Georgia Tech Recieves Several Accolades

Colleges & Universities Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>In addition to attracting the most competitive freshman class in Tech’s history and again rankings among the finest engineering schools in the nation, Georgia Tech has other recent achievements as well. Certainly, Tech should stay on the minds of any prospective freshman as May 1 rolls around.</p>

<p>This week Georgia Tech became the 63rd member university from the United States and Canada in the prestigious Association of American Universities. [Association</a> of American Universities](<a href=“http://www.aau.edu/default.aspx]Association”>http://www.aau.edu/default.aspx)</p>

<p>Georgia Tech’s science and technology startup accelerator, the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) was listed by Forbes as one of the “10 technology incubators that are changing the world.” ATDC is the only incubator in the Southeast to be included on the Forbes list. [In</a> Depth: 10 Technology Incubators That Are Changing The World - 10 Technology Incubators That Are Changing The World - Forbes.com](<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/16/technology-incubators-changing-the-world-entrepreneurs-technology-incubator_slide.html]In”>In Depth: 10 Technology Incubators That Are Changing The World)</p>

<p>Georgia Tech was once again listed to the Princeton Reviews Green Honor Roll for receiving the highest score possible (a 99) [GT</a> | Georgia Tech Named To Green Honor Roll](<a href=“http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=55439]GT”>http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=55439)</p>

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<p>Nice.
Acceptance rate last year was 60%, this year 48%</p>

<p>I wonder if it’ll ever get to the 20s.</p>

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<p>^ at that rate, I wouldn’t be surprised five or so years from now if that were the case. ^</p>

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And now, it is in the 20s! Tech’s become a really competitive school at the national level.

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48% in 2010, still very reasonable, and still all of this recognition for a great institution. Why the need to inflate numbers, I ask?

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@college450. These numbers reflect out of state and international applications going up a lot at GT.

One reason they are up is that now students across the USA and internationally are more aware of GT due to its fantastic rank, and well known programs in business and engineering, and more and more students want to leave their home state, ones that used to go to the flagship school now choose GT as a better option educationally. GT’s out of state price is in the ball park with other flagships like UW Seattle and UIUC too and even less than say U of Michigan, so its getting more and more popular. Hope it stays affordable! GT does not control how many students apply but when more do, they take less. Its not Georgia Tech’s fault exactly, but its more a function of the fact that high schools curriculums are more STEM oriented and computer science, a very large department at GT, is a very popular major with 18 - 20 year olds due to the projections for jobs.