I'm really dumb. Yeah, I'm reeeaaally dumb.

vblick
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:44:15 +0000

“ok so i hate to bring this thread back up again, but how much will Hispanic help me on a scale of 1-10 at gt? if any”

Well I was a Hispanic transfer student in 2000. I submitted my application along with my friends who had a GPA about 0.4 higher than mine. I got my acceptance letter back in 2 weeks. They didn’t hear back for almost 2 months. They also put me in touch with OMED (Office of Minority Educational Development) as soon as i got on campus. Back in 2000 the Hispanic population at tech was <4%. So while legally they can’t use race as part of the admission process, i strongly believe they do. I even made sure to submit my application with my mother’s maiden name listed on it. So i’d say 9/10. According to [GT | Georgia Tech Ranks #1 for Hispanic Engineering Graduate Programs](http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?id=2097) , there are 888 Hispanic students enrolled since fall 2007. So Hispanic population is <5% for total student body and ~7% for undergrads. It might not be fair to others, but i’d say you have a HUGE advantage.