I guess I should accept my destiny that I'm going to type this over and over until I'm dead.
Georgia Tech does NOT have the diverse curriculum offered by most large public or private universities. In addition, we don't have a safe harbor major to hide dumb football players.
Michigan and Stanford are damn hard to get into. Unless they offer you a football scholarship. Then, the real difference between GT, Michigan, UCLA and Stanford becomes apparent. The athletes at Michigan, UCLA and Stanford can study whatever the hell they want or take the "easy" path to graduation. This is not a slam on those very good schools. But at Tech, there is no easy way out. Athletes know this and most of them don't like it and choose to accept scholarship offers from schools that offer more choices.
This was not a problem in the 1950s. It is now. Times changed. Tech hasn't.