Tantanic99
Tantanic99,
GA Tech
B.S., Environmental Engineering
The international underdog with super low SAT scores
Features Included
3
Essays
6
Schools
1
Scores
5
Advice
1
ECs
3
Sports

Background

Hometown -, Thailand
GenderMale
EthnicityAsian
Class of2021
First Gen College StudentNo

Results, Essays, and Advice

Accepted
Waitlisted or Withdrew
Denied
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
  • Bates College (Lewiston, ME)
  • University of Wisconsin - Madison (Madison, WI)
  • Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)
  • Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
  • Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA)
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Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)

Applied for a B.S. in Environmental Engineering

Accepted and Enrolled Legacy: No

School Specific Essays

Personal Statement
16 Words
Fictional short story
Wrote about farming earthworms and the relationships between me and other pivotal people in my community.
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Supplemental Essay: “Why us” school essay
148 Words
Within three weeks, AHPND had destroyed our community’s shrimp farms. As a budding environmentalist, I was involved in organic farming, the mangrove club and aquaponics, but this disaster was beyond my scope. For months, I experimented with different ways to save the farms, finally discovering that earthworm castings could neutralize the bacteria. Georgia Tech’s Environmental Engineering major emphasizes such direct community involvement and research as forces of social change. At Georgia Tech, the Water Quality Engineering and Geotechnical...
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Supplemental Essay: Unique question posed by school
149 Words
uddhist meditation is based on letting go of the past but learning from it, planning for the future yet living in the present. To my parents, our religion is like a warm coat, that will keep me protected. But their coat was one size fits all and the coat remained too large for my tiny frame. For years, the struggle between the demands of my education and those of our traditional Buddhist culture had brought distance between me and my...
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School Specific Advice

More Essays

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General Admissions Advice

My advice about getting recommenders
44 Words
I got professors and teachers who also taught my grandfather, father, aunt to...
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Post-college plans
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Whether I took out loans or applied for scholarships, and my advice
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How to approach transferring schools
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Whether I took out loans or applied for scholarships, and my advice
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High School Performance

GPA
3.50
(no specification of weighting)
Rank
Top 1%
 
College Classes In High School
Academic Performance in High School Some good some bad
Explanation of Low Grades

Test Scores

Highest SAT
1400
on 1600 scale
Highest SAT
1980
 
SAT Score Details
 
Original SAT Score1980
Other SAT Scores
SAT Prep

AP / IB Classes and Scores

Sports

SportsCheerleading, Track & Field, Volleyball

Extracurriculars

ActivitiesBuddhist Club
Elaborate on Extracurriculars or Work

Experience & Awards

Awards Received

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