On Friday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., first-year admission decisions were delivered to approximately 8,700 students who applied in Georgia Tech’s Early Action 1 admission round, an application phase specifically designated for Georgia students. From this pool, 2,640 were offered admission to the 2026 first-year class.
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.
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.
The application to be a Spring 2026 tour guide is now available! The application opened on Monday, September 8, and will close at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, October 13.
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.
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.
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.
As a result of efforts to expand access to a Georgia Tech education for students across the state of Georgia, dual enrollment programs grew 160% percent in the past five years, from 680 students in 2020 to 1,772 students in 2024-25 academic year.