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Hi All,
Can you please help out by answering below doubts.

  1. Is enrolling for Living learning community binding?

  2. Every university has some honors program. Is Georgia Tech’s honors program different than the “Living learning community honors program” or are they the same programs?

  3. if you have to highly recommend a Living learning community for computer science student, what would it be out of the following: Explore, Global Leadership, Grand Challenges, Honors Program. Impact?

  4. How many extra credits need to be completed for each of these programs?

  5. If student does not apply for Living learning community now, how difficult is it to register later as a freshman?

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My DD did Grand Challenges and loved it. I have already posted a lot about it here on CC so if you search my name you can find those posts. You can only apply as a rising high school senior and applying now rather than with the regular decision candidates will increase your chances of being selected. If selected and you change your mind before school starts, you can withdrawal from Grand Challenges. They always have a wait-list so another student will gladly take your place.

It is not really a matter of taking extra credits, but rather the Grand Challenge classes fulfill other requirements. My DD did not find the demands of the Grand Challenges courses burdensome. Plus GC allows you to get to know the professors in the program really well which helped when my DD applied for scholarships.

GT’s honors program is different than Grand Challenges and in fact, more students like Grand Challenges over the honors program. During my DD’s first year, I believe 10 of the GC students were Presidential/Stamps Scholars so I know they could have been part of Honors instead of GC if they wanted. I know one of the GC students in my DD’s class went on to be a Fulbright Scholar. If I remember correctly, GC students are allowed to take a coupld of honors classes each semester so that is an added benefit.

My DD felt the Grand Challenges program was one of the best things she did during her freshman and sophomore years at GT. The friends she made in the program are still her friends today and she learned a lot of great skills which her employers have valued.

Good luck.

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Thank you @itsv for the information on living learning community.
my D did not receive any scholarships from Georgia tech.
If student does not enroll for co-op, can the student still apply for internships?

if possible, can you let me know some information about the following. if you don’t want to answer any of the below questions, that is fine.

  1. did you feel that filling FAFSA as important (irrespective of need based or not) to qualify for any of the scholarships your D received?
  2. I read on this forum that some of the dorms do not have AC. how do students manage on warm weather days without AC in their dorms?
  3. can you let me know your opinion on how simple or rigorous Georgia tech computer science program is? Do students tend to dropout?
  4. Which admitted student day event do you recommend? (Admitted First-Year Visits or Golden carpet days?)
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@learning 19. I have a junior at GaTech.
Any student can take a summer job at any time. GaTech has many different job fairs for various majors and
students also use Indeed, an on line tool, to find summer work. Students at GaTech can be payed Teaching assistants for linear algebra as well, starting sophomore year. The student needs to pass a math exam and an interview.

Also upper classman have a chance to be resident assistants in the freshman dorms which gives the student FREE room and board for the year they live in the freshman dorm, in a single room. They have certain duties to help freshman in their dorm.

https://housing.gatech.edu/reslife/employment

There are other on campus jobs as well. There are small scholarships for doing research projects on
campus , President’s undergraduate awards that can be used during a semester and pay students –
http://www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu/content/presidents-undergraduate-research-awards

I would not worry about Grand Challenges, as it costs extra, unless your student really would benefit from
a group project that is in a social science/world problem area. Many very good students are rejected from Grand Challenges.

Students can apply once they get to GaTech to the Honors program and they can live at Cresine Hall on
the west side of campus in sophomore, junior and senior year. There is little to no programming requirements for honors, its just a shot at a nice housing arrangement on campus. its suite style housing, so four bedrooms, two bathrooms and one kitchen and furnished living room.
Honors gives students a chance to live with other serious students in Cresiine Hall and take a few humanities classes that may be slightly smaller.

All Gatech students have equal access to honors math classes, regardless of whether they sign up for the Honors Program at GaTech. Honors math classes are smaller, go at a rapid pace, and extend math knowledge with harder homework sets for those that may want to do theoretical computer science, or mathematics as a major.

Also there is plenty of on campus housing for upper classmen, regardless of whether they do Honors or Grand Challenges, so it makes little difference down the road.