<p>wow, that's pretty cool actually. Looking forward to seeing you this Fall ;)</p>
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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?
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<p>Im a first-year at Tech.</p>
<p>I like it a lot. No matter what your interests are, you can find friends who share them. The campus is always nice, but it really is beautiful at night when the Atlanta skyline lights up. Walk around Klaus in the evening and youll know what I mean. Last semester, I took four classes, three of which were taught by professors. (The fourth was a Ph.D. student.) I thought all the lectures were well organized. The professors were pretty prompt about returning homework and uploading resources online.</p>
<p>My advice is enjoy these final months staying at home with your parents. When youre a university student, youre responsible for yourself. No one is there to tell you to eat your fruits and vegetables and limit your intake of deep-fried foods. No one is there to tell you to get some form of exercise at least three times a week. No one is there to tell you that staying up all night all the time isnt good for you.</p>
<p>Dhruv, what do companies hiring freshman interns look at? GPA ? Also, how common is it for freshman to land good internships ?</p>
<p>My son got a co-op position last summer with the Mechanical Engineering Department, working in the electronics lab (he's an EE major). It had the advantage of being on campus, so he could live on campus and not worry about transportation. He was excited to get the job and it paid OK - $13.50 per hour, I think. He didn't continue in the co-op program, but not because he didn't like the job.</p>
<p>This is all good advice. Are most of you guys out-of-staters? I am looking to do biomedical engineering, how hard is it to land some research opportunities at Tech?</p>
<p>Anoore, as you probably already know, the BMED program at GT is joint-enrolled with Emory. This can actually expand your selection of research
opportunities. I have a friend who did some research back in the summer on a pretty interesting topic (something dealing with detecting cancer before the early stages).</p>
<p>But in all actuality, as with any major, just find out all the research opportunities on the major's website, find out whose doing what and try to get in on those professors classes (they teach low-level core classes too sometimes) and do well. Also, TALK to them and act interested, ask about their research and eventually try to talk to them about letting you on.</p>
<p>I got into undeclared engineering. Is there a certain GPA required to pick let's say aerospace eng as my major???</p>
<p>When did you send in your application UNC please ?</p>
<p>I sent it early november.</p>
<p>I salute all you GT people who are surviving. I heard the engineering curriculum at GT is near impossible. Good job guys.</p>
<p>Don't go unless you're a masochist :)</p>
<p>Or, if you're a sadist, come and become a TA.</p>
<p>ok, i know about 20 people that go to tech. not one regrets going and not one would change it. there is a certain "smart" element there that makes you feel like you should work your butt off and deal with it. </p>
<p>if you want to party party party go somewhere else. know kids at uga that don't get it cause the level of studying is different there. and kids at auburn and clemson don't get it. even some of the schools like vandy and jh don't have the same level of work work work. but if your purpose is to come out of school with more knowledge than when you went in, go to tech. </p>
<p>True story, a grad from another lesser school was shocked when at a football game he wanted to go out and party and the tech kids were like "no, got to get the work done and study for the tests." so if you can hack it, you go there!</p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions for an easy management or non management elective?</p>