Mine “may” be at cheer practice until 9:30 pm!
Still tbd on the calendar but 3 girls on her team are anxiously awaiting this decision. Tech is close to if not at the top for her.
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Fingers crossed for her!
Tech is in the top 4 for mine – of the 7 she applied to, lol. If she got in, it would be really hard to ignore the cost with Zell and proximity to home and general reputation of the school.
Some other things – housing, availability of classes – are less appealing.
But it sure would be a fantastic option to have!
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My kid is an OOS Freshman and had no problem with either housing or getting the classes he wanted. Both were great.
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Yup. That’s the data resource that I used.
The GATECH “Admissions Snapshot” (https://lite.gatech.edu/) divides states into regions, some sequential, others non-sequential e.g. Alabama has 4 sequential regions (AL 1, AL 2, AL 3, AL 4), Illinois has 8 non-sequential regions (IL 1, IL 7, IL 8, IL 9, IL 10, IL 11, IL 12, IL 13), Wisconsin has 2 sequential regions (WI 1, WI 2), etc. Does anyone know how these regions are defined and what they represent?
CollegeBoard divides states into Geomarkets for admissions recruiting purposes. I don’t know how the geomarkets were defined…by population, number of high schools, etc. If you google CollegeBoard geomarkets you get a link to a spreadsheet that contains all the geomarkets. I think you have to be signed into CB to see a map. WACAC has a map here: https://www.wacac.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Geomarkets-Map-1.pdf
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Wow! Thanks.
So do the “missing” numbers indicate either areas less frequently targeted for recruitment and/or areas with no recruited students for the reference period?
Sorry, that I do not know
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Looks like EA 1 Application numbers are up this cycle. 8,100 in-state EA1 applications last cycle. School’s Instagram is reporting approximately 8,700 this EA1 cycle with decisions to be released tomorrow. I’m assuming GT application numbers are going to be up this cycle across the board.
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I was about to go search last fall numbers when I saw that.
UGA was up 14% so I’m not surprised. Hoping GT follows the trend and increases EA1 admit numbers as well!
A little over 24 hrs to go…
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I would say that’s unlikely. UGA mission is a bit different than Ga Tech mission hence why UGA is the flagship for the state and in-state admissions. I’m guessing Georgia Tech has a certain size they will want to keep their 2030 Class which I imagine will be the same size as the 2029 class. Keeping the OOS and In-State ratios the same. OOS applications were over 55,000 for last cycle. I’m expecting that will be even higher this cycle.
UGA did not expand the class. They will have the same number of freshmen as they have for the past few years. They just took more kids EA than they did last year. But they had a much bigger jump. I don’t think the 600 kid jump that Georgia Tech had is probably significant. The top STEM kids in Georgia already applied to Georgia Tech. Just because applications increase doesn’t mean quality increased. Quality did increase at UGA with the 14% jump (they are super transparent about the numbers and stats). It was an unbelievably strong applicant pool.
The freshman class at UGA has remained the same number for the past few years unlike Georgia Tech, which has gone up 800 students since my oldest was accepted - about a 25 percent increase.
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Just for kicks, I asked my D26 to look at her portal tonight so we could have fun with a little portal astrology. Except this is the first time I’ve seen it, so I have no idea what to look for, LOL. 
I did see that she didn’t submit the optional portfolio, and when she clicked through to it, there was also an optional essay? Oy. Didn’t know that was there. But in reading the prompt, it was VERY similar to what she wrote her personal statement about.
Ah, well. I am not holding my breath. We’ll see what happens!
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I don’t understand the whole separation with in-state and OOS. Do OOS applicants have to have a higher stats vs in-state?
My D was expecting to submit a portfolio because she entered her 2nd choice major as Music Technology (a portfolio major)… but the portfolio option didn’t show up in her portal, probably because her 1st choice is not a portfolio major (BME).
Yes. They do. Admit rate is lower, expectations are higher.
Here is a tool for checking out admission stats for your state. Click on the “State” tab and then use the pulldown (just below the big headline “2025 Snapshot”) to select your state. (If you are OOS, I don’t recommend messing around with the “Region” or “County” tabs because they don’t seem to have complete information; I expect these tabs are useful for GA residents though.)
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Perspective.
Last Cycle UGA received 47,860 Applications. Admitted 15,800+ (State Flagship). 33% Admit Rate
Georgia Tech received 66,895 Applications. Admitted 8,520. 12.7% Admit Rate.
Georgia Tech received almost 20,000 more applications and admitted approximately half the number of students.
The National and International appeal of attending one of the premier Tech/STEM Schools in the country/world has never been higher. The overall total applications this cycle will be considerably up.
OOS admit rate for Georgia Tech last cycle was 9%
Tech’s institutional priority is to admit in-state students.
For comparison with the overall numbers, at my D26’s small in-state private school, about 30 kids applied each year, and 50% of those were admitted (on average over the last six cycles). And then 60% of students in that group typically enrolled.
(ETA: In my experience, maybe only two or three of those, at most, were admitted in the EA round at our high school.)
I looked at my S25’s large public in-state school, too. About 156 kids applied each year on average over the last six cycles, and 32% of those were admitted. The yield was still about 60%.
The overall admit rate for Georgia over the last six cycles was 34%.
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With regard to admissions, a lot has changed at Georgia Tech in 6 years with regard to admissions. I’m curious what those numbers say about the last cycle (Fall of 25 class). Was that in your calculations? Also, what does the Fall 25 cycle look like standing alone? I think that will be more indicative of this cycle and those moving forward.
Yes - I was referring to UGA ‘s increase in EA (in state)admissions this fall.
As of right now I have not seen the numbers for students in EA1 at tech except the 8700 applications. So we don’t know quality.
I know that admissions typically releases stats with decisions so I’m eager to see that as well (numbers need here).