<p>My S got the bad news email at 4pm yesterday. Of the hundreds of people taken off the wait list, he wasn't one of them. Although he had an outstanding senior year, I think being male and OOS hurt his chances. Seems OOS deposits were way too high(40%).</p>
<p>Sorry to hear that. The rejection at a young age is difficult and tough for the parents. I certainly know that all too well. My kid regrouped and is in the transfer process as an incoming 3rd year. It was tough to sell him on that initially, but he came around and now is more accepting of the process. Initially, it was doom and gloom for a while. Once that was over, he got busy on positioning himself via good grades and forging relationships with his professors so he could get favorable recommendations. It burns 2 years, but there really wasn’t any other choice.</p>
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<p>Did it really burn 2 years? He’ll have a Tech degree in 5 years, which is the same amount of time as 50% of Tech undergraduate degree holders.</p>
<p>People sometimes put too much emphasis on where you’re admitted / rejected. But at the end of the day, all that matters is where you earn a degree. Someone that goes to a junior college then to Tech has the same degree as someone that went to Tech straight through. Similarly, someone is rejected but Tech but earns a degree from UIUC is the same as someone that only applied to UIUC (which, for engineering, is basically equivalent in terms of reputation).</p>
<p>Agree. Bad statement to say burned 2 years.</p>
<p>darn is that true!!?</p>
<p>I had suspected the wait list was about to be closed. However, additional admissions appear to have been about 175 with about 100 accepting. I don’t have any inside information, just took the daily results from the deposit sheets as they were posted. I wish the best for your son - Tech had an unusually high number of good students who applied and even with out-of-state tuition, they are less expensive than most engineering schools in their tier.</p>
<p>It’s not all that wrong of a statement to say he burned 2 years. Think about it - in addition to your degree, you are getting a college experience. If I was accepted to GT Savannah with the option of transferring in after 2 years, I wouldn’t take it because I feel like my experience at Savannah would not be as good as going to a single college for 4 years. In addition, I feel like when I would get to Tech in my Junior year, I would feel left out.</p>
<p>So yes, there is that whole “burned 2 years” feeling about going to Savannah and transferring in.</p>
<p>@BanjoHitter’s “But at the end of the day, all that matters is where you earn a degree. Someone that goes to a junior college then to Tech has the same degree as someone that went to Tech straight through.”</p>
<p>I hear that companies who go to Tech to offer jobs are more in favor of those who had attended Tech since freshman year than those who had transferred their junior year. Sure, they both have the same degree, but the latter wouldn’t shine as much.</p>
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<p>That’s not true. I, and all interviewers that I know, do not view the two differently. </p>
<p>Given the option, I would rather attend Tech straight through than transfer in, but it’s not like losing a year of your life. You’re still getting an education and you can still meet people and have a “college” experience. It’s what you make of it.</p>
<p>Oh, no, I agree - better to go to Tech at all than to stick with the lower-level college. But I was thinking it would be more beneficial to start off at Tech since freshman year for the job prospects. I guess not.</p>
<p>The biggest advantage a straight-through student has over a transfer is that the straight-through student can start interning / co-oping in her freshman year. The transfer student probably does not have many opportunities for engineering positions at his first school. However, if he goes out and finds opportunities on his own, he’s not really behind when he gets to Tech.</p>