<p>I am currently a junior in high school. I plan on majoring in either psychology or international affairs. I had originally wanted to attend Georgia Tech--I would like to be back in the city again and when I was on the campus a couple days ago, I really liked what I saw. It is also close to where I live. I've gotten positive feedback from friends who are current students as well. However, is it wise to attend a tech school (one that's known for its engineering fields) when I am going to be a liberal arts major?</p>
<p>Woah! I am in the same predicament as you! I’m thinking about both Psychology and International Affairs and Modern Lanugages, too 
In terms of the psychology degree, I recently asked about Psychology at GT in another thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/georgia-institute-technology/869129-psychology-major-gt.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/georgia-institute-technology/869129-psychology-major-gt.html</a></p>
<p>So, hopefully that helps some!</p>
<p>The biggest thing about Liberal art education in Ga Tech is limited of choice, not quality of program. Most Liberal art program at Tech are industry and/or technology oriented and all of them are offered in bachelor of science. For example, Psychology in Ga Tech is emphasized on Industrial Psychology and Human Factor. International Affair and Public Policy are good choice for you interested in technology in international affair and public policy. Tech just does not offer many other liberal art major (such as African American Studies , Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures) that UGA and/or Emory U offered.</p>
<p>One of my good friends is a double psych-math major, and he’s going to UNC to pursue his Masters in quantitative psychology. So to echo jim1980’s comments, the program itself is fine, but everything in it is definitely going to have a “Tech” bias. Case in point: I didn’t even know quantitative psychology existed until my friend told me about it!</p>
<p>Why not Emory? I would guess they have those programs, would be better ranked, and you’d still be in Atlanta!</p>
<p>Expensive, I’d imagine.</p>
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<p>I don’t know the OP’s situation, but it sounds like she lives in the suburbs and wants to get into the city (Emory is basically a suburb). In addition, free HOPE education might be more appealing than Emory’s tuition.</p>
<p>@SLightManifesto: BanjoHitter kind of hit it right on. Haha. Financial is eh. I mean if I am going to pay that much, why don’t I just go out of state, right? HOPE will cover most of Tech–I hope. </p>
<p>…I guess to rephrase my original question–would I be less qualified than someone who graduated as an International Relations major at a liberal arts school (maybe, Columbia) if I were to graduate from Tech?</p>
<p>The International Affairs major used to have a language option - I suspect it still does. Distance from Georgia Tech to Emory is less than 3 miles - there is a special bus and people in either school can take courses at the other - however, I don’t think you can be a Tech student and have major available at Emory but not at Tech. You probably could major in something at Tech close to what you want and take courses at Emory.
A Tech degree is recognized and respected all over the world.</p>
<p>@Granny : Thanks! 8) I am definitely going to look forward to applying/going there!</p>