This is from DeanJ’s blog from UVA that you mentioned. They do not calculate rank based on gpa deciles.
That is not what I meant. They use the school profile for context. A 4.2 could be valedictorian or middle of the class. Not something to be discerned from a GPA alone. She used to have multiple tweets that showed various school profiles and why they were important but looks like she’s deleted all of them.
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You have to log in to their GT financial aid by some other ID set up I found on their website
My son applied EA out of state, what are his chances?
Weighted GPA 4.71, unweighted 3.91, SAT: 1530; EBRW: 780, Math: 750
13 AP : AP Comp Sci A, APCSP, AP Macroecon, AP Microecon, AP English Lang, AP English Literature, AP Bio, APUSH, AP human Geography, AP world History, AP US government, AP psychology, AP Calculus AB. AP scholar with distinction, several paid internships one with computational biology in a defense research lab, unpaid internships, over 280 volunteer hours including one top hospital, cultural exchange work in am European local school, peer tutoring etc. award from military research lab, etc.
applied for FIrst choice computer science, second choice business.
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Your S sounds great. CS is by far the most competitive major (and the only one that is direct admit), so it’s a high reach for OOS students. If other students apply from his HS he will be compared to them as well. Every year OOS students who are not accepted at Tech for CS are accepted to Ivies/T20s/other top tech schools. Good luck to him.
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Reach for everyone although he is surely qualified. I’m confused though because you mentioned a local European school. Is he out of state or international? I would guess those two would have different acceptance rates.
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No he volunteered and worked in a school @ Spain. He goes to a school in Maryland
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Ea, OOS. 1560 sat took as 9th grader, . 4.0 UW 4.7 W, skipped 10th grade because school counselor advised that student will run out class for math and science that is considered rigorous and relevant, （did not get psat thingy because the timing her skip). every Ap school offered other than music , art and Environmental science, salutatorian out of 740 kids, robotics team lead and pit captain went national, volunteer at hospital where the students dad recovered from terminal illness ( in her essay) , research experience with local college with her intended major ( biomedical Eng that Georgia tech ranked 1st with JHU) life guard and work 10-15 hr per week at Y ( much lower wage but that is where she grew up and swim team) certified sailing instructor and work through summer teaching kids how to sail, and compete in many regatta with few 1st and 2nd places … Georgia is her number 1 choose, what is her odd as OOS for biomed eng
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Looks like higher than 90%
stellar qualifications!! I’d be very surprised if she didn’t get in. All the Best.
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did anyone just get the financial aid webinar invite? does every EA applicant get that or is there something to be read into that? (we’re OOS)
We got it
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I’m thinking everyone got it. We got it too.
We think Georgia Tech is releasing early action results 1/24 right? Or is that certain?
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Are you supposed to fill out the Fin Aid documents prior to accepting? It says “you will be attending classes in Fall 2025” but my son has not been accepted yet as he is OOS. Does he still submit it now or do we wait to see if he is accepted and then decides to attend?
At the end of the email says this is not an indication of acceptance in the email
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I know people as well who feel far more challenged at private high performance college prep high schools than “high performance public high schools.” Especially someone like myself who has had kiddos go both routes. At the end of the day, everyone has their opinion.
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True, but you are talking about a different issue. I’m talking about success in college not which is harder academically. I am basically comparing schools that are comparable academically as public vs private (with the difference being that the public schools typically having a very competitive cohort at the top) is a better CULTURAL fit when they go to a large public school. I just know some very bright kids from very good private schools that struggled adapting to a large public college environment more than kids from a large public school. Of course lots of exceptions.
Also I don’t know Georgia as well as I do Texas. For instance at my son has had 5 kids so far just in his Physics C class that have been accepted ED to Ivy’s, that’s just the class not the overall school. Waiting to see how many got into MIT, last year the school had 5. Still most of the kids want to go to UT (Valedictorian already has made that his clear choice) and some to A&M even though they could get into Top 20’s. I’m really talking about the Top 5-10% though. Those kids are just well prepared for places like GT or UT because the environment is similar where you get little personal attention and everything is a competition with limited resources. You can be forgotten roadkill in a hurry. Private schools tend to try and prevent that from happening as much as they can.
So my point is a kid who is used to strong academics and a big public environment is more likely to succeed than someone who also has strong academics but is not used to the big public environment but in the end it is about the individual.
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I found the exact opposite. I felt my two children that went to a large public high school had far more resources with regard to advising, academic counseling etc. They received all the attention they wanted. On the other hand, my son, at a private high school, who plays varsity basketball and is required to be at practice over 2 hours a day (not including training), play at least two games a week with some involving quite a bit of travel and still be ready for his Calc BC exam at 8 am the next morning his junior year found it sink or swim. I believe this has prepared him well and he’ll be just fine if he decides to go to a larger public university. So, just saying, everyone will have a different experience.
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hi as mentioned before we are OOS… top 9% in the school of 800 students … Including senior year 12 AP’s… includes both AP Comp Sc …8 AP’s … he has a full 5, AP scholar with distinction… 1 Honors , 1550 in SAT, (780 Math, 770 ERW)… he got the score in his first attempt… 3.92 Unweighted GPA, 4.4 weighted GPA. completed already 2 LDC (Lower division classes ) in Comp Sc with an A…Going to take Calculus 2 this semester in the community college as dual enrollment… Chess club , coding club… His passion for volunteering is to play chess with 80 year old so that there dementia is procrastinated… Cybersecurity project with a community college professor to. crack the password… Has good LOR from his AP Calc AB teacher … what are his chances in getting into Comp Engineering ?
OOS comp sci is really hard to get in. Top 9% rank might hurt him a bit.