This thread is for the high school class of 2024 to share their Tennessee admissions decisions. Please NO DISCUSSION on this thread. RESULTS ONLY.
Date Applied:
Early/Regular:
Desired Major/School:
GPA:
SAT/ACT:
Rank:
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken:
Any impressive extracurriculars:
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc):
State residency:
Date Notified:
Decision:
Any merit aid:
Any need aid:
Date Applied: Late August
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major/School: Computer Engineering / Engineering
GPA: 4.2
SAT/ACT: 1480
Rank: NR
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 13
Any impressive extracurriculars: lots of IT-related, including internship, interesting/unusual community service
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): IT magnet program
State residency: VA
Date Notified: 12/19/23
Decision: ACCEPTED
Any merit aid: $13,000 a year
Any need aid: won’t get any
Date Applied: Late August
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major/School: Business
GPA: 4.3
SAT/ACT: 1420
Rank: NR
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 13
Any impressive extracurriculars: varsity sports, leadership, job, internship, interesting/unusual community service
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): none
State residency: VA
Date Notified: 12/19/23
Decision: ACCEPTED
Any merit aid: $13,000 a year
Any need aid: won’t get any
Applied: 10/22/2023
Early Action
PreMed/Arts and Sciences
wGPA: 4.15
SAT: 1360
Rank: 4/160
6APs, lots of Honors (4s and 5s on all AP exams)
NHS, Marching Band, 3 Sport Varsity Athlete, lots of leadership in all
No hooks
Date Notified: 12/19/2023
Decision: Accepted
Merit Aid: $13k/year Volunteer Scholarship
Need Aid: None yet
Early action - Accepted
Aerospace Engineering / Tickle
GPA: 4.67 (As recalculated by UTK)
SAT/ACT: 35
Rank: Public School / County does not rank
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 10 AP / 2 DE math with Georgia Tech
Any impressive extracurriculars: Eagle Scout, 2 sports, other clubs and awards
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): no
State residency: GA
Any merit aid: $18,000 vol scholarship
Any need aid: should not get any
Date Applied: 10/1
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major/School: Tickle College of Engineering – Nuclear
GPA: 4.33 weighted/3.87 unweighted
SAT/ACT: 35
Rank: N/A
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 8
Any impressive extracurriculars: NHS, club/hs volleyball, TA for AP Chem class
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): No
State residency: Wisconsin
Date Notified: 12/19
Decision: ACCEPTED
Any merit aid: $18k/year Volunteer Scholarship
Any need aid: No
DD24 Applied EA in state. Accepted.
IB Candidate
Non-UTK GPA unweighted 3.95
ACT 34
National Merit Commended
X-Country Commended
Multiple Art Gold Keys
Major: Geology/Planetary Geoscience
Merit Aid: Volunteer Scholarship $9000/yr (also eligible for Hope and McWherter)
Date Applied: 10/3
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major/School: Business Analytics
GPA: 4.58 weighted
SAT: 1320
Rank: N/A
Private Catholic School on Long Island
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 8
Any impressive extracurriculars: NHS, CROSS (religious club), Chorus, Leadership retreat in OH
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): No
State residency: New York
Date Notified: 12/19
Decision: ACCEPTED
Any merit aid: $8k/year Volunteer Scholarship
Any need aid: Not likely
My son made it known to the admissions counselor that this was his #1 at every event we went to. We visited the school last year, several local events on Long Island, high school visit, virtual, and emailed after each one. He’s extremely excited to be a Vol!
Date Applied: 10/21
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major/School: Accounting/Haslam
GPA: 4.0
SAT/ACT: 1420
Rank: HS does not rank
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 5 (+10 honors)
Any impressive extracurriculars: 2 varsity sports (football/wrestling), wrestling captain, Eagle Scout
State residency: NJ
Date Notified: 12/19
Decision: Accepted
Any merit aid: $6500/yr
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