<p>Alright i heard that if you apply for the President's Scholarship but you get denied for it then you get denied altogether for tech. Is this true? If so. Should i not apply until after the deadline? I mean i have pretty good grades (3.93 unweighted and 32 act) and could maybe make the scholarship, but i dont want to apply to a harder program than i have to. Any advice/help? </p>
<p>Sorry for the wall of text i didnt know where to punctuate</p>
<p>That’s silly. Bad rumor. Last year, like, 5,000 people applied, only 600 semi-finalists, No way they denied 4,000 plus people from the early pool.</p>
<p>It actually works the other way. They accept the “obvious accept” students (e.g. 30 ACT, 3.8 UW GPA), then those students are sent to the PSP for consideration (so you’re in before they ever even consider the scholarship). They only reject the “obvious reject” students (e.g. 25 ACT, 3.2 UW GPA), and everyone else goes into the deferred pile. </p>
<p>So there’s really no negative to applying early. If you are rejected early, you would have been rejected regular admission anyway. If you are deferred, you get the same consideration as everyone else in regular admissions.</p>
<p>Realistically, what you’re proposing doesn’t make any sense either. The PSP students are roughly the top 0.5% of the admissions pool. Why would Tech reject someone just slightly worse than the top 0.5%?</p>
<p>According to GaTech web site, this is first year for Early Notification at GT. If you apply before October 1, you got your decision on November 15. Unlike early decision, early notification is nonbinding.</p>
<p>PSP deadline is November 1st. </p>
<p>Anybody applies before November 1st is eligible for PSP.</p>
<p>Nov. 1 counts, too, so on Nov. 1 is okay, not just before. ;-)</p>
<p>Obvious accept? and obvious reject? according to whom. are you an admission officer at cal tech?</p>