<p>West side is farther from the Greek housing, stadium, and colisseum, but much closer to the band building, rec center, and health center. Most classes fall in the middle of campus, so it is a walk from either side. The trolley and campus buses stop right in front of some of the westside freshmen dorms so getting to Tech Square (far east side) is pretty easy. </p>
<p>My son says he loves west side and the relative quiet, especially on game days. He's in band, so being close to Couch (band building) is convenient for him.</p>
<p>My daughter is there as a freshman living on east campus and loves it. Dorms are old but unlike many other urban campuses we visited (Boston U, Case Western), the dorm buildings are limited height and have wide hallways and absolutely no filth or bad odors when she moved it. I was horrified at the dorms I had seen at other schools but these rooms are just fine and have wireless internet. I was pleasantly surprised in fact. After all I had read about the school, I am wondering who posts such negative posts about this school...could it be their cross state rivals? For an urban campus, it is very collegiate in its appearance with plenty of wide open spaces. I have never seen so much school logowear before either...down to spare tire covers, barbecue covers and just about everything imaginable has the yellow jacket on it. I noticed about 50% of the student body wearing GT clothing of some sort which I took as a positive sign. My daughter has numerous opportunties for sport and fun plus the health care center and gym are very nice. Not sure on the professors yet but her departmental advisor knows her by name and she is brand new there. Over parents weekend, my husband was happy to see many fellow students greeting her as she crossed campus...by name. Maybe it is too soon for any disillusionment but so far, so good.</p>
<p>Haha, I live on West Campus right now. It is a long walk....for a class around the center of campus, I typically have to leave my room 20-30 minutes prior depending on whether it's raining or how fast I want to walk. I don't really mind though. I have only ever lived on West Campus, for freshman year, summer semester, and now my sophomore year, and I can say that I am satisfied with it. If you like noise and bustle, East Campus might be better for you, but West Campus rooms are bigger, the food is better....or it was, when I had a meal plan.
Just recently, they hired a couple five-star chefs onto the dining hall staff, and my friends say the food's gotten much better at both dining halls.
The campus itself isn't really what I would call ugly. Some parts are really beautiful, but places with a lot of construction tend to be rather annoying to navigate around and just look at. There are old and new buildings, and there is no real theme to the buildings' designs, it's rather eclectic.</p>
<p>Oh, and issymom, I think one reason you see so many people wearing GT clothing is because some of it's free. I have a bunch of free GT t-shirts, so when I don't want to do laundry or I don't feel like caring, I'll just put one of them on. :p</p>
<p>Professors here are hit-and-miss. You can pick them any way you want (while you still have that opportunity), but you'd better find someone older than you to warn you who not to take a class with, or who is good. I picked an MSE prof based on GPA and I hated them and the way they taught so much that I ended up dropping it. For diffEq's, I also did the same, and my professor is hilarious and very good at teaching.</p>
<p>OK, I'm a mom, so no doubt my opinions are skewed (went to college and grad school in the 70s and early 80s and the dorms had cinderblock walls), but when I visited Tech with my daughter for the Connect With Tech Program, I was very impressed (so was she). Many of the dorms were built/updated for the Olympics and the facilities (e.g., the CRC) are incredible. If you're looking for picturesque, go to some effete liberal arts school. But solid academics, opportunities to participate in research and access to a cosmopolitan city just outside campus seems a bit more compelling. Get your priorities straight.</p>
<p>Also speaking as a GT alum, I thought the whole environment was wonderful. The campus is spread with very nice areas of green space. It's proximity to the city makes it easy to work/intern with very nice companies while going to school. It's proximity to night life is a huge plus. I felt as though there was always something for everybody and all budgets. If you've been recently, the upgrades (particularly to the business school) and several other areas around campus are quite stunning.</p>
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