In CS rankings, Ga Tech is #8, while Duke is #25. These ranks are partly based on aggregate faculty research output, where size matters. Duke CS is much smaller than Ga Tech, and so the rank difference is not so much a reflection of quality differences as it is of size. E.g., CMU and Urbana-Champaign have 138 and 95 faculty members respectively in CS (read, HUGE), and so it is not a surprise that CMU is always #1 in any research ranking and UIUC between 2 and 5.
Overall, Duke has a bigger name recognition than Ga Tech. So somebody going to Duke may impress the random guy sitting next to him/her on a flight, but employers and grad schools are just as impressed (if not more) with someone from Ga Tech CS!
So cheers and congrats to all who got accepted to Ga Tech!!
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Based on the stats posted above, 8163 people were admitted if my math is correct. I assume that includes summer admits.
Anyone know how many were admitted last year? I thought Rick Clark said they were giving 1000 more offers but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
I re-read his blog just this morning and he said they were going to have a 150 student larger class and accepting 1,000 more.
The question is how many RD applicants they had. To figure that out you need to figure out the deferred numbers from the EA batches so they’re not double counted as EA and RD. It’s like they’re the overlap in a web diagram. If one knew the EA applicant numbers they can figure out the RD numbers since they keep talking about the total number of applicants. From there you can probably work the math backwards to see how many they actually accepted since I do believe they listed the actual number for both EA rounds. So then just add those to 11% of whatever the RD number is.
Here I just found it. They admitted, 7984 last year. Tech Class of 2024 Admission Profile – Technique
Wow, look how many fewer WL offers last year compared to this year! 15 vs 27% now!
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2,785 admitted in RD
5300 admitted in EA1 & EA2
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I used the total applications of 43kish and the 18 percent total admit rate to get that number. My guess is a 20% deferral rate because that has been typical in years past and the EA admit percentages seem to track identically with last year’s admit percentages even though there were more applications. That would be roughly 5500 (6k EA1 and 21.5k EA2). The Tech press release said they admitted roughly 800 more students EA than last year. I guess that explains RD lower acceptance numbers. Everyone except 1 deferred kid my son knows was waitlisted.
The data link someone posted earlier is locked now ;).
Yep, so there ya go, 101 more than last year! Rick Clark was true to his word from that blog. Pretty impressive and nice that they’re transparent.
Thanks for that info!
So does that mean there were about 25,318 RD apps? Hence just over 6800 waitlisted?
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Pathway offer from 8% last year to 20% this year?
That must be what my GT son saw when he texted me they had almost doubled the waitlist. Not sure that is good news - Everyone my son knows except for one deferred kid was waitlisted.
I’m so dumb…I can’t subtract though because Rick Clark said 1000 and that is only 101! Oy vey.
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Yes. And only 40 percent denied this year vs 52 percent last year.
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Maybe there will be 900 waitlist offers 
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Our DS was waitlisted yesterday. Does anyone know if it’s a possibility to make it off with oos merit aid? Might be wishful thinking…
No, I believe even RD admits weren’t given any merit aid. You have to apply and be admitted through the EA rounds to be eligible I believe.
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Thanks and good to know. Deferred from oos EA round then waitlisted…just wondering if there’s even a remote opportunity that anyone with oos merit turning down GT for whatever reason might free up some funds…I think specifically the provost oos one to bring it into the $30k zone. Doesn’t sound like it but wonder if it’s ever happened…
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I think merit scholarships no, but financial aid, yes you can get that. I think I read that you would get your financial aid package at the same time. Also, I know I just read a Rick Clark blog post, I’m sure it was him, that those who get off the waitlist are not only full pay students if that helps.
But @ethan10 was right that merit scholarships are given during EA rounds to admitted students normally.
Don’t think so. There are only 40 provost scholarships which were issued to EA acceptances. At this point only financial aid is on the table for waitlist kids. You won’t know what your aid is until you get off the waitlist though.
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Based on decisions from various colleges, would it be a correct observation that admission decisions this year have been a whole lot GPA driven and very less SAT/ACT score driven? Of course, other factors are there too, but their impact seems to have remained constant with what it was in prior years.
I would love to know how many kids were accepted without submitting their SAT/ACT scores. I doubt the colleges are going to release that information. My guess is that these scores are still very much a factor.
My son (OSS) was deferred in EA, but accepted during regular admission. He did submit his scores, and we made a very big effort for him to take the SATs in the fall. Had to drive out of state twice for him to take the test because the testing sites were closed down in Virginia.
I don’t think that the universities will ever release that information because it benefits them to offer “testing optional.” However, I still think it is very much a part of their decision making process.
My son applied TO and was just accepted after being deferred in EAII (OOS). He’s going into architecture and submitted a portfolio, which I believe has carried a lot of weight. I was a bit concerned about him applying TO, but he had four SATs cancelled in NY, took it once in October, and the score wasn’t a good representation of his intelligence and skills. We are waiting to hear from USC and have read that 60% applied TO. USC, of course has a lot of artistic majors, that require auditions and portfolios.