<p>Ga Tech used to be “weed out” school, but not anymore. Even its GPA is rising from 2.7 in 90s to roughly 3.0 GPA. Its freshman retention rate is almost 92%. Its graduation rate also improved quite a bit in recent year. However, due to engineering program (normally required large number of credits) and very successfully co-op program, most Ga Tech students don’t graduate in 4 years. If you look at five year graduation, it is almost 71% and increasing.</p>
<p>State of Ga has hope scholarship that gives 3.0 GPA student free tuition. Ga Tech, due to that, increase its average SAT by almost 120 points in ten years. I know several kids who turn down MIT and go to Tech for that reason.</p>