At the beginning of each academic year, the Office of Undergraduate Admission hits the road to connect with prospective high school students across the state of Georgia. This year, admission counselors traveled to a record number of Georgia’s 159 counties to share Georgia Tech with more than 8,700 high school students.
Fueled by determination, Chris Rozell became the first in his family to go to college. He continued his education in graduate school, and now conducts research at Tech to find effective treatments for chronic psychiatric disorders.
Rozell’s journey, made possible by federal and community financial support, has allowed him to break the cycle of generational poverty and make an impact on others.
A typical day for Marine Corps veteran Thomson Maina used to begin with a 4:30 a.m. alarm, followed by a quick breakfast, conditioning session, and strenuous flight equipment maintenance work from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Though he now wakes up at 7 a.m., Maina has found a new challenge at Georgia Tech as he pursues biomedical engineering with the hope of improving medical equipment availability for treating and diagnosing complex illnesses.
Supported by each other and the G. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholarship, sibling duo Jack and Jacklyn Ly are thriving at Georgia Tech without the worry of debt.
Supported by the G. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholarship, pre-health biomedical engineering major Bobby Patel is learning how to create a future with better health outcomes for children.
The need-based Tech Promise Scholarship provides an opportunity to pursue a debt-free Georgia Tech degree for qualifying Georgia residents.
When Adonis McCrary walked into Georgia Tech’s Office of Undergraduate Admission in March 2025, he was expecting to drop off some paperwork. Instead, he left with his acceptance letter, hand-delivered to him by the Undergraduate Admission team.
Josh Hembree, a mathematics major from Villa Rica, Georgia, is the first Ramblin’ Wreck driver to drive the Wreck at his own wedding. He’s also the first transfer student Wreck driver in at least a decade.
Financial aid applications for the 2026-27 academic year are now open. The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid encourages all Georgia Tech students (including those applying for first-year admission) to fill out their financial aid forms early to maximize their opportunities for aid.
In August, the Office of Scholar Programs welcomed a new G. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholars Program cohort to Georgia Tech. Tech Promise, Tech’s need-based scholarship program, makes it possible for qualifying Georgia students from low-income households to earn a debt-free degree at Tech.
This fall, 70 students joined the Stamps President’s Scholars and Gold Scholars Programs, two merit-based scholarships at Georgia Tech.
Among them, two students share how they’re building skills to help them engineer better systems for humans, from rural Alaska to across the globe.