Anonymous wrote:I heard Ga tech is brutal for out of state because they heavily prioritize in state students. I'm sure this keeps parents in GA happy, because I am always seeing dcum complain about UVA not prioritizing in state students.

Also, honestly, I can't see the appeal of Ga tech for out of state students even though I have a stem kid.

So, you don't see the appeal of an engineering kid going to one of the top engineering schools in the world? Interesting.

Georgia Tech Class of 2029

Total Applications: 66,895
Total Admitted: 8,520
Acceptance Rate: 12.7%

(30% Georgia in-state acceptance rate, 9% out-of-state acceptance rate)

Anonymous wrote:I heard Ga tech is brutal for out of state because they heavily prioritize in state students. I'm sure this keeps parents in GA happy, because I am always seeing dcum complain about UVA not prioritizing in state students.

Also, honestly, I can't see the appeal of Ga tech for out of state students even though I have a stem kid.

You don't need to see the appeal. 69,000 applicants this last cycle did. They reject almost all out of state. Where is your STEM kid going, might I ask?

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Anonymous wrote:In-state kids with 1500+ SAT, top grades, high rigor are not getting in, despite the more generous in-state admit rate.

Vast majority of them are. There median test score is a 1440.

The instate kids I know are not top of their class and got in. Not computer science though.

They have an in-state quota just like UT Austin. It's still only around a 30 percent acceptance rate in-state for GT, however. For engineering it's even lower for in-state. Schools like UT Austin and UNC still have much higher in-state acceptance rates overall because they have to. I believe UT Austin is high 40's and UNC is around a 43 % in-state acceptance rate. Out of state for any of these schools? Forget about it.

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Anonymous wrote:1540 SAT, good GPA and a number of APs, etc.

Offered pathway admission. it's basically one year anywhere, then join in the 2nd year.

Why do they do this? It's an ridiculous gimmick that's unhealthy for the student to go somewhere else and then transfer. Is the purpose of this to fill in for students who dropped out after first year? Well not admit more first years (who attend those cheap 500 student classes anyway) expecting some will drop out? Ugh.

https://admission.gatech.edu/transfer/transfer-pathway-programs

In fact, both of my kids from NOVA got this offer.
They applied EA. Not sure why they got this instead of defer, waitlist, etc.
Some sort of an algorithm they use I suppose.

We thought it was better than rejection and had that option in hand for an year then threw it away.
One attending USC and one attending Northeastern.

I heard Ga tech is brutal for out of state because they heavily prioritize in state students. I'm sure this keeps parents in GA happy, because I am always seeing dcum complain about UVA not prioritizing in state students.

Also, honestly, I can't see the appeal of Ga tech for out of state students even though I have a stem kid.

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Anonymous wrote:In-state kids with 1500+ SAT, top grades, high rigor are not getting in, despite the more generous in-state admit rate.

Vast majority of them are. There median test score is a 1440.

The instate kids I know are not top of their class and got in. Not computer science though.

Only a few kids I know got in this cycle for engineering. They were major high achievers. I also know a lot with almost perfect stats denied.

Anonymous wrote:It's "holistic". There is no magic stat that will keep you safe

Yep

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Anonymous wrote:1540 SAT, good GPA and a number of APs, etc.

Offered pathway admission. it's basically one year anywhere, then join in the 2nd year.

Why do they do this? It's an ridiculous gimmick that's unhealthy for the student to go somewhere else and then transfer. Is the purpose of this to fill in for students who dropped out after first year? Well not admit more first years (who attend those cheap 500 student classes anyway) expecting some will drop out? Ugh.

They are wanted the highest demands for engineering students in the world. Way to many applications for transfers than they would ever have room for. This is not unusual for extremely competitive state schools. UT Austin has the same type of program. There they call it being CAP''d.

It's "holistic". There is no magic stat that will keep you safe

Anonymous wrote:For Engineering, GT is pretty close to a lottery among well qualified applicants. For various fields at GT, the statistics will vary.

+1

Just like UNC, they have like a 30 percent acceptance rate in-state (actually UNC is over 40%). They will take in-state students, especially non-engineering, with some lesser stats than others because of the in-state mandate. However, they boast a 12% overall acceptance rate. 9% acceptance rate for out of state this cycle and like a 6% or less acceptance rate for OOS engineering majors.

Anonymous wrote:1540 SAT, good GPA and a number of APs, etc.

Offered pathway admission. it's basically one year anywhere, then join in the 2nd year.

Why do they do this? It's an ridiculous gimmick that's unhealthy for the student to go somewhere else and then transfer. Is the purpose of this to fill in for students who dropped out after first year? Well not admit more first years (who attend those cheap 500 student classes anyway) expecting some will drop out? Ugh.

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Anonymous wrote:In-state kids with 1500+ SAT, top grades, high rigor are not getting in, despite the more generous in-state admit rate.

Vast majority of them are. There median test score is a 1440.

The instate kids I know are not top of their class and got in. Not computer science though.

Anonymous wrote:1540 SAT, good GPA and a number of APs, etc.

Offered pathway admission. it's basically one year anywhere, then join in the 2nd year.

GT hardly takes transfers. So doing pathways is really the best way to get in. Congrats on being accepted.

Anonymous wrote:Georgia Tech's 25th percentile SAT score is only 1370.

Tons and tons of low academic performers get in.

Mind you, that is not a bad SAT score, per se, but for STEM college it is.

lol GT admissions is one of the tougher gets out there. I know many kids well into the 1500's on SAT with high GPA's getting denied on the regular. This last cycle was crazy. Also, I know of one this cycle were admitted to MIT and rejected at GT.