As the newest class of Yellow Jackets settles on campus, Georgia Tech’s Office of Undergraduate Admission has resumed invigorated travel efforts across the state of Georgia and beyond.
Starting in August, Tech kicked off travel season with visits to high schools across the state. On Aug. 26, Tech will join Augusta University, Georgia State University, and the University of Georgia for the Peach State Tour, where colleges visit communities around Georgia and meet with prospective students.
Georgia Tech welcomed approximately 4,050 summer and fall first-year students, and 1,365 spring, summer, and fall transfer students to campus this year. The 5,415 new undergraduate students bring Tech’s total undergraduate population to over 20,000.
As the semester approaches, the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid (OSFA) answers some of the top questions financial aid recipients may have about receiving their financial aid and how to pay their bill.
Following years of expanded travel efforts to rural areas of Georgia, Georgia Tech’s Office of Undergraduate Admission is proud to record a 72% increase in rural student applicants, and a 71% increase in admitted students from rural areas in the 2024-25 admission cycle.
During the 2024-25 school year, Undergraduate Admission attended 111 events in rural areas, including high school visits, college fairs, and other programming. In total, these programs connected with 6,168 attendees.
On Monday, July 7, 91 First-Year Semester Abroad (FYSA) students moved into their on-campus accommodations for the Global @ Home portion of their study abroad experience. For the next three weeks, the students will prepare for their fall semester of travel balanced with classwork.
FYSA provides the unique opportunity for first-year students to begin their college experience in either Oxford, England, (FYSA @ Oxford) or based out of Georgia Tech-Europe (FYSA @ GTE). This year, 99 students will participate in the program.
Georgia Tech’s Summer Institute welcomed 93 rising 11th graders representing 57 counties across Georgia to campus.
Campus buzzed with a little more life this Monday, June 23, as 584 incoming first-year students began their first full week of summer programming at Georgia Tech.
Tech offers robust summer start options, including Ignite and Challenge, which begin their first full week today.
Transfer student Rakeb Tesfassellasie is making good on a high school promise to herself: study industrial engineering at Georgia Tech. Along the way, she’s also developing more accessible health solutions and receiving financial support through the Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.
On Friday, June 13, Georgia Tech welcomed students in the inaugural cohort of the Atlanta Bridge Program to campus to learn more about the program ahead of the Fall 2025 semester.
The Atlanta Bridge Program is a partnership between Tech and Atlanta Metropolitan State College (AMSC) that aims to bring talented students to the Institute as transfer students.
The Spring 2025 TechMade Symposium: Elevating Georgia Tech’s Maker Culture brought together students, faculty, and staff to explore research and activities conducted in makerspaces on campus and discuss strategies for elevating the maker culture across Georgia Tech.