<p>After a month of contemplating, I realized that UGA isn't my kind of school, and i'd much rather go to Tech. But I'm really worried that I won't get in because my stats aren't as strong as others I've seen (especially standardized testing). SO CHANCE ME. The wait til March is killing me. Even though it's only been an hour since I've submitted my application...EXTREMELY LAST MINUTE RUSHED APPLICATION.</p>
<p>WGPA: 4.375
UW: 3.875
GT GPA: 3.97
Rank: 15/544
Rigorous class schedule (10 APs(AP Calc, AP Physics C etc), the rest honors)
SAT: 630M..-.- 720W 680CR
ACT: 33M...that's all you need to know. Everything else is really bad because I just focused on pulling up my math.
EC: Science team, key club, film club, community service (NOT REALLY DEDICATED IN ANYTHING)
Essays: rushed, BS, shame, etc.
FEMALE, ASIAN, First generation to graduate HS, Major BME,,,yeah GOOD LUCK TO THOSE WHO ALSO APPLIED</p>
<p>Math falls just below where the 25% starts unfortunately (CR and Wr are WAY above, however, math matters more at Tech so I don’t know). The only issue is that schools like Tech and many others tend to “aim high” and admit a portion of the applicant pool that is more statistically qualified than what they yield. I fear that you may not be as competitive when compared to those who are admitted and actually hope that your essays are not as bad or BS as you claim (probably may not be). For encouragement, I believe that your coursework in AP science and math may be a compensating factor along with your strong GPA. Good luck. Did you apply anywhere else that may be more safe (for example, did you actually send the UGA application or a place where the strength of your CR and Wr scores may be more relevant and helpful?)?</p>
<p>I agree! Except for the math on the SAT my scores were roughly the same and I was accepted. I don’t think SAT/ACT are a true gauge for acceptance especially because they’re not true gauges of intelligence (what if you’re a bad test taker or had a bad day). I think admissions counselors focus on your strength. Mine were my ECs and essays your’s seem like your GPA and Rank. As long as you took rigorous courses I feel your chances are great. Good Luck!!! I applied BME too :)</p>
<p>Actually, that’s not true. GT superscores the ACT and SAT. A 33 M ACT = 740 Math SAT. </p>
<p>So your application is a 3.97 GPA / 2140 SAT / 10 AP courses. Those set you up very nicely for admission. As long as you you spell checked your essay and had someone read over it, you should be fine.</p>
<p>I didn’t look at her ACT to be honest. I honestly only looked at her SAT because it’s the only one where she provided all the components. Isn’t that more like a weird type of substitution and not a superscore though? I thought superscoring was simply taking the highest score for a component of a particular test (that may have been taken more than once), not discarding a component of one test and replacing it with a higher score in the same component on another. I didn’t know that that is how it works. Now that I look at it, it’s kind of weird that performance on ACT non-math was lower than SAT non-math (I guess that’s weird). Anyway, does that type of superscoring explain the discrepancy between what is on the admissions website and what is in the common data set? The CDS has great. but significantly lower stats. than those indicated on the admissions website. My guess is that the following clause for the CDS does not apply to what is recorded on the admissions website:
" Do not include partial test scores (e.g.,mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. Do not convert SAT scores to ACT scores and vice versa…" My guess is that a lot of schools do this for the numbers on the admissions website because I think several schools have the same discrepancies (not singling out Tech). I was just wondering how it could occur. The superscoring seems to create a model to explain it I suppose. Would be nice if the schools just presented the numbers in the CDS so that applicants aren’t all up in arms. However, the other side to it is, those numbers could actually better reflect the stats. of admitted students (which, again, tend to be higher than those who enroll).</p>
<p>The University System of Georgia does not consider the ACT for admission, only the SAT. Any ACT scores submitted are automatically converted to their SAT equivalent. All received scores (SAT scores and converted ACT scores) are then superscored.</p>
<p>This isn’t a Georgia Tech requirement. The University System of Georgia sets the conversion and how scores are considered. The USG also sets the minimum requirements for admission to a school (the Freshman Index) based on GPA and SAT scores.</p>
<p>huh? I thought that GT admission deadline for international is DEC 15th ? Because of that I didn’t apply to GT, is that still in time for me to apply for GT?</p>
<p>Who said that the international deadline wasn’t December 15th? (more correctly, that’s the deadline for anyone who studied outside the US during high school)</p>
<p>You know that many Asians live in America right? lol A mean, a huge (if not majority) chunk of the Asians at US undergrads were born in the US (or at least have citizenship). I don’t see how you see “Asian” and then think, “international”.</p>