Will I make it into Georgia Tech?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm wondering if I'll be able to make it into Georgia Tech. </p>

<p>I have family members who have gone to the university before, and I live in Florida.</p>

<p>GPA: UW 3.96, Weighted 4.57
SAT: 1480/1600 2180/2400</p>

<p>I've taken almost all gifted/AP classes throughout high school.</p>

<p>However, I have little to no EC's. I have 100+ hours of community service, and did stuff with the school here and there. No long list of clubs or sports.</p>

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<p>Is there a reason you didn’t join clubs/sports/other ECs ? Like illness, moving around with military family, or family hardship requiring you to work and/or take care of younger siblings or elderly grandparents? Be sure to explain that somewhere in your application.</p>

<p>Were you passionate about your community service? I think schools want to get to know who you are, and if what you were doing with your community service was linked to a passion you have to serve. You can describe that passion and be okay. If you just put in hours randomly just to say you volunteered, then you might not be able to show who you are and what you are passionate about.</p>

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<li>I have anxiety and I’m not athletic at all.</li>
<li>In a way, yes. I did it at the science center here, which involves what I plan to major in.</li>
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<p>So, will I make it in? Or will a lack of EC’s not let me in? I thought that I would make it in easily given that my SAT’s are 400 higher than the average there, and my UW GPA is 0.5 higher than the average.</p>

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<p>Well, I heard that the admission to Georgia Tech has become competitive in the past few years.
The acceptance rates were something like 55%, 41%, and 32% for 2012, 2013, and 2014 respectively.
However, it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure exactly how much lack of ECs will affect you at Ga Tech since their “high” acceptance rate is more a product of their self selecting applicant pool than an easy admissions process -their median SAT range is comparable with the likes of Berkeley, UCLA, Hopkins, etc. However your GPA and SAT scores make you competitive. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were admitted…but since you have no ECs I also wouldn’t be surprised if you were rejected/waitlisted. </p>

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<p>How about UCF, FSU, and UF? Do I have a better chance of making it into any of those?</p>

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<p>Go with what GT says. <a href=“http://www.irp.gatech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CDS_2013-2014_04292014.pdf”>http://www.irp.gatech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CDS_2013-2014_04292014.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>ECs are considered “Very Important” in evaluative weight.</p>

<p>As for your other choices, you can google their “common data sets” yourself and compare and analyze.</p>