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. Students will start their educational journey at AMSC with academic and advising support from both institutions.
“Georgia Tech is committed to expanding access, building pipelines, and developing partnerships for talented Georgia students. The Atlanta Bridge Transfer Program is an outgrowth of that vision,” said Rick Clark, the executive director of the Office of Strategic Student Access at Tech. “This exciting initiative made possible through a generous Bloomberg Philanthropies grant is our first cohort-based transfer model, which we have designed to provide students with mentoring, networking, and academic support that will help them thrive at Atlanta Metropolitan State College, and once they transfer to earn their bachelor’s degree from Tech.”
Students in the inaugural cohort hail from 12 high schools across the metro area. After completing their required coursework at AMSC within four semesters, the students will begin classes at Tech. The required coursework in lab sciences, calculus, English, and other fundamental courses will give students the strong foundation in college-level rigor that they need to succeed at the Institute. Students also get access to educational facilities at both institutions.
“How many people can say they get access to not one, but two premier Atlanta institutions?” said Sharon Duhart, AMSC’s director of academic advising and student success. “This is the golden ticket, this is double the support and double the resources to make sure you succeed.”
At the welcome event on Friday, students heard an overview from the program representatives from both Tech and AMSC. After that, the students went on a campus tour and participated in a bowling social in Tech Rec in the John Lewis Student Center. Georgia Tech’s President Ángel Cabrera also stopped by to welcome the students to Tech.
“When we see talent, we want that talent to be right here at Georgia Tech,” Cabrera told the students. “And we recognize that different people take different routes to get here – about a quarter of people who walk our graduation stage started their Georgia Tech journey somewhere else. People come to Tech from all walks of life and end up with the same degree and do equally as amazing in their careers. We’re excited to be making room for you here.”
Haven Siye, a computer engineering major in the program, is looking forward to all the opportunities that await him.
“This is the best engineering school in the Southeast, and for me, I’m also really interested in robotics,” said Siye. “I also liked this program because I get to stay in Atlanta – this is where I grew up, and where I spent a lot of time as a kid.”
The Atlanta Bridge Program is supported by a two-year $250,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the American Talent Initiative (ATI).
Learn More
The program is still actively recruiting students to the inaugural cohort. To learn more, read the program’s web page or the announcement of the partnership. Apply to AMSC and express your interest in the program to get started.