In response to Candace’s post, several alumni have written in to say that while “Georgia Tech” and “Georgia Institute of Technology” are both accurate, she’s wrong to say GIT instead of GT. Yet the school’s own website uses GIT numerous times.

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UPDATE: The consensus seems to be that GT is the accepted abbreviation; henceforth, that shall be official PBC style. Best letter:

The two examples you provided of the use of GIT on the institute’s website appear to be in documents that are almost legal in nature and probably written by someone outside the GT community. I’ve never seen Georgia Tech referred to as GIT on anything that was meant to be seen as representing the institute to the outside world. As an alumnus of GT, I noticed the error, but didn’t think it necessary to point it out. Just like when someone refers to “Georgia Tech University” — I just shrug and go back to doing something useful.