<p>What is this? I read that many students at Georgia Tech had GPA that is less than 1.0? Is this generally true? I understand Georgia tech is hard, but is it THAT hard? I plan on going to graduate school after my undergrad and I understand that having a good GPA is going to be crucial. Can somebody explain or give me some insight about the average GPA for engineers at GA Tech? Thanks.</p>
<p>The square root club is more of a joke than anything, I've been there 3 years now and I've nevet met anyone who would admit to being in it. Not that I hang out with those that would qualify.</p>
<p>Tech is hard, but no its not THAT hard. The general idea is to "weed out" those that aren't going to suceed or work hard in the freshmen/sophmore years while at the same time training you to study and learn effectively. Calc 1/2/3, Phys 1/2 ECE2025, CS2335, etc all are pretty much there to kick your ass. Thats not to say you can't pass (or even get an A) but its just a ton of work. A lot of times the tests aren't very hard but the labs/assignements etc take up a lot of time and can end up bringing your grade down more than you realise.</p>
<p>I couldn't say the average GPA for engineers but I doubt its bad (those who graduate). Here is a good place to start:</p>
<p><a href="http://sga.gatech.edu/critique/Search.php%5B/url%5D">http://sga.gatech.edu/critique/Search.php</a></p>
<p>You can search averages for courses about 6 years back as well as overall department averages. A few things to notice are how the averages go up as the courses go up basically because the profs back off a bit and they know if you have gotten this far then you must be doing something right. Thats not to say the last 2 years are a cakewalk, its just not as hectic as the first. </p>
<p>My advice is this:
1) Do ALL your assignments regardless of how much they seem to be worth (or not worth) to your overall grade. Missing 1 or 2 assignments can mean the difference between an A and a B.
2) Go to office hours as much as you can. If the profs know you and know your face they know you are serious about doing this.</p>
<p>Tech gets a lot of students who sooner than later realise they don't want to be a "helluva engineer" and they have to find a way to seperate those who can from those who can't. I guess they decided to make hard ass first year classes.</p>
<p>Okay, that was a long post. But to answer your question, no its not impossible to get out of COE at tech with a good GPA but it does take some work.</p>
<p>There are about 35 students in a cal 1/2/3 class? <a href="http://sga.gatech.edu/critique/Overview.php?txtPrefix=MATH&Level=UGRAD%5B/url%5D">http://sga.gatech.edu/critique/Overview.php?txtPrefix=MATH&Level=UGRAD</a></p>
<p>Thanks for the response!</p>
<p>Recitations.... they become a way of life here. They're basically a less structured class that you'd go to once a week, taught by a grad student, TA, or another instructor. They usually just work problems and answer any questions you couldn't ask in lecture.</p>
<p>The class you actually go to (the one taught by the professor) can have about 100 students in it. When you sign up for classes you sign up basically for a recitation section (which have about 30 students) but about 3 recitation sections will attend the same lecture three days a week. The benefit is that you do get some closer contact with whomever teaches your recitation, and that will be the same person who grades your tests and assignments. You also take all your tests in recitation (for most classes). </p>
<p>So basically it may look like some classes are only 35 students but thats because they divide the classes up by recitation sections.</p>
<p>LOTS of departments use this for the early classes (MATH/PHYS/EE/CS/CHEM) and it really isn't a bad idea, unless you get a jackass TA.</p>