How to Apply to Mathematics at Georgia Tech: A Single BS in Mathematics in the School of Mathematics with Five Optional Concentrations, Choosing an Intended Major Rather than a College, for Domestic, International (Including Chinese) and Transfer Applicants

The undergraduate mathematics program at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is offered by the School of Mathematics in the College of Sciences. This guide draws on the department, the catalog and the Office of Undergraduate Admission, with sections for US domestic applicants, international applicants, applicants from China and transfer students. Computer science is not covered here; this site has a separate article on it. The transfer course chart also lists a separate Mathematics & Computing major, whose pages this guide did not read.

1. Degree and tracks

• One degree: the department says that since summer 2017 it offers a single undergraduate degree, the Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (MTH). Students can complete the BS alone or add one concentration, and only one concentration can appear on the transcript.
• Concentrations: the department’s BS page and the catalog list five: Applied Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics, Data Science (called Mathematical Foundations in Data Science in the catalog), Probability and Statistics, and Pure Mathematics. The department’s undergraduate programs page says “four” (without Data Science). Both statements are on the official site, so check the current catalog. Concentration requirements can also satisfy the BS requirements.
• Options: a Business Option and a Research Option can be added to the BS and appear on the transcript; the catalog says a student may complete both. The Research Option is two or three semesters of supervised research (MATH 2698/4698 or 2699/4699), a proposal course (LMC 4701) and a thesis course (LMC 4702), 11 credit hours in all.
• Other: a Mathematics minor and a College of Sciences BS/MS in Mathematics (students need at least 30 credit hours earned at Georgia Tech, an undergraduate GPA of 3.3 or higher, and fewer than 90 credit hours overall including transfer credit; the catalog says students with significant AP/IB/dual enrollment credit are highly encouraged to apply). At the undergraduate level the pages read show statistics only as the Probability and Statistics concentration.
• Structure of the major (from the department’s degree requirements PDF, 122 hours in total): core courses (calculus, multivariable calculus, differential equations and one linear algebra course); 12 hours of bridging courses (Foundations of Mathematical Proof MATH 2106, Applied Combinatorics MATH 3012, Probability Theory MATH 3235, A Second Course in Linear Algebra MATH 3406); 21 hours of upper-level foundation courses (Abstract Algebra I MATH 4107, Analysis I MATH 4317 and Complex Analysis MATH 4320 with a C required, plus electives from lists); 18 hours of supporting courses (CS 1301, CS 1331, a lab science, Physics I and II); 9 hours of science and engineering electives; 12 hours of humanities, 12 of social sciences, 2 of wellness and 11 of free electives. Check the PDF and the catalog for course numbers and credits.

2. How admission works: no college at application, confirm the major after admission

• At application: Admission says first-year applicants do not apply to a specific major or college, but the Common App asks for an intended (primary) major and an optional secondary one; reviewers look for evidence of interest in and preparation for the listed major because the university seeks an academically diverse class. Whether mathematics has its own cutoff is not stated in the pages read.
• Confirming the major: the catalog says admitted first-year students must confirm their major in the admission portal after paying the enrollment deposit and before FASET orientation. Students who want to be considered for the Stamps President’s or Gold Scholarship must list that major as their primary major on the application; recipients cannot confirm a different major before enrolling and cannot change major until the last day of spring term of the first year.
• Changing into mathematics: the catalog’s academic rules say undergraduates get one unrestricted change of major until they have 60 credit hours (including AP, IB and other transfer credit); after that, or for later changes, the school being entered decides. Students who transferred from another institution are not eligible for the unrestricted change. The department says the same for fewer than 60 hours; after 60 hours or on a later change, a change into MTH needs a GPA of at least 2.5 and a math GPA of at least 2.8, and every student must attend a Change of Major info session (monthly in fall). The Institute may limit capacity in some programs; the catalog lists industrial and systems engineering, mechanical engineering and music technology as having change-of-major conditions, and mathematics is not among them.
• Double major: the department says the second major needs at least 36 hours that do not count toward the first.

3. Prerequisites and credit

• High school courses: Admission says the University System of Georgia (USG) requires 4 units of English, 4 of math, 4 of science, 3 of social science and 2 of foreign language, American Sign Language or computer science; students from outside the US system must complete a curriculum judged equivalent by USG institutions and/or a NACES-approved evaluator. Reviewers want success in the most rigorous curriculum available (AP, IB, AS and A Levels, dual enrollment). Any extra prerequisites for the math major are not stated in the pages read.
• Math in international curricula: for IB, there is no minimum score, but to be competitive students should have mostly 6s and 7s, and Higher Level math and sciences are encouraged but not required. Students on a national curriculum with fewer than twelve years or without a calculus course are encouraged to show mastery through free Schoolhouse.world subject certification, particularly in calculus.
• AP credit (catalog): Calculus AB 4 or 5 gives MATH 1551; Calculus BC 4 or 5 gives MATH 1551 and 1552; Precalculus 4 or 5 gives MATH 1113; Statistics earns no credit.
• IB credit: Mathematics Analysis and Approaches HL 6 to 7 gives MATH 1551; Analysis and Approaches SL and Applications and Interpretation HL and SL earn no credit.
• A-level credit: GCE A-level Math/Further Math grade A or B gives MATH 1551 (2 hours). AS-Level and O-Level results earn no credit. The catalog has further tables for other exam boards; see the page.
• Advanced Standing Exams: after enrolling, students can earn credit in MATH 1551, 1552, 1553, 1554 and other courses by exam, with at most two math ASEs in a term and no more than 9 credits of advanced standing used toward degree requirements.
• Honors courses: the department lists MATH 1564 Linear Algebra with Abstract Vector Spaces (SAT Math 750, converted ACT Math 750, an AP Calculus BC score of 5, or a B or better in MATH 1552; new freshmen who qualify get an invitation to apply during FASET), MATH 2561 Honors Multivariable Calculus, MATH 2562 Honors Differential Equations, MATH 3022 Honors Applied Combinatorics and MATH 3225 Honors Probability and Statistics, the last four requiring a B or better in prerequisites. No honors courses run in summer.
• Math competitions: the admission pages read do not say how competitions are viewed.

4. Rounds, materials and testing

• Common App only. Georgia Tech admits for both summer and fall terms and considers every applicant for both; the admission notice states the start term.
• Rounds (labelled 2026-2027 important dates): Early Action 1, for students at Georgia high schools or Georgia residents living elsewhere, closes 15 October (documents 30 October, self-reported scores 16 November, decisions early December); Early Action 2, for everyone else including international students, closes 2 November (documents 16 November, scores 8 December, decisions late January); Regular Decision closes 6 January (documents and scores 22 January, decisions mid-March); the deposit deadline is 1 May. The application opens 1 August. Early Action is non-binding and reviewed the same way as Regular Decision. Students who want academic and merit scholarships such as the Stamps President’s Scholars Program and the Scheller Dean’s Scholarship must apply through Early Action; no separate scholarship application is needed.
• Testing: all first-year applicants must submit at least one SAT or ACT result; the ACT writing section and SAT essay are not required. Self-reporting is highly recommended, with official scores required of students who enroll (SAT code 5248, ACT code 0818). AP, IB and AS/A-Level exams are optional for admission.
• Transcript: lists 9 to 12 courses with 9 to 11 grades visible; Regular Decision and deferred applicants send fall senior grades. The GPA used is taken from the transcript, 100-point or weighted if available.
• Recommendations: optional, up to three: one counselor and up to two teachers; a teacher of a core academic subject (English, math, science, social science or foreign language) is likely the best option, and a math teacher is not required.
• Essay: one of the seven Common App prompts.
• Application fee: $75 ($85 for international applicants), non-refundable; fee waivers are requested in the Common App profile.
• Residency: Admission says residency is one of the biggest influences on admit rate because, as a public university, Georgia Tech aims to enroll mostly Georgia students. A residency status for review is posted in the portal about 4 to 5 weeks after applying; tuition classification is a separate USG process.

5. US domestic applicants

• Cost: the financial aid office’s estimate for 2027-2028 first-year, on campus, two semesters: for Georgia residents tuition $10,618, mandatory fees $1,496, books and supplies $800, housing $8,718, food $6,610, personal and miscellaneous $2,800 and transportation $586, total $31,628; for out-of-state students tuition is $33,596 and transportation $998 with the other items the same, total $55,018. Tuition classification is shown in the portal only after admission.
• Scholarships and aid: merit scholarships require Early Action (see above); for need-based aid, see the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. Scholarships specific to the mathematics department are not described in the pages read, and the department’s external awards page was not read.
• Home-state preference: see the residency note above; the pages read give no figures.

6. International applicants

• Who counts and how review works: anyone who is not a US citizen or permanent resident is international. International first-year applicants follow the same process as everyone else, read in the context of their educational system.
• Records: transcripts for every year of secondary school; if the curriculum is shorter than four years, a fourth year of transcripts is needed before enrolling (the page’s example is China, where high school covers grades 10 to 12 and a grade 9 transcript is needed). IB applicants send each year’s transcripts and, strongly recommended, predicted scores; British-pattern applicants send IGCSE/O-Level and AS results with predicted A-levels, and competitive applicants should be on track for at least three full A-levels; other curricula send each year’s transcripts with English translations where needed. Students who completed university coursework after secondary school must apply as transfer students.
• English: the USG requires all international applicants to show English proficiency by an approved method. The USG page lists minimum and recommended scores: TOEFL iBT 3.5 and 4.0 on the new scale (69 and 79 if taken before 2026), IELTS Academic 6 and 6.5, PTE Academic 53 and 58, Cambridge scale score 169 and 177, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 480 (minimum only), ACT English 17, and others such as MET 55 and 59. It also says institutions may set higher required scores; the admission pages read give no Georgia Tech-specific cutoff, so confirm with Admission. A waiver is possible for students who completed secondary or collegiate instruction in English, as set out on the USG page. The Duolingo English Test and InitialView or Vericant interviews cannot satisfy the USG requirement but are considered in holistic review if submitted by the document deadline.
• Funding: the financial aid office says international students are not eligible for federal or state aid and that institutional scholarships administered by its office are often not awarded to them; private loans (usually needing a US citizen or permanent resident co-signer) and an emergency tuition loan are available. Math-department scholarships for international students are not described in the pages read.
• Cost: the 2027-2028 out-of-country first-year estimate, on campus: tuition $34,572, fees $1,696, books $800, housing $8,718, food $6,610, personal $2,800 and transportation $998, total $56,194.

7. Applicants from China

• The Gaokao: the admission pages read do not say how Gaokao scores are used. Ask Admission (admission@gatech.edu).
• Transcripts: three-year Chinese high school students need a grade 9 transcript before enrolling (see above); how the Huikao record is used is not stated.
• Testing and English: SAT or ACT is required; English follows the USG methods above.
• International curricula: students in IB or British-pattern programs should follow the IB and A-level notes above.
• No separate statement for applicants from China was found; contact Admission.

8. Research, outcomes and support

• The department says students can research with a professor for a semester (spring, summer or fall), recorded as MATH 2699/4699 for credit or MATH 4698 when paid, and can apply for an eight-week NSF-sponsored summer REU, which the page says carries a stipend of approximately $5000.
• The department says about 15 to 20 percent of its students are in the co-op or internship programs.
• Graduate-outcome figures are not printed in the pages read; the department describes the BS as preparation for graduate school and for quantitative fields such as actuarial science, biostatistics and cryptography.

9. Transfer students

• Course requirements: all majors require transfer credit equivalent to English Composition 1101 and 1102 and Calculus 1 (MATH 1551). In Admission’s chart the mathematics major also needs Calculus II (MATH 1552), physics (PHYS 2211 with lab) and a lab science elective, all transferable with a C or better. Competitive applicants finish them by the course requirement deadline. An official transfer credit evaluation is available only after admission.
• GPA: the minimum is 3.0 for College of Sciences applicants (3.3 for Engineering and Computing); the page says the average overall GPA of the 2025 class was 3.7.
• Dates (no year printed, so check): fall term application window 18 January to 1 March, documents by 16 March, course requirements by 30 May, most decisions mid-May, deposit 1 July; spring term 1 August to 15 September; summer term 1 December to 15 January. The fee is $75 ($85 for international applicants).
• International transfer: high school graduation, the minimum course requirements for the major, at least 30 semester credit hours and a minimum 3.0 GPA for College of Sciences majors; official transcripts from every institution, plus a course-by-course foreign credit evaluation and GPA evaluation for any institution outside the US; English proficiency is shown by completing the two English composition courses, and test scores such as TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo may be self-reported.
• Credit transfer: the department says only grades of C or higher transfer and pass/fail courses do not; credit cannot be awarded for a course already taken at Georgia Tech. For certain introductory math courses taken elsewhere in the US or Canada after matriculating, the department may require proof that at least 75% of the grade came from proctored assessments, or the student can take a free credit confirmation exam.
• Changing majors: transfer students can change major only at the discretion of the receiving school and have no unrestricted change.

Checklist

US domestic applicants:

• Georgia students apply by 15 October (EA1), others by 2 November (EA2) or 6 January (Regular); scholarship consideration needs Early Action
• Common App with mathematics as intended major, at least one SAT or ACT score, one essay; recommendations optional

International applicants (including China):

• EA2 on 2 November or Regular on 6 January; SAT or ACT required; USG-approved English evidence, with Georgia Tech’s own cutoff confirmed with Admission
• Transcripts for every year (a fourth year if the curriculum is shorter); $85 fee; ask Admission how Gaokao results are used

Before and after entry:

• Use AP, IB HL or A-level results for calculus credit; confirm the major in the portal; after 60 hours a change into math needs a 2.5 GPA and 2.8 math GPA

Transfer students:

• GPA of at least 3.0; MATH 1551, 1552, physics, English composition and a lab science with C or better; fall window closes 1 March

Sources: Georgia Institute of Technology, Mathematics: BS in Mathematics; Mathematics: undergraduate programs; Mathematics: BS requirements (PDF); Mathematics: change of major; Mathematics: honors courses; Mathematics: advanced standing exams; Mathematics: transfer credit evaluation; Mathematics: advising; Catalog: BS in Mathematics; Catalog: academic rules; AP credit; IB credit; A-level credit; Admission: first-year deadlines; Academic preparation; Major selection; Standardized tests; Application review; Application fees; Recommendations; Essays; International first-year; International transfer; Transfer course requirements; Transfer deadlines; Transfer GPA; Financial aid: undergraduate costs; Financial aid: international; University System of Georgia: English proficiency. The admission dates are labelled as the 2026-2027 cycle or show no year, so see Georgia Tech’s website for the latest and check that they apply to fall 2027 entry. Where the department’s pages disagree with each other this is noted in the text.