Please chance me to help calm my nerves?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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Hello everyone. I applied to GT’s class of 2021 using Early Action. I’m pretty anxious at the moment and would love your input on my stats.

Instate
White Male
Legacy
Applying for Computer Science

ACT: 32 (26E 31M 36R 33S 21W)
GPA: 3.71UW 4.00W
HS Rank: 186/727

APs (14):

Taken: AP Human Geography (4), AP World History (3), AP American Lit Lang/Comp (4), AP Chemistry (2), AP Computer Science A (4), AP US History (3). (I also scored a 4 on the AP German Exam without taking the class)

Senior Year APs: AP Calc AB, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Lit/Comp, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics 1, AP Psychology

Honors:
AP Scholar with Honors
AATG 98th percentile German 4

Essay:

I wrote about my passion for Computer Science, Engineering, and Neuroscience and my dreams of working to create Brain Computer Interfaces. I talked about how I fell in love with it, what I did to study and contribute and what I plan to do in the future.

Recommendation Letter: I had my Engineering teacher (I had him for 2 classes, however, he’s known me all 4 years) write me a really nice essay.

EC(s):

FBLA - 3 years

  • Senior Officer of local chapter (Reporter)
  • National Competitor for all 2015, 2016 and I plan 2017
  • 1st in the state for Network Design, 3rd in the state for Electronic Career Portfolio, 7th in the state for Intro to IT, and 8th in the state for Networking Concepts
  • State Conference Ambassador

TSA - 4 years

  • Leader of Video Game Design Club (Helped found it)
  • Electathon
    • Leader of our Welding Team (Overlooks 15+ students and teach them how to weld)
    • Our team won first place in the state
  • Involved in VEX, FIRST & BEST Robotics

BSA - 4+ years

  • Eagle Scout (waiting for final board of review)
  • 150+ service hours
  • Senior Patrol Leader

Programming/Computer Science Competitions

  • IBM Master the Mainframe 2015 & 2016 Part 1 Winner
  • Lockheed Martin’s Code Quest 2015 & 2016 Competitor
  • Cyber Patriot 2016 Competitor

I’m not sure if I conveyed all of this in my application, but I really want to attend GT and I’m worried that with the ever decreasing admissions rate for computer science that I might not make it.

Should I continue to worry?

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I think you have an excellent chance, though of course the current acceptance rate means no one is a sure thing. Take heart – being a legacy means that if for some reason you don’t get accepted (either EA or later as a deferral), you’d likely be offered the conditional transfer pathway (http://admission.gatech.edu/conditional-transfer-pathway).

But to answer your question: No, you shouldn’t continue to worry. It doesn’t help and just makes you feel crummy. :slight_smile: If you don’t get in, it has to do with class composition, not with your worthiness as a candidate.

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Thank you. Do you know how fast/long it would take to get the transfer credits at UGA?

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I’m not sure I’m understanding the question, but if you’re asking how long you’d have to spend at UGA to do that, looks like a year (30 credit hours). :slight_smile: