GT also has some excellent admission pathways for in-state students. The GT ISyE program is excellent. My oldest son is a graduate. Good luck.
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@bar – while you’ve demonstrated incredible achievement in a challenging environment, I think landing a full ride anywhere is really hard. You could get lucky by applying to a handful of places, but if it were me, I’d maximize my chances by applying to as many as possible where full ride is possible. As I see it, you have these broad categories you could look into:
- Georgia public universities you can commute to.
- Georgia public universities where you might get full ride scholarships.
- The very few out-of-state universities that meet 100% need.
- Small colleges that meet 100% need.
My worry for you is that you’d apply to 5-6 colleges, and none offer you a full ride, and you’re at a dead end not being able to go anywhere. So I suggest considering being a little flexible with your major, so that you can include as many colleges as possible. Normally I think applying to a well-chosen set of 5-10 colleges is enough, but if you’re trying to land a free ride, I think you have to go all out.
As for graduating early, here’s the problem: to make a very competitive application, you’ll want to list senior year courses that demonstrate that you’re continuing to challenge yourself. Colleges look for that. So if you say I’m going to graduate after just one semester, that could be a strike against you. Maybe if you’re graduating early for financial reasons: for example, you have to work to help support your family. I think colleges may look at that favorably if you explain in your application why you have to do that. But you’d better have a solid, respectable reason to not study your last semester.
My two cents.
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Sorry - meant for @bar Also, check out full rides at less competitive schools. You are highly unlikely because brilliant kids apply to these, just like they do top schools.
But an example would be the Levine at UNCC. They are accredited for Systems and Industrial. While odds aren’t good, the fit is better than UGA, given they don’t have your major.
It’s the sort of worthy hail mary, i guess i’m saying. 99.5% no shot but why not.
Here are the colleges with ABET-accredited industrial engineering:
Other majors that may have some overlap or similarity would be applied math if there is an operations research subarea in the department, and statistics.