Georgia Tech vs Boston College

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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I was rejected from Georgia Tech this year, and I will be attending Boston College this upcoming fall.

However, Georgia Tech has given me a guaranteed-transfer opportunity after a full year at an another institution. BUT, I won’t be able to major in engineering or computer science, which is fine because I would major in math if I do attend Tech.

I currently live in Georgia, so my family and friends are all in Georgia. I also like Atlanta’s diversity more than that of Boston. However, the financial aid package that I received from BC is so nice that it will cost me about the same as attending GT with Zell Miller scholarship, which covers 100% of my tuition I believe. At the same time, I will receive Zell Miller if I attend GT.

So given that both schools will cost about equal for me, should I stay at Boston or transfer to GT?

Attending a very good, but not top, private liberal arts school cheaply VS Attending a top engineering school with a non-engineering degree ??

As far as the majors are concerned, I will be majoring in econ and math at BC, and if I were to go to GT, I would major in math and minor in comp sci or some kind of engineering if I am allowed to even do so.

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Go to BC for a year and if you like it, don’t transfer. If you don’t like it, transfer to Georgia Tech.

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EDIT: Nevermind.

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Are you required to decide and commit now?

If not, enjoy your first semester without worrying about the future. You can even submit transfer paperwork to keep options open.

Best to fully engage your freshman year, and don’t let this possible transfer eat away your chance to make friends and great memories.

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@powercropper No I just have to apply next year to get in.

let me reword the question like this: which school is better–georgia tech or boston college?

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Look forward to your future employment goals. What area of the country do you want to live? What about potential employers?

That might have some bearing on which college would give you best reputation boost as you look for a job.

Living in Georgia after graduation might sway you to graduate from Ga Tech. But check the alumni networks at both colleges.

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I would say for business majors, so you want to be in a business field when you graduate, Boston College is slightly better than GT. But for anything technical Georgia Tech is way way better. How is it you are not considering an economics major at GT? You could look at that too, but if you are good at math stick with that at either college.

Boston College is a humanistic Roman Catholic private school in the burbs thats best known for fabulous business connections and huge school spirit.
Georgia Tech is an engineering college, first and foremost, with an entrepreneurial feel, and much harder math classes and huge school spirit. Business college is good, but it seems you are not planning to major in business if you transfer.

Math major will be much much stronger at GT, if you want a math or statistics PhD. If you plan for an MBA, either school could work well.

You should get the most out of your first year at BC. But if you transfer, it may take longer, I am not so sure Georgia Tech will take your transfer credits but look into that, if you prefer a very hard technical school.

Boston itself is hugely diverse today. Boston College slightly less so but I think you would adjust to it, BC has fabulous alumni network for business majors.

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Here are the minors in CS available at GT, it seems a math major can do this, but if you are interested in CS, you should study this at Boston College as well. It does not make a lot of sense to major in something different than your strong interests. You can use your first year at BC to determine whether you like econ or CS better.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/academics/degree-programs/minors

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Here is the CS program at Boston College:
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/cs/

Note as a Boston College sophomore, junior or senior you can cross register at Boston University or Tufts University, perhaps in engineering, check this out, so you may be able to get access to engineering classes through cross registration :

http://www.bc.edu/offices/stserv/academic/crossreg.html

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If you want to do anything STEM related, it might be a better idea to go to Georgia Tech. This is coming from a current BC sophmore. You will make your opinion anyway this coming year.