First-Year & Transfer Living Learning Communities
First-Year students admitted to Georgia Tech can apply to Explore, Global Leadership, and Grand Challenges Living Learning Communities, First-Year Semester Abroad and the Ignite Summer Launch Program. Transfer students are invited to apply for the Explore Living Learning Community. All communities offer opportunities to explore an interest through experiential and academic programming while residing with other students who share that interest. Participating in a Living Learning Community promotes interactions between faculty and students, fosters collaboration, enhances campus and civic engagement, and eases both the academic and social transition to college.
To learn more about the John H. Martinson Honors Program, visit their website.
- Engaging courses tailored to your community’s mission
- Develop leadership, team-building, and analytical skills not taught in traditional classes
- Benefit from dedicated study space
- Meet campus leaders, faculty, and industry experts who can help you plug in to areas that interest you
- Participate in community specific programming, such as: retreats, study sessions, Destress Fest, in-house tutoring, International Dinner, Silent Disco, and more!
- Meet and collaborate with students from other First-Year Living Learning Communities
- Attend Georgia Tech and Atlanta sporting events, visit museums, participate in service projects, take a Civil Rights Bike Tour of Atlanta, go paint-balling, see a show at the Fox Theatre, and more!
How to Participate
Admitted first-year students apply via their Admission Portal for Ignite, First-Year Semester Abroad, Explore, Global Leadership, Grand Challenges, and the John H. Martinson Honors Program.
The Living Learning Community Application is a single application where you can select all communities that interest you (Explore, Global Leadership, or Grand Challenges). The John H. Martinson Honors Program has a separate application that is also accessible via the Admission Portal. You do not need to pay your acceptance deposit or apply for on-campus housing to apply to an LLC.
- You do need to pay your acceptance deposit and apply for on-campus housing to accept an invitation to join an LLC.
Please Note: Students must complete a Housing Application to accept an invitation (excluding Ignite and FYSA). Living Learning Communities are first come, first serve and extremely competitive. We will allow students to accept their Living Learning Community invitations until all spots are filled.
