hopkins, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Last year the percent of accepted applicants who took Distance Calculus was 96%, not just the course but the people who take the course are usually high caliber students who would fit well at tech.

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How is being a very rounded applicant classified as a strength for such a selective school? You even classify not being pointy as a weakness.

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Decision: Accepted (Deferred EA)

College: College of Engineering (Environmental Engineering)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1590 (800 M, 790 R, 24/24 W)
ACT (breakdown):35 (36R 36E 34M 35S 33W)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40/700
AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (5, 5 AB subscore) Lang (5) APES (5) Gov (5) Psych (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:

Dual Enrolled at University of North Georgia: Principles of Physics 1 and 2 w/ lab, Principles of Chemistry 1 and 2 w/ lab, macroeconomics and english composition 2

Dual Enrolled at Georgia Tech: Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Eagle Scout, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Boy Scouts of America (senior patrol leader, Eagle Scout), Environmental Science club, Deacon’s Quorum (President)
Job/Work Experience: Chickfil a (three years, 25 hours a week) Life guarding (one summer, 30 hours a week)
Volunteer/Community Service: Hundreds of hours through boy scouts and my church
Summer Activities:Europe trip, backpacking with my Boy Scout troop, eagle scout project etc
Essays ( details)::
Common App essay: talked about leaving the Mormon religion and the life my parents had laid out for me in order to pursue my own interests (environmental engineering at Georgia Tech). Wish I could rewrite this one, in it I kind of discredited all of my religious extracurricular activities (President of the Deacon’s quorum, Seminary student) by saying my heart wasn’t in them.
Why georgia tech: talked about the DL program and how it was very intellectually stimulating
Teacher Recommendations (details):: 10/10 He loved me
Counselor Rec (details):: 8/10
Additional Rec (details)::
Interview:

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 140,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection
Strengths:Test scores, grades, In the Distance Calculus program
Weaknesses:essays. I didn’t really show why I was interested in environmental engineering or the projects I did in that field through boy scouts.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Good Recs, Distance Calculus program
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted- UGA (honors), BYU (Thomas Monson scholar)
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:

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If you can chance me, that will be very helpful!