Types of Standing
Applicants holding a bachelor's degree in an appropriate field from an accredited institution will be accorded full graduate standing provided their previous work is of sufficient quality to indicate immediate success in advanced study.
If the work of an applicant holding an approved bachelor's degree is deficient in content or quality so that supplemental study or demonstrated ability is necessary, the applicant may be accorded conditional graduate standing.
Students who do not wish to qualify for an advanced degree at Georgia Tech, but demonstrate the potential benefits of their participation in advanced study, may gain admission as special non-degree graduate students. Students who are admitted with special non-degree standing for failure to submit official transcripts or for other administrative reasons may apply not more than sixteen semester credit hours taken on special non-degree standing toward a degree.
Graduate students in good standing at other U.S. universities may enroll at Georgia Tech as transient graduate students by filing an application for admission and by providing a letter of verification of good standing status from the registrar of the institution in which they are currently enrolled. Work undertaken in transient standing will not apply, however, toward a Georgia Tech degree.
The undergraduate school, not the graduate school, will admit students working toward a second bachelor's degree.
In addition to full, conditional, and special non-degree graduate standing, graduate students will be classified by academic standing according to their grade point averages: good standing, warning, probation, or drop. For specific information, see Rules and Regulations.
The graduate average includes the grades on all courses scheduled by the student after admission to graduate study.