<p>Hey guys!</p>
<p>There was a similar thread floating around last year, and I figured I'd restart it and see if I could be some help. </p>
<p>I'm a first-year in-state AE student, currently doing research, and studying abroad at Georgia Tech Lorraine (in France) during this upcoming summer. I think I can answer questions dealing with freshman classes, engineering in general, AE, ME, study abroad, and what Tech's like in general.</p>
<p>Hey, thanks for taking the time to make this thread. I am applying to tech next year, and am hoping and praying that I qualify as a ps scholar semi finalist, and then finalist. Otherwise, based on financial aid, it would probably cost my family around 30-34k per year, leaving me with around 128k debt at graduation. I don’t know if we can afford that, so my question to you is: how much money do you think study abroad/ co-op programs save a student on average? (I plan on trying to do both). And do these programs prolong graduation, or is it still possible to graduate after only 4 yrs with co-op and/or study abroad? Again, thanks for your time!</p>