Chance Me for Georgia Institute of Technology! [TN resident, 3.9 GPA, 33 ACT, civil engineering]

Chance Me / Match Me
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Demographics
-White
-Male
-LGBT
-About $175k-$225k household income

  • State/Location of residency: Tennessee
  • Small public magnet prep school (graduating class of about 125 students)

Cost Constraints / Budget
Budget is not a concern at all!

Intended Major(s)
Civil Engineering
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.9 out of 4.0 Scale
  • Weighted HS GPA: 4.4 out of 5.0 scale
  • College GPA: (for transfer applicants)
  • Class Rank: No Class Rank
  • ACT Scores: 33/36

List your HS coursework

My School offers a total of 16 AP courses, 0 IB courses, required 3-4 honors classes every year if you were not taking any AP classes. I believe I took about 6-7 honors classes and 1-2 DEs.

AP classes taken each Year:
Sophmore Year:
AP Human Geography
Junior Year:
AP Physics
AP Precalculus
AP Statistics
AP Spanish Language and Culture
Senior Year:
AP Calculus AB
AP Chemistry
AP Computer Science Principles

Awards
-3 scholarships each under $10k
Extracurriculars
-100+ volenteer hours of community service
-2 years TVA internship (summer ‘26&’27)
-ACE Mentor Program of America (freshman year)
-Founder of school club traffic engineering and urban planning (junior and senior year)
-Traffic engineering and urban planning instagram account
-Traffic Engineering Coursera
-Urban Planning Coursera
-Hosting Stem Workshops

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You have a chance but OOS is tough.

You’ll get lots of great admits.
Good luck

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If only they would consider me a GA Resident! my school is 8 miles from the state line and my home is 20 mils from it too…

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So your by Chatt.

It’s Civil. Why Ga Tech?

Who else is on your list ?

UTK, UTC, and Tn Teh are all close or not too far and ABET accredited.

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Living another 4 years in my hometown or TN sounds like hell, GaTech would look much better on a job application than UTK, UTC, or TN Tech

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Depends where you are. It’s Civil. May not matter.

Who else is on your list ?

UTK is strong btw. My Alabama kid interned with Ga Texh kids. He got invited back. They didn’t.

It’s a great school but you’re over drinking the kool aid.

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What would be hellish in your hometown or Tennessee that is different from where Georgia Tech is? If you could describe that, perhaps other posters can make suggestions for other schools that may be more suitable in case you do not get into Georgia Tech.

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I’ve lived in the same city, gone to the same school, and even lived in the same house for almost 2 decades, I desperately need a change of scenery. I have already been to Atlanta at least 10-15 times and it is something that I would much prefer over any TN city.

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So, Georgia Tech has a 10% acceptance rate for out of state applicants. Not impossible, but you’ll have to improve your ACT score.

That’s your first choice school. Like everyone else applying to college, you’ll have to come up with 2nd, 3rd, 4th . . . choices. So, if not GT & Atlanta, where to next? Since cost does not seem to be an issue (?), you have more options than most.

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Who else is on the list?

If you’re in Chatt (a hot city, btw), there will be many other cities.

If your list is Ga Tech or bust, you’ll likely not end up happy. You might - but statistically you won’t.

So who else?

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