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Atlanta, GA | Posted: August 18, 2011
Georgia Tech Media Relations
Laura Diamond
laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu
404-894-6016
Jason Maderer
maderer@gatech.edu
404-660-2926
Summary Sentence:
This fall Georgia Tech will enroll its most diverse incoming freshman class in the Institute’s 125-year history.
Full Summary:
This fall Georgia Tech will enroll its most diverse incoming freshman class in the Institute’s 125-year history. This year's class boasts more African American and Hispanic students than last year as well as a record number of women for a freshman class at Tech.
Tech TowerThis fall Georgia Tech will enroll its most diverse incoming freshman class in the Institute’s 125-year history. This year's class boasts more African American and Hispanic students than last year as well as a record number of women for a freshman class at Tech. Quality is also at an all-time high, with the highest high school grade point average for a class at 3.88 and best average SAT score at 2030.
“We are extremely proud of this year’s freshman class,” said Georgia Tech’s Director of Undergraduate Admissions Rick Clark. “Not only is this group extremely academically talented and diverse ethnically and geographically, but their leadership potential, entrepreneurial spirit, innovative background and aspirations represent exactly the type of students we are trying to recruit, enroll and graduate."
More than 1,000 female students are in the incoming class, which is more than an 8 percent increase from three years ago. African American, Hispanic and multi-racial enrollment has also been steadily increasing in recent years.
Tech had the largest number of applications for this year’s class, with more than 14,250 students applying, approximately a 5 percent increase compared to last year. This year’s freshman class includes students from 48 states and 38 countries. Sixty percent of the incoming students are in-state students, representing more than 99 of Georgia’s counties. Just under 10 percent are international students.
Approximately 2,575 freshmen will be living in on-campus housing and more than 2,400 of that group will be living in freshman experience dorms. These dorms have special programming to meet the needs of incoming freshmen and help them adjust to life on campus.
