<p>So i made it to the semifinalist round, had my interview and all of my papers are turned in. I was simply wondering what the stats are on semifinalists becoming finalist? If you become a semi finalist is there a decent to good chance you'll receive some sort of financial aid from GT?</p>
<p>I can post a resume if it helps.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>Jst look at the numbers, I really don’t know how many semifinalists move on but there are 700 semi, and roughly 100 scholarship recipients, so I presume Tech will select <half of semi for finalist come early March</p>
<p>100 is the # of offers, with ~60 enrolling. So it’s much less than half being offered the $$. 1 in 7?</p>
<p>The guy coordinating our regional semifinalist interviews said about 1 in 10 semifinalists become finalist. He also said that pretty much all finalists get some money - from $12,500/year up to a full ride. I don’t know any numbers, though.</p>
<p>^ During my interview, I was told the same thing.</p>
<p>My son got a scholarship last year, and the numbers were as posted here:</p>
<p>about 700 applicants were selected as semifinalists; about 100 were selected as finalists. These finalists were invited to the ‘PSP-weekend’ in GATech (I believe in March). It’s important to note that all of these kids are considered ‘Presidential Scholars’. In average, about 60-70 accept the offer & enroll. Some of them get a full ride, some of them partials (last year, $12,500 and $25,000). </p>
<p>It’s also important to realize that a ‘full ride’ for an in-state student has financially quite a different impact that for an oos … 
As I understand, in-state students in GATech anyway have a pretty good situation due to the HOPE scholarship …</p>
<p>I am a semi and just had my interview and stuff too. does anybody know when we find out who made finalists?</p>
<p>We were told Feb 1, so I assume it will be somewhere around then.</p>
<p>[Georgia</a> Institute of Technology :: President’s Scholarship Program :: Prospective Students :: Calendar](<a href=“http://www.psp.gatech.edu/pages/prospective/calendar.php]Georgia”>http://www.psp.gatech.edu/pages/prospective/calendar.php)</p>
<p>I just had my interview on wednesday. it sucks because oos have a better chance at getting accepted. i just really want this badly. i think my interview went great, but some of those kids were unbelievable…</p>
<p>*i meant sunday,</p>
<p>^^ persianprincess - What is your basis for saying OOS students have a better chance of being accepted?</p>
<p>well i’m sure tech would want to draw more oos students to add that diversity. plus, in state already have hope (which they’re thinking of cutting significantly).</p>
<p>@princess: I don’t think that Tech prefers oos for the PSP … I have to admit I don’t recall the oos-share in my son’s class, but simply from economic point of view Tech would prefer in-state PSPs - MUCH cheaper! </p>
<p>Also: Tech has already such a great reputation in the US that it doesn’t really need this type of ad - oos students will apply to Tech even if they had only 10% of oos-PSPs … remember, we’re talking about a top-5 engineering school … !!</p>
<p>eml2505 - Is your child at Tech? PSP? A freshman? What are his/her thoughts so far?</p>
<p>@FlMAthMom:
Yes, my son is a freshman at Tech, and he loves it or, as he calls it, he has “the time of his life”!
He’s living in the freshmen dorm and loves this experience! Of course, not everything is perfect, but the advantages outweigh the negatives by far! He loves having all his peers so close together, and I know that they have many social activities together. Additionally, he is in a club where he invests (in average) about 10 hrs per week (some travel to other colleges involved on some Fridays & weekends). The PS organization has additionally special activities, and they also need to volunteer every now and then. Also, he does regularly sports, runs quite competitively.
Georgia Tech is not a piece of cake, not even for the smartest students. My son once said: “So far, I think Tech is not really hard (in the sense of understanding the concepts), but just a lot of work! If you don’t do your homework, you’ll fall behind and your grades WILL drop! If you don’t do your homework regularly and/or early in the week, you WILL have to pull all-nighters to meet the deadlines!” So far, he has managed to have excellent grades, and he says he always managed to get 6-7 hrs of sleep per night.
My son always loved to be challenged, and it Georgia Tech seems to be a good fit for him. As a father, I am happy that he gets a solid education, but equally important for me is to see him smile when he talks about his classes or his social activities & his friends. It’s just wonderful to see his eyes shine when he tells stories about some awesome PS activity (like sitting next to a CEO of some Fortune 500 company during a discussion or getting a tour through the restricted section of the library with some 400 year old math-books …) or a recent experiment they did in a lab.
As you probably can tell, we are 100% happy with Georgia Tech – their PS program is a wonderful organization, and (so far) I can only recommend it!
Feel free to PM me if you’d like to hear more.</p>
<p>Do GT pay for the finalist interview travel??</p>
<p>You mean to the finalist’s weekend in early March? </p>
<p>Not that I know of, but then again, we didn’t ask! </p>
<p>If you need financial support to make it to Atlanta for this weekend I would contact the PS organization.</p>
<p>I am oos and I didn’t make a PSP finalist, which really surprised me. Yesterday I got notified of my rejection status. One thing I can tell you that the chances of oos students making finalists must be very slim. As far as my profile goes, I am a valedictorian of a class size of 450; straight A’s; most of the courses I took were either AP (tons of them) or hons level courses; after finishing HS maths in 8th grade, I completed three-year college level honors math courses from a renowned University; SAT II: Math - 800; Biology (M): 780; six years research experience (one year on math, one year on energy, and four years on cancer at top class university); all year ISEF; winner of plenty of prestigious awards at both national and international competitions; google on some of the national and international awards I received returns my profile only; plenty of volunteer hours; leadership role in NHS/Student Council, and the list goes on and on. As far as recommendation goes, both were from highly respected persons in their fields - though I do not know what they wrote, but I can close my eyes and claim that they would be excellent. </p>
<p>I was not impressed with the interviewer because the person did not ask me anything. I was told by the interviewer that the outcome of the interview doesn’t matter. I am curious what really matters.</p>