<p>I've been accepted to Purdue engineering, so is Georgia Tech's engineering THAT much better? I'm not that great at physics/chemistry so I might struggle in Georgia Tech's rigorous environment. The question is: is Georgia Tech that much harder than Purdue? Their drop-out rate is so much higher and it's scaring me away.</p>
<p>Please respond ASAP. The international deadline is today so I need to know if it's worth applying to. (btw, I'm American but living overseas so the GT's international deadline applies to me as well)</p>
<p>Purdue is a good school, but not much can go up against Georgia Tech. But there’s absolutely nothing wrong with Purdue. And it might be a bit misguided to assume that Purdue is an easier school.</p>
<p>No, you will get a job regardless from either of these top schools. Also, regarding GT’s drop rate, I heard it is due to their higher admission rate. You cannot lose with either school they are both highly HIGHLY coveted in the engineering world. Good job for getting into them, and pick the one you are most comfortable spending the next 4 years. As long as you have your priorities in line you will be fine in school. School is mainly about dedication and time management.</p>
<p>Purdue and Georgia Tech are peer schools. Let’s stop the rest of this silliness claiming otherwise. Pick the one you’ll be most comfortable attending. Your education and career opportunities will be nearly identical after graduation from either.</p>
<p>They seem like similar schools, I would be thrilled to go to either. I’m biased because I’m poor and GT is in-state for for me, but the GT campus is a really amazing place to be. Granted I have never seen a campus that wasn’t in Georgia so maybe Purdue’s better, but I can’t imagine anyone not liking GT unless they were transferring from Cambridge or MIT or something. Good luck, I’m sure they’ll both be great.</p>
<p>Purdue is an excellent school, and few national recruiters will hit one and not the other. </p>
<p>I have many friends and colleagues from both schools. From my discussions with graduates of both schools and with someone who was a Georgia Tech professor but left for a better opportunity, Purdue seems less harsh. Keep in mind, that the people I tend to know are people that have done extremely well in both schools, so it’s a biased opinion. Georgia Tech sounds like a great place for someone who thinks they can handle MIT, but didn’t get in. I’ve heard that from MIT graduate students I knew who went to Georgia Tech as an undergrad and TA’d MIT undergraduates. What I’ve been told is that the Purdue class tends to bifurcate around either a 2.5 GPA (B’s and C’s) or a 3.5 GPA (A’s and B’s). </p>
<p>If you’re fearful of Georgia Tech, and perhaps you should be, then you would probably be much better off at Purdue.</p>
<p>Just as an international. I’ve heard Georgia Tech (in Europe) since I was roughly 8-9, and only recently of Purdue; so if you take the global fame into account then Georgia comes out top.</p>
<p>There are a bunch of other ideas on how to study engineering on the web that you can google. Maybe practice them now during high school and see if you can improve your skills now. </p>
<p>Learning how to study this stuff effectively is a learned skill. A lot of people don’t realize that and think that their not good enough when they start to face trouble. That’s not usually true. If you can anticipate the fact that you need to improve your study skills, then you can get an early start. Even Cal Newport refers to deliberate practice. In this case use that on improving your study skills.</p>
<p>Agreed and agreed. (I am a 4.0 nontraditional student taking core at community college, and getting better at it every semester. My study skills need work, which is why I’m always working on them. Not sure I am ready for GT today, but I think if I were thrown in the deep end, I’m pretty sure I could get the hang of it before I failed anything.)</p>