Highly doubt not doing architecture related activities is the issue. These days students are highly competitive and doing lot of major related activities. That may help student have better understanding of the major they are choosing; I doubt not doing it impact student admission into a state school like GT, where student mostly competing other students in their school. Also cost and other things comes into play for certain activities. They may just see at the school level they used the opportunities available.
We are wondering the same. My D is OOS. She is in top 2% in about 1k students from a competitive school. Last year as far as she knows 2 students were selected to Gtech from her school. My daughter has strong ECs (fit to major) and multiple leadership roles, awards and honors(1560 SAT, 5.82 W GPA), but say if any 5 students from top 1% applies to Gtech from her school then my Dās chances are almost none? She really really likes their CS with Cyber thread and hoping they take other things into consideration, not just rank. She knew the process and gave her best in the application and ok with any outcome though.
Thank you. No, there werenāt any signs or portal astrology. We submitted all the docs by mid October and just waited. Good luck to you.
Our school OOS send profile that state the range of the grade weighted and unweighted, so I assume the school have a pretty good idea when the kids fall in their perspective school,
Thatās all she can do! She sounds like a very strong student and Iām sure she will have some good choices. CS at Tech from OOS is so competitiveā¦not only a popular major, but Tech being a state school has to prioritize in-state students (thatās why we can see OOS students accepted to MIT, Ivies, etc and not accepted to Tech.)
This is important at Tech even though they donāt admit to major (aside from CS), and itās easy to change majors. They ask why this major for a reason (same as any other school that asks that question.)
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Very true. Just takes 6 years to become a licensed architect - so more time and money. But you are right - I would assume there are some who donāt want an architecture license in the GT program.
I may be wrong, but I think they require/encourage a portfolio submission.
Accepted.
Applied for Civil Engineering.
4.5 W, 4.0 UW, 1530 SAT (790 Math), IB Diploma Programme Candidate
7 APs, 8 IBs, 2 Dual Enrollment Classes (GT Math 1554 & 2551)
Pretty competitive public school
My extracurriculars were pretty meh
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Georgia Tech encourages a portfolio submission. I talked to a GT architecture professor who used to review portfolios. They prefer having a portfolio to grasp basic technical skills, preferably in graphite/pen and regarding how the student perceives objects and the basic principles of art. That said, Iāve had friends get in without a portfolio.
On a side note, admissions will usually admit a student for a major like architecture if they pass an academic threshold. If they are on the fence about admitting, they ask architecture professors to evaluate the portfolio and provide their input. Thatās quoted from a GT professor.
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DS accepted to CS
In-state, 1540 SAT, 4.0 unweighted, 13 AP, 18 DE, national/international level extracurriculars, and quite a bit of organic service initiatives. Portal astrology didnāt work (no āmy award letterā and was not able to sign-up for the admitted students webinar).
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18 DE? Wow!! Thatās awesome. Congratulations!
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Congratulations!! Is he able to sign up now?
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18 de credit or courses, 18 courses with 13 ap that mean 31 courses for high school and that is 8 courses per high school year, wow just wow
Congrats to yours as well! Re DE: He had some extra time during pandemic years, and I am counting classes he is taking in his senior year as well.
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He is out, celebrating. So I donāt know if he can sign-up now but I would think so.
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Son was accepted EA1!
Applied to Music Technology
(Including portfolio submission)
1510 SAT (740 math)
4.3 w GPA
9 AP classes, rest honors
Top 5 class rank
Mid size private school
Electives were all music/audio production ā¦ couldnāt take more APs due to schedule with arts classes
ECs were orchestra(double bass), marching band(drum major), jazz band, varsity swim, and several music projects that he did on his own outside school.
AP scholar and National merit commended
Heās really excited, heās been working so hard for this very specific program that really only exists at GT. 
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For all my sonās group portal astrology of webinar signup worked. It is just a fun thing though.
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S25 accepted for Computer Science
For those tracking stats (I know I was desperate for any info during the interminable wait):
Public High School in Atlanta urban core (typically 45-50% acceptance rate)
- IBDP, 20 Rigor credits by end of HS (13 IB + & 7 AP)
- Highest Math: AP Calc BC (doubled up with IB Math AA)
- GPA: 95.08 UW, 100.08 W
- Quality Points Conversion: 3.96 UW, 4.46 W
- ACT: 35
- Rank: 32/~600
Extracurriculars
- Several CS ECs including internship, summer scholars program, robotics, building an iOS app.
- Also long-term commitments to sports and volunteering with same non-profit in community. Leadership in both.
- No crazy awardsāstandard stuff that goes along with a strong academic record
Essays leaned into the importance of community and using technology to help people & communities (what he has done and wants to do in future). He tried to present himself as a smart kid who works hard and tries to add value to his community by showing up for people. It was definitely not a āacademic rock star, cured cancerā kind of application.
Good luck to all the EA2 and RD applicants still waiting. I know itās hard, so hang in there.
And to those whose students did not get the response they wantedāthough itās hard to see it now, it will all work out in the end. A million years ago, I chased prestige. After a miserable semester at a school that was way too small for me, I transferred to a big state school and adored the rest of my time at college. Grad school at a T20 program. Got the job I always wanted. And it all started because I loved my ālower tierā school.
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Has GT posted stats on the # of EA applications and % acceptances? My DD was deferred, and a friend mentioned that applications were up, and acceptances lower this year. Iām trying to see if this is correct. Thanks!
Georgia Tech continues to soar with number of applicants. There were 8116 applicants this year for EA1, with 2650 being accepted. 33% acceptance rate and 29% deferred. For certain majors, especially Business & CS, GT was surprisingly harsher than in past years.
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After seeing all these high stats of applicants here for EA1, I am beginning to have diminishing hope for my EA2 applicant. Good luck to those who successfully got the acceptances and good luck to those who are deferred or rejected. Keep pushing and everyone will find the college where they will succeed in.
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