Have I made a Big Mistake?

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<p>frankiehoo123, I have no problem with you transferring to Georgia Tech if you like it more than Georgia and you believe you can tailor a better program for yourself. I transferred after my freshman year so I don’t have any inherent problem with it. My argument is against transferring because people tell you accreditation matters or because you think employers hold Georgia Tech in such high regard that you’ll have an easier time being hired than if you’d gone to Georgia. If you were transferring to Stanford or MIT, you might have an easier time getting an interview. But Georgia Tech, while a respected program, isn’t revered within the industry. Even out here in the SF Bay Area, UC Berkeley graduates aren’t given a break over grads from other schools.</p>

<p>Adding a communication major would be going overboard. Communication is a big part of working as a team, but as long as you can explain yourself clearly and civilly at work, take showers, brush your teeth, and get along with your co-workers, you’ll be fine. Just don’t act like a know-it-all.</p>

<p>lightnin, there is no evidence that top CS programs forgo accreditation because they don’t feel they need it, while lack of accreditation among other programs betrays a lack of quality. You’re doing it again - you’re guessing. Yes, different employers look for different things, but after working 30 years in software, I have NEVER had discussion at work involving CS accreditation or CS rankings. People are hired based on what they know and can contribute, not where they went to school.</p>

<p>Here is a continuation of the list of the top US CS programs. and whether they are accredited or not. If it was actually the case that accreditation demonstrated high-quality programs, we should expect a higher proportion of accredited programs near the top of the list, and fewer near the bottom. That’s not what’s happening. 8 of the top 21 programs listed above were accredited, while 10 of the bottom 21 in this list are accredited. I would say that’s statistically insignificant.</p>

<p>32) UC Irvine- yes
33) Ohio State - yes
34) Duke- no
35) UMass Amherst - no
38) North Carolina - no
41) Virginia - yes
42) NYU - no
43) Penn - yes
44) Brown - no
44) UC Santa Barbara - yes
46) Colorado - yes
48) UC Davis - yes</p>

<p>51-75
Arizona State - yes
Boston U - no
Northwestern - no
Rice - no
UC Santa Cruz - no
Florida - no
Houston - yes
Minnesota- no
Notre Dame - yes
Utah - no
Wisconsin - no</p>

<p>76-100
Michigan State - yes
New Jersey Institute of Technology - yes
North Carolina State - yes
Northeastern - yes
Penn State - no
SUNY Stony Brook - yes
Illinois Chicago - yes
Pitt - no</p>

<p>101-150
Clemson - yes
Colorado State - no
Iowa State - yes
Rensselaer- no
Texas A&M - yes
Johns Hopkins - yes
Arizona - no
Rochester - no
Vanderbilt - no</p>

<p>151-200
Dartmouth - no
Drexel - yes
Indiana - no
Indiana - Purdue Indianapolis - no
Oregon State - yes
SUNY Buffalo - no
Temple - no
Central Florida - yes
Chicago - no
Nebraska - yes
Tennessee - yes
Wisconsin Milwaukee - yes
Virginia Poly - yes</p>

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<p>Well, I really am confused then. I guess then I will just stay at UGA. </p>

<p>Man, this is so much harder than I thought it would be.</p>

<p>I thought GA Tech was a revered institution? At least that’s what they told me I guess, those danged engineers brainwashed me. </p>

<p>So you’re saying that a GA Tech degree will be treated on a level playing field as a UGA degree? </p>

<p>That completely changes everything, because I would rather keep my AP credits, not to mention, I really wanted to minor in philosophy at UGA. </p>

<p>I kind of always thought GA Tech is regarded on the same level as UCLA and Berkeley and stuff, but I guess I never really thought how these schools still can’t even be compared to Stanford and MIT.</p>

<p>Well then, I guess I will be staying at UGA again and try to get as much R&D, internships, and open-source projects as I can into my years there. </p>

<p>Thanks everybody again. This is my final decision. I will be staying at UGA.</p>

<p>Mainly though, because I can graduate in two years with 3 summer classes every year and 6 classes every semester, (I already have every class planned out). The way I see it, one year worth of actual work full-time experience + UGA degree will be better than a GA Tech degree grad with no experience. This is my final decision.</p>

<p>Feel free to try to change my mind though, and really though, thanks for all your time and effort. I had no idea I would be getting answers with such thoroughness. This is such a great site.</p>

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<p>That’s pretty much the case. Unless there was some kind of special program or track available at Georgia Tech that wasn’t available at Georgia, and otherwise you’re happy with Georgia, I can’t see a reason to transfer.</p>

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<p>I have a degree from USC (in LA.) If you listened to the sales pitch from the administration and go over to the USC forum. they’d try to convince you that USC will be shooting past Stanford and Harvard in the next ten years.</p>

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<p>You don’t need a communication degree to be a good communicator. I doubt it even helps that much. Taking 6 classes per semester is just crazy. You won’t survive 6 CS/Math/science classes in one semester. I have never heard of someone doing that. Even with humanities classes that’s pretty hard and you won’t get to sleep at all lol. There is a big gap of on the quality of UGA and GTech. This is not because of accreditation or ranking. The faculty at Gtech seems very very strong. Even if an employer didn’t care about the quality of the program, I would still go to GTech. You will have it easier with a CS degree from GTech than a triple major from UGA (not an assumption). The price is about the same. </p>

<p>I would choose GTech over MIT/Stanford because it is just too expensive. GTech has a better stronger CS program at an affordable price. Also don’t get a double major in communication. It isn’t worth it at all. You are better off taking more CS classes and get a job/internship that requires you to talk to people. </p>

<p>@simba, I’m not saying that GTech is better than UGA based on the rankings or accreditation. It has a much much much better faculty at the ALMOST SAME price than UGA. I looked at UGA page and the classes required. Honestly it seems very weak. Even though some of the research the faculty was doing looked nice</p>

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<p>@lightnin…
Don’t worry about me,</p>

<p>if you haven’t heard of anyone taking six classes in one semester. You should probably meet some more people, I know multiple.</p>

<p>But to be fair I know people who have gone to Duke and a friend of a friend who went to Harvard, or apparently. I still don’t believe him myself, that’s just too ridiculous.</p>

<p>In fact at GA Tech, in the first semester, it’s suggested to take 6 classes or you won’t be able to graduate in four years.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.cc.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/MediaPeople_2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cc.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/MediaPeople_2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>“I have a degree from USC (in LA.) If you listened to the sales pitch from the administration and go over to the USC forum. they’d try to convince you that USC will be shooting past Stanford and Harvard in the next ten years.”</p>

<p>Man! That is an oddity! They really said something like that? Well, to be fair, the way the GA Tech people talked, they were just like that too now that I think about it. They had such extremely inflated egos, I know two who dropped out just because they thought they were too good for GA Tech and a college degree, and didn’t need it to be rich. All those rags to riches stories are really making people delusional! I mean yeah, it’s possible, but I wouldn’t risk it.</p>

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<p>I apologize if I seemed offensive lightnin, I was rude. </p>

<p>But there is no need to worry about my courses.</p>

<p>And when it comes to someone else’s FUTURE. Please don’t post things that you dont know much about.</p>

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<p>I’m not worried about your courses. I was letting you know the truth. The recommend curriculum seems ok since it doesn’t has that many CS classes. Some of those are non-lab 1 credit classes. however, taking an 6 classes with 18-20 is very hard to do.</p>

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<p>You can do whatever you want. Honestly I don’t really care. All the posts I made are correct. A Gtech CS degree is better and more valuable from that of UGA whether you like it or not. I don’t need work experience to know that. I’m finished here, you seem to have problems comprehending simple facts</p>