<p>I know that you really want to get into GT, but GT isn’t going to make themselves affordable. It’s a public U and you’re OOS. Unless your parents are going to pay the $40k per year for you to got there, how will you pay for it if you get accepted? </p>
<p>I know that you got some merit from some lower ranked private schools…that is a very different situation.</p>
<p>I’m not worried about money because I know in college I will continue to do well and get scholarships if accepted. I don’t mind working while in school and once I graduate high school I’ll pretty much be a junior in college so I won’t have to pay for all four years. I don’t expect my parents to pay for anything, I’ve made my way so far and I’ll do so in college as well. </p>
<p>Thanks for your advice :)</p>
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<p>It doesn’t work that way. Major scholarships are given to highly-qualified freshmen in order to attract a more-qualified caliber of student that the school usually can’t get. Continuing students are typically eligible only for scholarships that donors have given. These are usually small in dollar value (a maximum of 5% of the donated funds are given out each year, so a $20,000 donation would produce a single scholarship award of $1,000) and reflect whatever criteria the donor wishes to reward - for instance, a debater from such and such a county who has a parent who’s a public school teacher.</p>
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<p>15 hours a week x 30 weeks in the academic year x $8 / hour would = $3,600. That’s less than 10% of the GT OOS cost.</p>
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<p>You’ll need to confirm that with Tech. Below is the Tech curriculum for a B.S. in Civil Engineering. You may graduate with close to 60 hours of joint enrollment or AP credit, but I very much doubt that they would be the same coursework that constitutes half of the schedule below. If it it does on paper, Tech would have to weigh in on whether they will award credit for work done at the school from which you’re trying to bring in credits:</p>
<p>SUGGESTED SCHEDULE
FIRST YEAR-FALL HRS
MATH 1501 CALCULUS I 4
CHEM 1310 GENERAL CHEMISTRY 4
ENGL 1101 ENGLISH COMPOSITION I 3
CS 1371 COMPUTING FOR ENGINEERS 3
HIST 2111 or 2112 or POL 1101 or PUBP 3000 or INTA 1200 3
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FIRST YEAR-SPRING HRS
MATH 1502 CALCULUS II 4
PHYS 2211 INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I 4
ENGL 1102 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II 3
CEE 1770 ENGINEERING GRAPHICS & VISUALIZATION 3
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE 3
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SECOND YEAR-FALL HRS
MATH 2401 CALCULUS III 4
PHYS 2212 INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS II 4
CEE 2300 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES 3
ECON 2100 or 2105 or 2106 3
COE 2001 STATICS 2
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SECOND YEAR-SPRING HRS
MATH 2403 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 4
BIOL 1510 or BIOL1520 or EAS2600 4
CEE 2040 DYNAMICS 2
CEE 3000 CIVIL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS 3
PST 3105 or 3109 or 3127 (Ethics Elective) 3
16
THIRD YEAR-FALL HRS
CEE 3040 FLUID MECHANICS 3
CEE 3020 CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS 3
COE 3001 MECHANICS OF DEFORMABLE BODIES 3
MSE 3000 or ME 3322 or CHBE 2110 (COE Elective-Group A) 3
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE 3
WELLNESS 2
17
THIRD YEAR-SPRING HRS
CEE 3055 or 4100 or 4200 or 4300 or 4405 or 4600 (Breadth Electives) * 12
CEE/MATH/ISYE 3770 STATISTICS & APPLICATIONS 3
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FOURTH YEAR-FALL HRS
CEE TECHNICAL ELECTIVES 12
APPROVED ELECTIVE 3
15
FOURTH YEAR-SPRING HRS
CEE TECHNICAL ELECTIVES 6
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE 3
CEE 4090 CEE CAPSTONE DESIGN 3
APPROVED ELECTIVE 3
15
TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS = 126 SEMESTER HOURS PLUS WELLNESS (2 HOURS)</p>
<p>I don’t take AP courses I am a full time college student. I’ve already checked before I applied to Tech and all of my courses will transfer. In fact, I’ll be taking engineering physics and differential equations this summer. Thank you both for all of your useful advice but I think my situation is too unique for me to take advice from strangers. I may not be the best test taker but I am a very hard working student and my dedication, motivation, and persistence cannot be measured by a GPA or ACT score. Hopefully, the admissions office at Georgia Tech understands that too.</p>
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<p>I would agree with that.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine how unique your situation could be that would somehow cause $80k to appear to pay for the next 2 years…unless you have some kind of Fairy GTmother</p>
<p>Geo1234: I hate to state the obvious, but you are the one who has been “bumping” this thread and asking strangers for advice.</p>
<p>It is hard to be both a full time “college” student and be applying for traditional freshman admittance. Since you haven’t stated the specifics of your current program, it is hard to give meaningful advice. But in general, courses that are used for high school graduation credits can’t also be used for college credits. </p>
<p>Engineering majors require specific courses. Ga Tech likely has a transfer equivalency page on their web site. Not sure if your current institution would be listed, all GA schools are. It is highly unlikely that you will be considered a junior engineering major given the courses you have listed.</p>
<p>I am sorry but your stats are not going to garner you merit aid from GA Tech. It will VERY difficult to obtain enough outside scholarship money to pay OOS rates.</p>
<p>Do you have a financial safety that you would be happy attending?</p>
<p>I appreciate all of your advice especially to those who have posted the most, but I think I’ve gathered enough information from this thread and will just wait until I get my admissions decision. I understand your doubts and thank you for expressing them but I’m still hopeful.</p>
<p>Thanks again :)</p>
<p>rate me please
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1089662-rate-my-chance-getting-into-georgia-tech.html?highlight=rate+my+chance+for+georgia+tech[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1089662-rate-my-chance-getting-into-georgia-tech.html?highlight=rate+my+chance+for+georgia+tech</a></p>
<p>Geo1234, you’ve gotten some very good, credible and candid advice from this thread regarding Georgia Tech. Please be practical in your considerations. Good luck.</p>
<p>So, your story is pretty interesting and having all those calc courses are pretty impressive. I imagine you will be strongly considered, and as for aid there is always financial aid even if your parents make money—it may be partial like 20,000 but that is still some help. Also, facing epilepsy and overcoming all those barriers shows self-growth and ability to perservere that most kids your age haven’t even faced yet alone shown it.</p>
<p>So, your story is pretty interesting and having all those calc courses are pretty impressive. I imagine you will be strongly considered, and as for aid there is always financial aid even if your parents make money—it may be partial like 20,000 but that is still some help. Also, facing epilepsy and overcoming all those barriers shows self-growth and ability to perservere that most kids your age haven’t even faced yet alone shown it.</p>
<p>incase anyone is interested, I got in, so suck it all you nay sayers :D</p>