{"69424":{"#nid":"69424","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Freshman Class Continues Diversity Trend","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis fall Georgia Tech will enroll its most\ndiverse incoming freshman class in the Institute\u2019s 125-year history. This\nyear\u0027s class boasts more\u0026nbsp;African American and\u0026nbsp;Hispanic students than\nlast year\u0026nbsp;as well as a record number of women for a freshman class at\nTech. Quality is also at an all-time high, with\u0026nbsp;the highest\nhigh school grade point average for a class at 3.88 and best average SAT score at\n2030.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are extremely proud of this year\u2019s\nfreshman class,\u201d said Georgia Tech\u2019s Director of Undergraduate Admissions Rick\nClark. \u201cNot only is this group extremely academically talented and\ndiverse ethnically and geographically, but their leadership potential,\nentrepreneurial spirit, innovative background and aspirations\nrepresent\u0026nbsp;exactly the type of students we are trying to recruit, enroll\nand graduate.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 1,000 female students are in the\nincoming class, which is more than an 8 percent increase from three years ago. African American,\u0026nbsp;Hispanic and multi-racial\u0026nbsp;enrollment has also\nbeen steadily increasing in recent years.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETech had the largest number of applications for\nthis year\u2019s class, with more than 14,250\u0026nbsp;students applying, approximately\na 5 percent increase compared to last year. This year\u2019s freshman class\nincludes students from 48 states and 38 countries. Sixty percent of the\nincoming students are in-state students, representing more than 99 of Georgia\u2019s\ncounties.\u0026nbsp; Just under 10 percent are international students.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EApproximately\n2,575 freshmen will be living in on-campus housing and more than 2,400 of that\ngroup will be living in freshman experience dorms. These dorms have special\nprogramming to meet the needs of incoming freshmen and help them adjust to life\non campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Record number of women enroll"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\n\nThis fall Georgia Tech will enroll its most\ndiverse incoming freshman class in the Institute\u2019s 125-year history.\u0026nbsp; This\nyear\u0027s class boasts more\u0026nbsp;African American and\u0026nbsp;Hispanic students than\nlast year\u0026nbsp;as well as a record number of women for a freshman class at\nTech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This fall Georgia Tech will enroll its most diverse incoming freshman class in the Institute\u2019s 125-year history."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2011-08-18 09:07:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:59","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65314":{"id":"65314","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449176831","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:07:11","changed":"1475894577","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:57","alt":"Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"193206","name":"08C1004-P40-032.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08C1004-P40-032.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08C1004-P40-032.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4451315,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/08C1004-P40-032.jpg?itok=SPIMRHps"}}},"media_ids":["65314"],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14031","name":"Freshman Class"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"790","name":"Housing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}