{"670508":{"#nid":"670508","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Class of Students Holds Firsts for Tech ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the semester comes to its midpoint, Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EUndergraduate Admission\u003C\/a\u003E team is now able to get a closer look at the incoming 2023 class.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u2019s goal was to welcome 3,750 first-year students to Georgia Tech this fall. After initial deposits, summer melt, and final drop\/add, the class size is 3,760 \u2014 a difference of just 10 students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate Admission is committed to expanding access in accordance with Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/strategicplan.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Estrategic plan\u003C\/a\u003E. Since President \u00c1ngel Cabrera set that strategic goal in 2020, the first-year class target has grown by around 700 students. This year\u2019s first-year class is 43% women, and the overall undergraduate population is 40% women. Twenty-five percent of this year\u2019s class is Black, Hispanic, or multiracial.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne way Georgia Tech is providing opportunity to more students is through its \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/transfer\/transfer-pathway-programs\u0022\u003Etransfer pathways\u003C\/a\u003E, which have grown in recent years. Transfer students are at an all-time high, with 1,400 students or about 27% of new undergraduates in 2023.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is committed to expanding access to more students from more backgrounds,\u201d said Rick Clark, assistant vice provost and executive director of Undergraduate Admission. \u201cWe believe that talent is distributed, but opportunities are not. This is why we are consistently growing our first-year class, and ensuring we have a diverse set of transfer pathways to Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time in Tech history, more than 11,000 degree-seeking undergraduates are from the state of Georgia. In addition, more than 1,000 Georgia high school students are enrolled through dual enrollment offerings.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a public institution in Georgia, our primary charge is to serve the students and communities in our state,\u201d said Clark, a native Georgian himself. \u201cI\u2019m proud of our economic impact on the state, our research and partnerships that improve the lives of residents, as well as our significant growth in Georgia undergraduate enrollment at the first-year, transfer, and dual-enrollment levels.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate Admission is already in the thick of the next admission cycle. The Early Action 1 deadline, for in-state students, was Oct. 16. Early Action 2, for non-Georgia students, is Nov. 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EApplying to Georgia Tech will be free during the month of November, leading into the Regular Decision application deadline of Jan. 4, 2024.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the semester comes to its midpoint, Georgia Tech\u2019s Undergraduate Admission team is now able to get a closer look at the incoming 2023 class.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As the semester comes to its midpoint, Georgia Tech\u2019s Undergraduate Admission team is now able to get a closer look at the incoming 2023 class."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2023-10-19 00:44:43","changed_gmt":"2023-10-19 12:35:19","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672100":{"id":"672100","type":"image","title":"24-R10500-P1-007.jpg","body":null,"created":"1697678364","gmt_created":"2023-10-19 01:19:24","changed":"1697678364","gmt_changed":"2023-10-19 01:19:24","alt":"First-Year Student at New Student Convocation","file":{"fid":"255286","name":"24-R10500-P1-007.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/18\/24-R10500-P1-007.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/18\/24-R10500-P1-007.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1565065,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/10\/18\/24-R10500-P1-007.jpg?itok=uVzu1KR1"}}},"media_ids":["672100"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/first-year\/","title":"First-Year Admission Information"},{"url":"https:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/transfer\/","title":"Transfer Admission Information"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}