Georgia Tech (2025-2026)

[umbral hawk]

uva is known for business and med

[flat hollow]

is business its own program

[umbral hawk]

wait idk

[flat hollow]

can i not transfer from a and s to uh business or sum

[narrow igloo]

i applied cs to most places

not gt

[umbral hawk]

bro i havent done any research related to uva

i applied because 0 supps

[flat hollow]

same i lowk applied cuz 0 supps

[umbral hawk]

0 supps crazy

their app # went up by 50%

[flat hollow]

80k a year for uva is nuts tho

[umbral hawk]

after they removed their only supp

[umbral hawk]

bro ikr

they should give some aid to oos kids

[flat hollow]

i need some sort of scholarshi[

[umbral hawk]

70-80k for a state school is actually wildwork

i agree

[limber sluice]

Now I face the issue of Purdue for 40k or state school for free…

[limber sluice]

Hmmm

[flat hollow]

gt oos is 50k/yr, honestly not too bad for going oos

purdue is 40k

[umbral hawk]

thats hella cheap bro

considering gt prestige

go gt

[flat hollow]

yeah

[umbral hawk]

matter of fact i would choose gt over cmu for engineering

cmu > gt for cs tho

[flat hollow]

CMU statML > GT math and computing

[limber sluice]

Purdues good value the

[flat hollow]

at least for me

[umbral hawk]

i shouldve applied to purdue

[umbral hawk]

is statml in scs

[flat hollow]

its a joint program between dietrich and scs

but its housed in dietrich

[astral island]

ohh

[umbral hawk]

whats the AR?

[flat hollow]

statML is the reason why dietrich accpetance rate is like 15 percent

[flat hollow]

i'd approximate 8-9%

[umbral hawk]

oh dang

i applied to CMU MCS for physics which is like 20%

[flat hollow]

i mean its the data science path at CMU

all the cracked CS applicants apply data science at cmu

to avoid scs comp but data science as a result has become too comp

[umbral hawk]

anything cs related at cmu is hard asf

[flat hollow]

yeah

[calm plaza]

you applied to 55 schools?

[balmy bronze]

it is ranked 2 CS

common

what to expect

[fallen obsidian]

when should we send in a LOCI ?

[marble belfry]

even if ur dead set on engineering id say the connections u make at top ivies are worth it anyways

plus it gives u flexibility if u decide later on to sell ur soul to consulting or high finance

[heady heath]

i thought princeton and cornell have good eng

[marble belfry]

yeah even penn/columbia engineeirng are pretty good

[umbral hawk]

@flat hollow

yo bro

do yk when uva announces the honors decisions?

[carmine edge]

ish i lowkey forgot and the number might go up

its in the 50s tho

[fair reef]

crazy

[calm plaza]

But why

[vague sage]

💔💔💔

[carmine edge]

cause im lowkey cooked

and im a masochist

and i liked a lot of unis

i would've applied to more if i had a bit more time

would've done Reed, and some other LACs

[heady heath]

no wonder i got rejected

jesus christ

[hearty quartz]

holy shit

ivy level acceptance rates

or worse

[narrow igloo]

who are they accepting 💔

[heady heath]

not me i guess

[hearty quartz]

do they do per major acceptances

they must right

[narrow igloo]

all you defers aren’t out yet so write good locis

[narrow igloo]

takes a little time but they show the data eventually

[hearty quartz]

nah like do they take major into account

when accepting

[narrow igloo]

yes they want to build a balanced class

[heady heath]

i got flat out rejected man

[solar basin]

I think this was last year

[heady heath]

they dont want me

[narrow igloo]

but it’s not like

“I got admitted to major X”

it’s “I got admitted to gt”

unless you’re doing cs…

[hearty quartz]

applied for CS

🤡

oh well

it be what it be

[narrow igloo]

gt cs is notoriously hard

[vague sage]

no it’s true

i just found the gtech blog

https://news.em.gatech.edu/2026/01/30/admission-decisions-early-action-2/

[runic root]

source?

[vague sage]

^

[runic root]

Wow GT was a slaughterhouse this year

[vague sage]

yeah…

[solar basin]

It has been every year

I wish I could see breakdown by major

[lavish glen]

hey 8% overall, would it be lower for cs?

[runic root]

2024: 31,800 applicants, 3000 admits; 9%
2025: 36,185 applicants, 2950 admits; 8%; Defer 23%
2026: 37,300 applicants, 3149 admits ; 8%; Defer 25%

[hearty quartz]

much lower prolly

[runic root]

we are the most competitive year for EA2 in GT history

2023: 27,000 applicants, 2838 admits; 10%

[lavish glen]

oof

[runic root]

Hurts, but we are just unlucky to be applying this year

[solar basin]

Last year had a slightly lower admit rate

[runic root]

If you go back to 4 years ago in 2022: 25,000 applicants; 12% acceptance so 3000

I think we are seeing a trend from 12% -> 10% -> 9% -> 8%

as more people apply the spots stay relatively the same so it gets much much harder to get in

[solar basin]

It went up this year

8.2%->8.4%

But still relatively the same

[runic root]

It did go up, but the number of applicants did so too...

[hearty quartz]

I guess that’s cause they’re subsidising it by admitting a bit more ppl

.2% isn’t much of a diff

[lavish glen]

did more or less ppl do CS this yr, im js curious lol

if u guys know

[runic root]

Thus more qualified applicants and higher deferral rate

[hearty quartz]

that also is another thing

We’ll find out much later I think or idk when

[solar basin]

I don’t think they post stats by major

[hearty quartz]

not at all?

https://www.cc.gatech.edu/news/2025-enrollment-roundup-undergraduate-enrollment-in-computing-remains-popular

Acceptance rate for CS was lower than the acceptance rate of last year

[solar basin]

It is vey likely that the engineering and cs acceptance rate is lower than the overall acceptance rate

[storm token]

cs was 3% last year

likely lower this year

or at least around the same

[storm token]

for out of state*

[umbral hawk]

ts insane

lowk just glad i got uva oos

chatgpt thinking mode said ill get deferred from both

prove 'em wrong!

[vernal shale]

deferred by uiuc but accepted to GT

is crazy

thats what happened to me

[runic root]

gpt said i was gonna get rejected lol

[eager vault]

crazzy im the opposite

deferred by gt but admitted by uiuc

[plain anchor]

samee

[flat hollow]

same

[eager vault]

i dont see the difference between those two cs&math majors

but im cooked asw

[flat hollow]

did you apply math and computing as well

[eager vault]

yea to both

[flat hollow]

to uiuc and gt?

[eager vault]

Yes

[flat hollow]

damnn

same

[eager vault]

whats ur stat

But im intl

[flat hollow]

uh

[runic root]

🥲

[flat hollow]

basic stuff is like 3.99 gpa and 1560 sat

intl probs hard nerf

[eager vault]

mine is lower😢

[runic root]

dw bro i also got deferred 🫂

[flat hollow]

stats aren't everything i lowk think my supp carried me i thought it was my best ea sup

also intl is like 10x harder

so getting deferred is actually really impressive

[plain anchor]

really?

[eager vault]

Thank you!!

[flat hollow]

gt doesn't defer a ton of applicants

[eager vault]

Ill work hard on loci haha

[plain anchor]

okay damn

[flat hollow]

yea also i heard gt cares a lot about midyears

[plain anchor]

gotta lock in for the dsf

[flat hollow]

so lock in on grade if you still have finals

[eager vault]

its fine

[runic root]

uh oh

[eager vault]

i improved a lot on midyr

[flat hollow]

thats good

[runic root]

87 in DE calc-based physics is gonna haunt me 😭

[flat hollow]

i think youll be ok

[runic root]

but im meche 💀

[flat hollow]

i dont know too much about it, but im sure you're oding well in other classes

[runic root]

Yeah 3.97uw 4.5/5.0 w

slight drop in rankings though this semester :/

[flat hollow]

fireeeeeee

[runic root]

yeah man being an int student is so difficult

no merit or financial aid

[eager vault]

i feel u bro

[plain anchor]

yeah we are genuinely cooked 😭

[runic root]

we in this together 🫂

but GT is only one drop in the sea, we will get into good colleges

don't let this kick you guys down, stay strong 💪

[umbral dirge]

Did yall put summer classes for the finaid form?

[eager vault]

is recorded interview helpful for deferred intl students?

it rlly cost a lot for initialview

ik gt encouraged us to do so

[valid quiver]

guys

do all rejects get the talent initiative transfer pathway? Or is it just a select few

[marble belfry]

Is jhmc at gt worth applying for

[shell eagle]

Did you mean jmhp?

[marble belfry]

JHMC I mean mb

[narrow igloo]

Select few

[hollow patio]

Wait so who got accepted for CS?

[lucid canopy]

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Georgia Tech has two Early Action rounds.

EA1 for Georgia Residents (decisions in December) - which saw a 7.3% increase in applications, dropping the admit rate from 33% to 30%.

EA2 decisions for Out-of-State & International students (decisions in late-January) - which saw a 3% increase in applications- the admit rate stayed relatively the sam...

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[flat hollow]

damnn

is the georgia tech lite going to be updated

anytime soon

[misty oriole]

give it a few weeks

[misty oriole]

you will be fine

[misty oriole]

give it a few weeks and the graphs will be on GT Lite

[signal gate]

yo what the

are they trying to admit a lot for regular for engineering or what?

[solar summit]

hold so what’s the acceptance for cs

i saw someone say it was sub 3 percent this year?

or was that last year

[umbral hawk]

8% overall ea oos

mecheng was 5% last yr

the ar is pretty similar to last year's

[misty oriole]

THIS DATA IS NOT CORRECT

[solar summit]

we dont know how much cs is then?

[umbral hawk]

u get check gt lite

[misty oriole]

LITE takes weeks to update the data

[umbral hawk]

and check the last year data

cuz it didnt change too much

[signal gate]

good

my god

[misty oriole]

trust me this school is gonna keep admitting more students

even if it fucks over registration

all of last year's data is correct and the #applications for 2026-2027 are correct

[flat hollow]

do you know anything about math and computing at GT

[misty oriole]

nobody does

it's a brand new major

[flat hollow]

ah ok

i think ill just contact the dean or something

they dont give a ton of info on the website

[misty oriole]

what do you want to know?

m&cs is prob to pull the quant kids away from double majoring in cs+math

[narrow igloo]

q*ant

[flat hollow]

how integrated it is with the CS curriculum, research opportunities, the data science track

[misty oriole]

https://mathcomputing.gatech.edu/bs-macs-degree-requirements/ here are the degree requirements

[umbral hawk]

bitch what the fuck

[misty oriole]

research opportunities are not dependent on major and are very common on campus

[umbral hawk]

3.9% acceptance rate for oos meche permanent resident

[misty oriole]

permanent resident is wrong

[umbral hawk]

asian male

[flat hollow]

oh ok

[umbral hawk]

how

[misty oriole]

oh yeah lowkey if you're asian applying to gt you're fucked lol

[umbral hawk]

yeah i know no shi i got deferred

[misty oriole]

sorry not permanent resident but the acceptance rate it, RD hasn't happened yet

[flat hollow]

damn i guessi i got lucky then

[umbral hawk]

4% ar is fucking

ivy league r

rd

like bro

[hardy parcel]

i havent seen you in years bro LMAO

[umbral hawk]

wtf

[flat hollow]

asian male 💀

[narrow igloo]

i’m asian and i got in

💀

[flat hollow]

same

[narrow igloo]

not cracked at all btw no awards olys or nonprofits

[flat hollow]

me neither

[misty oriole]

nice, same here but i'm a white kid lol

plus i applied 2 years ago

[flat hollow]

lmao

i am excited about tech tho seems like a great place

[misty oriole]

i know if i applied now i would not get in

this school is good

there are a few issues but there are a few problems at every school

[flat hollow]

what makes you sure of that

[misty oriole]

i got deferred for co 2028

then accepted in RD

for cmpe

[umbral hawk]

bruh why did i apply as meche

[flat hollow]

"i want to do pre-med"

ahh

[flat hollow]

i mean

acceptance rate is relatively the same

for the past couple of years

maybe the gpa/test averages went up or sum but i feel like georgia tech has always been extremely difficult to get into

[umbral hawk]

does gt care abt demographics

like asian male for engineering

[misty oriole]

yes

[umbral hawk]

😭

[misty oriole]

officially no school can

but i promise you schools like GT are using cues you put in essays to figure them out

[narrow igloo]

i was asian for computing and got in

but i am told i write like a white person

[misty oriole]

this is my graph

for an oos us citizen male white kid in cmpe, my rate was 6.3%

[flat hollow]

oh right

[umbral hawk]

i guess less asian males apply to uva for engineering than gt

smaller penalty

[signal gate]

does anyone know what gets a deferred kid an acceptance during RD

like what specifically

(im ea1 if that helps)

[umbral hawk]

prob luck + awards + class shaping

[narrow igloo]

in staters do pretty well in RD dw

[signal gate]

bro what the 💀

luck are we serious

[quasi pagoda]

my mid year report marks kinda decreased but i did get some good awards. Hoping I'm not cooked😭

[lucid canopy]

what the actual heck bro 😭

what did you apply for

[astral island]

same

[astral island]

wait im so confused which is harder to get in

[astral island]

CS

[midnight lichen]

from what i know their both around the same but uiuc accepts more oos than gt does during ea

atleast what I understood from this cycle

[astral island]

dang

i am oos for both

[midnight lichen]

yea

i got into uiuc but not gt

[lucid canopy]

congrats

[lucid canopy]

uiuc's cs is part of their engineering school

uiuc cs is harder lowk

[lucid canopy]

for what

[midnight lichen]

cs is also part of engineering rt?

ce

their both ranked 5th 💀

[lucid canopy]

i meant cs 😭

[midnight lichen]

got it mb lol

i was intl for both

ig uiuc liked me more

[lucid canopy]

wait i swear it was

[midnight lichen]

gt js deferred so i still got a decent shot

[lucid canopy]

but i just googled and it's not

[midnight lichen]

the sable school is inside of engineering

its so dumbb

[lucid canopy]

ohh no it is in grainger

yea

nvm

[lucid canopy]

what major cs?

what did you apply for

[midnight lichen]

CE

computer engineering

[lucid canopy]

oh

i did the same

[midnight lichen]

yea

[lucid canopy]

i did uiuc rd though

[midnight lichen]

oh i see

half my ecs were CS tho

[astral island]

WOWA

[lucid canopy]

oh dang

[astral island]

oh

[midnight lichen]

i lowkey taught uiuc was a denial after that dumb essay i wrote 😭

[lucid canopy]

no it is nvm

[midnight lichen]

nah it is dw

[lucid canopy]

i was wrong

[midnight lichen]

all this

[astral island]

same

[lucid canopy]

i don't even remember what i wrote 😭

[midnight lichen]

but UT wont let me into ECE as a supposed instate..

[lucid canopy]

maybe i should've just applied to some other engineering

someone said comp eng had a 1.7% acceptance rate

and overall this year was 8% oos

[midnight lichen]

bro mine was so cringe i acc tweak out everytime i see that essay, i wrote it in like 30 minutes

[midnight lichen]

gt?

[lucid canopy]

dang

[midnight lichen]

or uiuc?

[lucid canopy]

yea gt

[midnight lichen]

yea thats crazy

[lucid canopy]

i won't be mad if i don't get into uiuc

[midnight lichen]

they js deffered so many kids in gt

[lucid canopy]

i got straight up denied

[narrow igloo]

denied gt doesn’t mean anything

they’re weird

[midnight lichen]

yea idk

[lucid canopy]

i feel like if i took physics i would've had a higher chance though

my school couldn't offer it to me because of scheduling

[midnight lichen]

oh yea that makes sense

[narrow igloo]

ftr after seeing that usamo guy in here i thought i was going straight to the reject pile

[midnight lichen]

i took physics for 3 years

[lucid canopy]

congrats though

[lucid canopy]

wow thats crazy

[midnight lichen]

and guess who made it and who did not 😭

admisisons aint always js stats ig

[lucid canopy]

is it worth applying to transfer lowk 😭

or is it just as impossible

[midnight lichen]

uh which gt?

[lucid canopy]

yea that's true

[narrow igloo]

lowkey funny because my ecs were worse

[lucid canopy]

they consider "talent/ability" so idk what that means

[lucid canopy]

yea

[midnight lichen]

i think its low transfer rate

[narrow igloo]

i had a good supp though

[midnight lichen]

did u apply purdue?

[midnight lichen]

thats good

[lucid canopy]

yea i got into purdue

polytech not engineering though

[midnight lichen]

ce?

[lucid canopy]

i put a second choice

[midnight lichen]

oh ok

wait what is the difference

i am a bit dumb

[lucid canopy]

no it's like computer information technology or something

[midnight lichen]

got it got it

[lucid canopy]

its just not considered an 'engineering' degree

but it's still decent to have

[midnight lichen]

i applied to the wrong campus even though i wrote my essay on wl...

[lucid canopy]

oh shoot

that sucks

[midnight lichen]

i got into indy cause thats what i choose on ca 😭

[lucid canopy]

it can't be that hard to transfer though

[lucid canopy]

oh no

[narrow igloo]

i got into gt with cm which isn’t as competitive as cs

[midnight lichen]

its p hard their tryna keep indy like new and stuff

[midnight lichen]

cm is new rt?

[lucid canopy]

is cm communciations?

[midnight lichen]

computing + math i believe

[narrow igloo]

cm has been there forever

[midnight lichen]

its a new major

[lucid canopy]

oh shoot

[narrow igloo]

i mean computational media

[midnight lichen]

oh nvm

[narrow igloo]

not computing and math

[lucid canopy]

ohh

[midnight lichen]

oh tok ok mb

i saw so many peopel get into coputing and math

[narrow igloo]

cm is either hci, ui/ux, or gamedev

[lucid canopy]

is it in their eng school?

[lucid canopy]

ui ux is nice

[narrow igloo]

we’re computing + liberal arts

[lucid canopy]

oh

[narrow igloo]

math and computing is computing + sciences i think?

[lucid canopy]

wow

is it possible to transfer after a semester

or only after a year

[prisma violet]

year

[prisma violet]

i believe math and computing is in college of computing

[limber sluice]

Anyways gng it looks more like imma be making some boilers

[narrow igloo]

did you get def or rej

[lucid canopy]

only reason im not sure about purdue is the social life

[prisma violet]

https://tenor.com/view/holy-moly-gif-2379897567703251318

[limber sluice]

Straight rejected

[narrow igloo]

rip

purdue is good

[limber sluice]

Which kind of blind sided me I was expecting a deferral

I thought my app was good enough for a deferral atl 😭

[narrow igloo]

major?

[limber sluice]

AE I think

May have been ME

[narrow igloo]

Yeah that explains a lot

Most comp majors along with CS

[limber sluice]

Ya

Still tho

They must’ve not liked my school they denied 3 straight up and all had good apps 😭

[narrow igloo]

Other majors?

[limber sluice]

Na

Usually my HS has had good success w GT

[narrow igloo]

thats probably why meche is hard

[limber sluice]

Last years we’ve sent 3+ to GT ME

This year was a fat 0 😭

[mystic leaf]

Man I though my school would give me an advantage since I was the only one applying

Still got cooked

[mystic leaf]

Bruh GTech rejected a USACO camper

[signal gate]

join our server bud

[limber sluice]

I got rejected blud

[signal gate]

ye everyone who got rejected is in it i thikn

its not just for acceptees

[limber sluice]

Is it like a protest server 😭

[signal gate]

No more like a coping server

[limber sluice]

Where tf the link at

[mystic leaf]

Invite me too pls

[signal gate]

alr invited yall

in dms

[mystic leaf]

Oh I didn’t realize it’s for AE

Im CS

[signal gate]

💀

i mean u can still join idrc

[mystic leaf]

Bro this is crazy though

If they even reject campers what else do they want

[ocean jungle]

Lowk what was GPA and test scores

[narrow igloo]

there’s a reject server? 🥀

[ocean jungle]

I know a bunch of campers who slacked off academically, and gtech cares a lotttt about gpa and test scores

[narrow igloo]

this explains why I got in with mid ecs

[mystic leaf]

Iirc his GPA was between 3.85 and 3.99 and test score was 1500+

With 800 Math

But he had the same problem as me where he didn’t put much effort into his essays

[ocean jungle]

well lack of effort in essays is one (major) issue, what was r/w SAT

And also GT likes to say a lot of admits got perfect gpa, sooo

Weighted/course rigor matters too

[narrow igloo]

thank god i applied EA

mid year transcript would have gone off like a bomb

[ocean jungle]

Lowk my gpa went up from 4.45 to 4.5 after midyear

[quasi pagoda]

my mid year grades have decreased but i got some awards. i think im cooked since i got deferred

[ocean jungle]

So I somehow wish opposite

[narrow igloo]

idk if it went up but i had an A- in ap physics

everything else was solid though

[ocean jungle]

Not like my EA results weren’t beyond satisfactory tho

[limber sluice]

Tbf idk what I could’ve done 😭

[narrow igloo]

maybe overreacting i used to have a B+ in physics and an A- in spanish before the exam

these apps are so random

[mystic leaf]

His essays weren’t like red flags

It’s was just that he was extremely vague and didn’t specify anything
Just gave general statements like “I want to do x” instead of showing a plan

[ocean jungle]

I mean like

You gotta have good essays bro

OOS admissions rate is bad enough

Esp for CS

[narrow igloo]

my supp was good i hope

[wanton basin]

I got to write two locis 😭 😭

[narrow igloo]

caps was mediocre

[wanton basin]

one for Georgia Tech and another for UMich

[narrow igloo]

okay my gpa is now a 4.61 i'll take it i guess

[ocean jungle]

I’m sad that UIUC won’t take mid year or loci

[wanton basin]

Ah I’m assuming u got deferred?

[narrow igloo]

fuck you physics

[ocean jungle]

Deferred UIUC yeah

[wanton basin]

yeah I just got denied lmao

[narrow igloo]

what uiuc major did you all apply

[ocean jungle]

I’m running no denials so far so hopefully I keep the streak

[wanton basin]

CS

[ocean jungle]

Grainger CS

[narrow igloo]

oh yeah that explains a lot

cs is really hard

[ocean jungle]

I had a friend who got CS + Advertising in college of media

That’s a lot easier to get

[ocean jungle]

Straight CS is cooked bro

[narrow igloo]

i applied informatics i think

needed a safety and did not have that many words to write about cs

[ocean jungle]

I’m surprised I got GT straight CS 💀

[narrow igloo]

straight cs? congrats

i did cm

[ocean jungle]

Straight CS just means the main computer science major

[lavish glen]

how is UMich a low target for CS

[mystic leaf]

I can see that in my case since my ECs weren’t top tier

But like a top tier national level EC like USACO Camp should make up for that imo. Just by its sheer magnitude

[lavish glen]

how strong is ur app bruv

[narrow igloo]

idk I did that a long time ago

there’s probably cope in there

[ocean jungle]

Nah bro you can’t just admit all bots

Regardless of what you do, essays matter a lot

[narrow igloo]

my stats are 1590 4.0 15 AP + College

with mid ecs

[lavish glen]

that's a rlly strong app lol

[ocean jungle]

Give or take same but lowk my ECs are maybe high-mid

[narrow igloo]

you can see why i was overshooting

but ecs are fried

[lavish glen]

wait whats ur ecs then? they cant be that bad

[narrow igloo]

top ec was web app with 3 mil visits / month
school ecs were class president, debate captain, robotics department lead, slop research awards

there’s a lot of disclaimers but we don’t need to talk about that

[wanton basin]

your ECs are NOT fried 😭 😭 😭

[lavish glen]

im cooked bruh

[narrow igloo]

it’s exaggerated lol

we were just popping off in september for some reason 💀 💀 💀

no hooks, rural public

[lavish glen]

bro got ddossed

[narrow igloo]

well i guess rural is a hook gt specifically asks for it

[quasi pagoda]

by mid march they probably mean something like 14-19th right? last time they released it on the 28th

[placid geyser]

Nah bro you can 100% EC max your way in

My essays were 30 minute essays 💀💀

and I don’t think I have good hook

[narrow igloo]

you are ultra cracked you’re going to caltech

[placid geyser]

not rlly

Definitely not Olympiad camp level

[narrow igloo]

i wrote my supp in the two hours before the deadline

[placid geyser]

Me too twin

[narrow igloo]

but it was good according to people

[placid geyser]

Mine blew ass

[prisma violet]

cal tech or as they call it here

the georgia tech of the california

[placid geyser]

Caltech: the Georgia tech of the southwest

MIT: the Georgia tech of the northeast

[prisma violet]

Tsinghua: 中国佐治亚理工学院

[placid geyser]

Not rlly

It’s more like USTC

[prisma violet]

or nanjing too

[placid geyser]

中国科大

[prisma violet]

tsinghua is still the best engineering school in china

[placid geyser]

Yeah but keda is like the stem school

Tsinghua more like Harvard

[lucid canopy]

invite me too!

[lucid canopy]

oh wait i had a web app that made around 200k visits a week should i have included this in my apps...

i completely forgot about it it was like 2 years ago

[narrow igloo]

twin

🥀

[lucid canopy]

😭

[narrow igloo]

that seems significant idk

(💀 💀 💀 💀 💀 💀 💀 💀 💀 💀 )

[astral island]

nah mine were buns

[narrow igloo]

you are cooking something you bagged mich and gt at the same time

did you apply ivies

[astral island]

ikr i am cooking with some magic ingredients that i am unaware of

[astral island]

yes

[narrow igloo]

do you have a top school yet

[astral island]

idk cmu ig

but im not gonna just put 1 on a pedestal any of em is great

i did 4 ivies

[narrow igloo]

cmu is great though I ended up being more interested in them for grad school

applied anyway

[narrow igloo]

did 6

didn’t apply dartmouth and not counting princeton reject

[narrow pier]

gt or mich for meche

[limber sluice]

GT

Should I even bother appealing my decision

[solar basin]

they have examples on their website for when you should appeal but otherwise, I wouldn't bother

[narrow igloo]

You can’t appeal unless you’re in state, meet a transfer requirement, or reported wrong grades

[limber sluice]

I thought updates on ECs that were alr on the resume counted

[flat hollow]

they didn't tkae my update but i think thats cuz they already had my decision

[solar basin]

I think they just have a deadline for everyone, they don't have time to sort through applications after a certain point

[midnight notch]

I had the same thing

[limber sluice]

They just didn’t reply to my ass

Like straight up

[narrow igloo]

https://tenor.com/view/purdue-boilermakers-purdue-university-boilermakers-purdue-flag-gif-6586309061598420626

[limber sluice]

I do wonder what part of my app wasn’t good enough tho

[umbral dirge]

The day before that they took my update - i thoght it was a sign I got deferred

[limber sluice]

They never replied to me 😭

Was sent Jan 7

[narrow igloo]

wonder if it pushed you over the line

[flat hollow]

I still got in as well 🔥

[umbral dirge]

well i have no idea - ended up CS OOS, so ig every little bit counts

[umbral dirge]

[umbral dirge]

ayyy

[narrow igloo]

you also landed mich so ik you’re cracked

[limber sluice]

I’m tryna use ts as grounds for appeal 😭

[narrow igloo]

or hear me out

https://tenor.com/view/purdue-football-flag-gif-12475223

[high locust]

guys is purdy or gtech more expensice oos

[narrow igloo]

do you have other decisions pending

[flat hollow]

Tech by 7k

[narrow igloo]

gatech not gtech per the admit server

[high locust]

kms

[high locust]

grrrr fine

[flat hollow]

Transportation might be cheaper however

For me it is

[calm plaza]

Almost the same, gt is a few thousands higher but that shouldn't stop you from chosing gt

[narrow igloo]

yes go to gt!

https://tenor.com/view/georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-mascot-buzz-yellow-jackets-georgia-tech-gif-18434159

[high locust]

i walk everywhere i spent most of my day walking :P

[high locust]

oml i was told gatech was affordable oos im cooked

[high locust]

buzz is a baddie hear me out

[narrow igloo]

finaid isn’t even out yet

[narrow igloo]

in theory he’s staffed by the cheer team…

[calm plaza]

It's one of most value for money unis

The roi is definitely high

[flat hollow]

No back to home

[high locust]

true but ncsu in state is beckoning me...

oh ur so right

[narrow igloo]

tech is beckoning you more

https://tenor.com/view/georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-buzz-mascot-mascots-college-football-gif-18434199

[calm plaza]

Instate?

But gt is too good

You get the best roi, and personally I would rather spend a bit more(if ncsu is 10k cheaper) than regret not attending one of the best schools

[high locust]

180k total is L rizz tho

[high locust]

aaaaaaa its 60k cheaper thats a whole year of income

[narrow igloo]

that’s like half the cost of rpi pre aid though

[flat hollow]

i mean... i think gt has better roi than nc sate

state

[high locust]

wait whats rpi?

[high locust]

yeah definitely and ive always dreamed of going

its just now that i have to consider the practicality of it 😭

[narrow igloo]

rensselaer poly

[high locust]

WOAH

WHY DIDNT I APPLY THERE WTH

[narrow igloo]

it would have been a good safety but it’s expensive

[high locust]

i think i got a fee waiver too

gatech plsplspls give me a scholarship im going to cry

[flat hollow]

way too esxp

exp

i aint paying that much for rpi

[high locust]

fair 😭

[flat hollow]

i didnt get passed round one of stamps 😭

[calm plaza]

Over 4 years or 60k per year? Which means full ride

[flat hollow]

60k over 4 years

[calm plaza]

Personally if I had to chose gt with 60k more debt or ncsu, I would pick gt anyday

Cuz the alumni network, opportunities and roi are much higher for gt

Most gt grads make over 100k

[high locust]

over the four years and youre right

its just that its not impossible to make that much from ncsu either

and im worried about being too in debt to pursue any of my goals till im like 30

[narrow igloo]

gt will give you better opportunities

[calm plaza]

At the end of the day, it all depends on your skills. You can attend mit and be a loser or go to asu and get a $1mil comp.

But being at gt would open more opportunities

It's all the opportunity cost

[calm plaza]

Yea exactly

[high locust]

real but im kind of a bum so id have to fix my work ethic before i commit

im pretty loserpilled

[calm plaza]

I would rather regret getting into 60k debt than not attending the t5

What's your major?

[high locust]

enve but im considering switching to meche

before i attend

[calm plaza]

What's enve?

[high locust]

environmental engineering

[calm plaza]

Ah

[high locust]

my passion but the usa politics nerfing the job market terrified me

[calm plaza]

Just trust me, and commit to gt unless you get into a better one

[high locust]

the only 'better one' on my list would probably be cornell or duke general rankings

and i dont really like either of them so gatech it is pretty much

[calm plaza]

You just get access to way more opportunities

[high locust]

real ig i'll just do the co-op if i can

btw r you going to gatech?

[calm plaza]

Nah denied

[high locust]

sorry abt that yield protect

[calm plaza]

Yea, co-ops and internships during the break can payback fs

[limber sluice]

Not any “realistic” ones

[narrow igloo]

what colleges

[high locust]

oh ur intl woahh where r you from?

[calm plaza]

Nah it wasn't Abt yield prot, my stats weren't good enough for gt

[calm plaza]

India

[limber sluice]

Stanford MIT Caltech 😭 finna get yeilds protected there

[narrow igloo]

Wait for those definitely

[high locust]

mhm i'll probably graduate late if i do spring sems but its fine

[narrow igloo]

But i would start getting to know purdue

[high locust]

nah the competition is just monstrous intl im sure you'll commit somewhere amazing

[calm plaza]

That's a thing for later, just don't think about them. Just get into gt and you would never regret a 60k debt at gt unless you start skipping classes

[calm plaza]

Rn uw madison is the best one, uiuc deferred and waiting for udub

[high locust]

'preciate your advice i have a lot to think about thank you

[high locust]

ayyyy twin uiuc deferred

also waiting on udub

[narrow igloo]

my friend got rejected outright madison lmao

[high locust]

and weirdly enough participant in a clincal study from madison

[limber sluice]

Blud id I got deferred from UIUC and denied from GT im cooked

[limber sluice]

I got a tour scheduled next month gotta fly over there

[narrow igloo]

https://admissions.purdue.edu/admitted-students/ for more info

gl with your search

[calm plaza]

We are in the same boat let's sail

[narrow igloo]

i applied UIUC RD

accepted GT EA

might withdraw illinois

[limber sluice]

Alr have the Purdue for me tour

[tranquil cape]

Eyyy me too

whats ur stats

and what state

[limber sluice]

4.7 GPA
35 ACT
All 5s on APs taken
National Merit Semifinalist

ECs:
Did research for NASA and Caltech
President of 3 clubs
President of Band
Vice President of Chorus
On schools academic competition team, 2nd highest scorer of all time

[limber sluice]

Bama

[narrow igloo]

i am surprised they rej you this is solid

did you apply meche

[mystic leaf]

College apps so strange

I friend of mine from a few years ago whose best EC was a Nasa Internship got into Princeton and Yale
You seem to have a similar app(except he had a 1590 SAT and took every single AP exam) but didn't get into GT

[heady heath]

GT put all our names on rats and had them fight to the death and the winners got in

[mystic leaf]

Fr

Like im seeing on reddit

And people with much lower stats and ECs than me got in
I think this shows how important the supp essay is for GT

[heady heath]

you got deferred/reject?

[mystic leaf]

Reject

[heady heath]

same twin

i dont like how we have to be massive sweats to get into a public state school

yes its a very good school but jesus fucking christ these reqs are insane

[misty oriole]

womp tbh lol

[mystic leaf]

Unironically seen some people get into Ivies but be rejected from GT

[misty oriole]

this is one of the best state schools for STEM in the US

[misty oriole]

yeah i saw someone on reddit who got waitlisted MIT denied GT

[mystic leaf]

Like

UT, UIUC, and GT OOS are just straight coin flips

[mystic leaf]

Yuh their reqs aren't unreasonable

But the unreasonable part is when you actually have similar apps to other people who get in(or better)
Like I am coping but it's still not fair

[misty oriole]

when everyone is super, nobody is

when everyone is doing HS research, internships, founding BS nonprofits, has a 4.00, takes 30 million APs, etc

you cannot reasonably distinguish those candiates

so to some degree it is random

[heady heath]

dont wanna brag but

i can fly a plane and they still wont even defer me 😭

maybe because my grades are too shit

[misty oriole]

gotta drive a train that's the strat

i have driven a diesel locomotive exactly once and got in

[heady heath]

dam

i shoulda talked about that one time atc pranked me

they made me land while facing the sun in a crosswind

well more like bullied than pranked

[limber sluice]

Ya

[limber sluice]

I’m cooked

[narrow igloo]

oh meche is just cooked LOL

[signal gate]

son i dont think im making gt

at best waitlist

[limber sluice]

I’m fried

[quick verge]

yall should i be choosing UMD CS in state or GT CS out of state 🙏 the tutition difference is pretty significant but gt is def not as expensive as other flagships

[misty oriole]

Do you care abt money

If your family can afford GT debt free go there

[quick verge]

a little bit, we are lower middle class so our income def wont cover everything

[limber sluice]

UMD is still a great program and if it’s much cheaper I’d take a very serious look at it

[misty oriole]

UMD

Unless you can get significant aid

[thorn lantern]

oh nvm i got em

[prisma violet]

fwiw housing in atlanta isnt cheap either

so

there are a lot of considerations

[limber sluice]

?

[high locust]

how important is being debt free

im going to go 130k in debt for gatech and id go 70k in debt for ncsu

[misty oriole]

tbh i think that's a discussion you should have with your family/parents and not me

i am quite lucky and can go to college without debt but that's not the norm

i am not qualified to talk abt weighing debt you may carry for a long time vs your college degree

[high locust]

ah okay fair enough!

[high locust]

oh good to know i thought it was just me atp

[misty oriole]

nah

to be honest

the economy is kinda fucked

and college is too expensive

a good majority of people are coming out with some debt

[high locust]

yeah and idk how im going to work and do school/ecs at the same time so

just trying to come to terms with it ig

[misty oriole]

working a part time campus job is possible

but it would come nowhere close to tuition

[high locust]

yayyyy!!!!

https://tenor.com/view/redjar-redjarojam-redjar-chomp-chomp-dead-eyes-gif-23487353

[shell eagle]

sell ur soul to chick fil a

[lavish glen]

for deferred, what do u actually do?

[narrow igloo]

Defer
Some Early Action applicants may have their application deferred to our Regular Decision admission round. Deferred students should submit a fall term transcript with grades and the Deferred Supplemental Form. Deferred students receive a decision with Regular Decision applicants in March.

[lavish glen]

ive got to write another supplemental???? 🙁

[narrow igloo]

https://admission.gatech.edu/first-year/defer

Deferred Supplemental Form (DSF): The DSF allows you to provide us with an update on your extracurricular activities, and other information that will help us in our continued review of your application. This form is available in your admission portal.

[lavish glen]

i've looked through and it makes sense, tysm for letting me know!

[midnight lichen]

guys, if I made uiuc for ce, do i have a good shot at GT. Like i lowkey would like to pay 20k less if i am going OOS per year. Dw i am not gonna get my hopes up js wanna be realistic ig

[narrow igloo]

you were deferred?

[midnight lichen]

yes yes

i am intl for gt

same for uiuc

ce had no intl acceptance ea2 from gt numbers

[misty oriole]

ECE is a bloodbath

[narrow igloo]

ce is hard here but your deferral is a decent sign

[midnight lichen]

yea i was like wth happened here

[narrow igloo]

write a good deferral supp

[midnight lichen]

ight

i mean what would be considered good tho? for a deferral supp

its primarily for updates rt

js grade, new awards, activities, maybe a new interstign thing abt gt?

[misty oriole]

Yes

[narrow igloo]

sounds fine to me

check the exact wording of their deferral supp though

[midnight lichen]

ight thx

[vernal shale]

is GT or UCLA better if ur looking for a job in aero

[narrow igloo]

@shell eagle someone has an aero question

[shell eagle]

i think GT bc program is ranked higher and idk about ucla but they do emphasize internships/coops a lot here and i think theres a higher chance of you getting one
and i know a lot of freshmen who get research right off the bat when they come here so if you're into that as well that's a good option
and then the clubs let you get a lot of hands on experience

i dont know the ucla side of things but gt is pretty good

[misty oriole]

GT because GT doesn't require you to take ethics courses for aero

[shell eagle]

or that works too

[narrow igloo]

https://tenor.com/view/lockheed-martin-gif-11126710124348517725

[vernal shale]

i feel like more aero jobs are in la tho

i got accepted for ae

should i switch to me

on the confirmation form

[prisma violet]

Ur pre med right

[prisma violet]

Hell nah buddy YOU are going to Huntsville Alabama

[high locust]

meche

[prisma violet]

Oh I thought u were pre med

[hardy parcel]

u can find those in Electric State DarkRP

[wise island]

do u think GT yeild protects

[limber sluice]

No

[astral island]

didnt u say they yeild protted u

[narrow igloo]

Don’t think so

Note however that there are several ivy commits who were rejected from tech

All schools have their own unique priorities

[astral island]

ya

[limber sluice]

I’m trolling bro 😭

[astral island]

? u deserved it

dw

[limber sluice]

If this is what you talking abt

[limber sluice]

Fs why would I water my immense talent, looks, wit, and humor by attending such a poor academic institution.

[astral island]

lmao

[astral island]

oh no i thougth u said gatech did

[limber sluice]

Every college that denied or deferred me is yield protections it’s the only option.

[astral island]

ong

[tranquil cape]

noice

[lavish glen]

Hey do u guys know what the defer update form contains? Or like what it says? My portal is glitching for some reason.

[tawdry juniper]

what is gt actually like? I have literally no clue about the school besides the fact that the engineering program is nice and people are seen as nerdy by other schools

[signal gate]

ive been on campus

the food is nice (my opinion)

the atlanta urban stuff might not be for everyone, but it was ok for me

[astral island]

ong? my friend told me its buns or smth yay then

[signal gate]

yeah, everyone thinks its ass except me lol

so take it lightly

[astral island]

interesting

[signal gate]

I ate their pizza and it was good

[misty oriole]

What part of the school are u curious abt

[vernal shale]

no way esdrp reference in gt thread

wait wtf we have so many mutuals

did u clan or smth

[lucid canopy]

way better than other schools though

[tawdry juniper]

I’m just curious about what the school is like to live there and how transport is, i live in the of northern suburbs of nj and don’t really know how it is

[misty oriole]

I'm from a rural town in NC

It was a bit of a shift for me

But campus here is great

With a few exceptions, you can get to anywhere on campus from anywhere else with a <20 minute walk

[tawdry juniper]

In my head imm picturing it’s kinda like bu and NYU, is the campus like that or like an actually proper campus with walls and gates

[signal gate]

chat if you get nat merit finalist shud u email GT about it

like if u got deferred

or are they gonna ghost u like the hoes

[astral island]

isnt there a loci/update

[lavish glen]

are these out?

[signal gate]

we had to send those before national merit finalist stuff came

[signal gate]

not really but if you didnt make it they send you a letter

[misty oriole]

at GT you exist in a bubble

[signal gate]

and i didnt get one

[misty oriole]

The city exists around you, you do not exist in the city

[prisma violet]

No it isn’t sadly

[lavish glen]

wait what makes food there bad?

[prisma violet]

Just poor quality idk

It’s unenjoyable I j stay away from dining halls tbh

[narrow igloo]

I doubt they mind that much

90% of semis make finalist

And most of the ones that don’t had a lower sat than psat

[signal gate]

what do they even mind atp

after the people i saw that got rejected

its lowk over

[buoyant vessel]

do i need to wrtie a loci for gt

im gonna do the deferral form soon but just wondering

[signal gate]

No

the deferral supplemental form is the LOCI basically

but its mostly for EC updates

[narrow igloo]

yeah same thing as michigan

[lavish glen]

wait would u do it as like bullet pts?

[narrow igloo]

ex say you advanced in the cooke scholarship, you would write that here

[signal gate]

i did it in in january for ea1

i just listed what i did

not in bullet poiints

like paragraphs

[lavish glen]

wait what were the quesitons on the form? For some reason, my portal's glitching and the form isn't loading properly.

I'll end up calling them abt this tmrw, but I just wanna know the Q's so i can get a headstart

[signal gate]

i lowk forgot but it was something to do with any new accomplishments awards or EC updates

were you aero?

[lavish glen]

Nah, CS 😭 🙏

[narrow igloo]

That explains a lot

[lavish glen]

????? lmao what

[narrow igloo]

CS is rougher than other fields

Oh sorry misread your original statement

Nvm

[limber sluice]

Campus is super nice

[wild geyser]

for the deferred supplemental form, should i write the additional information like an loci or is it too little words for that?

like i feel like it might be better to just talk about more awards and stuff like that

[narrow igloo]

show a screenshot of the prompt

[buoyant vessel]

if i have nothing really new for ecs for deferral supplemental form does it lower my chances

its really just continuations of my existing ones

[narrow igloo]

no

[misty oriole]

i believe the prompt is update them on ECs?

don't write em a letter begging to get in

[misty oriole]

if there's any new projects you've done in those ECs recently, absolutely talk about that

otherwise just mention you are continuing active participation in aforementioned ECs

let me see if i can find what i wrote

[wild geyser]

i’m pretty sure it was worded like talk about an extra information for your application or smt

but lemme check

[misty oriole]

rip can't find mine

[wild geyser]

"Please use this space to provide any additional information you feel would be helpful to the admission committee as we make a final decision on your application. Updates to your resume and other pertinent information are most helpful. Your response should be limited to no more than 150 words."

so pretty open ended idk

[misty oriole]

yeah don't just beg the admissions committe or smth

mention continued interest/participation in the activites you talked about on your app

if you got any new awards or did cool stuff between november and now, talk about it

[wild geyser]

alr gotcha

[misty oriole]

i got a drum corps international performer contract so i believe i wrote about that

[proper nacelle]

dci mentioned

[misty oriole]

Lol

I marched my first season of world class last summer, I've got 2 more left

[loud dust]

I know someone who is doing Calc III, Discrete Math and a shit ton of research, math and science olympiads and he got rejected 😭

[limber sluice]

Ya Georgia tech wasn’t in a fun mood this year

I too got straight reject

[loud dust]

I was suprised cuz I was expected him to at least get a defferal but unfortunately not

Me and my friends all got rejected

Nevada

[limber sluice]

Same

But Alabama

[loud dust]

I dont find their holistic policy true honestly it seems more like of a bias/dice roll

[limber sluice]

Ngl I’m less mad that I didn’t get accepted and more mad that I just feel like I did everything I could and it wasn’t enough yk

[loud dust]

Depending on how they enjoy reading your essays, etc. Plus I did quite a competitive major so it was definently a reach regardless

[loud dust]

I wouldn't worry, there is for sure a college willing to accept you

[astral island]

nah guys if ur acc cracked wait for the better ones than gt

[loud dust]

Yes, one rejection could lead to many doors of opportunities

[limber sluice]

I lowk don’t have my hopes high

[ripe lion]

does anyone know if gt rejection indicative of hypsm success?

[stuck urchin]

no college is indicative of any other

got deferred from UW madison on jan 29 and thought that meant i was cooked for GT but it ended up working out

[wind cypress]

i don't agree

it's literally illegal for them not to adhere to the holistic policy

also p much every hypsm + ivy admit going into stem that i know has gotten into gtech

so it's really not that "dice roll"-ish

just bc the process is obscured doesn't mean it's random

don't conflate the two

[shell eagle]

i know someone who did rsi and he still got deferred from tech 😭

[narrow igloo]

there are tech rejects literally going to mit

you'll be fine maybe your supp was just buns or you applied cs

[balmy bronze]

i can confirm this

gatech tryna be cool

tryna be ivy

[misty oriole]

At least GT grades every semester you attend here lol

[prisma violet]

Tech j loves to accept in state students

So oos gets pretty shafted pretty consistently

[misty oriole]

Tech is required by law as a state school of Georgia to accept 60% in state

GT is a state school built to serve the state of Georgia

[prisma violet]

As they should

Also its not by law

There’s no actual statute in Georgia like there is in Texas it’s mostly USG policy

[placid geyser]

Yield prot trust

[flat hollow]

Has anyone gotten an invitation to apply to honors college

[solar basin]

Yes

I think they send that to everyone

[astral island]

now ait hu

oh wait yea

[shell eagle]

U guys should apply 🙏🙏🙏

You get a room to yourself

But it costs 800 more

[flat hollow]

I want a roommate

[terse nova]

I gotchu gang 🙏🙏🙏

[narrow igloo]

entire room or

i was looking at the west campus housing and a few of them give you a bedroom door

but the apartment itself is shared

[misty oriole]

You get your own bed, shared kitchen and bathroom

[cedar dagger]

noooo why did u switch up on purdue :<

[misty oriole]

Woodruff has you sharing a room with one other person and a bathroom with 1 other bedroom (so 4 total, this is called a suite). Every other dorm is gonna be shared bathrooms for the floor

[cedar dagger]

oh dang that sounds cool

[misty oriole]

I was in woodruff south my freshman year, it was nice

[cedar dagger]

if u don't mind me asking, is georgia tech prt politically active, or do ppl js focus more on academics? like on a scale from 0 to berkeley typa

and do u feel it's safe there?

[misty oriole]

Here's some pics of my first year room (before decoration ofc). Ours was a renovated room they don't all look like this

[cedar dagger]

is the environment prt collaborative or r yall prt cut-throat?

like the vibes n all

[narrow igloo]

nelson shell gives you this but it might be upperclassman housing

[misty oriole]

Georgia is a swing state. There are absolutely political people on campus. Our basketball pavilion hosted trump for a rally and a pizza place just off campus hosted Tim Walz. It's not Berkeley level but you will hear politics discussed

[misty oriole]

Any housing that is apartment style aside from 8th street (this is for LLCs like honors) is upperclassmen

I'm in Nelson shell this semester, 5 bed 2 bath

[narrow igloo]

8th street…

[cedar dagger]

as a kid with their mind set on purdue for sooo long i genuinely can't fathom this 😭

[shell eagle]

8th street 🔥🔥

[narrow igloo]

is it just honors