Is it smart to major in business at Georgia Tech?
How is the social life with girls? Are they attractive?
How is the dorm life?
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<p>I’m a business major. I don’t fully understand what you mean by “smart to major in business.” As far as I know, students at the College of Management can get internships fairly easily, and graduates have no problems finding jobs. The coursework for the Management major isn’t that demanding. As long as you keep up with the class, you can easily get at least a 3.0.</p>
<p>Social life with girls depends entirely on you. Last year, I had a grand total of one date, and it didn’t have a follow-up. My roommate probably spent more time on dates than he did studying during fall semester. It is definitely a huge myth that Tech girls aren’t pretty. There are a lot of hot girls at Tech. But, like I said, your social life is all up to you.</p>
<p>Dorm life depends on you as well as your hallmates. My hall was pretty cohesive. We still had some conflicts, of course, but overall, we got along with each other very well. We played intramurals together, ate with each other, and studied with each other. On the other hand, some of my friends have said that their halls are barely active. My advice is to leave your door open. You can get to know quite a few hallmates this way and even at the end of the year, an open door is always an invitation for some of your friends to come in and relax for a few minutes before they get back to homework, sleep, etc.</p>
<p>so can't find anyone who will say, so i'll ask here- what are the sorority steryotypes? any for someone who wants to party but not really drink?</p>
<p>Hey! I'm going to be an incoming freshman in Fall 2008. I was wondering what professors everyone recommends for the following classes:
Math 1501 - Calculus I
English 1101 - English Composition I
Chemistry 1310 - General Chemistry
and the lab that goes with it.</p>
<p>I am also planning on taking the GT 1000 course. Do you recommend me taking the GT 1000 course related to my major (Management) or just the general course? Thanks!</p>
<p>I don't recommend taking the GT 1000 course. I didn't take it, and I made a 4.0 my first year at Tech. In fact, my friend who also made a 4.0 didn't take it, either, and both of us had higher GPAs than our friends who did take it. Exceptions to the statistics they advertise? Maybe. But, from what I've heard, they don't teach you anything you can't learn on your own from perusing the "things to know" thread here at CC or the articles on Fastweb.</p>
<p>dancebabe, I can’t tell you anything specific because I didn’t take the class. However, based on the handout they gave at FASET, I understood that the class is intended to help you transition from high school to college and basically get you into a college mindset. That is, they’ll tell you stuff like you need to recognize that it won’t be as easy as high school, that you’ll have to go to class on your own, and you’ll have to study.</p>
<p>I chose not to take it because I had already joint-enrolled full-time at a four-year university during my senior year of high school. I was well-aware that it is not the norm to have a grading policy where “effort” can counteract poor test grades. If my understanding is correct, I truly believe that anything they teach you can be found either in the help threads here or on the articles at Fastweb.</p>
<p>I can’t give professor recommendations for those classes from experience because I either AP’d or joint-enrolled out of those classes. However, based on what friends have told me, Dr. Lubinsky’s sections for math fill up very quickly. He seems to be neither hard nor easy. Try not to get Dr. Whitney for English. Four of my close friends took her for ENGL 1102 last semester, and it seems that she’s too nice; she won’t call people out who obviously haven’t done the assigned reading, and her grading is on the easy side. Also, she requires you to attend a lot of out-of-class things, like watch movies or listen to guest speakers. I don’t know anything about CHEM 1310, sorry.</p>
<p>I don't know what to say about Lubinsky for MATH 1501, but I would recommend him for MATH 1502. I'd suggest Brakebill for 1501. Or if Selma Yildirim is teaching any of these classes (including MATH 2401) take her. Try to stay away from Tudorascu as much as possible.</p>
<p>If you seriously want to take GT 1000, take the one related to your major. Otherwise, forego it (I'd recommend foregoing it altogether).</p>
<p>I've heard stories that professors at GT automatically drop your grades to a C average or something in the first semester to show the students how rigorous the course is and to get them to show their effort, is this true?</p>
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I've heard stories that professors at GT automatically drop your grades to a C average or something in the first semester to show the students how rigorous the course is and to get them to show their effort, is this true?
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<p>No, this is absolutely not true. Three of my friends are ChemEs. Two made 3.8s their first semester, and the third made a 4.0. I also made a 4.0 my first semester.</p>
<p>How exactly do the showers in the communal bathrooms work (especially for east campus dorms like Matheson & Perry)?</p>
<p>Do they have a curtain, then changing stall, then curtain, then shower? I hope that made sense. haha. I tried to find a picture of one, to no avail.</p>
<p>I'm debating switching majors, however everyone I email in the engineering school never responds so maybe you can help me here.</p>
<p>I'm currently in architecutre (Starting in august) but i'm 95% sure i'm changing to one of the following majors:</p>
<p>Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Management/Economics (I dont really see a major difference between the two, so im leaning towards management).</p>
<p>I was really interested in Enviro Engineering, but its unaccredited plus I dont know if I can truly handle all the physic related things in an engineering major haha. (this goes for civil as well).</p>
<p>What do you know about these 3 programs/would you recommend any of them in particular? I have to say I like the "openness" of a more liberal artsy degree like management compared to enviro engineering which is basically 100% locked down in terms of which classes you can take.</p>
<p>I’m a Management major. As seen [url=<a href="http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/academics/degreqindex.php%5Dhere%5B/url">http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/academics/degreqindex.php]here[/url</a>], the first-year suggested schedule for Management and economics is virtually identical. However, their major specific core curricula differ. Management majors will study financial and managerial accounting, business law, corporate finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and so forth. Economics majors will have introductory and intermediate study in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics.</p>
<p>As you have observed, there is a significant degree of “openness” in the Management major compared to any engineering major. To me, this is one of the strengths of the Management major. Thanks to AP and joint-enrollment, I’m able to earn certificates in accounting, finance, and economics without having to take more than 15 hours per semester. Had I studied industrial engineering, my second choice, it would have been hard to earn even one certificate.</p>
<p>I enjoy being a Management major. However, if you choose this major, know that you will be slightly looked down upon by your engineering brethren. I say “slightly” because Management majors who come in as Management are not looked down upon as much as engineers who switched to Management.</p>
<p>Last semester, I took five Management classes. All were taught by a different type of professor: one was a full-time Ph.D. faculty member, one was a Ph.D. adjunct professor, one was a Ph.D. student, one was an adjunct professor whose day-job was professional accounting, and one was staff. I thought the Ph.D. adjunct professor, Ph.D. student, and adjunct professor taught very well. They were prepared and obviously interested in the material. The full-time Ph.D. faculty member tested fairly; he didn’t ask anything that hadn’t either been discussed or assigned in the reading. However, his lectures were a bit disorganized. I attribute the disorganization to his age, not his level of interest. The class taught by staff was the worst. He was disorganized, absent far too many times for a professor, and had no idea how to pace his lectures. I distinctly recall one lecture where he did not pause once in fifty minutes.</p>
<p>I know of the link SGA Course Critique, but is there anything else more to just looking at the GPAs? I see a little icon and "Student survey data available!" but when I click on it it says "You are not authorized to use this application.
Although your identity has been confirmed, you are not currently set up to use this application. If you believe this message is in error, please contact the support people listed below with as much information as possible, including a copy of this error message. "</p>
<p>Also, why does it seem to be that the professors that have the lowest average GPA(according to the above link) always have great feedback on ratemyprofessor and the ones with the highest have bad feedback? Doesn't make sense to me.</p>
<p>For example:
Goldsztein avg GPA: 2.51 "He even said in class, "I'm not a very good teacher." I don't recommend him for lower level math. "
versus
Grodzinsky avg GPA: 2.05 "She took the most failed class at Georgia Tech and made it very easy, understandable, and interesting. This professor was very helpful in class and had clear explanations of the concepts she was teaching." and "She explains everything very well and I learned a lot in that class. It is difficult at times though but as long as you study you should be fine."</p>