<p>I feel super depressed. I think the reason I got rejected from basically every where, Stanford, MIT, Duke, JHU and probably 6 or 7 others, is because of my crappy 3.6 GPA. My SAT was a 2220, 800M, and 700 and 720 in the others. My SAT II was 800 Math IIC and 790 Chem. My ACT Was a 36 for Math and a 33 composite. Now I'm stuck with Georgia Tech with a full ride...But it's Georgia Tech. I got priority waitlisted at CIT, if anyone can explain to me what this means and how it's different from normal waitlist. Anyone brighten up my mood? Any advice or anything?</p>
<p>I also took Calculus BC in 10th grade and went to an extremely prestigious research project…Does this not count for anything?..</p>
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<p>What’s wrong with Georgia Tech if, as implied by your application list, you want to major in engineering or computer science? Especially if you get it for free with a full ride.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech is considered one of the top engineering schools in the US, so you should not worry about future employment or graduate school prospects upon graduating with a good record from Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>USNWR Ranking of Top Undergraduate Engineering Programs</p>
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<p>nothing to consider lightly</p>
<p>I’m worried about my opportunities and, though silly, prestige. I’m not arrogent but my IQ is very high and I am very good at Math and Science. I wanted to go to JHU for BME so badly. That was my life. I even got rejected from Cornell. Why?!!! I’m looking at a few of my friend’s apps and I have so much better qualifications them theirs. Please tell me what priority waitlist is btw. Also, I just feel as though it is so unfair that some of my friends who are less qualified got into MULTIPLE schools I did. Let me say it again, I am not arrogent at all, just upset.</p>
<p>Let’s see, do you really think that #1 in BME (JHU) versus #2 in BME (Georgia Tech) is really that much of a bump in prestige that would be worth worrying about? (Note that engineering tends to be somewhat less school-prestige-conscious than some other fields like investment banking.)</p>
<p>Even if JHU accepted you, but with far less than a full ride, going to GT for free would be a more attractive option in a lot of people’s minds. This is especially the case with BME not being the best engineering major in terms of job and career prospects.</p>
<p>*Now I’m stuck with Georgia Tech with a full ride…But it’s Georgia Tech. *</p>
<p>Good heavens…a scholarship to GT…congrats! </p>
<p>Did you get a “free ride” (tuition, room, and board)…or did you get “full tuition”? Did you get HOPE? Are you instate?</p>
<p>You’re right, your GPA hurt.</p>
<p>I’m out of state and scholarship for about full tuition and more because of my low income and single parent and financial aid. I would really still rather go to CIT if they accept me. I’m really sad that I didn’t get accepted. I would’ve even chose Duke over Georgia Tech because of it’s “name”</p>
<p>Sounds to me that you should reevaluate you priorities if Tech is really a huge failure for you.</p>
<p>yea are you a presidents scholar at GT?</p>
<p>You’re a prestige-whore. Prestige isn’t everything in life. I chose Michigan over Georgetown.</p>
<p>You got into a top engineering school with a 3.6 gpa and a full scholarship. You should be counting your blessings!</p>
<p>Good heavens…GT is a NAME!!!</p>
<p>It’s recognized everywhere. Who doesn’t respect GT? Who???</p>
<p>I just don’t want everyone being disappointed in me. I mean, I really don’t care that much about prestige but even though GT is #2 for BME, It would sound much better to go to MIT then GT in my opinion.</p>
<p>I’m starting to think you are a ■■■■■, or someone who is extremely insecure.</p>
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<p>Sure, you’re not arrogant and you think GT sucks?! Here’s an angle to look at your application: Very high IQ and 3.6 GPA? You just don’t have good work ethics.</p>
<p>Everyone is probably disappointed that a “high IQ” student only managed a 3.6 GPA.</p>
<p>That said…who the heck is “everyone”? Are they people who wouldn’t have been able to get into GT and get the award you got? If so, be disappointed in THEM.</p>
<p>Wow!</p>
<p>This is one of the funniest thread in a long time. </p>
<p>Georgia Tech is like MIT-hard. Anyone who matters knows it. </p>
<p>You mistakenly focus on schools that are hard to get into, but you’ve got a full ride on a school that’s notoriously hard to get through! You say you have a high IQ? Let’s see you get through Georgia Tech. </p>
<p>You are terribly misguided and your priorities are all screwed up. Go to Georgia Tech. After freshman year, when many of your classmates dropout like flies, you’ll be in a place just as prestigious as the others.</p>
<p>My other recommendation is to be humble once you get there. I went to MIT. I’ve seen people as pompous as you get crushed because they were too proud to ask for help because they never had to before. </p>
<p>Go to Georgia Tech, work your butt off and stop yer whining!</p>
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<p>No one will be disappointed in you if you graduate with a Georgia Tech degree.</p>
<p>I am not a ■■■■■, I just find it upsetting that I got rejected from all the thee schools I wanted to get into and I want prestige so people think of my as intellectual.</p>