<p>Hey Guys! I decided that since there's just about a day and a half left for the decision, why not start this decisions thread :) Who's ready for their decisions? I know I'm very nervous but really want to know whether I got in or not! Good Luck to Everyone!</p>
<p>Remember the Format for the Decisions is as follows:</p>
<p>[ b]Decision: (Accepted, Deferred, Rejected)[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list]Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ /list]General Comments (and view on the whole process, advice for future CC'ers who want to apply to GT!):</p>
<p>So what’s your guys’ majors? Im tryna get in for CompSci!</p>
<p>Also, I’m from the West Coast so I think my decision is going to come out in the morning (lol!) since the normal decisions are coming out at around noon Easter Time.</p>
<p>I just checked DD’s Buzzport account, the decision was already posted- she was ACCEPTED! ChemE major. But, I don’t think the PS first round decisions will be released until Monday.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: ChemE
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
ACT: 33
SAT II: Didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ? High school doesn’t rank until the end of the senior year. All we know is she’s top ten.
AP (place score in parenthesis):She’s taking AP Physics, Calculus, and English right now. Our high school only offers them senior year, so we don’t have any scores yet.
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Besides AP classes, marching and concert band, Anatomy/physiology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None. Our high school doesn’t give out any.
[ /list]Subjective:[ /b][list]
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching/concert band (band captain, 1st chair French horn in honor band)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service:Missions through church- homeless missions, prison ministry
Summer Activities:summer camp, camp counselor to elementary camp
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:not required for GT
Counselor Rec:n/a
Additional Rec:n/a
Interview:n/a
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
State (if domestic applicant):TN
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public high school, small rural community
Ethnicity: causacian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: too much for any need based financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list]Reflection[list]
Strengths: Good scores, good EC’s
Weaknesses: High school doesn’t give much in the way of academic achievement honors, science or math contests, etc,
[ /list]General Comments (and view on the whole process, advice for future CC’ers who want to apply to GT!):</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **[ul]
[<em>]Major: Computer Science
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780 R 740 M 740 W
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 94%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History(5), Psychology(5), Biology(4), English Lang(4), US History(3), Physics B(3), Statistics(3), Computer Science(3), Spanish Lang(2)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Micro/Macro Economics, AP BC Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP English Lit. Dual enrollment at comm. college: Microbiology, Programming Logic, Programming in C#, Intro to Unix
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit commended, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Play piano and flute
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Summer Camp counselor at Science Museum
[</em>] Essays: Terrible. Wrote them day of application deadline and submitted without editing (I have a bit of an extreme procrastination issue)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Less than 25k
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I’ve taken a hard course load… Good SAT scores. I dunno.
[li] Weaknesses: My gpa is low, my AP scores are lower than I’d like. Kind of a result of spreading myself too thin junior year with 7 APs. My essays were… amusingly bad.[/li][/ul]General Comments: My advice is don’t worry too much about the essays because I would not have gotten accepted if they were very important. My other advice is don’t put off writing essays as long as I did anyway. I almost didn’t get the application submitted on time because I was literally typing out an essay until 11:45ish on deadline night. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted[ul]
[<em>] Major: Biomedical Engineering
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown):700 M 640R 710W (2050)
[<em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 U.S History, 740 Biology M
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 - US History, 5- Biology, 4 - Euro
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc AB, AP U.S. Gov, English IV, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, Spanish IV
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None
[/ul] ** Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Robotics Programming, Comp-sci stuff, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Extensive community service at a medical center
[<em>] Summer Activities: More Volunteering + enrichment courses
[</em>] Essays: Great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]**Other **[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type:Catholic Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:<60k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM + first gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:Essays, grades, scores
[li] Weaknesses: EC’s were ok, awards[/li][/ul]General Comments (and view on the whole process, advice for future CC’ers who want to apply to GT!): I’m overjoyed. My first admission letter. Yay + I’m very sleepy right now so you might notice my incoherent rambling. But anyway, advice: write awesome essays that reflect your character, and make sure you don’t have any careless typos before you submit your app! I made one, and I became overly nervous for a few days. It’s a crappy position to be in. Sleepy…Good luck guys!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted![ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (760 CR, 710 M, 670 W)
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II: None
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(4), BC Calc, AP Bio, AP English, AP Studio Art
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Bio, AP Studio Art, AP English, Music Theory, Computer Programming, assorted other electives and such
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (team captain), FBLA/DECA, Band, Jazz Band, other stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Guitarist for a local church
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Math tutoring, volunteering for a nonprofit organization in India
[<em>] Summer Activities: Uhh…relaxing? And volunteering, I guess. And lots of tennis.
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, I think.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: None
[</em>] Counselor Rec: None
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Too much for any need based aid, not enough to actually pay for college…essentially, very much like most people.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: UW GPA, decent SATs, commitment to XCs like tennis[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: SATs could have been better (didn’t study a lick, lol)
[/ul]General Comments (and view on the whole process, advice for future CC’ers who want to apply to GT!): Hooray! I’ve been accepted to Purdue but they pretty much admit anyone with a pulse and I really don’t want to stay in West Laf, so I consider this my first REAL acceptance! :)</p>
<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800M, 750CR, 800W)
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 800 USH
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 96.58
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top Decile
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), USH (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Euro, AP Stat, AP English Lit, SUPA Spanish, SUNY Science Research, Honors Physics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major awards, some more minor local ones</p>
<p>[ /list]Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sock N’ Buskin (theatre), Science Research (treasurer), orchestra/chorus, environmental science club, student government
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked in a laboratory the last two summers
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: different events around the community
[ *] Summer Activities: working in a lab the last two summers
[ *] Essays: I think they were pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good I think
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>[ /list]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: scores, science research
[ *] Weaknesses: no major awards, race</p>
<p>General Comments: It’s really exciting to get into my first school</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2040 super-scored (710 M, 690 R, 640 W)
[</em>] ACT: 30 (34 M, 30 E, 28 E/W)
[<em>] SAT II: doesn’t matter, but 710 Bio, 760 Math II, 700 Math I
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.57
[<em>] GT Weighted GPA: 3.6-3.7
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Passed all of my AP exams
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP classes
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ distinction, Math awards, high honor roll, some club awards, varsity letter
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): several clubs with officer positions, some sports, but I wasn’t really spectacular in the sports.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Gamestop
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 210 volunteer hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Held some jobs, and volunteered; nothing extraordinary
[<em>] Essays: Decent. Took two hours to write it
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): FL[/li][</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Doesn’t matter for admissions, but around 60,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, hispanic
[ /list]Reflection[list]
[li] Strengths: Nothing really… I guess I have pretty decent EC’s[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: GPA… 3.57 unweighted, downwards trend.
[/ul]General Comments (and view on the whole process, advice for future CC’ers who want to apply to GT!): I am so happy. OMG. I AM SO HAPPY.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): DNS
[</em>] ACT: 31- 33E 30M
[<em>] SAT II: DNS
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65 (3.5~ GT)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 14%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):4 Euro 4 Lang
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Bio, AP Eco, Honors physics/latin III/ brit lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ /b][list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lax, MUN, Research w/ Harvard Medical School, Mu Alpha Theta
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Mentally challenged adults, soup kitchens ~40 hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays:Not as great as they could have been
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!
SAT I (breakdown): 2050 super-scored (660 M, 660 R, 730 W)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
GT Weighted GPA: 3.5-3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Macro/Micro Econ, AP Spanish, AP Physics B
Major Awards:FIRST Robotics Deans List nomination, FBLA Regional Award
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish Honors Society Secretary, President of FIRST robotics team
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 80 volunteer hours
Summer Activities: Held some jobs, volunteered, some summer programs
Essays: Rather awesome, I have to say.
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female
Hooks: first generation, female in engineering
Reflection:
-Strengths: Extra curricular activities, essay
-Weaknesses: GPA, did slightly worse in AP classes than Honors/CP classes.
-General Comments: Prior to admissions, I was really discouraged by what I saw on college confidential. The applicants that accepted had some really awesome stats; thus, I felt as if I wasn’t going to get in. For those of you applying regular decision, take these stats with a grain of salt. Don’t get discouraged/overly confident with yourself. Best of luck to all!</p>
<p>People on CC exaggerate their stats and spread a lot of bad information as if it’s fact. I would say this entire forum should be taken with a grain of salt. For whatever reason, people get off on exaggerating their stats and discouraging others. People with lower stats are also pretty discouraged from posting their stats, so it looks like the only people getting in are extremely well qualified. Congratulations on your acceptance, I am sure it is well deserved :)</p>
