All students–including entering transfer students–are invited to apply after being admitted to Georgia Tech. Transfer students apply via their Admission Portal.  To apply to the Honors Program, navigate to the application checklist in the portal and click on the link for "Living Learning Communities Portal," which will take you to the application page (see images below).

Transfer students are required to live in the Honors Program residence halls for their first year (or spring semester only, for spring transfer students). HP students live together in Eighth Street Apartments in alternating apartments of first-year and upper-level students, including upper-level transfer students.  

Please note that you can only be a member of ONE living learning community on campus, so transfer students who elect to participate in the Transfer Experience Program are not eligible to join the HP.    

APPLICATION PROCESS 

1. Get admitted to Georgia Tech (congrats!).         

2. Apply to the Honors Program via the Admission Portal using the steps outlined above.        

3. Receive an admissions decision based on the application timeline below.        

4. You DO NOT have to commit to Georgia Tech or apply for housing to apply to any living learning community, including the Honors Program.        

5. You DO have to commit to Georgia Tech and apply for housing to ACCEPT YOUR OFFER OF ADMISSION from any living learning community, including the Honors Program.  Students may accept their offer of admission to the Honors Program via the Admission Portal.      

6. Once admissions offers are made, space in the Honors Program is available on a first-come, first-served basis up to the capacity of our residence hall.  Once we have reached capacity, you may elect to join the waitlist.       
 

APPLICATION DEADLINES FOR FALL 2025 

Deadline to Apply for the Honors Program   
For summer 2025 transfer students: Friday, May 16, 2025 by 11:59 PM EST   
For fall 2025 transfer students: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 by 11:59 PM EST

Note that students can choose to apply by either deadline.  Transfer students admitted to Georgia Tech for the summer semester are not required to apply by the summer application deadline, but may opt to do so in order to receive an Honors Program admissions decision earlier. 

The Honors Program will release admission decisions on:   
For summer 2025 transfer students: May 28, 2025 
For fall 2025 transfer students: June 25, 2025 
  
Applications received after June 18, 2025 will be reviewed on a rolling basis.  For rolling decisions, there is no fixed decision release date and students will be notified via email only if a space becomes available.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS

Students admitted for the summer or fall term begin in the fall.  Students admitted for the spring term begin in the spring.  

Our selection process is holistic: our goal is to identify transfer students who will benefit from and contribute to our Honors Program living learning community.  We give primary consideration to the following:

(a) Honors Program application essay, and 

(b) information from the Georgia Tech Office of Undergraduate Admission.  We use this information to create a community that is diverse in terms of major and academic/intellectual interests.  We do not consider high school GPA or test scores, as this was already considered in the Georgia Tech admissions process.

For transfer students, the Honors Program fee is $500 (or $250 for transfer students who are admitted in the spring semester).  Transfer Honors Program students will be charged $250 in fall semester and $250 in spring semester (or $250 in spring semester only for those admitted in the spring).  There is no fee after the first year (or first semester, for spring transfer students).  Our entering class of both first year and transfer students is limited by the design of the Honors Program residence hall.  Gender-inclusive housing is available for Honors Program students.  To read more about gender-inclusive housing at Georgia Tech, visit the Housing website.

For information on housing rates for Eighth Street East and South, go to the Housing and Residence Life website.

*PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR HP ENTERING CLASS MAY FILL BEFORE THE DEADLINE: In order to officially accept your invitation to the HP, you must first pay your Georgia Tech admissions deposit and complete your housing application.  YOU MUST COMPLETE THESE TWO STEPS FIRST IN ORDER TO ACCEPT YOUR INVITATION.  Note that it can take up to 24 hours for each form to process.

PAY YOUR GEORGIA TECH ADMISSIONS DEPOSIT    
COMPLETE YOUR HOUSING APPLICATION 

TRANSFER CREDIT APPROVAL

For transfer students who have taken honors program or honors college classes at their college or university before coming to Georgia Tech, up to six (6) credit hours of honors classes may be considered for application to the GT Honors Program.  To have your prior honors classes reviewed, please submit a copy of the syllabus and information about the program (e.g., a link to an online program description) to the Honors Program. 

Transfer students may submit up to three credit hours of independent undergraduate research for consideration for transfer credit.  To be eligible for Honors Program credit, the class must be completed for credit (not pay) and on a letter grade basis.  To request authorization, please complete this form. 

Transfer students may also submit up to three credit hours of select study abroad classes for consideration for transfer credit.  The classes must have been taken in an accredited study abroad program, be small in size, involve active learning, and be on a globally-focused topic.  To have your study abroad classes reviewed, please submit a copy of the syllabus and information about the size of the class and the study abroad program (e.g., a link to an online program description) to the Honors Program.

Please note that students may transfer up to six (6) credit hours TOTAL, through a combination of prior honors program/honors college classes, undergraduate research, and/or study abroad classes.