<p>It’s not like private schools where the admission into the engineering school is a separate process. You apply to the whole school, and you can choose whatever engineering major.</p>
<p>How are Montag and Freeman for the dorms?
I’m considering the dorms in the west side, and I heard Hefner and Armstrong are the best, but I didn’t really hear much about Montag and Freeman.
On the website, it said that those two just got renovated this year, and I was thinking if that might have made those two to be better than Hefner or Armstrong.</p>
<p>If anything, the renovations brought Freeman and Montag up to par with Armstrong and Hefner. I stayed in Armstrong my freshman year and it was by far the best dorm I’ve been in to date. Great location, lots of space (for a two person room), and each room has an adjustable thermostat.</p>
<p>My son who has been accepted by GT is concerned about its reputation for “weeding out” CompSci majors. he doesn’t mind working hard but he doesn’t want a school where he feels like he’s constantly fighting to stay in. At the CompSci info session, the guy leading it said at the opening convocation, the dean did the old “look to your left and look to your right. after 4 years, one of you won’t be here.” he was also dismayed by the four-year graduation rate–30 percent. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>If you look at Georgia Tech’s freshman-to-graduate rate (here: [Graduation/Retention</a> Rates | Georgia Tech Factbook](<a href=“http://factbook.gatech.edu/content/graduationretention-rates]Graduation/Retention”>http://factbook.gatech.edu/content/graduationretention-rates) ) you can see that GT is at 79%, which is very good for an engineering school (remember this is affected by students that fail out and transfer out on their own). The national average of all universities is 79.6%, and other engineering schools average 76%. </p>
<p>Tech graduates in 4 years at 30%-33%. But you have to remember that: </p>
<p>(1) Co-op students who started before this year were required to stay at Tech for 5 years. They were, however, working much of the time and only paid for the equivalent of 4 years. </p>
<p>(2) Many Tech students are engineering majors and engineering degrees are designed to be more than 4 years (average 132 - 145 hours). CS is scheduled to be a 4 year program. </p>
<p>(3) Tech has a number of part-time students who work while in school. Attending GT part-time takes 7 years. </p>
<p>(4) Tech has a number of dual-degree students (joint BS/MS students). Those students are required to take 5 years to graduate, at which time they earn both a BS and an MS.</p>
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<p>That scares me, as I’m also going for the CS… I have a lot of interest in CS and like studying CS but I don’t really have much studying done for computer programming yet (my high school doesn’t have any CS course either), and I’m getting a bit worried. Hope I survive.</p>
<p>I heard it’s hard… At Tech, English 1101 & 1102 is Calculus-based. :)</p>
<p>"How hard is it to get an A in Engl 1101 and 1102 if you hate writing (pretty much the only non-honors/AP class jr & sr year of HS was english, but got As in non-honors English)? Is it better to take Eng Comp at the local junior/community college over the summer and just have the units transfer over or is it better to take it at GT to help cushion the GPA. "</p>
<p>If there’s a school that could make English 1101 & 1102 Calculus based, it’s Tech. Unfortunately for the engineers, those classes usually involve reading books then writing essays on the content.</p>
<p>Thanks for your excellent posts.</p>
<p>The Ivan Allen College of liberal arts seems to offer great international relations/economics programs. What’s the feeling about job prospects from that college?</p>
<p>Is the College of Science as well respected as the engineering school? Are science grads as sought after by corporations as engineer grads?</p>
<p>What would you recommend between GT and NCSU? NCSU tuition is a lot cheaper than GTs by about 14k. Both are great in engineering. I want to go somewhere which will give me lots of opportunities as a result of my hard work put in.</p>
<p>You’re not getting responses in your other thread because it’s not a decision someone can make for you. Georgia Tech is the better engineering school, with more research, better co-op positions, a more rigorous education, higher employment rate, more prestigious employers on campus, and better grad school placements. But while that sounds clear-cut, it’s not for two reasons:</p>
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<li><p>The above is at an aggregate level (comparing the average GT student to the average NCSU student). You’re probably not going to be average at the two schools. You might perform the same regardless of school or you might perform better at NCSU than GT. There are too many variables to tell. I would much rather be an above average NCSU student than a below average GT student. Similarly, an outstanding student will succeed regardless of school. </p></li>
<li><p>How much you should spend on School A vs. School B is a relative factor. If my parents are struggling to put food on the table, I’ll make a different decision than if my parents are millionaires and I have a $200,000 college fund. Most people fall in the middle of those two extremes so it is very hard to make a recommendation. It really is a personal decision. That said, I strongly support the rule of thumb that it’s a bad idea to graduate with more in loans than your first year’s salary (except in special circumstances).</p></li>
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<p>In general, Science majors are not as sought after as Engineering majors. There are more of them (virtually every college has Natural Science degrees) and fewer jobs.</p>
<p>If you look at Tech’s 2007 degree stats (strong economy), Engineering students are 75% employed at graduation and Science students are 31% employed at graduation. If you look at 2009 stats (weak economy), Engineering students are 60% employed at graduation and Science students are 33% employed. </p>
<p>That said, the numbers above (which only include students seeking employment) are a little skewed. Most science majors pursue a graduate degree, so the science majors seeking employment are probably mostly people who couldn’t get into a grad school.</p>
<p>Banjo, how does GT’s employed at graduation rate stack up to other top schools for engineering?</p>
<p>Tech’s engineer hiring rate is very similar to it’s peer group (UIUC, CMU, Purdue, MIT, Berkeley, etc). Compared to lower tiered flagships (VT, NCSU, UF, etc) Tech has a similar hiring rate in a good economy but a higher hiring rate in a poor economy. When companies cut back on hiring, they cut back at the lower tiered schools first (and the geographically farthest, but that hits every school). </p>
<p>The difference between a GT and an NCSU is that #1 you tend to have more offers coming out of Tech if you’re above average and can choose where to work, and #2 you tend to have more offers from “high prestige” companies.</p>
<p>So a graduating MIT student would fare no better than a graduating GT student, all else being equal (above average vs. above average, etc.)?</p>
<p>It varies. At the very high end, the MIT/Stanford/Princeton/Harvard/Yale graduates have a very high ceiling - VC’s, hedge funds, etc - that Tech (or really any school not one of the above) cannot match. However, once you get to the slight above average and average students, the ceiling drops off and is similar to the rest of the Top 10 engineering schools.</p>
<p>It’s the same thing at Tech. Once you fall to average or slightly below average, you’re no better off at Tech than you are at any other Top 25 or so flagship school. If you’re well below average your school isn’t really going to help you no matter where you went.</p>
<p>Banjo – Where does one find the employment statistics you mentioned in your last post? I’m more interested in the employment statistics from Ivan Allen in general or International Relations in particular. I realize those soft fields and most graduates probably intend to go onto law school or other graduate schools, but I still be interested in seeing the employment figures.</p>
<p>For that matter, is the any info on what percentage of GT graduates go directly to graduate/professional school?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>i have a question about bikes. Are there places in the freshman dorms to store my bike in the winter so it doesn’t get screwed up? i read that many people chain them to indoor stairwells and such. can you give me any more information about that?</p>
<p>Georgia Tech has graduating students reports here: </p>
<p>[Georgia</a> Institute of Technology :: Salary Reports](<a href=“Georgia Tech | External Redirect Landing Page”>Georgia Tech | External Redirect Landing Page)</p>
<p>The numbers dont look too good to be honest. I cant find a grad-school placement survey. Does anyone know where I could find grad-school placement reports?</p>