<p>Hi everyone I need some information on the ratio at georgia tech. I was just recently accepted into tech's chemical engineering program and I seem to love everything about the school except for its guy to girl ratio. i went to an all guy high school and while the school was good I hated not having girls there. On the admissions website it said that last years ratio was 63 to 37 or something like that. (and from what i hear that ratio is evening out quite rapidly over the years) im assuming thisyears raio will be around 60 to 40 or better. So is the ratio really as bad as everyone says it is? honestly, a 1.5 to 1 ratio doesnt seem terrible especially since there are multiple schools in atlanta that cant be that far from tech. I actually know howto talk to girls so shyness wont be a problem for me, but i just hope that the ratio isnt as bad as everyone makes it seem. any advice on this? Also im from massachusetts so i wont know anyone coming into the school if i decide to enroll. thanks in advance</p>
<p>anyone? lol</p>
<p>it’s not that big of a deal bro lol</p>
<p>The guy girl ratio (3:2) isnt bad. It’s the guy to DECENT girl ratio (10-15:1) that you should worry about</p>
<p>^haha didnt think about that but then again im from the northeast so an unattractive girl in the south is probably considered a babe up here. but if the ratios not bad then theres nothing i dont like about tech. future yellow jacket right here. :)</p>
<p>and about the connect with tech program, do they usually try to match u up with someone who is majoring in the same thing as u?</p>
<p>honestly I have never noticed the ratio. also the average girl here looks pretty good imo</p>
<p>Lets go with soccermaster25 nice comment about the girls since FutureVP is a high school senior who hasn’t even be accepted by Tech yet.</p>
<p>I’ve seen the Tech campus many times since my S goes there and we visit all the time. And to the OP the southern belles go to UGA and other less prestigious state schools. Demographically, Gatech is the MIT of the South. </p>
<p>Though I’m sure you already know I’m just poking fun at a well known stereotype with the whole 15:1 thing</p>
<p>^ haha yah I know. the education value outweighs the ratio significantly for obvious reasons. I was just curious about the ratio because not going to school with girls for the last 4 years has been quite exhausting to say the least. Georgia tech is tied for number one on my list and im sure that after I participate in georgia techs connect with tech program ill be enrolling. Plus atlanta seems pretty awesome.</p>
<p>couple things:
*go greek.
*while atlanta is awesome it can be hard to get off campus.
*student body is pretty unattractive as a whole so it evens out hahaha.</p>
<p>lol but isnt georgia state like down the steet or something?</p>
<p>Hey OP, I’m a current third year so maybe I can help you out.</p>
<p>To answer your question, it’s not that big of a deal at all. The key to meeting girls at this school is finding something to get involved in. Generally the girls tend to gravitate towards the non-engineering majors so don’t expect to meet them in a thermodynamics class. </p>
<p>Find a club, student leadership organization, go Greek, go to parties, volunteer, get an on-campus job, etc. You’d be amazed at how many girls I’ve met just going to a sorority’s philanthropy event or volunteering for something on campus. I guess most guys consider themselves “too cool” for doing things like that. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that those are the guys usually blaming the ratio for their lack of success with the girls.</p>
<p>Yeah it is. All the Agnes Scott girls are always coming to parties and stuff too. You’ll be fine man.</p>
<p>I know I didn’t really elaborate, but really, go greek. You’re OOS so you’ll get to make a lot of new friends and meet girls that way. I’m a girl and not in a sorority; with girls it doesn’t really matter, but I think joining a fraternity is a really great idea for guys. Gives you a sense of community for sure.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the responses! this honestly cleared up a lot about the social scene at tech in a positive way and was extremely helpful to me.</p>
<p>for all the people saying to go greek: i would say to not do it. it might be fun for your first couple years, but you can easily get connected just as easily and a lot of times get friendships more dynamic than just going to chapter and drinking together. obviously a generalization, but the people I know who went to frats just pretty much gave up school for alcohol and socializing.
Really no advantages to it. plus by 2nd year youre going to be dying =)))</p>
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<li>Access to alumni and networking groups with jobs (even decades after you graduate)</li>
<li>Access to years of past tests and homeworks for any class</li>
<li>Mentoring from older students in the same major as you in your fraternity/sorority</li>
<li>More opportunity for leadership positions on your resume</li>
<li>Some student groups on campus are highly selective and being in a fraternity or sorority can be a way to get in</li>
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<p>Along with those academic advantages, there are also some social advantages. Of course, there are also some disadvantages (it requires time, it’s easy to get swept up into the social scene, it’s usually not very cheap). It’s not for everyone, but it’s dishonest to say that it has “no advantages”. </p>
<p>If nothing else, go to a fraternity house the night before the career fair. The alumni on campus for the fair will come by the house, take resumes from the brothers, and fast track them through the interview process.</p>
<p>on one hand theres anecdote, and then theres what actually happens. Im not saying it doesnt happen, but Im saying that in my experience, I had two great high school friends who pledged and then literally just changed completely. Theyre nice people, but they arent interesting anymore. </p>
<p>Aside from that, SAA does the exact same thing, except you dont actually have to commit all the time. connections arent something you go greek for, theyre something you go to tech for.
sure getting into frats is a good way to socialize, but there are also a hundred other options. I just dont like greek life being glorified that much, when in reality it doesnt really contrast anything else that goes on in terms of organizations.</p>
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<p>An anecdote is something that actually happened, but is a small sample size and is not really generalizable, for example, your discussion of two people who changed.</p>
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<p>This isn’t really true. SAA (as well as other organizations) tries to have some of the benefits of Greek organizations, but it’s not the same. While you might meet one hour per week or twice a week in an organization, you live with the people in the Greek organization (and eat with them, perform community service with them, etc.). That creates a very different level of commitment, a stronger relationship, and more committed alumni. </p>
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<p>The problem with this argument is that there are over 13,000 undergraduates at Tech. How easy is it to create connections simply because of the school?</p>
<p>I get your point. You don’t need connections to get a job at Tech. There are enough employers coming to Tech that a reasonable GPA is all you really need. That being said, there are some jobs that are still more difficult to get than others. Management consulting, investment banking, hedge funds, venture capital, funding for a start-up, etc. are all fields that require you to have a strong network. A fraternity or sorority isn’t the only way to get a network, but it’s the fastest way to build the biggest network. If you start with a fraternity then move into options like SAA, ERT, etc, you’ll be able to build a very large network that sets you up nicely for the options mentioned above.</p>
<p>do you even go here?</p>
<p>i interned at gtri last summer because they had a fair at the school. my roomate interned at pepsi because their reps came to the school of computing and asked him to.</p>
<p>im trying to give a fair picture of what happens here. the saa helped my friends brother get a job at deloitte.</p>
<p>the difference between anecdote and “what happens” is whether an event reoccurs. saa has a track record. so do the college of computing and the college of sciences (ones that im personally familiar with). maybe frats do too. but it doesnt matter, it just makes them equal to other methods.
and probably less so, cause the asians and the people who put in more time in labs are the ones getting the better jobs, regardless of who you know. my experience is worth way more than your chapter meetings, both practically and on a resume</p>
<p>frats are just another way to get connections. a way that you entirely dont need at all, and are in no way better or more effective than any other way. thats the simple truth, dont try and paint it differently.</p>