<p>History, Technology, and Society…with a minor in bio. I might go pre-med. It’s up in the air right now.</p>
<p>How’s the english class?</p>
<p>I took ENGL 1101 and 1102 elsewhere and transferred them in, so I cannot comment directly on the core English classes at Tech. Back in freshman year, however, one of my friends asked me to proof his “opinion essay” for 1102. He wrote two pages of facts; there wasn’t a single normative statement anywhere. But because he made no grammar or spelling mistakes, he got an A for the assignment. Granted, that was one assignment from one professor, but I think it’s reflective of the department as a whole: the professors have good pedigrees, but the students are more interested in math and science than English, and the professors know that.</p>
<p>Really?! Wow! That wouldn’t fly over here (whether the prof. knows your a science major or not, they expect you to adjust to the desired quality/style of writing for that particular course). These are normally the essays that fail. Freshmen writing courses are graded pretty harshly here.</p>
<p>Hey Schaden, you should be banned. Slither away to music school.</p>
<p>People who make double accounts should be banned P</p>
<p>Double accounts? Not me. You must confuse me with others who are bashing you for negativity. Seriously Dude, get a grip on your attitude. If you had a bad experience at GT accept it and move on. Obsessing on past failures will destroy you. Let go and move forward in life. EVERYONE fails or has very negative outcomes for extremely important events. It’s part of life. The sooner you learn to accept this and not get caught up in drama and negativity – let alone acting on poisoning others beliefs and attempting to negatively influence their goals – the healthier and more successful you will be. Your serial negative comments about GT made on every possible thread here are not offered in an educational light but a harmfully bitter one. Grow up!</p>
<p>Negative? Maybe a little. </p>
<p>It is because I feel robbed, scammed, like something was taken away from me. Is that really so unexpected? </p>
<p>Georgia Tech is a blackhole. Don’t take my word for it- look it up on urban dictionary.</p>
<p>But I am definitely not obsessing over it. I just visited the place I will be at this Fall. The campus is absolutely beautiful, the faculty and administration are helpful and hospitable, the students are relaxed and normal, and many hot hot girls.</p>
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<p>Does anyone find it funny that the only argument anyone has is to marginalize me? Seriously, the best indicator that you don’t have any argument.</p>
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<p>I speak for the students who refer to graduating from Tech as “getting out”, the students who warn people NOT to come to Tech, the criteria the 2002 Princeton Review’s used to find the ranking of Tech as a top 10 school with the least happiest students, the wikipage on Tech that describes Tech as “a test of spirit”, most of the depictions of Tech on urban dictionary, the students who want to leave but don’t voice their concerns, and most of the reviews on student(s)review.com.</p>
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<p>It’s important for prospective students to know that at most, you represent a minority of Tech students. [Since</a> 1999](<a href=“http://www.irp.gatech.edu/apps/factbook/?page=94]Since”>http://www.irp.gatech.edu/apps/factbook/?page=94), our six-year graduation rate has always been higher than 75%, and our first-year retention rate has never dipped below 90%. What’s more, since that time, our second and third-year retention rates have always been higher than 84 and 81%, respectively. schaden was not retained after two years, so while he is not alone, he is still part of a minority of students.</p>
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<li><p>I “got out” last month along with about 2,000 others. It’s a badge of pride to be able to say it.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes, “warn[ing] people NOT to come to Tech” is one of the [ninety-nine</a> things to do](<a href=“http://www.nique.net/fsg2009/100003]ninety-nine”>http://www.nique.net/fsg2009/100003) before you graduate, but of all the tours I’ve seen, I’ve never encountered anyone who actually did that.</p></li>
<li><p>The Princeton Review relies on student opinion. I have no evidence, but something tells me that the students who weren’t retained after two years are vastly, vastly overrepresented among the respondents to PR’s surveys.</p></li>
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<p>It doesn’t surprise me that students who didn’t graduate aren’t going to be waxing lyrical about their time at Tech. However, what about the students who “got out”? If we use alumni giving rate as a proxy for the happiness of students who “got out”, then a picture very different from what schaden paints emerges: [url=<a href=“http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/peers/current/research_intensive/alumgiv.htm]29%[/url”>http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/peers/current/research_intensive/alumgiv.htm]29%[/url</a>] of Tech alumni make donations to their alma mater. That doesn’t sound too high until you realize that it’s higher than Vanderbilt, Virginia, UNC, Penn State, Washington, Michigan, Florida, and UGA, schools that schaden would surely agree have “[relaxed and normal] students, and many hot hot girls.” In fact, the Tech alumni giving rate is more than DOUBLE that of UGA’s.</p>
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<li>Who are these students who want to leave but don’t voice their dissatisfaction? There is nothing that is stopping any unsatisfied student from transferring out. I know a student who transferred to Clemson after one year because he felt OOS tuition wasn’t worth it for his major. I also know a student who transferred to Yale after two years for personal reasons. If you want to leave, no administrator will prevent you from leaving.</li>
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<p>Don’t know about Vandy and UNC being included in relaxed and normal.</p>
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<p>And yet, student(s)review shows 58% of people who would go to Tech again if they had the chance. Even GP (although I think he hardly represents the school) said 35% of the students are disenchanted (ones who would like to leave).</p>
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<p>If there’s anything I’ve learned from this thread is that anecdotal means nothing, so your experiences hardly apply to anyone else. There have been multiple threads on this very forum about people telling prospective students not to come. Why do you think that is? On face value it may look like a prank, but there’s obviously a reason for it if it is so widespread.</p>
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<p>Do you think that is the secret? The students at Tech only care about money? And UGA students want to enjoy life more and do the things they want to do?</p>
<p>Sounds right to me…I remember reading a survey on Tech students that said the number one reason students chose Tech is for a job after graduation.</p>
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<p>There are multiple reasons- money, scholarships, GPA, lack of will/conscious.</p>
<p>Interesting link on alumni giving fabrizio. I have never seen that one. Interesting where Emory is. I heard/read that we had serious trouble with alumni giving back in the day. Apparently it lagged way behind peers. In fact, I think raising it was a goal in the “strategic plan”.
Schaden, while some of your other points have validity (I have some friends over there having a tough time, and would honestly tell incoming freshmen from my high school to look at other prospects because Tech isn’t worth it), I think his point is that a solid number of people still give back to the university. While they may have indeed made more money than those students at UGA, they still had the choice of whether or not to give back to the institution. Given that, 29% felt it was worth it to invest in the institution after they graduated.</p>
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<p>If Tech students only care about money, why do they have a higher alumni giving rate than UGA’s alums?</p>
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<p>Only “lack of will/conscious[ness]” is a true reason. If it’s money or scholarships or GPA, you can transfer to a cheaper school with a more relaxed student life like Georgia Southern. You don’t have to stay at the level of Georgia Tech or go higher.</p>
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<p>I don’t know how the administration did it, but they seem to have a damn good job. 37% is impressive.</p>
<p>I just noticed on the list that Georgia Tech is actually the highest-ranked public university in terms of alumni giving rate. Unhappy alums do not give back, and even some happy alums will not do so. Just because you have money doesn’t mean you’re going to donate any back to your school.</p>
<p>I find it semi-hilarious that schaden claims your points as false when he makes a point using urbandictionary. Grow up dude. No prospectives believe your lies so don’t feel like you are making any type of impact on people’s decisions. If you really feel “robbed”, go to admissions and tell them that to their face.</p>
<p>Think you must take a look at this… College is a whole new ball game. Useful tips on how to adjust to studying in college.
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<p>Hi clairerice - I’m a girl and strongly considering GaTech for chemical engineering. - Please be honest about your experience there - I will attend a college that gives me the best job options but don’t want to be entirely unhappy there either. What year are you and what is your major? Thanks</p>
<p>Hey pumpkin5,</p>
<p>my son just finished his freshman year, studying Chemical Eng. </p>
<p>Is he unhappy? Hell no! He says he is ‘living his dream’!
Is it a piece of cake? Nope, definitely not! You have to study regularly, and sometimes really hard (from what I hear), but he still had enough time to participate in many ‘social’ activities and sports. He made a ton of friends and (for me as his dad that hurts the most) says he can’t wait for the school-year to start again … :-)</p>
<p>If you’re interested in a school that gives you good/the best job options, then GT definitely is in your focus. You’ll have to study seriously to succeed and get good grades, but I’m quite sure that you’re aware of this (otherwise you would not have applied!). If you got accepted at GT, the school thinks you can succeed, and you should have enough trust in your capabilities to succeed, too. </p>
<p>How happy you’re going to be is entirely up to you! I can assure you that there are enough interesting people at GT to have fun and be happy, too - but you need to ‘invest’ some of your time & effort to succeed in the social area, too. You need to go out there and try a few things, don’t give up if the first attempt wasn’t successful! </p>
<p>The few times I’ve visited GT (three times, actually) I met a few of my son’s friends/colleagues, and I have to say I was impressed - and jealous! I’d like to be young again and study in Atlanta, too …</p>
<p>hey quick question to people who are at tech right now, what would you say is an easier class on average HPS 1040 or HIST 2111?..i hate both but gotta take one next sem lol
thankss!</p>