<p>I plan on pursuing a mathematics or business degree at one of these two schools. I have had my heart set on GT for years, but also like Auburn. I am having a hard time finding any good comments from present or past GT student(this site and studentreviews.com) I am trying to make a decision. What is better.....a 2.5 GPA and a GT degree or a 3.5plus and an Auburn Honors College Degree?</p>
<p>Business or math…hmmmm…</p>
<p>Will you do a dual program?</p>
<p>What is your intended career goal? </p>
<p>Are they both equally affordable? Is either one in-state for you?</p>
<p>Are you a senior? Do you qualify for any scholarships from Auburn.</p>
<p>Have you looked in the GT forum? [Georgia</a> Institute of Technology - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/georgia-institute-technology/]Georgia”>Georgia Institute of Technology - College Confidential Forums) . There are a few regulars that are undergrads that could probably help you with your question.</p>
<p>Yes GT instate, Auburn scholarship. Math and Physics is my first choice. I am a hs senior so I am not 100% on my intended degree.Understandebly, GT is the better school and degree, but fear the negative comments and Atlanta crime.</p>
<p>I have visited both campuses…</p>
<p>Auburn is lovely. GT is not.</p>
<p>Are you male? If so, you might like Auburn better because the girls are pretty. LOL</p>
<p>If you’re female…well, the boys are better looking at Auburn, too. ;)</p>
<p>I think I would choose Auburn. Nice safe campus. Cute off-campus hangouts. I’m sure the math is strong. I don’t know how their B-school is.</p>
<p>Iam a guy and I agree about the campuses (and the girls). I have heard so many opinions lately. People say because Auburn is not as competitive to get in that I will be bored there, academically(4.0 and 1385 SAT). The difficulty of GT is what scares me. Also, the better companies recruit straight from GT. Hard decision.</p>
<p>* Auburn is not as competitive to get in that I will be bored there, academically(4.0 and 1385 SAT).*</p>
<p>That is ridiculous. While your SAT puts you in the top quartile, there will be many with higher SATs or higher equivalent ACTs. Auburn agressively recruits NMFs and students with high scores. </p>
<p>My kids are at Bama, and both have 1480+ SATs (m+cr). They are very challenged. Auburn would be no different.</p>
<p>It all depends on the major. The avg SAT kids are not majoring in math. The average kids are in easy majors.</p>
<p>Did you apply to honors? Did you get accepted?</p>
<p>Thank you. I was just quoting one of my teachers.</p>
<p>Auburn’s business school is generally considered one of the weakest in the SEC. That being said, a 3.5 from an HC is always going to be better than a 2.5. I don’t think that the difference in the two schools will be 3.5/2.5</p>
<p>You’re not going to be bored at Auburn. The people in the Honors College are just as smart or smarter than you. I go to a state flagship in the Southeast, and I had higher scores than you. I have done very well in my classes, but it’s not because they are super easy and I’m bored.</p>
<p>You need to decide what kind of campus you prefer, what kind of people you prefer, and where you would be happier.</p>
<p>Just so you know however, Auburn doesn’t guarantee freshman housing.</p>
<p>GT is a truly excellent science and engineering school and their rankings and reputation show that, but Auburn is a very good school in it’s own right. Tour both, meet with faculty from both, and try to get a student-led tour at both, if you haven’t already. One thing I will say- where your degree is from matters a lot less in the real world than I always thought it did. A higher GPA, better leadership/activity resume, etc. is what will get you a good job, not where you graduated from.</p>
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<p>GT is cheaper for you and better, generally a better school beats an “honors college”. Just work your ass off at GT to get a 3.0+.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>You’ll get a 2/3 out of state tuition scholarship from Auburn. That means that your tuition will be about $7k per year. Not bad at all.</p>
<p>Is Auburn offering you anything else?</p>
<p>What do want out of your college experience? Do you want just “work you ass off” to get a 3.0, or do you want to have “some” sort of social life and have a 3.5+ GPA?</p>
<p>Personally, I would think that someone who is used to having a 4.0, won’t like working his ass off (and having little fun), and only getting a 3.0. </p>
<p>JMO</p>
<p>mom: For what it’s worth, OP’s tuition costs at Georgia Tech would be $0.</p>
<p>I realize that he’d likely get the Hope scholarship for tuition.</p>
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<p>Not “likely”, it’s a done deal. 3.0 is the cutoff.</p>
<p>I went to Auburn undergrad and was in the honors college there. I then went to grad school at Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>Look, Auburn is a good school and you can get a solid education there. But it is definitely NOT going to be as rigorous as what you’d get at Tech - and that’s a bad thing. That’s exactly why many great companies who interview Tech students won’t even step foot on the Auburn campus. Auburn is NOT a bad school, by any means, but if you can get into and can afford a better school, go for the better school.</p>
<p>At Auburn, like most any very big state school, there are lots and lots of dumb@sses there just coasting through their classes, doing just enough to get by and graduate. That hardly happens at Tech, though, because the faculty don’t put up with it.</p>
<p>The people in my major at Auburn (industrial engineering) were all pretty smart and hard-working. The same was true of my honor college classes. But 90% of the people in my classes outside my major and outside the honors college classes were just plain stupid and lazy. The wouldn’t do the reading or the homework and then when they’d fail a test, they’d complain about how “unfair” the faculty were.</p>
<p>You will be inspired and motivated by the other students at Tech. I know I certainly was. But you will be continually surprised at how many Auburn people don’t really give a crap about what they’re studying.</p>
<p>People who talk about how the Auburn campus is “so pretty” have basically been there when everything is in bloom in the spring or there in the fall when all the leaves have changed colors. Yes, it can be a very pretty campus. But how concerned are you, really, about landscaping and such? The Georgia Tech campus isn’t “ugly” - it just doesn’t have AS MUCH pretty landscaping as Auburn.</p>
<p>If you’re worried about the male-female ratio at Tech, then join a fraternity. The pretty girls generally go for the frat guys at any school anyway.</p>
<p>And crime… look, in Atlanta, just like Auburn, there are good parts of town and bad parts of town. The Tech campus is very safe - you’re not going to get mugged on campus or something. If you decide to live off-campus when you’re an upperclassman, you’ll do like all the other students do - you’ll move to a safe neighborhood.</p>
<p>Oh… and don’t major in business for undergrad. An undergraduate business education is a joke and is mostly (but not exclusively) the refuge of the lazy.</p>
<p>I’d recommend you look at economics or finance - those fields marry your interests in math and business.</p>
<p>Save the business education for a good MBA program later down the road.</p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>
<p>“One thing I will say- where your degree is from matters a lot less in the real world than I always thought it did.”</p>
<p>Wow, I’ve found that to SO not be the case in the “real world.” Maybe that’s true when you’re over 40 and/or if you stay in the same part of the country as your university and/or what field you’re in.</p>
<p>But trust me, if you ever try to work anywhere outside the deep South, your Auburn degree isn’t going to impress many people. The only people outside the South who’ve ever even heard of Auburn are football fans… and even those are likely to regard Auburn as “just a football school.” A GA Tech degree is recognized all over the world, though.</p>
<p>Thank you, this does help. Just curious, why did you go to Auburn for undergraduate?How many years were you at Tech? What is your opinion of the finance and economics programs at Tech?</p>