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<p>A school could never be an anti-fun place, especially with 30% girls and a school that is notorious for the workload. The problem must be with the complainers. Do you want to come up with anything better than trying to marginalize me?</p>
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<p>Turns out it wasn’t others who marginalized you; you marginalized yourself by refusing to partake in any of the myriad activities Tech has.</p>
<p>Our football program that attracts a lot of fans, students and alums alike. But it’s not for everyone, myself included, and that’s fine. Our baseball, basketball, swimming, and tennis programs are good, too, but they’re also not for everyone, which is fine. As I’ve repeatedly said, if you don’t like watching or playing sports, a pretty natural outlet for relaxation is going to be video games. (I ought to note that there is an intersection between the sports fans and video gamer sets; the two are not disjoint.) You can find people to play video games with in the same room or in the same suite / apartment. But, hey, if you don’t like playing video games, that’s fine, too. We have tons of student organizations that don’t have anything to do with either sports or video games.</p>
<p>It is now obvious from your responses that you did not seek out any of these organizations, even though they actively advertise themselves during FASET. Hence, you could not answer my question as to which organizations did not host meetings or didn’t have members come because you didn’t join any.</p>
<p>It should surprise no one that a person who attends a large, public research university with a good D1 sports program but doesn’t like playing or watching sports, playing video games, or joining organizations that cater to his interests won’t have much fun at Tech.</p>
<p>schaden, perhaps you can answer this question without feeling “marginalized,” a term you throw out so often that it has almost lost its meaning: what are your personal interests? Did no club cater to those? If so, why didn’t you start one?</p>
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<p>Stop putting words in my mouth. I’m not going to talk about myself here, but I tried very hard to make things work at GT, and I did not start off at Tech thinking the place sucked.</p>
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<p>Any college has sports, video games, and organizations. What really matters is the quality of students and professors, most of which suck at Tech, as evidenced by the disproportionate amount of complaints about the school life and its professors. And for some odd odd reason the academics are ranked highly, probably due to research and publications.</p>
<p>The vast majority of Tech students would rather play video games than any other type of outlet.</p>
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<p>Faset is one of the biggest scams of all at Tech. Probably even more of a scam than the books you have to buy that were authored by GT professors so they could make a quick buck.</p>
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<p>When asked whether you joined any student organizations, you responded by claiming that answering the question would amount to self-marginalization, whatever that means. You say that you tried very hard to make things work, but you refuse to talk about yourself. If you’re so interested in helping prospective students make an informed decision, as you claim, it’d be a lot more helpful if you could say exactly what you did that ended up not working for you. The only thing I can assume from your responses is that you didn’t try to join any student organizations because every time I asked you, you either ignored the question or responded with some variant of “you’re marginalizing me.”</p>
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<p>So what really matters is the quality of students and professors? I certainly agree, but didn’t you also say in the thread parallel to this that “GT is not the place to go to have a care-free fun 4 years”? Even in an environment that is not cut-throat, if you’re surrounded by quality, high-achieving students and demanding but excellent quality professors, you’re not going to have a “care-free fun 4 years” because you’ll have to study to keep up with your peers, unless you’re a genius, which most people aren’t, including me.</p>
<p>There is no “odd reason” why the academics are ranked highly. Georgia Tech is a research intensive school, yes. But because the professors know what they’re talking about and because there is ample opportunity for undergraduate research, it still sends its undergrads to top universities for advanced study. I know recent graduates who were admitted to Harvard, MIT, Chicago, Stanford, Michigan, Berkeley, and so forth for PhD programs. I myself will attend a Top 10 private business school for my PhD in the Fall, in no small part due to my professors’ letters of recommendation.</p>
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<p>Is that why Midnight Breakfast is always packed to the point where there are multiple sign-up times and a line for students who didn’t sign up in advance? Is that why Sting Break always attracts large crowds? Is that why the football stadium is always packed, even during the weekdays? Is that why when General Petraeus spoke at Tech last semester, there wasn’t enough room to seat all students who wanted to go? Is that why Skiles walkway is always packed on Earth Day?</p>
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<p>And why is it “one of the biggest scams of all”? Do you also believe that Harvard students who take Mankiw’s ec10 class and have to use Mankiw’s own textbook are complicit in a scam?</p>
<p>“Omgz guys my life is so miserable I’m having the worst college evar!!!”</p>
<p>To incoming freshmen:
Don’t let this happen to you. People WILL want to punch you in the face. Suck it up, or ■■■■. Thanks.</p>