{"264531":{"#nid":"264531","#data":{"type":"news","title":"5,000 Students Offered Early Action Admission to Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOver the weekend, more than 5,000 students around the world earned acceptance to Georgia Tech as part of the Early Action admission pool for the 2014 freshman class.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese high schoolers, as in previous years, are at the top of their classes. Georgia Tech\u0027s average admitted student has a 4.0 GPA and an SAT score of 1485\/2193 and will have taken nine college-level courses prior to high school graduation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time, however, students applied and were accepted from all 50 states, not to mention 42 countries. The admitted pool includes more women and African Americans, while also being the most selective in recent years \u2014 40 percent were admitted this year compared to 55 percent in 2013 \u2014 yet it includes just as many Georgia residents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe think the trend of increased selectivity will only continue with our use of the Common App,\u201d said Rick Clark, director of Undergraduate Admission. In spite of Common App glitches and woes earlier in the admission cycle, Georgia Tech saw a\u0026nbsp;37 percent increase in Early Action applications in its first year using the system, with applications continuing to come in for the Jan. 10 regular admission deadline.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the 5,000 students who learned of their acceptance this weekend, they now face the decision of choosing which college to attend. Many applicants also receive offers of admission and generous scholarships\u0026nbsp;from other prestigious universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate Admission hosts several events in the spring for admitted students to help them make an educated decision about whether to enroll. These events include local coffee nights, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.admission.gatech.edu\/visit\/connectwithtech\u0022\u003EConnect With Tech\u003C\/a\u003E, Destination Tech, and an Admitted Women\u2019s Social. The personal connections that occur during these visits and other interactions are often the most influential factor in a student\u2019s decision, Clark said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur faculty, staff, and students are the experts in their colleges, departments, clubs, and organizations, and can tell the Georgia Tech story in a specific way to our prospective students,\u201d Clark said. \u201cSharing anecdotes and reaching out in a personal way is what we appreciate help with\u0026nbsp;\u2014\u0026nbsp;we see it as a campus effort to bring in the new class.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents were notified of their admission status online and will soon receive acceptance packets in the mail. A lucky few will be surprised with a hand-delivered acceptance packet this week, when several faculty and staff members will visit local high schools to congratulate students on their admission in person.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe regular decision deadline for freshman applications is Friday, Jan. 10. Decisions on those applicants will be issued mid-March.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents applied and were accepted from all 50 states and 42 countries, with increases in female and African American students.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students applied and were accepted from all 50 states and 42 countries, with increases in female and African American students."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-01-06 16:31:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:36","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"264611":{"id":"264611","type":"image","title":"Buzz in Admission Office","body":null,"created":"1449244014","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:46:54","changed":"1475894950","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:10","alt":"Buzz in Admission Office","file":{"fid":"198470","name":"buzzapp.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/buzzapp_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/buzzapp_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2610098,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/buzzapp_0.jpg?itok=m2Pgft2a"}}},"media_ids":["264611"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.admission.gatech.edu\/","title":"Admissions"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"53041","name":"early action"},{"id":"167141","name":"Student Life"},{"id":"10347","name":"undergraduate admission"}],"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\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communication\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}