{"388831":{"#nid":"388831","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Admits Most Competitive Class in Institute History","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis year on Pi Day \u2014 March 14 \u2014 as mathematicians everywhere celebrated the irrational number, 3,248 high school students celebrated the reality that they had been accepted to the next Georgia Tech freshman class.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than 27,250 students applied to Georgia Tech this year \u2014 a 5 percent increase from 2014. With an overall admit rate of 31 percent, compared to 41 percent two years ago and down a percent from last year, this class is the most competitive in Tech\u2019s history. Those admitted boast an SAT average of 1480 (2185 with writing) and will have taken an average of nearly 10 college level courses before graduating from high school.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech continued to admit in-state students at a slightly higher rate, 37 percent, than the overall acceptance rate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, the campus community is asked to help encourage these admitted students to become Yellow Jackets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt this point, it\u2019s critical that faculty, staff, and current students are available and invested in helping us enroll the best possible class we can,\u201d said Rick Clark, director of Undergraduate Admission. \u201cWe are competing with the world\u2019s best institutions, and the expertise and background provided by our community is what will help families decide Tech is the best choice for them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year, faculty members from both the College of Architecture and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts sat in on the admission committee to help select students specifically passionate about those fields. Clark is hopeful that this type of commitment and enthusiasm will carry over to support the yielding of these students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENearly 5,000 prospective students and admits are expected to visit campus in the coming weeks as they evaluate which school is best for them and where to invest in their future.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn the weeks ahead, you\u2019ll see throngs of wide-eyed visitors,\u201d Clark said. \u201cStop and see if you can help them find where they\u2019re going, recommend a good place to eat, or just share your favorite thing about Tech. Ask where they\u2019re from, and if it\u2019s an admitted student, congratulate them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFaculty, staff, and current students also can reach out to the admission liaison for their area of campus to assist with writing letters or making calls to admitted students to answer their questions and encourage them to enroll.\u0026nbsp;Current students who want to go the extra mile can\u0026nbsp;also \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.admission.gatech.edu\/applygttours\u0022\u003Eapply to be a tour guide\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;beginning this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Campus community asked to help recruit admitted students to become Yellow Jackets"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech received more than 27,500 applications. A total of 8,521 students have been offered admission.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech received more than 27,500 applications. A total of 8,521 students have been offered admission."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-03-20 11:20:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:00","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","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"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5453","name":"admission"},{"id":"10308","name":"Enrollment Services"},{"id":"68301","name":"first-year students"},{"id":"96","name":"freshmen"},{"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":""}}}