{"363091":{"#nid":"363091","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Accepts 5,273 Students in Early Action Admission","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Saturday, 5,273 young men and women around the world heard a different kind of \u201cgood word\u201d from Georgia Tech: They have been accepted to the next freshman class of Yellow Jackets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Early Action admits span all 50 states and 40 countries, plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplications for the Early Action admission period totaled 11,702, a slight decrease from last year, yet more were admitted and the class has a higher academic profile. Nearly all of the students \u2014 97 percent \u2014 have taken AP calculus or a higher level of math. They average 1488 on the SAT (2146 with its writing component) and 32 on the ACT, and have taken an average of 10 college level classes before even finishing high school.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt doesn\u2019t really matter how many applications you get \u2014 you want the right class,\u201d said Rick Clark, director of Undergraduate Admission. \u201cWe\u2019re on our way toward an even better class.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Early Action group is made up of nearly 41 percent women, the highest ever for this group, and more African American and Hispanic students than last year. Legacy students, which include siblings, children, and grandchildren of Tech grads or employees, were admitted at a rate of 51.5 percent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt doesn\u2019t necessarily mean we will yield as high in all those groups, but our admit group has never hit 40 percent women,\u201d Clark said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year, Undergraduate Admission welcomed faculty into the admission committee process for the first time. Faculty members from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and College of Architecture helped review applicants to their schools. Admission staff also had the help of Tech international students in reviewing interviews from prospective international students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey can watch the interviews and help evaluate language skills and give us their thoughts on the applicant as a peer,\u201d Clark said. \u201cWe\u2019re making the admission process more and more inclusive, and taking more and more factors into consideration every year.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdmission staff will visit metro Atlanta schools this week to present a few lucky high school students with hand-delivered acceptance packets, an outing that\u2019s become something of a tradition for the Undergraduate Admission team.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe time, dedication, diligence, and commitment of our staff is remarkable,\u201d Clark said. \u201cTheir incredible efforts are what brings each class to fruition.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESaturday was also the deadline for Regular Admission applications. Tech received more than 4,000 applications on that day alone, bringing the Institute to a total of 26,900 applications for the next freshman class \u2014\u0026nbsp;a 4 percent increase over last year. Regular Admission applicants, and those deferred during Early Action, will receive their admission decisions on March 14.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose who want to give a virtual welcome to the admitted students can use #gt19 on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWomen comprise nearly 41 percent of Early Action admits for incoming class.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Women comprise nearly 41 percent of Early Action admits for incoming class."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-01-12 12:07:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:50","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"363101":{"id":"363101","type":"image","title":"Admission Staff Welcomes #gt19 Class","body":null,"created":"1449245793","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:16:33","changed":"1475895098","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:38","alt":"Admission Staff Welcomes #gt19 Class","file":{"fid":"201607","name":"gt19.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gt19_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gt19_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3660696,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gt19_0.jpg?itok=hXGdbGvl"}}},"media_ids":["363101"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Undergraduate Admission"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5453","name":"admission"},{"id":"53041","name":"early action"},{"id":"114291","name":"gt18"},{"id":"10347","name":"undergraduate admission"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}