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More info on Stamps selection process:
Here you go: https://stampsps.gatech.edu/images/pdf/SelectionTimeline2020.pdf
DD accepted.
OOS
Computer Science
GPA - school does not report (3.7-ish UW, east coast boarding school)
Top 25% of class of 100
ACT 36
Math 2 (800) biology (740)
5 on 6-7 AP exams. currently taking 4.
Standard EC
OK essay and LOR
congrats!
Rejected from Scheller Business 
OOS White Female
1580 SAT, 3.86/4.35 GPA (9th-11th)
Several AP and Honors classes
Extremely competitive HS
ECs: Choir and a cappella with leadership, volunteering, NHS, government club VP, sports up to JV
Strong recommendations, and I put a lot of time and thought into GT’s supplement.
I feel that I am very well-rounded, but I did not have a particular “hook” in my application.
I was stunned that I was fully rejected - was expecting a deferral. From the stats I’ve seen, Scheller alone has a higher acceptance rate than Villanova Business, yet I was not only accepted to VSB but also invited to Villanova’s honors program. Really weird how things work out.
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- ACCEPTED - AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
- OOS
- 3.99 UW GPA/4.75 W GPA
8 AP classes total (5’s on all three I took last year)
800 Math II, 800 Physics, 760 US History - 1580 SAT, 36 ACT (neither superscored)
- EC’s:
- Student Body President
- Founder and President of physics tutoring club
- Project Intern at San Francisco mechanical contracting company
- Executive Editor of school newspaper
- President of various other clubs: Speech & Debate, Trivia, Block Society
- rowed crew all four years, ran cross country last two years
- winner of various school and regional leadership/science awards
WHITE MALE
Hyped.
Daughter was deferred into engineering. Out of state. 1470 SAT (maybe low 1500’s if you superscore with ACT). Class rank 9 out of 650. Has been accepted to Purdue with 10K merit scholarship, so we’re hopeful she goes there instead of waiting on GT.
Rejected
OOS white male
ACT - 35
Class rank- 8/300
GPA: 3.9 uw
AP’s : got 5’s on all AP tests Took all that was available all four yrs.
EC’s: played sports all for years, good amount of extra curriculars, clubs, etc.
Good recommendations but guessing got rejected because of lack of clubs/ ec’s related to my major.
Did anyone receive info on merit awards?
Deferred
OOS
3.9 UW/4.3W
ACT 33
STEM & art ECs
Computational Media
Indian female
No pay now
Son invited to Stamps
Accepted
IS
4.0/4.0
1530
Average ECs
I had the pay now button, but a friend who got denied did as well.
Deferred
In-state
Female
White
UW GPA: 3.93 / W GPA 4.47
SAT: 1510
ACT: 35
ACT English and Math: 36, 34
11 APs total (all 5s on the 6 exams taken)
NHS, Ambassador, Club board member, leadership team, soccer co-captain, 200+ hours camp volunteer, tutor
Hi everyone! I got deferred I’d be lying if I said it didn’t hurt since I really would have likes to to there
Here are my stats:
-1510 SAT (took it as a sophomore)
-760 Bio, 750 math
-out of state student
-4.0 Unweighted, 4.69 weighted (that was my gpa when i applied)
-Rank: 5/635
-Asian
-Envirothon, Student Gov, bowling, archery, a few other things that I’m blanking on right now
See ya on the GeorgiaTech RD thread! Also, I got deferred from MIT & UChicago if that helps anyone
I got accepted for Computational Media!
Demographics: Asian (Chinese) male, first-generation
OOS - Florida
GPA is 4.0/4.0 unweighted; my school’s weighted scale is wonky and not applicable
Superscored SAT Scores: 1540 (760 Reading, 780 Math)
Class rank: 23/147; not top 10% but top 20%
Activities:
- President of Photography Club
- President of Esports Club, captain of Esports team
- Piano
- Restaurant Management (family restaurant)
- Digital Illustration/Photo and Video Editing
APs:
Ten AP Exams taken; eight with score of 5, one with a score of 4, one with a score of 3.
Senior Year Courseload:
- Game and Simulation Advanced Apps
- EEL3705 Digital Logic (Semester 1)
- EEL2161 C Programming (Semester 2)
- AP Physics C: Mechanics (Full year)
- AP US Government
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Literature
- AP Environmental Science
- Digital Art 3 Honors
- MAC2313 Calc 3 (Semester 1)
Recommendation was from my Calc BC teacher.
I felt like my Common App essay and my Why Georgia Tech essay was what ended up getting me in. My Common App essay was really personal about a tradition that my family goes through each year. For my Why Georgia Tech/Major essay, I made sure to give specific examples of how the resources at GT would let me explore an interest in how interactive mediums influence human behavior.
I had the Pay Now button when I checked an hour before decisions officially came out.
@TheVulcan Congrats. If he were to make the Stamps finalist with GT, would you guys choose GT over Caltech or MIT that he has been admitted to? Just curious. I have also made the Stamps President’s & Gold Scholars semifinalists with GT. I have applied RD to MIT and Caltech.
A few more EA stats:
For the 21% admitted, 40% GA admit rate and 15% OOS admit rate
22% Deferred
52% Denied
5% other (cancled, closed, incomplete)
Profile:
42% Female
54% non-engineers
Mid 50% SAT: 1450-1550
Mid 50% ACT: 32-35
No Stamps… silver lining don’t have to make tough decision on Harvard…off to Cambridge
Congrats!
We would have to do a lot of soul searching.
Thank You. It confirmed that DD got the intended major, CS (OOS).
I did not know one could do EA to 2 private institutions - MIT and Caltech. I guess it is not REA and hence possible. Is that correct?