{"609945":{"#nid":"609945","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The RATS Have Arrived","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnother new class of Yellow Jackets begin their careers at Georgia Tech today. They hail from 1,508 high schools around the country and world and are part of the largest group to ever apply to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENot only are more students applying to Georgia Tech, but more are staying. For the second year in a row, Tech\u0026rsquo;s first-year to second-year retention rate is 97 percent. On top of that, students are excelling academically, with an average first-year GPA of 3.42.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0026rsquo;s first-years come from 45 states and 78 nations. The admit rate for Georgia students was 37 percent, and the non-Georgia admit rate was 19 percent.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EUndergraduate Admission\u003C\/a\u003E is already recruiting the next class of prospective students. This week, they\u0026rsquo;re on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/2018\/08\/20\/georgia-tech-admissions-hits-road\u0022\u003EPeach State Tour\u003C\/a\u003E with Georgia State University and the University of Georgia to meet with high school students and counselors about college options.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eadmission.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"New Class of First-Year Students Starts Classes at Georgia Tech Today"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnother new class of Yellow Jackets begin their careers at Georgia Tech today. They hail from 1,508 high schools around the country and world and are part of the largest group to ever apply to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Another new class of Yellow Jackets begin their careers at Georgia Tech today. They hail from 1,508 high schools around the country and world and are part of the largest group to ever apply to Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2018-08-20 12:10:24","changed_gmt":"2018-08-20 15:09:42","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"609970":{"id":"609970","type":"image","title":"2018 First-Year Class Profile","body":null,"created":"1534773386","gmt_created":"2018-08-20 13:56:26","changed":"1534773386","gmt_changed":"2018-08-20 13:56:26","alt":"2018 First-Year Class Profile","file":{"fid":"232300","name":"2018firstyearprofile.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018firstyearprofile.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018firstyearprofile.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":425025,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2018firstyearprofile.jpg?itok=XENL-XUh"}},"609983":{"id":"609983","type":"image","title":"New Student Convocation 2018","body":null,"created":"1534775990","gmt_created":"2018-08-20 14:39:50","changed":"1534775990","gmt_changed":"2018-08-20 14:39:50","alt":"New Student Convocation 2018","file":{"fid":"232302","name":"convo2018news.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/convo2018news.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/convo2018news.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":967042,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/convo2018news.jpg?itok=TVlJnY-3"}}},"media_ids":["609970","609983"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/admission.gatech.edu","title":"Undergraduate Admission"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"68301","name":"first-year students"},{"id":"5453","name":"admission"},{"id":"981","name":"Academics"},{"id":"1556","name":"undergraduate"}],"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\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}