Transfer to Tech from Georgia State or by the TAG program with GPC

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgia Institute of Technology
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<p>Hello, I'm about to graduate from high school soon with 25 college credits that goes to the major I want to go in, which is Computer Science. I wanted to transfer to Georgia Tech, but I'm nervous on choosing where to transfer from.</p>

<p>I was planning on doing the Transfer Admission Guranteed (TAG) program at GPC, but I'm nervous if I do that then I wouldn't be up to par with the rigor when I get into Tech. I know that Tech is a challenge that requires many hours outside of the class im order to succeed, but I'm nervous that I will get in there and struggle more than I have to. </p>

<p>I was also thinking about just going to Georgia State and transferring to Tech, so that I would still get some rigor in. But I fear that in the next two years that the admission rate for transferring students will drop, and that they will not accept me. </p>

<p>I'm really torn between the two, because I love the gurantee I have from GPC, but I worry about the rigor. I would also like to have more rigor with state, but that seems a bit more riskful. I'm not doubting my GPA to go down, but I'm just really nervous. If anyone could give me any insight then I would be very thankful, because this is really stressing me out</p>

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<p>You should try the forum College Search & Selection, this subforum is a lot quieter. Good luck in your decision! </p>

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<p>Thank you very much!</p>

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<p>heyy
I am planning to go to georgia state then transfer to tech, but you can definitely go to GPC and transfer to tech :slight_smile: Good luck</p>

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<p>Why not simply apply directly to tech? You are guaranteed admission to Tech through TAG but I am not sure you are guaranteed admission to the engineering programs due to the required classes you’ll need for them. . You would be admitted to the engineering program through the RETP program <a href=“http://www.coe.gatech.edu/content/regents-engineering-transfer-program-retp”>http://www.coe.gatech.edu/content/regents-engineering-transfer-program-retp&lt;/a&gt; Be sure your classes will qualify for transfer to an engineerig program.</p>

<p>Where are your current credits from?</p>

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<p>@jym626‌ I thing the OP is trying to do Computer Science not Engineering.</p>

<p>I was just accepted as a transfer student from GPC. I am a little different as I already have a master’s degree in economics. I am doing CS and discrete math at tech.</p>

<p>The rigor at GPC is just fine. At GPC there are A LOT of people that want to transfer to tech. You also get a lot of tech students taking classes over there. So if you are in math and science classes at GPC then you will usually be up against some pretty decent competition. In my academic career I have attended Georgia Southern, University of South Carolina, UGA, Agnes Scott, and Kennesaw State. I have never been to Ga State though. Outside of my masters program at USC, Agnes Scott was the most rigorous. Agnes Scott is obviously an all female school. I am a male however and attended a post-bacc pre-med program in which they admitted a few men. But after Agnes Scott. and my masters program, GPC was up there with quality of instruction and rigor.</p>

<p>For example, I took programming 1 at GPC. The teacher made us take written tests, and we had to write code with pen and paper. This sucked at the time, but it really forced me to learn the code. Right now I am in programming 2 at Kennesaw State. I find this class to be one of the easiest classes I have ever taken, but I do notice a lot of the students having a difficult time. I can attribute my success in the class in part to having to learn JAVA well enough that I could reproduce it on paper with out the aid of the computer/compiler telling me if I had errors.</p>

<p>I did not do the TAG program at GPC however, I transferred in to tech straight up.</p>