<p>Many schools state that they will not consider both the ethnicity of the applicant and their desired major (or college within the University). In Georgia Tech's case, it's the latter. But let's be honest, isn't it safe to assume that in the back of their mind's it's truly considered even though they "officially" don't? For example, a person applying to the College of Management or the College of Computing might be given more of a break than a person applying to one of the more rigorous schools like the College of Engineering.</p>
<p>Is it not a coincidence that the average accepted GPA is lower for the College of Management than it is for all the other schools? (Source: Office of Institutional Studies, it's there somewhere)</p>
<p>According to admissions they do not consider major in admission and I think we need to take their word on that. It makes sense as well: Tech allows free transfer between majors so trying to plan out the major diversity wouldn’t be as effective as at other schools.</p>
<p>As far as Management (or Business, now) goes, it wouldn’t surprise me if it had lower averages for a few reasons. First, the recruited athletes tend to select Management and many have lower stats than the general student body. Second, students trying to avoid higher level math tend to pursue Management. Third, students who are borderline on admissions and trying to “game the system” (not that it’s effective) would select Management. As a result, there’s some selection bias that might result in lower statistics for Management than other majors even if the Admissions Office is ignoring major in admissions decisions.</p>