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<p>Very simple to change. Don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>lolikid- Tech is in a nice area of Atlanta called “Midtown.” We have visited twice and walked around everywhere and never did not feel safe. Tech like other campuses takes safety seriously and has different systems in place to protect students like blue lights and escorts. We asked students about crime and they reported it was not a problem.</p>
<p>For entering freshmen there are not a “ton” of scholarships for OOS. We met with the Dean of Women and were told that starting sophomore year scholarships start increasing because they get more from industry to give. Ways of making Tech affordable are study-abroad (they only charge in-state tuition when you are abroad) co-ops (you earn money to help pay for tuition) and having companies pay for your tuition during your senior year as part of your work agreement. We have talked to Tech alumni and many told us that their senior year was paid for my the company that they had done co-op with. </p>
<p>If you have questions then I recommend a trip to campus. We live in California and had certain pre-set notions of Atlanta and campus. It was nothing like what we expected. Atlanta is a very cosmopolitan city (we hardly heard a southern accent while on campus); the campus was beautiful and the surrounding area was lively with students in restaurants and walking around. In fact the chef that won “Top Chef” has a restaurant just a block from campus. There are nice hotels for staying near campus.</p>
<p>Deferred from Early Action. 
Any advice?</p>
<p>Stats:
Mechanical Engineering
GPA: (4.40 weighted, 3.95 unweighted)
APs: CS (5), Chem (5), APUSH (5), taking BC Calc, Physics C, Eng Lit, US Gov
SAT: 2250 (Math 770, CR 760, Writing 720)
ECs: Captain of Varisty Field Hockey and Softball, Student Govt (Junior/Senior Year), Tutor, Youth Basketball Coach, NHS
Navy ROTC scholarship to GT (full ride if I get in)
Essays were okay, but probably not great
Mom went to Tech</p>
<p>make sure to show that you are really interested in Georgia Tech. I had friends with almost perfect ACT scores who didnt get in because they didnt spend a lot of time on there application and essay.</p>
<p>@lolikid - DS is a freshman lives in the dorms. DH works at a company across the street from GT. We would not have had DS go there if we had felt the campus wasn’t safe. Atlanta is a city so you do need to use common sense. Like don’t wander around by yourself at night …
They have a large number of police and other measures that keeps the crime low on campus. I would not reject tech because of the crime in Atlanta.</p>
<p>Does anyone know when we’ll get financial aid information??</p>
<p>Deferred:/ Undecided Science major.</p>
<p>3.92 unweighted
4.292 weighted GPA
top 10% of class
10 AP Classes by gradation (plus a bunch of honors)
Eagle Scout (Senior Patrol Leader)
4 year varsity state team for swimming (two school records and being recruited
(not by Tech unfortunately))
Varsity Football senior year, named to All Region Team first season ever
Georgia Governors Honors Program State Nominee (Spanish)
National Honors Society
Spanish National Honors Society
JV Soccer Academic Award- Highest GPA freshmen year
AP Scholar with Honor
Habitat for Humanity Officer
Student Government- Parliamentarian
Bible study- president of class
Co-founder and president of the Ultimate Frisbee club
Started and ran two summer businesses
ACT 31</p>
<p>I think I got deferred because of my SAT scores. I took it once without preparation or study junior year and got an 1880, and that was the only score sent to tech. I just took it again in December (stupid me didn’t study or prep or anything because I thought with my ec’s and ACT I would get in) and got a 1960. I didn’t think about Tech’s switch to Common App creating such a surge in applications:/. Plus I kinda just put something down for the supplement, I should have taken more time with it. I’m somewhat weak on math credits, and no AP math classes.</p>
<p>GA Tech doesn’t have my most recent test score, or my AP Exam scores (something that they said is optional and factor in). They also don’t know about being named to the All Region team, and I’m planning on sending both to Tech, but what else can/should I do to get accepted with the regular decision? I could mention that I’m self taught on playing the guitar and piano (shows initiative, passion, etc) but after all the EC’s I have I doubt that would make a difference.</p>
<p>I think only the “big” merit scholarship initial info comes out on the 8th.</p>
<p>@theonewhoknocks. - besides the AP and SAT scores make sure and send in your senior year first semester transcript. Good luck.</p>
<p>Accepted : Industrial Engineering
SAT I : 630 CR -800 MATH -670 WRITING
SAT II: 800 MATH2- 780 MATH1- 700 PHYSICS - 750 FRENCH
Gpa : unweighted 3.8/5 , weighted 4.2/5 . upward trend . 11th grade was very impressing .
ps: I m from a turkish-french high school which is famous for its dropouts and low grades .OOS student .
Essay: It was strong , creative , confident and ambitious . I liked it .
ECs :so many ECs … the most important ones :
- LEO (youth club of Lions International). -very active-
- President/founder of Futurism club.
- Delegate of MUN.</p>
<p>Accepted
Industrial engineering, OOS</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 34 (E:35 M:33 R:32 S:35 W:10) so for how GATech does it it’s still a 34
SAT II: 800 Chem 730 Math II 750 US History (didn’t send these)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9/4 but my school only does weighted out of a 100 so ~98/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), APUSH (5), Stats (5), English Language (5, self study)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Calc AB (HS doesn’t offer BC), Organic Chemistry (Dual Enrollment), Intro to Classical Humanities (Dual Enrollment), Physics High Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really, AP Scholar with Honor, President’s Volunteer service award (twice once silver in Sophomore year and once gold in junior year), West Point book award given by school
Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Chorus
Selective Chorus
My School’s fall drama and winter musical
Model United Nations (co-president)
Operation Smile
Peer Tutor
School Ambassador
Student council (homeroom rep)</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: N/a
Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer at local hospital (100+ hours)
Volunteer with two Brownies Girl Scout troops
Perform with a vocal group at nursing homes (we specialize in songs from the 1940s and 50s)
Summer Activities: First three summers of High School I participated in CTY: Center for Talented Youth through Johns Hopkins, past summer participated in a summer program through Fairfield University taking a college level course with college students
Essays:I liked them for the most part.
Common app: showed growth while not being super cliche
Supplement: I’m a verbose person so getting it down to 150 words was difficult enough. It was cutesy enough but I felt I missed highlighting a lot
Teacher Recommendation: Strong, she “accidentally” showed the checklist to me (as I was teaching her how to submit it) and it was all the like “of the best I’ve ever had” column
Counselor Rec: pretty good</p>
<p>Other
Intended Major: Industrial Engineering 
State (if domestic applicant): NJ (so OOS)
School Type: Private (highly competitive)
Ethnicity: Mixed white and Pakistani
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, I’m boring</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: GPA? ACT? Being a female engineer? Teacher reccomendation
Weaknesses: OOS, those same “strengths”,
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not entirely sure. I’d like to think my stats were strong but many just as strong/stronger were deferred. </p>
<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: Rutgers, Deferred: Princeton </p>
<p>General Comments: Congrats to everyone else accepted!
BUT
To those deferred/rejected: I just want you to know how much I want to give each and every one of you a hug. I know exactly how a deferral feels and it sucks. But, everyone here is unbelievably bright and you will all get in somewhere amazing. Keep on fighting :)</p>
<p>@itsv thanks for the info:) i’m a californian too, so i think it would be really helpful to visit</p>
<p>Deferred</p>
<p>Gender- Female
MAjor- Applied MAthematics
GPA- 4.0 (unweighted) The weighted grade average is like a 102.1
SAT- MAth- 700, Verbal- 700, Writing- 640
ECS- Played Volleyball (MVP three years), Coached and ran clinics for volleyball, Math Team, Published Writer, Tutoring
Additional Information- I am doing early graduation and the Dual Enrollment Honors Program. Took 2 AP classes sophomore year (4 and 5 on the tests) and my juniior year (technically my senior ear since its my last year) I have taken 16 credit hours so far and have another 12 planned, with all As.
I felt like my essay was above average.
Anyone have any idea as to what part of my application was too weak?</p>
<p>I think 700 for Math and a total of 2040 may be comparatively low for this year’s pool.</p>
<p>Do you think I have any chance?</p>
<p>This is a guess, but I would suspect that early graduation is hurting you. Many qualified students could graduate their jr yr. There are no brownie pts for early graduation. </p>
<p>So, while you have 2 APs and a yr’s worth of dual enrollment (with low enrollment since you are barely meeting full-time enrollment with 12 hrs), there are other students who have far more. For advanced students, it is not unusual to have multiple 200-300 level university courses. Consider what your application would have looked like this time next yr. would it have made you stand out even more?</p>
<p>I don’t know if GT has a stated policy, but many of the competitive schools strongly advise against early graduation precisely bc of the above.</p>
<p>Based on the averages they released yesterday, (2,193 for SAT and 9+ APs), it seems that your stats are not close. As a matter of fact, many people with 2,200 SAT also got deferred.</p>
<p>@Mom2agrtds Well, if I had not done the dual enrollment program and just stayed in highschool for Junior and Senior year, I would have had a maximum of about 11 AP classes. By doing dual enrollment, I will have 2 AP and 10 college courses, and as far as I can tell, GA tech looks at college courses and AP about equally, so I’m really not behind in that regard. I guess I could have stayed another year in Dual Enrollment and done more, but since tons of people accepted do not do dual enrollment, I doubt that it would be neccessary. The amount of advanced courses falls in the criteria of the average people admitted in early action (9+)
@rocky789 Yeah, I’m guessing that is it. Do you think the test score average for regular admission will be low enough that I will meet it, or should I just kind of accept that this is most likely the end of the road?</p>
<p>does anyone know when orientation dates will be posted or are they already out</p>
<p>10 college courses with 28 credit hrs? (Obviously no upper level science courses with labs.) Then, I would guess it has to do with the actual coursework. Are they all 100 level type classes? Are the courses beyond high school level equivalencies? For example, as a math major will you have completed cal1-3 and diffEQ or linear alg by the end of the yr? </p>
<p>Fwiw, I don’t think it is simply your test scores. 1485 is the avg. 1400 is not that far off the avg. Obviously in order for 1485 to be the avg, many students had to have scores in a range below that. Did you submit any subject test scores, preferably the math 2?</p>