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I am a rising Senior and now as I am doing applications and such, I'm in dire need of advice. First and foremost how are my chances at Georgia Tech:
770 Math, 690 Reading, 640 Writing SAT, 3.93 unweighted GPA, ECs lacking, 800+ job hours
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<p>Georgia Tech considers high school GPA to be the most important factor. (Source</a>). However, one of my friends was admitted with a 2.9 high school GPA. He had great SAT and AP scores. I didn’t read his application essay for Georgia Tech, but I’ve proofread some of his ENGL 1102 essays, and the writing quality was average at best. In other words, you shouldn’t worry about getting in. Your GPA and math SAT are great.</p>
<p>Tech does claim that ECs are important, but they also claim that work experience is important. I think 800+ hours of work experience offsets “lacking” ECs.</p>
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I was wondering how the Business majors are adept at Georgia Tech or I should rather consider UGA for it. I'm looking for basically an undergrad degree which will allow me to apply to better colleges like UPenn for a graduate degree or possibly law school at a place like UGA or Emory. I have interest in an engineering undergrad but I would rather prefer a job in management over engineering although management in an engineering sector would be one of my more preferred jobs. Just wondering if anyone has any input.
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<p>I’m a business major. What’s more, our goals are similar: we both want to study at elite graduate schools.</p>
<p>First, depending on how much you trust the rankings, our business school is actually ranked higher than UGA’s.</p>
<p>Second, our business major is very flexible. Our core doesn’t have that many courses, meaning that you have a lot of free electives. If you want your life to be easy, you can choose easy classes for your free electives. If you want to be prepared for graduate level work, you can choose hard classes for your free electives. It’s all up to you.</p>
<p>Third, we’re one of the smaller colleges within Georgia Tech. Our professors don’t slink away after class; rather, they want you to ask questions after class and come to their office hours. Since professors in business schools usually don’t have to write grants 24/7, they can afford to do this. It’s the science and engineering professors who disappear after lecture. They’re the ones who do need to write grants all the time. In terms of professor quality, generally speaking, the doctors and Ph.D. students are great. Adjuncts are hit-or-miss. I had two great adjuncts last semester, but their quality is certainly not the norm. One of my professors last semester was a staff member, and he was the worst. He had a total of about five cancelled classes and had no idea how to pace a lecture. I distinctly recall that he once went for fifty minutes without pausing.</p>
<p>Those are the pros. The biggest con is that if you choose business, you will be looked down upon by your engineering brethren. If you come in as a business major, you won’t be as hated as much as the ex-engineers who transferred into business, but you’ll still be looked down upon. Other than that, there aren’t too many cons of note.</p>
<p>Have you ever wondered why it’s common to hear about engineers who are now MBA candidates? They always say that their engineering background helps them pursue the degree. They are absolutely right, but that’s not the reason why they’re MBA candidates. It’s because their salaries stagnate. Engineers start out with very high salaries, but their growth rates are very low. They can accumulate a decade of experience, but all of a sudden, this idiot hot-head fresh-out-of-school engineer starts working under their noses with a salary that’s much higher than their’s. What do these engineers do, then? They go to business school.</p>