DS20: Deferred
ACT:35
GPA: 4.6
Eagle Scout and some other EC, but nothing crazy
OOS
ChemE
No Pay Now button
We will probably withdraw- he has been accepted with full tuition to other programs. They aren’t as highly ranked as GT, but happy to avoid the OOS sticker price.
Congrats to all accepted!!
Last year, as far as I remember, everyone accepted was for their 1st choice major. For the past few year they have been allowing no restriction major change even before starting school. No guarantee that it will be the same this year.
It is a letter basically saying that you still have a solid interest to Georgia Tech, etc
Accepted!!
OOS (intl w us citizenship)
Mathematics
GPA: school doesn’t calculate
SAT: 1500, Math II: 800, Chem: 770, Physics: 750
Had pay now
DD denied OOS. Architecture
SAT 1460. ACT 33
Lots of AP.
Weighted GPA 4.2
Softball, Key Club
My brother is admitted!
Had the ‘paynow’ link.
Aerospace Engineering
OOS, ACT 35, 3.97 GPA, SAT2 - 800 math2, 800 Physics, 790 US History; 6 university level courses. USA PhO medallist; Published paper in Material science; Won many significant awards/fellowships in classical music
Accepted
Biochem
1570 SAT (800M/770RW)
Tons of ECs
4.0 GPA/ Salutatorian of competitive class
16 APs
There should be (or will be) a link for deferred applicants to let them know you are still interested and the will be a short essay question to answer.
They will also request updated grades.
Accepted!
OOS (NY), Computer Science
4.0/4.0 UW GPA, 15 AP Classes, 1580 SAT, 800 Math II, Decent ECs, Meh Common App because it was early (oops)
I don’t think I had Pay Now but maybe I missed it?
Deferred
White male, applying mathematics/statistics
In state
GPA: not provided by high school - has to be calculated by college but best estimate is 4.4 weighted
ACT: 34 composite, 36 on English, National Merit Commended Scholar
9 APs, 12 honors, 1 DE
ECs:
Year round competitive swimmer with sectional times and on state and county championship teams, 4 year Varsity athlete, 4 year scholar athlete, all semesters honor roll and principal honor roll, Link Crew Leader, Math National Honor Society, tutor, high school academic awards, etc, etc
Accepted to 2 honors colleges (U of SC and UGA) as well as UT-Austin, Colorado School of Mines, Auburn. Still waiting to hear on 5 schools in Jan/Feb. So far, this is the only deferral - no rejections.
No Pay now tab - and no worries lots of amazing options already and looking forward to hearing from the remaining schools.
Congratulations to all that got in and chins up to everyone who was deferred or denied - I am confident it will all work out as it is meant to.
☆R☆E☆J☆E☆C☆T☆E☆D☆
Residency: International
ACT: 32 with 36 in STEM (Yes, this contributed a lot to the rejection)
SAT II: 800 in Math 2 / 750 in Chemistry
GPA(?): 40 (Predicted Grades for IBDP)
EC: Average number and quality of ECs as other Georgia Tech applicants
Major: Biochemistry (I was hoping for acceptance since it is not Engineering)
Gotta attend the University of Toronto with 100,000 CAD scholarships 
Still some more decisions including possible full-tuition scholarships, so I’m not destroyed yet 
ACCEPTED
OOS
FINANCIAL AID: Yes
MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering
ACT: Composite 35.25 | Superscore 36 (36E 36M 35R 36S)
SAT Subject Test: Math Level ll 800
GPA: UW 3.92 | W 4.42
ECs: Baseball 4 years, Football 2 years, Tons of Community Service, etc.
PAY BUTTON IN OSCAR: Yes
ACCEPTED
OOS Asian
4.0 UW, 17 APs
1570 SAT
Amazing ECs, see my chanceme
Kinda bad essays, since this was my first app
Electrical Engineering
Had pay now button
are stamps semifinalists notified in the letter? bc i didn’t get anything and was really hoping for it…
Has any one heard about Stamps Merit scholarship shortlist yet?
DS Accepted
OOS computer engineering
1570, 36, 12 APs (4&5s)
TSA school president & state award, all state band, nmsf, 4yr varsity, research summer camp, mayor youth employment summer intern, Asian
Accepted purdue and deferred in 1 ivy
Pay now button
Best wishes everyone. You will do great wherever you are heading!
My portal had an asterisk next to my preferred major saying it cannot be changed during the first year.
DS deferred for CS
3.9, 4.65, 36
Deferred isn’t bad news. 1 in 4 deferred students eventually got accepted on average over last 5 years.
Rejected
International (India)
1530 SAT (800 Math/730 English)
GPA: 95+/100 12th Grade Predicted
Mechanical Engineering Major
Deferred
In state
1510 SAT
800 Math 2
3.9 uw/ 4.4 w
(95 uw gpa
8 ap’s
decent ec’s
I think it was my supplemental essay since it was the first application I sent other than uga