hi guys if I go to tech, I want to major in global econ+russian (it’s one major); and minor in development studies and health, medicine, and society; and also do six Arabic classes. I have it all planned out to where I’d take 36 classes/4yrs. The endgame is to do a master’s in global health (Georgetown is my dream)
Does Tech have good programs in these disciplines, and d’you reckon I could have a GPA of 3.6+? I’m a strong student and genuinely love to learn.
as a girl, will the m/f ratio be kinda overwhelming?
Are stem students really as hostile to others at gatech as they say?
and lastly, will a non-stem major with Tech’s name carry much weight in the future, when I apply for jobs/grad school?
Thank you for your time and dealing with my shoddy grammar
First, briefly: Don’t plan it all out this way. You want to give yourself some flexibility to take interesting classes you might otherwise not, or explore a little bit and allow your interests to grow and evolve over time. Besides, it doesn’t always work out the way we plan - sometimes you can’t get into the class you want or a new class is offered or you decide to do an independent study. With interests in global health and Russian, you should definitely study abroad. Also, if those 36 classes are all worth 3 credits, that’s not enough to graduate. I think it’s pretty common for students to take about 15 credits a semester, which usually works out to about 5 3-credit classes (adjust, of course, for classes worth more or less).
Also, don’t have a dream graduate school yet…you never know where your interests might take you (and why Georgetown? There are better places for global health.)
It’s impossible to predict your GPA this far out. You could have a GPA of a 3.6, maybe, if you work hard and if you don’t have any family or personal crises and if it all works out. I will say that taking two languages, neither of which has much relationship to English, can be quite difficult. I’d also imagine that Tech’s economics major is more quantitative than most.
That depends on you. Do you want to be in a male-dominated environment? I can’t speak to the undergraduate experience but I currently work in a male-dominated field in a male-dominated company, and I don’t mind it.
I don’t even know what this means. I have lots of friends who went to Tech (I’m from Atlanta) and I can’t say that they’re hostile. Some Tech students can be super intense because their curriculum pretty much requires them to be. But I don’t think science or engineering majors are any more likely to be hostile than anyone else.
Hey, thank you for such a detailed response. Yeah, I’ll have about 30 credits from ap/dual/blah blah, so I’m cool there. I love knowledge and I’d be chill staying at college for several more years, hah. I feel like global econ would set me apart in the global health field because i’d have a more broad, pragmatic view of health systems/dev/leadership
I’m really good w lang (as you can totally tell from my ace grammar) but it’ll be frickin HARD. I can’t wait
Georgetown bc DC. so many opportunities, But i’d love seattle or maybe even abroad, who knows?
if I go to tech, I want to major in global econ+russian (it’s one major); and minor in development studies and health, medicine, and society; and also do six Arabic classes. I have it all planned out to where I’d take 36 classes/4yrs. The endgame is to do a master’s in global health (Georgetown is my dream)