<p>what do you guys think of tech? </p>
<p>if you could go back to your senior year when you decided on tech, do you have any advice you would pass on? </p>
<p>any comments would b greatly appreciated. </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Tech is tough. I know you've probably heard it a million times, but that's true. I just hope you know what you want to do if you are accepted into Tech. Dont' waste three years on a major that you know you can't do well or interested in then decided to leave the school. Look through the catolog carefully and discuss your choice with your parents. Give the pros and cons for coming to Tech and weight them out. While it's excited to be a Techie, it would only make you feel miserable if you dont' have a goal or you are not mentally and phsically prepared to work like crazy.</p>
<p>yeah . . . </p>
<p>that would make sense. thanks :)</p>
<p>I love it here. Something I'm really glad about doing is going greek. I can't speak for the ladies (though some frats are co-ed, like mine), but there seriously is a fraternity fit for almost anyone, unless you just plain don't like being around people period. If you think that you would never ever join a frat/sorority (like I did), consider this: at our first meeting, it was asked "who here thought they were the last person on Earth who would go greek" and every hand shot up. I can't recommend rushing enough.</p>
<p>Advice to pass on... Umm, join the facebook group for class of 2012 if you haven't already (assuming there is one). I met my current roommate through the 2011 group because neither of us wanted to risk random roommates. We haven't had any issues all year. Oh, and get facebook if you don't have it. I never used any sort of social networking site before until I got facebook this past summer.</p>
<p>I'm in Nuclear + Radiological Engineering but I can't really speak about the work load yet. This semester I took CS 1315 (because I didn't come in as NRE), ENGL 1101, INTA 1200, GT1000, and MATH 1501. CS1315 was a cakewalk because it pretty much assumes you've never programmed before, I picked what I saw as the easiest English class according to ratemyprof, INTA is a lot of reading but you can get by without doing most of it, GT1000 is just a seminar class so wasn't any work, and so the only "hard" course I took was Calc 1, and the first 2/3 of the class was review. So I'll get back to you on workload next semester, because I'm not taking any easy classes...</p>
<p><em>shameless plug</em> If you are nerdy as hell, are a little bit psychotic, and couldn't care less about lame stuff like "mixers" and "formals" then come rush Psi U next Fall :D</p>
<p>haha.</p>
<p>thanks grumfrum for an honest opinion. its def what i was looking for. </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Another tip to Tech's life is that never mind finding a good professor for Calc. classes. What you need is a good TA. I never really understood my Calc 2 professor despite he's a hilarious guy during lectures. He just doesn't make much sense when he's talking about the class related materials. My TA really taught me everything I needed to know about Calc 2 to get an A in that class.</p>
<p>And AVOID Bio in any cost unless that's a required class. It's the most poorly structured, overloaded, and useless class I've ever wasted my time on. You will regret taking that class if you chose to do it out of your own free will. Trust me, I speak from experience.</p>
<p>Well, if you can, get a good calc professor and TA! I had Green this semester and I thought he was good enough that I didn't need to go to recitation. Everything he taught that I learned in high school calc (wasn't even called AP, just "Calculus") I found confusing, but when we got to new stuff everything he explained was crystal clear. I think relearning it from somebody else hurt me, but the new stuff was great.</p>
<p>actually am going to be a biochemistry major . . . so i think i'll be taking a lot of bio. </p>
<p>haha.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I remember reading a certain website, Studentsreview I think it was, where people "reviewed" colleges. GT's were almost all negative, which had me worried. Those people are, by far, in the minority. Most people here are happy.</p>
<p>yay.</p>
<p>its good to hear from "real" people . . . thanks so much for your input.</p>
<p>GrumFrum, I really think it totally depends on who you talk to and when you talk to them. No one on campus has been really happy for the last two weeks, and for those who have two jobs plus 21 hours, life is never too cheerful. But I do agree that some people just over dramatized it. I am certain life in Harvard isn't all that cheery and fun too. Life is tough everywhere.</p>
<p>"actually am going to be a biochemistry major . . . so i think i'll be taking a lot of bio. "</p>
<p>Woohoo for biochem! it's not THAT much bio, but it's ALL fun</p>
<p>yay.</p>
<p>im glad someone else gets me. i look forward to that much bio. i love bio.</p>
<p>Hey, Poprocks. :)</p>
<p>Ugh, its LOLma. ...If that even is your REAAL NAAME!</p>
<p>Sorry for the extreme awkwardness of this post, but this seemed like the best place to put it... Do the traditional East Campus dorms (like Glenn, Towers, or Smith) have private showers? I was looking through the gatech housing site and the floorplans seem to show big rooms...</p>
<p>If by 'private' you mean you get your own shower you
share with one other person, then no, you will not be
getting one of those until you become a Sophomore or you
opt out of Freshman Experience. I recommend going
with Freshman Experience, but going for West Campus
dorms as they have individual stalls for the shower
whereas East Campus dorms have community showers.</p>
<p>Wow, its been almost 2 years since I last posted on these forums =).</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore majoring in CS, and I absolutely love it here. Agreed, the school is tough and many times one just feels like being run over by a bulldozer, but they are preparing us for the corporate world. I landed an internship after my freshman year with a huge IT company with interns all over the US and only the people from so called 'tough' schools (CMU, CalTech, GTech) were able to adhere to deadlines.</p>
<p>Some tips, definitely go to rateaprof.com or the SGA Course Critique website before choosing your classes. Some of the professors in the entry level classes are plain awful and you don't want to get stuck with them only because you didn't know about it. Also, try and not to take classes before 10 PM (I speak with experience :) ). Being in college, living with friends, doing all the assignments, or just partying or going down to the field and throwing around a football, its really tough to wake up early morning (obviously this doesn't apply to all, only 99.5% :P). </p>
<p>Another thing you should try and make sure is that you don't give a lot of breaks between classes, its going to give you an excuse to miss either the first one or the last one. Try and club like three classes together, have a break for lunch, then have other classes together etc.</p>
<p>Regarding housing, I lived in Smith my freshman year, and it was a lot of fun. East has a much more lively feel to it, even if the dorms aren't the best, plus fall is awesome because of football. Yea, there are community showers which freaks people out but guys on my floor at least had this agreement that no one entered if the water was running and we never had problems. Trust me, after the first few late night showers, everyone would be fine :).</p>
<p>I live on West Campus now, and absolutely love my apartment, and the fact that its right next to the CRC. However, I'm still happy that I decided to live on east my freshman year, as I got the best of both worlds.</p>
<p>Anyways, I need to leave for class, but definitely post here if you guys have any other general or specific questions, would love to answer them.</p>
<p>wow, awesome post dhruv42. Thank you very much. I have some questions for you. Were you able to get a job during freshman year, or an internship? How was that paid? Is it true that girls at Ga Tech are less than decent? :)</p>
<p>^^If you mean an on-campus job, yeah I worked as a student assistant at the CRC my freshman year. My job basically included supervising the intramural games, entering the result into the database etc. Wasn't the highest paying job ever, only $6/hr =(.</p>
<p>I got a paid summer internship as a part of the Infosys Instep Global internship program. You can google it for more information.</p>
<p>Then in the fall of my sophomore year, I got the job of a Residential Technology Advisor. We basically help if people have any issues with their internet, cable etc. We also play a huge role during fall move-in making sure all the freshman are connected to the internet, so hopefully I'll be helping you guys out pretty soon :)</p>