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.
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.
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.
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.
Georgia Tech’s Summer Institute welcomed 93 rising 11th graders representing 57 counties across Georgia to campus.
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.