Please Chance Me for GT CS [GA resident, 93.5 GPA, 1520 SAT]

Chance Me / Match Me
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Demographics

  • State/Location of residency: Georgia
  • Type of high school (or current college for transfers): Competitive Public High School
  • Other special factors: *(first generation to college, legacy, recruitable athlete, etc.): Legacy at Georgia Tech

Cost Constraints / Budget
Full Pay to every school

Intended Major(s)
Applying for CS, hoping to minor/major in business as well

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
93.5UW/98.5W (Upward trend, i only got bs in middle school and freshmen year, most of which was spanish. Junior year gpa was around 96 uw and 101.5 W. GPA has gone up 1-2 points every semester starting from first semester of sophomore year, 92.2-93-95.2-96.5)
School doesnt rank
1520 sat (790 math, 730 engl)

List your HS coursework

16 APs (all 4 physics APs, ap chem, ap csp, ap csa, ap seminar, ap micro/macro, apes, ap lang, ap world, ap gov, ap stats, ap calc bc)
8 Dual Enrollments
8 honors
Taking GT distance math + distance CS (Should be able to get As in these classes)

Awards
State Science Olympiad placements
ACSL Finalist
Volunteering award
Pitch Competition Award
3 school cs related awards
Extracurriculars
(Include leadership, summer activities, competitions, volunteering, and work experience)

  1. Started a local org that has taught and partnered with a bunch of local libraries (580+ students taught, partnered with 4 local orgs)
  2. CS research at local uni
  3. volunteering at a local npo(been doing it for 8 years and have contributed a lot, over 500 total hrs)
  4. niche sport
  5. team lead at international npo
  6. coach for my sport
  7. pres + founder of cs club
  8. event organizer for volunteering club
  9. intern at cs company
  10. Very niche and unique opportunity related to my sport (cant disclose as it will dox me, but its <1% acceptance rate)

Essays/LORs/Other
(Optionally, guess how strong these are and include any other relevant information or circumstances.)

LORS should both be decent (AP Calc BC and APES teacher)
Main personal statement is decent
I think my why us essay for Gt is pretty good

Schools
(List of colleges by your initial chance estimate; designate if applying ED/EA/RD; if unsure, leave them unclassified)

GT - EA1
UGA - EA
KSU - RD
GSU - RD
Ivies
UCs

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Strong candidate!

I’d say GT is a match since you are in state. It’s a great program at a great school and I think you have a solid chance of getting in.

UGA, KSU and GSU are likelies

Ivies and UCs are reaches for everyone.

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Not all UCs are reaches for everyone. However, admission for CS is typically more difficult than for most other majors.

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Thank you everyone for the responses so far! I forgot to mention that my uc gpa is a 4.0uw and I think a 4.6-7 W

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UC frosh admission stats by general major grouping can be found at Freshman admission by discipline | University of California . Computer science is listed as a general major grouping at most campuses, but not at Merced (where it exists and is presumably included under engineering).

GPA is the weighted capped version (see GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub ).

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thanks! I calculated my gpa and its a 4.0 uw, 4.25 capped, and 4.7 w

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You probably have a shot at just about every school on your list. However, when acceptance rates are <10%, things can get VERY unpredictable. As long as you have a solid safety or two, you’re good. But I wouldn’t be at all surprised if you got some reach-y acceptances.

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thank you!

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Great student - since you have no budget issues, why GSU and KSU.

I’d replace them with very solid flagships like Ohio State, Penn State, UMD, UMASS, etc.

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I think you’re probably a match for GT unless it becomes a numbers game with your high school.

Would you take a pathway option if offered?

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I chose GSU and KSU as my safety schools. I might not apply if I end up getting into GT Early tho. Thanks for the feedback!

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Thank you! I think I would take the transfer pathway option if i am offered it, despite not being able to transfer into cs. Also, could you clarify what you mean by a numbers game with my high school? Thanks!

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GT might only accept X number of kids from the same high school. Once they hit that number even well qualified candidates won’t be admitted. A very competitive high school could have many qualified candidates but only be “slotted” so many slots. It becomes a numbers game.

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Oh, that makes sense. Thank you!

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