My nephew missed the GT deadline when he graduated early. He went to Georgia state and is transferring to GT next year. GT is one of the best schools in the world and is on par with Michigan for engineering, CS, etc. It is better than any Ivy in those subjects.
Zell Miller will pay nearly all of the tuition expenses at GT, or any other Georgia public college as long as you maintain your GPA. You have to cover living expenses, but those don’t vary all that much.
If you are not accepted to GT, I would go to UGA and transfer.