<p>So I haven't posted in quite a while, but I return with good news. I have been accepted to Ga Tech starting this spring. I'm so stoked. It's got me kinda worried though. As some of you may know, I'm a working parent of 4, so I've already got a little bit on my plate. What are some things that I can do to be a succesfull ME student during my stay at Tech? Any helpful advice would be appreciated.
Thanks</p>
<p>That’s a lot on your plate. </p>
<p>As a parent myself (one 4 yr old), who spent the last 2 years going back to school full time and working too, it’s extremely difficult. I’m studying Statistics, while not ME, is similar in that it requires a lot of mathematical knowledge. Math classes, unfortunately, are very time consuming because they require a lot of study/practice time outside of class. </p>
<p>Are you attempting to go full time? That might be too much to handle, if you are thinking about it.</p>
<p>Hopefully you have a good spouse, that is willing to entertain the children at night and on weekends when you have to study. I typically spend Saturday with my family and all day Sunday studying. I realize it’s as big of a sacrifice for my wife and child as it is for me.</p>
<p>Time management skills will be the key for you. You will be older than the typical college kid, so hopefully your time management skills are better developed. Build a schedule for studying, work, class and family, and stick to it. Try not to get behind on anything school related, because it can be killer trying to catch up with a busy schedule.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>Congratulations! I wish you the best in your endeavors!</p>
<p>My advice: get as much sleep as you can. You will need it.</p>
<p>Main thing that screws college kids over is inconsistent worth ethic. A lot of people who complain about how hard GT is, from my own experience, tend to be the ones who may be somewhat intelligent but lazy. Lazy at tougher schools like GT means you’re really not trying hard enough. It takes hard work and discipline to stay consistent, studying every day and reading material ahead of the class, etc. A few that I’ve talked to that go to GT (different years and majors, mind you) say that just staying on top and even ahead of things is going to help a lot, and I guess that really goes for all college students.</p>
<p>Also, I guess some good advice might be to take your time. Of course you have to since you have other responsibilities as well, but just remember that a lot of people don’t graduate GT in 4 years.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m absolutely going to slow it down a bit. I had been in school full time for the past year and a half because I had lost my job. Now that I have a job again I can’t resume that same school load.</p>
<p>Pretty much what the above posters said. Also, whenever you get some “free time” (I know that is rare with 4 kids), it won’t hurt to use that time to review the concepts of the current lecture/homework/reading.</p>