Incoming freshman with questions about dorms, grades, and the college experience

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>Incoming freshman here! Next year I will be attending Georgia Tech and I am planning on doing a major in Computational Media. I am both excited and a bit nervous about next year and I was hoping that you guys could offer some practical advice based off of your experiences. I have a couple of questions:</p>

<p>Housing
I have done some research on housing arrangements at Georgia Tech. I am hoping to get a 2 person apartment style living space. Though I am not an introvert, I like privacy and space to think. Based off of my research, the dorms that seem to have what I am looking for are:</p>

<p>Eighth Street East</p>

<p>Eighth Street South</p>

<p>Eighth Street West</p>

<p>Sixth Street</p>

<p>Undergraduate Living</p>

<p>Do you know which of the above dorms are best in terms of location, privacy, and living space?</p>

<p>Grades</p>

<p>I know that Georgia Tech is not easy. It's an engineering school and I expect nothing less however I am a bit worried about maintaining a good GPA for graduate school. Some graduate schools for specialized degrees have a GPA requirement and many of the prestigious graduate schools have GPA requirements of 3.5+. Could anyone shed some light on this topic?</p>

<p>Asides from the housing and grades, do you have any other suggestions or pieces of advice? Anything would be welcome. Thank you for your time.</p>

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<p>I don’t think you can live in those dorms Freshman year. I’m an incoming Freshman, and I believe that Apartment style housing is only available Junior and Senior year. I’m going with the Suites.</p>

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<p>FreelancerMaine is correct. Those apartments are not available to freshmen. You can live in apartments starting your sophomore year. However, those 2-person rooms are for Resident Assistants, so unless you want to be an RA, you cannot live in those either.</p>

<p>If you work hard, and get help when and if you need it, you can likely maintain above a 3.5, especially if you already have good study habits.</p>

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<p>Soo yea first year students cannot live in apartment style. I really enjoyed Freshman Experience and I would recommend staying in those dorms because it really builds a community and you get to interact and get to know a lot more people, which is pretty important to keep sane. Like InPursuit said, maintaining 3.5+ is very very doable. Time management is going to be your best friend/biggest challenge. If you are good at time management and prioritizing, it won’t be anything you can’t handle, honestly.</p>