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I thought GT was a great school five minutes ago. Then I found out that Princeton review said that the professors got low marks, that there is little class discussion, and that the dorms are bad. How true is this? I mean, aren't GT dorms just the Olympic Village? And I assume that had to be pretty good! Plus, I looked at the faculty and stuff and many of the folks came from like University of Iowa whereas UT (otro choice) has some better people there.
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<p>Here's my experience.</p>
<p>Professors</p>
<p>Last semester, I was very satisfied with all of my professors. I took four classes, three of which were taught by Ph.Ds. In none of the classes did the professors discourage class discussion. My professor for intro CS still tried to encourage questions and thoughts even though the class had over 100 students. They all lectured pretty well and were organized.</p>
<p>This semester, it's a bit mixed. Four of my professors do a good job and are very open to questions and encourage class participation. The fifth is not so good.</p>
<p>I strongly disagree that the professors here can't teach. That has not been my experience.</p>
<p>As far as the origin of our professors, take a look at our math department. I see Ph.D.s from UCLA, Berkeley, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Chicago, Northwestern, Brown, Princeton, MIT, Johns Hopkins, Yale, and Harvard.</p>
<p>Dorms</p>
<p>I live in a west campus dorm. Our rooms are fairly big, are carpeted, and have movable furniture. I'm very happy with where I live.</p>
<p>All of the apartments on west campus were originally constructed for the Olympic athletes in 1996. They're still quite nice. Last year, we acquired North Avenue Apartments, which can store essentially the entire second-year class. Their location is a bit suspect, but the apartments themselves are top-notch.</p>