<p>Recently I gained some insight about a program that is offered at colleges like Valdosta State University that allows a student to attend the college like VSU for a few years than transfer to GA Tech...dose anyone have anymore information on this program, and is it just for students looking to get an engineering degree from GA Tech or them and students like me, who wants to gain a degree from GA Tech in computational media...thank you :)</p>
<p>The dual degree programs are limited to engineering. These programs exist (generally speaking) because of the lack of quality engineering programs in south Georgia, in historically black universities, and in predominantly women colleges in the area. You can find information here: [GT</a> Catalog : COE : Dual Degree Program](<a href=“http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/specialacademic/dual.php]GT”>http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/specialacademic/dual.php)</p>
<p>The dual degree engineering programs are nice because you’re guaranteed admission to Tech as long as you meet certain GPA requirements. That being said, anyone can apply to transfer to Tech from any school. You’re not guaranteed admission, but as long as you maintain a high GPA, you should be fine to transfer.</p>
<p>so if I attend Valdosta State University and take on a mass communications major will I still be eligible to transfer to Georgia Tech?</p>
<p>You probably want to take a major with classes that will transfer to Tech. A communications major probably won’t transfer too many. </p>
<p>You can go here and read the transfer policy: [Georgia</a> Tech: Registrar: Transfer Credit](<a href=“http://www.registrar.gatech.edu/students/transfercredit.php]Georgia”>Transfer Credit | Registrar's Office | Georgia Tech)</p>
<p>You can go here and check which classes transfer from Valdosta State: <a href=“https://oscar.gatech.edu/[/url]”>https://oscar.gatech.edu/</a> (click on “Transfer Equivalencies”)</p>
<p>okay thank you see i’m interested in GA Tech’s computational media and HCI programs</p>
<p>so my overall inquiry is…how would I go about getting accepted into GA Tech if I fall short and am not accepted directly after high school?</p>
<p>Since you don’t want to apply for an engineering program, transferring is your best option. When choosing a major at VSU, keep in mind which credits will transfer. Does it make any sense to be a Communications major and transfer in no credits? What will make you more grounded and put you in a better position at Tech is to major in something like Math and Computer Science at VSU. But no matter what you choose as a major, check every course you take at VSU to see if it will transfer to Tech (otherwise, you’re wasting your money).</p>
<p>One thing to think about: if you aren’t qualified to get into Tech as a freshman, what makes you think you’ll succeed later? You’ll be competing for grades against students that were Top 5% or better in their class with 2000+ SAT scores. What makes you think that you can keep up with that level of competition? </p>
<p>Obviously, that’s a rhetorical question - maybe you can hold your own with those students. But keep that in mind: you’ll do much better in the job market with a 3.5 GPA from Valdosta State than a 2.2 GPA from Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>I’ve got to disagree. There are plenty of students who transfer to GT and are very successful; some people just bloom later than others. And not all of those 4.0 kids with 2000+ pan out as straight A kids in college.</p>
<p>I’ve known plenty of people from GT who did fine in jobs and life with lower GPAs. Plenty of companies come to hire GT grads. Atlanta is a hotbed of high-tech activity compared to Valdosta.</p>
<p>G.P. has some good points, but it’s not going to be true for everyone, and you’ve got to make up your mind what’s right for you!</p>
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<p>Maybe my comment came across wrong. There are many students that transfer in and do well, but there are also many students that transfer in and do poorly (at least on one occasion, I’ve seen a 4.0 GSU transfer in and become a ~2.2 GT student, which destroyed her career possibilities). The question is, which group will you fall into?</p>
<p>People sometimes approach college as if admission is the end of the process: “I got into Georgia Tech. I’m set for life.” That’s not true, you also have to succeed at Georgia Tech to be on the path to a successful career. Last year, only 50% of Computational Media undergrads and 44% of the HCI Master’s students had a job at graduation. The bottom half of the class left the school unemployed.</p>
<p>So my point is this: your goal shouldn’t be to go to a particular school, your goal should be to develop a successful career. The next question should be whether VSU or GT maximizes your expected career development. The answer is only GT if you’re in the top 50% or so of your class at GT. The next question is whether or not you’ll be able to be in that top half of your class at GT. That’s something you need to figure out. If the admissions office rejected you already, they don’t think you’ll be there. Remember, the admissions office isn’t trying to admit the “best 1000 applicants”, they admit the applicants that they believe will succeed. So why are they wrong about you? They very frequently are wrong(you could have had a bad start in high school, then matured and turned things around, you could have had a traumatic experience that affected your high school courses, maybe you get fatigued in long exams and that impacted your SAT performance, etc), but you should know why they’re wrong before transferring.</p>
<p>You both make excellent points. I feel that I’m probably just being hard on myself since I’m engaged in AP and IB classes, but my freshman year I took nothing but core level classes and I took some during my sophomore year as well, so I don’t know if that will effect my chances negatively. Regardless of that VSU was my example because I live in Valdosta and the majority of the people I know who attend college go there. After extensive research the school isn’t necessarily bad, you could actually label it as a pretty good university even though its marked as a tier 3; but that computational media program is why I want to go to tech, the only other school that seems to offer such a program would be southern polytech, also a tier 3. Thanks.</p>
<p>To transfer to Georgia Tech, one needs at least 2.7 GPA overall and 2.7 math/science GPA. Also, one must complete 2 English, 2 Calculus and 2 sciences to be eligible to apply. The requirement is same whether you are in dual degree or apply directly. The Dual degree program or TAG at Georgia Perimeter College are basically a formal program for students to transfer to GaTech. Those programs only useful if the student’s GPA is around 2.8 and 2.9.
If you have higher GPA, those programs require you take several courses you don’t need. </p>
<p>Computational Media major is one of those new major Ga Tech created to attract more liberal art type (probably more female students). It is jointed degree from college of liberal art and college of computing Human Interactive lab. It is not considered hard major like CS or EE. So chance to get a good GPA is relative high. By the way, average GPA at Tech is around 3.00 now.</p>
<p>Also, to get a job is very important to take advantage of internship and/or co-op opportunities at Tech. Many employees value work experience a lot more over one’s GPA.</p>
<p>Well I’m not in college right now, I’m in my Junior year of high school…I’m currently attempting to gain an IB diploma and I have a job, some extra curricula stuff, and working on receiving more community service hours (a must when in IB). Oh and my GPA is a 3.8 based of GA Tech’s standards but the school says I have a 3.5, I don’t know where they get off calculating that, but that is redundant right now.</p>
<p>Oh and GA Tech’s computational media program incorporates all the aspects (mass media mixed with computer science) of the field I plan on going into, thus justifying why I want to go to GA Tech.</p>
<p>The Computational Media program doesn’t really look like a cake-walk: the Calc sequence and the basic CS sequence are both difficult. It’s doesn’t look like it’s comparable to a engineering program, but it’s more intensive than your average liberal arts program.</p>
<p>SnoozeJamz - don’t worry about being rejected until you apply. As long as you have decent SAT scores, you’ll probably get in. </p>
<p>Also, don’t worry about the ranking of schools. Figure out what you want to do in life, and then go to the school that will get you there.</p>
<p>Well I’ve always been interested in mass communications and media based programs…the emphasis on technology offered in most GA Tech programs is a plus, since technology is the way of the future.</p>