<p>It seems every review I have read on different sites talks about how miserable a place Gtech is. Clearly it has a good academic reputation, but people always talk about how all freshman year is just weeder classes that are impossible to pass with a good grade no matter how hard you study.They say its impossible to graduate with a decent gpa just because of the crazy ridiculous impossible things you have to do in early weed out courses. I know engineering is tough, but Gtech seems to have a huge reputation for failing many kids. Is this true? or is it really not as bad as it is reviewed. (this isn't just 1 or 2 reviews, but literally everyone i read). Also how obvious is the guy/girl ratio? is it as bad as the numbers show? or is it fairly even?</p>
<p>No, it is not impossible to get good grades. I think most of the negative stigma comes from Freshmen that were used to being top of their class in high school. They typically didn’t need to study and just breezed by. However, they enter tech and find things to be quite different. They are now surrounded by students that were mostly near or at the top of their high school classes. Also, the rigor of an engineering or science degree is such that you need to study to learn the material. </p>
<p>Bottom line, you have to work when coming to Tech. You won’t just breeze by studying the night before a test (or possibly not at all). It’s not impossible to get good grades. You just need to be willing to work for them. </p>
<p>By far the best tip I can give to succeed at Tech is to develop a study plan. Study one hour for each credit hour a class is worth for each week of the semester (3 credit hour class? Study for that class 3 hours a week). This plan can be flexible though because you might find a 1 credit hour class can feel like a 4 credit hour class and a 4 credit hour class can feel like a 1 credit hour class.</p>
<p>Believe me when I say the hard work pays off. I’m nearing the end of my Undergraduate at Tech, and it is paying off big time. You get back what you put in and then some.</p>
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<p>The failure rate really isn’t as high as rumors make it out to be. I can’t find any hard data on the institution drop out rate, but you can look at the failure rate for individual classes here: [SGA</a> Course Critique | Welcome to Course Critique!](<a href=“http://www.sga.gatech.edu/critique/]SGA”>http://www.sga.gatech.edu/critique/). Try looking up some classes for the major you are interested in.</p>
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<p>On the guy to girl ratio, yes, it is noticeable. The girl to guy ratio is 1/3 (the highest it has ever been) at the moment. However, this is for the institution as a whole. I would guess it is closer to 1/10 in the engineering and computer science fields.</p>
<p>I think part of the problem is that high schools aren’t all as rigorous as they should be and are handing out many easy A’s. When you get to Tech there will be no easy A’s and I think the ones who came from high schools that prepared them well for college do fine.</p>
<p>MIT has similar standards and expectations but they get even higher tiered students who are well equipped to handle what the institution throws at them, so you hear less complaints then a university like gatech. Also, people who are content or happy don’t nearly voice their opinion about the university as much as the negative people.</p>
<p>thanks… the reviews were scaring my son off…</p>
<p>Good grades are not impossible at GT. DD is beginning her junior year of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and she is still enjoying a 4.0 GPA complete with 8 hours of sleep each night. I agree that the high school preparation is key. DD was a top IB student and found the transition to college engineering classes to be no sweat because she was used to demanding work and already knew how to study.</p>