Official Georgia Tech Class of 2019 RD discussion!

@Arjun25‌ But I’ve been accepted at Purdue and got in at UCSD yesterday and waitlisted at UIUC. I’m hoping for UCLA next week then hopefully UCB

@Dhruv97‌ Same here. Rejected from Georgia Tech. Accepted from Purdue. Waitlisted from UIUC.

@Erebon‌ @z0e101‌ tell me then why other with 2200+ and 4.0 gpa’s got rejected?

i got rejected, 2130 sat score, 3.75 gpa, and graduating high school with 69 college quarter credits.

@finallyfree‌ 2200+ sat 4.0 and I got in. Pretty sure g tech chooses based on test scores more than any other school in the country…
Good luck to all who were wait listed! I am leaning towards other schools so hopefully I give a spot to someone who deserves and wants it!
Edit: I’m biomed eng.

@finallyfree I’m not an admissions officer so I don’t know. I won’t deny that minorities have an advantage at a school where there is so few because they do, but I’m not going to discount someone else’s accomplishment because 1) that is not my place to do so and 2) there’s more to app than test scores an grades. And I can from experience say that us minorities get rejected from schools too. shrug

@z0e101‌ yeah. well congratulations either way. hope great things happen to you.

@z0e101‌ I LOVE THAT SHOW ITS A CLASSIC
But yeah minorities have an advantage, just like any other school, because they don’t have the backgrounds that help them study as much as white and Asian males do, just that simple
That being said, I’m an Asian male. Feeling pretty lucky

@arjun25 Congrats :slight_smile: Looks like we have met before!

@Cotwoag1 Hahahaha I was so bitter when it got cancelled. Congrats on getting in!

@finallyfree‌ I’m sorry you didn’t get in. I did admit being a minority probably helped, but that’s not solely why I got in.

I have demonstrated passion for my field. I am a world ranked VEX programmer, I have a 7 on HL CompSci, I worked as a software development intern over the summer, I’ve taken several MOOCs, etc. My essays and short responses reflected that.

“tell me then why other with 2200+ and 4.0 gpa’s got rejected?” I don’t know. I’m not an admissions officer. But test scores aren’t everything.

Again, sorry you didn’t get in, and I’m sure you’ll end up somewhere great.

@Erebon‌ yeah. i guess i was disrespectful when i said that. good job on ur acceptance, u deserve it.

When/where will RD admitted students receive financial aid notifications?

Admission officers are human being, you never know what turn them on or off.

Son got in Nuclear Eng. 2180 SAT 790 and 780 SAT2 Math and Physics 4.0 un-weighted 4.45 weighted GPA 10+ IB varsity Lacrosse Supervisor position at Chick Fil A.

where do you guys check the admission result?

@contracats24‌ You should have gotten an email with the link. Check your inbox

@magfl123‌ I got the same sat score as your son and was accepted into nuclear engineering too so I thought you were my mom when I first saw that post hahaha

Anyone know when we get aid notifications?
Is it still possible to get scholarship awards or are scholarships only for early action students?

Denied
Race-Never listed (asian)
GPA: 3.71 W 3.51 (UW)
APs: Biology, Computer science, Chemistry, Stat, Calc AB, Physics 1, Chinese
ACT: 32,

33 Math, 33 science, 29 Writing, 31 Reading
In-State