<p>I am 100% sure that Ga Tech is the college I want to attend. I am a junior currently, have about a UW GPA of 3.8 and a 4.0 weighted. I am an officer of Key Club, member of NHS, played Tennis every year, and plan on reaching the 500 hour mark in community service by the end of senior year. I am going to apply for early action, but my major problem is my SAT, I have :</p>
<p>1770 SAT(taken in 10th grade)
Math-640
reading-510
writing-620</p>
<p>taking the ACT some time this year and get 28 on my practice tests.</p>
<p>APs:
10th grade
US History-2
11th grade
AP Calc AB-__
AP Bio-__
12th grade
AP lit-__</p>
<p>** After recieving my scores for 10th grade, I am only taking AP that I feel confident in because I plan on getting 4 or 5 in every other exam I take from now till the end of 12th grade. Because I go to a private school, all of our classes are honors level so i dont need to take an AP just for the challenge.</p>
<p>for 12th grade, I realized that I only have to have 2 more credits in order to graduate, but unlike my classmates, I plan on taking joint enrollment courses to reach about 20 hours of credits, all of which will be honors level in order to guarentee the credits will transfer to Ga Tech if im accepted.</p>
<p>IF anyone has any feedback I would appreciate it. What SAT score should I aim for with these other credentials? what else do i need? THANKS</p>
<p>If you’re turning down AP classes, there’s a good chance that your adviser will indicate that you did not take the most rigorous coursework, which is a major problem. Even if they are “honors” courses, Tech will not consider them any different than non-honors courses. AP and IB courses are seen as different than others, not honors.</p>
<p>Besides, even if you get a 3 on an AP exam, it’s not going to hurt your chances. But if you do well and earn a 4, that can earn you some college credit.</p>
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<p>I don’t know what you mean. GT will only accept certain courses from each college. You can go to OSCAR and enter the college you’ll attend, and it will show you the classes that will transfer. It usually doesn’t matter if the college considers the course to be “honors” or not. </p>
<p>Everyone interested in Tech should shoot for a 2000 SAT with at least 700 Math. That’s not a minimum level or a guaranteed level, that’s just what’s generally competitive. You can get in with lower scores or be rejected with higher scores, but below 2000, you start to worry a little.</p>
<p>As for your case, if you’re not taking the most rigorous courses, and considering that your UWGPA is a lower than average, I’d stay that you want to shoot for 2100 to be in a good position.</p>
<p>Thanks this helps alot. What I meant with the AP classes was that im not going to take an AP just for the challenge, because even though the test might be hard, i dont find the classes to challenge me at all. My schedule is by no means easy, I’ve taken the hardest classes I have been able to since freshman year, but since i go to a small private school, we dont offer as many APs as other schools, and that is why im going to take joint enrollment classes. I could care less if they transfer but I do want the challenge they bring.
thanks for all the advice though, helps ALOT.</p>