My brother and I applied and were wait listed for the Grand Challenges program at GA Tech but we both just got emails with an invitation to join. This program is harder to get into than the Honors program so I am very excited to be able to join it. It consists of 110 students, we live in a dorm together, and basically the point of the program is to work together on "grand challenges" facing society, but what is unique is that the University will then fund your group to go out and implement that solution if you can persuade them that it is worth it. One group is going to Africa for a month this summer to install a water irrigation system they designed, all paid for by the university. The program is only a few years old and is a pet project of the president of GA Tech so one of the perks of the program is that once a week there is a breakfast with top faculty of GA Tech (such as the President, VP, deans, etc) where the students get to ask them questions and discuss things with them in an informal setting. There is also a weekly lunch where we get to talk to top professors in the same manner.
One nice benefit is that we get free Woodruff Passes which are normally $20 for Tech students but make symphony tickets unsold 48 hours before the concert free and only $12 for additional ones. I know I will be there frequently, ASO has a very good program for next year.

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