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.
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.
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.
The moment Giuli Capparelli Sanabria received the G. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholarship, Georgia Tech’s need-based scholarship, is one that she still gets emotional over nearly two years later.
Now, as a second-year biology major at Tech, Capparelli Sanabria focuses on extending the gratitude to others as she focuses on her dreams of becoming a veterinarian.
By the time JahWill Fannings, a fourth-year business administration major from West Point, Georgia, reached his senior year of high school, he had already founded a music production company, Jah Studios, and set a laser focus on obtaining a Georgia Tech education.
As a NASA Pathways intern, Gates Scholar, and G. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholar, J’Avani Stinson has devoted himself to the tenets of progress and service through his research, academics, and extracurriculars. Fueled by a lifelong love of science and devotion to helping others, Stinson hopes to use the generosities afforded to him to continue improving society.
Thrive Scholars is proud to announce the Thrive Scholars College Collaborative, a network of 12 esteemed college partners committed to fostering success for diverse and talented students.
On Dec. 6 at 7 p.m., undergraduate admission decisions were delivered to over 8,100 students who applied to Georgia Tech during Early Action 1, the Institute’s application phase designated for consideration of only Georgia students. This number marks a 16% rise in applications from last year