Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Georgia Tech publishes 13% (Fall 2025 entering first-time, first-year cohort). Ivan Allen College (of Liberal Arts) applicants got in at 17%; college of computing at 9.7%.
Acceptance rate
What Georgia Tech's 13% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Georgia Tech reports itself.
By college or major
Fall 2025 entering first-time, first-year cohort
Read the full decomposition →Transfer
Fall 2025 degree-seeking transfer applicants (CDS 2025-26, Section D2) · as of August 2026 · 1.5× easier than first-year
Read the transfer analysis →Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Required for 2026-27
- Policy
"All first-year applicants must submit results from at least one SAT and/or ACT in order to be considered for admission." ACT Writing/SAT Essay not required.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1370–1540sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 30–34
- Average HS GPA
- 4.17 (weighted)Fall 2025 (CDS 2025-26) · Source
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 2, 2026 (EA)
- Regular decision
- Jan 6, 2027Source
- Supplemental essays
- None beyond the personal statement
No GT-specific supplement beyond the required Common App personal essay (choice of one of the standard prompts). GT is Common-App-only.
- AI use in essays
Limited Use Allowed — applies to Application essays/writing submissions and the Activities section (resume-building) of the Common Application
“AI tools can be powerful and valuable in the application process when used thoughtfully. We believe there is a place for them in helping you generate ideas, but your ultimate submission should be your own. As with all other sources, you should not copy and paste content you did not create directly into your application. Instead, if you choose to utilize AI-based assistance while working on your writing submissions for Georgia Tech, we encourage you to take the same approach you would when collaborating with people. Use it to brainstorm, edit, and refine your ideas. AI can also be a useful tool as you consider how to construct your resume in the Activities portion of the Common Application. We think AI could be a helpful collaborator, particularly when you do not have access to other assistance to help you complete your application.”
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 18,785
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $34,484
- Category
- Top Public
- Admissions site
- www.gatech.edu
Dewey Smart
Dewey students who got into Georgia Tech
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Sources
- Georgia Tech test policy (2026-27)
- Georgia Tech deadlines
- Georgia Tech GPA (Fall 2025 (CDS 2025-26))
- Georgia Tech AI-use policy
- Georgia Tech admissions pages
- Georgia Tech admissions pages
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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