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Aiming for Georgia Tech? Take tough high school courses and calculus

By Maureen Downey
Aug 17, 2016

Ok, parents, what does it take for your child to get into Georgia Tech?

A lot of college-level courses while in high school.

Georgia Tech released the profile of the nearly 3,000 freshmen who begin classes Monday. Among the qualifications setting them apart: These students have taken an average of 10 college-level courses, and 95 percent have taken college-level calculus or an equivalent.

The students represent 69 countries, 43 states, 89 Georgia counties, and 1,429 high schools (307 in Georgia). The class is 42 percent female — an Institute record for the second year — and 58 percent male.

To read more about what it takes to get into Tech, go to the AJC Get Schooled blog.

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Maureen Downey has written editorials and opinion pieces about local, state and federal education policy since the 1990s.

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