<p>If you want to live and work in the South, Georgia Tech is a great option. If you want to live and work somewhere else after college, it would make sense to go somewhere else.</p>
<p>Seems my post was misinterpreted. </p>
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<li><p>My comments, as stated, were not in any way meant as a slight against the actual quality of a GT education. Simply the perception in different regions of the country and what the name of a school evokes when a typical employer sees it.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes, there are tremendous jobs in VA and NC areas. The OP stated he/she wanted to live in an international city like NY, LA, or Boston. Also as I stated, if the OP wanted to move to a Southern city like Atlanta, Georgia Tech would probably be the smartest choice.</p></li>
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If you want to live and work in the South, Georgia Tech is a great option. If you want to live and work somewhere else after college, it would make sense to go somewhere else.
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<p>I don't agree. A Georgia Tech engineering degree will take you just as far as a U Mich engineering degree. </p>
<p>Both schools will be targeted by national recruiters and if you want to apply for a job at the other end of the country, both degrees will be viewed equally.</p>
<p>Umich will have Ann Arbor and a lot of $</p>
<p>Umich!!!!!!!!!!!! unless money is big for u</p>
<p>so is it actually possible to get a decent job in new york with a gt engineering degree??</p>
<p>Yes... These degrees aren't insular... Reputations within the field for the top ten or twenty schools are fairly consistent nation-wide.</p>
<p>One of my friends with a bachelors from GT ended up at UIUC for his masters and now works for Thornton-Tomasetti in Manhattan, which is one of the top structural firms there...</p>