hey so i know it's a pain.....

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>hey, sorry but i'll just get to the point. so i'm a junior in CA, who is curious about my chances. it's been a rough last 2 years, with my mom having to move away and my granmother being really sick (both in my essay) so in anycase, here's my profile:</p>

<p>[ *] ACT Composite: 33
[ *] SAT IIs: Span: 770 Lit: 710
[ *] AP's: Span: 5 Eng: 4 US Hist: 3
[ *] Weighted: 3.53 (to give you an idea of how hard my courses were, i got a 3 out of a possible 4 rating on difficulty that my school has)
[ *] ECs listed on app: football, track, clubs
[ *] Job/Work Experience: did finances for a family friend's company (receipt stuff) and also had a job at a toy store lol
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): already started so they should be good
[ *] Teacher Recs: better than great
[ *] Counselor Rec: great
[ *] School Type: Private, does not rank
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] 2 summer courses at a local comm. college- pysch and creative writing, both got A's.
* also got 4 awards at our honors convocation, but not sure that means much really. </p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>I'm from CA as well!</p>

<p>For a better gauge, what are your ACT Math and English scores?</p>

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<p>nice! it's not too warm right now sadly, but i'm sure it'll get hotter. </p>

<p>Math-34
Eng- 31
Reading-34
Sci-32</p>

<p>oh and btw, if i were to go to GT i'd be able to be with my mother b/c she works in Atlanta.</p>

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<p>I'd say you have a very strong chance of getting in. I got in this year with a 3.62 Weighted GPA and a 33M/34E ACT score. GT only looks at the Math and English scores for admissions. If you elaborate well enough on your EC's and Work Experiences, and write a good essay, I'd say your chances are pretty good.</p>

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<p>The only thing that might hurt you could be that you're out of state.</p>

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<p>Im from california too and I got in.</p>

<p>I have
600r 780m 610w
4.47 wgpa</p>

<p>I am flying out to GA Tech on thursday and checking it out.</p>

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<p>Tech refigures your GPA. It adds 1/2 quality point for honors, gifted, or AP and it counts only "core" courses - math, science, english, social studies, and foreign languages. As I understand it, they do NOT count computer courses. So, don't think about weighted or unweighted - just refigured.</p>

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<p>yeah that's what it is on their scale. sorry, again forgot to mention that. also forgot to mention i have 2 comm. service projects of 25 hours each and 25 hours of misc. comm. hours</p>

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<p>I'm not an admissions officer, but I'd say you got a pretty good shot at getting in.</p>

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<p>how much would minority status help for GT Admissions?</p>

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<p>It depends what race. Asian/Indian won't help because they are an "over represented minority", but African-American or Hispanic would help. In other words, there aren't near as many African-Americans or Hispanics as there are white, asian, or indian.</p>

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<p>You have good chances. I'm also hispanic (Colombian). My GPA was also pretty low, 3.59 I think.
My scores were worse though: 33E, 34M, 27SCI, 27REA</p>

<p>and I got in :)</p>

<p>Main things that shined in my app however were my dual enrollment credits and my harsh courseload. >60 credits... currently taking a partial diff eq class.</p>