Tag: Georgia Tech

New students wear their RAT caps at new student convocation

Cooke Scholar and Georgia Tech Transfer Student Engineers Healthcare Solutions

Rakeb and her sister pose close together while holding their RAT caps and smiling at the camera. They're posed near the old steam engine on Georgia Tech's 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.

Inaugural Atlanta Bridge Cohort Visits Tech’s Campus

President Cabrera laughs with a table of Bridge Program participants.

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.

Hire Students Through Federal Work Study This Summer!

Tech Students sit on a picnic blanket in front of Tech Tower.

By posting a Federal Work Study (FWS) program job this summer, you can support students as Georgia Tech’s top priority as they, in turn, help you tackle office projects. FWS students are current Tech students who work in designated positions across campus.

To get started, email fws@finaid.gatech.edu for a Position Request Form.

Stamps Scholars Weekend Brings Recognition for Top Incoming Students 

A current Stamps President's Scholars addresses prospective students and their guests on Friday, April 4

On April 4 and 5, the Office of Scholar Programs hosted 142 admitted first-year students for Stamps Scholars Weekend at Georgia Tech. A portion of the weekend involved interviews as part of the final selection process for the Stamps President’s Scholarship and the Gold Scholarship programs. These scholarships are awarded to the top 1-2% of each admitted first-year class.

Undergraduate Admission Partners With Matriculate to Build Student Mentorship Network

Two students laugh while working on something on a laptop in a classroom.

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

Students at Georgia Tech's new student convocation wearing their gold RAT caps.

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.