Georgia Tech vs. Tulane engineering

[jwxie]

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Honestly, you should probably just go to the school that winds up being cheaper for you in the end. People from big engineering schools and small ones will find great jobs. I myself didn’t know this was when I was in school. Always thought I needed to be where I was. Granted the opportunities are better at a bigger school (career fair, coop, research, target school) but it’s not like you can’t find a great job because you went to a small engineering school (as long as you have good grades and experience).

I agree.
Opportunity are not granted. Even at big school you have to find it yourself! What’s the disadvantage? Competition.
If you attend a not-famous school, then just give bit more effort to get the resource that you need. I think it’s a valuable life lesson. DIY is awesome!</p>

[fallenchemist]

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I’ve only been talking about overall engineering. I think that’s pretty obvious since I’ve been generalizing since my first post.

Then you are off topic. Look at what the OP says in his first post.</p>

<p>If you don’t know the difference between “highered” and “hired”, even after it is pointed out in bald terms, then GT needs more remedial English courses.</p>

[schaden]

<p>I hate to get in the thick of this, but I strongly recommend ignoring vblick’s posts. He is completely irrational and will defend GT’s reputation on a illogical basis until you beat him with a stick.</p>

[hadsed]

<p>Something to note: it is much harder to teach dumber students than smarter students. A smarter student will understand things quickly with minimal effort, thus a good teacher isn’t needed sometimes. For a slightly less able student, a good teacher is necessary because they need more work to understand the concepts.</p>

<p>If anything, GT professors are **** because they don’t need to be any better, whereas Tulane professors must be great, if you subscribe to the notion that the students at GT are smart and the Tulane students are dumb.</p>

[schaden]

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If anything, GT professors are **** because they don’t need to be any better, whereas Tulane professors must be great, if you subscribe to the notion that the students at GT are smart and the Tulane students are dumb.

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<p>That doesn’t make any sense considering the ACT average at Tulane is a couple points higher.</p>

<p>I would go with the fact that GT is much much cheaper than Tulane as the reason the professor’s are bad at teaching.</p>

[vblick]

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What’s the disadvantage? Competition.

Exactly.</p>

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If you don’t know the difference between “highered” and “hired”, even after it is pointed out in bald terms, then GT needs more remedial English courses.

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<p>haha…opps. I was wondering where that was coming from. </p>

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I hate to get in the thick of this, but I strongly recommend ignoring vblick’s posts. He is completely irrational and will defend GT’s reputation on a illogical basis until you beat him with a stick.

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<p>If it isn’t the Homer of GT bashing. No one respects anything you have to say. In case anyone isn’t familiar with Schaden, he can’t live up to his father’s expectations, and he dropped out of GT. Now he stalks the GT forum. Did I nail everything? For the record, I don’t go around talking up GT or picking fights over GT (review my history). You happen to be a crazy person and start ridiculous threads so you can make yourself feel better. I challenge anyone to review his post history.</p>

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Something to note: it is much harder to teach dumber students than smarter students. A smarter student will understand things quickly with minimal effort, thus a good teacher isn’t needed sometimes. For a slightly less able student, a good teacher is necessary because they need more work to understand the concepts.

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<p>That’s all I was saying.</p>

[hadsed]

<p>Shaden… why pick out average ACT scores? Have you looked at average GPA or average SAT? Specifically ACT/SAT math scores?</p>

<p>I’m not going to go ahead and support vblick, because I think he’s being a little too irrational in this argument (well, both sides are being a little ridiculous), but I know who you are and you like to blame others for your incompetence/laziness. Sorry, but I just can’t allow anyone to listen to what you have to say if I can do anything about it because it would just be dishonest of me.</p>

[schaden]

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If it isn’t the Homer of GT bashing. No one respects anything you have to say. In case anyone isn’t familiar with Schaden, he can’t live up to his father’s expectations, and he dropped out of GT. Now he stalks the GT forum. Did I nail everything? For the record, I don’t go around talking up GT or picking fights over GT (review my history). You happen to be a crazy person and start ridiculous threads so you can make yourself feel better. I challenge anyone to review his post history.

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<p>I could have posted here how much I would advise anyone not to gt there due to the cut-throat competition, bad teaching, and boot camp academics that will test your spirit more than anything mental but notice I didn’t. I’ve realized some schools are the right fit for some people, others aren’t and I’m not going to be able to dissuade everyone from going there.</p>

<p>If it were me personally, I would go with Tulane due to the great scenery and caring professors. But I’m not going to say it is better than GT, that is ridiculous. vblick, I am asking you to stop battling people over whether a school is better than another and start giving pros and cons to your own school. Stop making it a territorial match.</p>

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Shaden… why pick out average ACT scores? Have you looked at average GPA or average SAT? Specifically ACT/SAT math scores?

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<p>I was pointing out that the argument that GT has more “apt” students is silly since the ACT average is a few points higher. Yes, GT is extremely hard but it doesn’t mean the students are automatically better. I have attended classes there and the reason for the low quality of teaching seems much more likely to be due to lack of interest on the professor’s part more than anything else. At Tulane, you know you’d be getting a high quality education because you are paying five times as much.</p>

[vblick]

<p>/end thread</p>

[schaden]

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you like to blame others for your incompetence/laziness

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<p>It’s not that I am lazy, it’s just that I don’t like arbitrarily difficult work. (Bad professors, bureaucracies, curved tests, etc.)</p>

[BanjoHitter]

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It’s not that I am lazy, it’s just that I don’t like arbitrarily difficult work. (Bad professors, bureaucracies, curved tests, etc.)

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<p>Whatever helps you sleep at night.</p>

[schaden]

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Whatever helps you sleep at night.

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<p>Actually it doesn’t. I have insomnia and have been looking for a fix for a while. If you could offer me anything besides arrogance I would be delighted.</p>