@Skrunch Thank you! I actually didn’t notice that it said 2023 so that is helpful!
@janiemiranda got the same as you and @Skrunch. Did you try the Register now link at the bottom of this page: https://admission.gatech.edu/visit/gold-carpet-day and if so what did you get?
This is what I got:
Thank you for your interest in Georgia Tech!
This event is only for admitted students who have received a decision in the Regular Decision Round and who have not attended or are currently not registered for another Admitted Student Information Session. Please consider taking part in one of our other visit opportunities. Additional information on campus visit opportunities can be found here.
Note: the College of Engineering portion of this event is now full. Students within the College of Engineering are encouraged to instead attend one of our admitted students information sessions.
If you believe you have reached this message in error, please ensure that you have checked your admission decision via the Admission Portal, and attempt to register again. If you are still encountering issues, please contact us.
@janiemiranda I got the same
Hey, I got the same message as you @janiemiranda
although I think this was last year’s splash page. I believe they haven’t gotten around to updating it.
Also, seems weird to me we’re talking about registering for Gold Carpet days when decisions aren’t even out yet? Or am I missing something?
@yungkaviar Since this is College Confidential, we’re sitting around trying to find a backdoor into Georgia Tech instead of doing anything productive (see UMich). I guess the point was that if GTech had already made decisions, maybe admitted students would be able to log in while deferred/rejected students wouldn’t.
Oh lmao, would’ve never thought of that.
I’ll check out UMich, too.
Does anyone know if Tech has ever released the middle 50 ranges of scores for specifically out of state? Or just the overall ranges
It is just the overall ranges. Although I personally feel it would be higher for out-of-state students.
It’s interesting how small the threads are for schools that clearly announce the date of when decisions are coming vs schools that don’t (I’m looking at you Michigan and Wisconsin). I guess if there is no need for rampant speculation and guessing, there isn’t a whole lot to say. 
Pre filed state legislation would require 90% of UGA early action offers go to Georgia residents
A thread has already been started about this. What a travesty, for Georgia Tech in particular but certainly for UGA too. Such a move would open the doors of these schools to Georgia students who are currently unqualified to attend them, while shutting out impeccably qualified (read: top tier) students from other states and countries. Attracting these students is what gets a school to the top of the pile. Reducing the standards to admit a larger number of lesser-qualified Georgia students would diminish the quality of these institutions. Over the course of the past 5 or 6 years, Georgia Tech has jumped in the rankings dramatically. It is truly a world-class institution, ranked no. 1 in certain disciplines, such as Industrial Engineering. It’s #2 in Aerospace on the 2020 USWN list, second only to MIT. It’s in the top 5 in almost all other engineering categories. It usually ranks ahead of places like Stanford and the Ivies in engineering. Why on earth would anyone want to stomp on such incredible accomplishments? To get votes, that’s why! This was proposed in the Georgia legislature by a state senator who apparently thinks such a proposal will cause constituents in his district to vote for him. Do you want more GA students to attend a lesser-quality institution or fewer GA students to attend a high-quality institution? If the GA admit rate goes to 90%, the stock of the school goes down.
@WhrlingColleges Did you read the article? Nothing about lowering the standards. The kid in the article had a 35 ACT. I’m sure he’ll have options but he wanted to stay in-state. If my high stat kid was shut out from an in-state school I’d be mad too. What’s the mission of these schools? How did these schools ever survive and thrive before we had so many OOS and International students?
I like it. It’s state funded public college paid for by Georgia residents. Why shouldn’t they have first dibs on their state schools? Caps seem to be working in NC and Florida. I don’t see UNC, NC State, or UF falling in the rankings if that’s even important.
If you feel so strongly that schools need all the OOS students they can get then all states should drop their OOS tuition costs to In-state costs. There should be no difference in cost for residency. We know that will never happen. Higher Ed is big business.
It seems to me that this proposed legislation only changes the composition of the EA admits, not the entire group of admits per year, so very little will change overall. In other words, UGA or GT could have 90% of EA admits go to GA residents, but the RDs are fair game for whatever percentage of OOS students the universities want to admit, no?
@amsunshine That’s the way I read it. Seems fair.
Think about that kid in the article. He has high stats and would basically get a free education with Zell at a top public university in GA. However, because he’s shut-out he’ll have to look elsewhere OOS or private. A comparable public university OOS (UF, UNC, UVA) would cost about $50k/year with merit very unlikely. His out of pocket costs go from $0 to $200K. Fair? What parent would sign-up for that?
@chmcnm Wasn’t that kid deferred? Does a deferral shut out a Zell?
eta: also, UF offers Gator Nation scholarships and others for OOS kids with high stats, so that might reduce cost for him. If he’s NMF, the Benacquisto makes the cost $0. But, I get it, a free in state education is nice. It’s too bad CA doesn’t do more of that for its own residents.
Also, if the universities balk at this requirement, they could just switch to ED/RD and not have EA at all. Ha.
@amsunshine Yes. Deferred, not denied…but we still don’t know the outcome. I hope he gets in. Even if he does get in what a huge stress. He probably thought he’d be done by Thanksgiving. Small print on iphone and old eyes don’t mix.
I’m not a GA/Zell expert. If the grants were available to high stat kids even if they go OOS that would take some of the sting away but I doubt that’s how it works.
Look at some of the UIUC threads for CS. Some very high stat kids from in-state denied for CS. Their stats are above the averages for CS but denied anyway.
I don’t like it either, but it was just for EA. I would guess then the schools would just make up the difference during RD if passed. The policy may backfire in some ways. RD will become primarily for OOS and in-staters that miss EA may get shut out.
Yes, I’ve seen the UIUC threads. My dd21 wants to major in CS, CE, or Software E, so I’m stalking these threads for next year. To be fair, though, UIUC has one of the most competitive CS programs in the country. But I do get it. The UC system here in CA can be brutal for CA residents these days, as well. Many high stats IS applicants get rejected.
I don’t know how many high stats OOS students apply RD to Gtech. I assume that most of them apply EA to have a shot at the merit scholarships.
If the legislation passes, that number will fall dramatically.
It would be a win-win if Mr. Beach changes EA to RD,