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Spring 2026 Tour Guide Application Now Available
Georgia Tech Undergraduate Admission Recruitment Underway
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.
Over 5,400 Undergraduates Join Georgia Tech
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.
Undergraduate Admission Sees Rise in Rural Interest Amid Expanded Outreach, STARS Partnership
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.
Cooke Scholar and Georgia Tech Transfer Student Engineers Healthcare Solutions
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.
Inaugural Atlanta Bridge Cohort Visits Tech’s Campus
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.
Dual Enrollment Serves More Georgians Than Ever Before
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.
Undergraduate Admission Partners With Matriculate to Build Student Mentorship Network
Georgia Tech’s Office of Undergraduate Admission (OUA) is excited to announce a new advising partnership with Matriculate, a free near-peer college advising program dedicated to helping talented students from limited-income backgrounds navigate the path to college.
This partnership will continue expanding access to a Tech education by adding a network of current Tech students to the pool of undergraduates nationwide who specialize in assisting prospective university students in their college search journey.
Final Decision Release Completes Fall 2025 First-Year Class
Across the Regular Decision and Early Action applicant groups, almost 67,000 students applied for admission into Tech’s Fall 2025 first-year class, with more than 8,500 receiving admission offers. Overall, the Fall 2025 admit rate for Georgia residents is 30%; it is 9% for nonresidents.
From the Connector to Campus: Transfer Student Andrew Solano’s Journey to Tech
Of all the buildings he passed on trips as a child from his hometown of Canton, Georgia, to Atlanta, Andrew Solano frequently found himself drawn toward Georgia Tech’s iconic North Avenue Apartments. Gazing at the buildings looming over the Downtown Connector and bearing Tech’s name, Solano often thought about what he could achieve on Tech’s campus.