<p>DD has these 2 offers.
It is difficult to make choice!
Thank you for your advices in advance!!</p>
<p>Georia Tech Electric Engineering
Stronger Engineering
Less money to spend</p>
<p>UCLA
Nice place Nice Climate
Better reputation</p>
<p>in state or OOS? (I would jump at instate for either.)</p>
<p>I agree with @bluebayou. And I don’t think UCLA has a better engineering reputation than GT, though it’s certainly possible in other majors.</p>
<p>BUMP!!!</p>
<p>International student!</p>
<p>If hardcore for engineering and a strong STEM student who can cope in an academically intense environment with other highly competitive STEM students, Georgia Tech. </p>
<p>If not as much or has a desire to branch out beyond engineering/technical sciences, UCLA. </p>
<p>@cobrat gives very good advices! thanks a lot! </p>
<p>BUMP!!!</p>
<p>Georgia Tech has a nice climate September through May. Perhaps more extremely hot and humid days, but the summers are the only uncomfortable times. Winter has a few frigid days, but usually quite mild. GT’s reputation has really risen in the past decade. Will your daughter/son want to work in the US after graduation? On which coast? If she is committed to the west coast then UCLA might have more pull. If she envisions working in the East, especially the NC/Atlanta area, GT would be best.</p>
<p>I would question your assertion that UCLA has a better reputation than GT. Ask most engineers, and you will likely hear that GT has a significant edge.</p>
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<p>Among engineering/CS folks, GT has long been highly respected. </p>
<p>However, it also has a reputation for having a high pressure cooker academic environment filled with strong competitive STEM students even for a well-respected engineering/tech school. </p>
<p>Another issue is if one changes one’s mind and goes into non-STEM fields except business…GT’s offerings aren’t very optimal. </p>
<p>On the other hand, UCLA’s engineering department doesn’t have the same rep as an intense academic pressure cooker environment in comparison and if there’s any desire to branch out beyond engineering/STEM, UCLA is a much more well-rounded campus academically. </p>
<p>Because the poster is an international this probably doesn’t apply but if the student intends to stay in the Southeast after graduation, the GT degree will hold more weight with potential employers.</p>
<p>BumP! thanks a lot!</p>
<p>For EE Georgia Tech. </p>
<p>Some of the stories about the competitiveness at Tech ar overblown and outdated. That said, it is certainly no walk in the park. Engineering is not an easy subject.</p>
<p>As a girl at Tech, she’ll be pretty popular 
Also, another consideration is where you currently live. If you are an international, while both LA and ATL have international airports, , if you are in the near or far east and yoru dau wants to fly home, it will be easier/cheaper from the west coast than the east coast.</p>
<p>Tech has a fabulous career placement department, and many students are quickly hired by the big tech companies in silicon valley. That should not be a concern. Tech also has a co-op program, so an engineering student may not graduate in 4 years. Is that a concern? </p>
<p>You don’t need to keep bumping the thread. Simply posting to it will move it up. </p>
<p>Seems to me you have gotten some excellent comments. If there are some specific issues you wish to address, ask specific questions. :)</p>
<p>My D is at Tech and loves it. She is not an engineering major -but if you have any questions about student life I can tell you what she has told me. There are lots of internationals there -but I imagine there are at UCLA as well.</p>
<p>Veruca, I am watching this post as well and my D is trying to make a decision about GT too. Would love to hear about the social aspects of the university. Are the students going to the sporting events, checking out Atlanta, enjoying some down time from the rigors of the academics? How is the food? Are you concerned about safety on campus? Anything you or others could share would be greatly appreciated!</p>
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<p>Gtech engineering/CS departments have a reputation for being intensely competitive even along engineering schools with highly competitive academic cultures among Gtech alums and engineering/CS folks who employed/worked with them. </p>
<p>It’s one reason why hardcore engineering/tech firms hold Gtech graduates in very high regard. The thinking is if they survived to graduate…especially with respectable/high GPAs, they must have had the combination of high intellect, strong STEM background, high work ethic, and can work under intense pressure even compared to your average engineering/CS graduate. </p>
<p>And from what I’ve seen from working with a few and heard from relatives who worked with/employed them, that sounds about right. </p>
<p>My non-sporty D loved the football games. I was surprised. She really got into them. Loves all the cheers and traditions. She has not gotten into basketball -only went to one game-but I think she liked it ok.
She was excited because she got to meet Buzz. </p>
<p>She studies a lot. The week before spring break she was up till 2 every night studying. She is doing really well. I understand that the kids that are having trouble passing are either partying a lot or working on outside jobs too much.
She does work hard to keep good grades.</p>
<p>She likes the boy/girl ratio. Is dating now (never did in HS) . She did not go greek and still has a good social scene with mostly girls and guys from her dorm. </p>
<p>Everyone is smart. Lots of kids into geeky games and things like Dr. Who etc… but lots that aren’t. Loads of internationals.
East campus is livelier than west. All Freshman dorm rooms (even honors) are small. No suites until Sophomore year.
I think she feels safe. She is really good about getting someone to go with her if she wants to go out late She says campus police are everywhere. She walks all the time. You would not really walk off campus alone. She does that in groups. There is not much parking on East Campus - so I would keep that in mind if you were considering a car. </p>
<p>I think most dorms are coed by floor. (there are a few single sex ones) The campus recreation center is convenient to West campus but not so much to east. East is more convenient for classes. </p>
<p>She is tired of the food feels it could be better. She is looking forward to having a kitchen in her suite next year. </p>
<p>As for classes. She feels like the actual classroom experience has been so so. (so far -she is a freshman)
Tech is a research institution and many of the faculty are hired for that- not their teaching skills. </p>
<p>Overall she loves it. It was a good choice for her. </p>