Georgia Institute of Technology

I graduated in ’87. Tech is a warm friendly school that likes diversity of names on their roster, just like the surrounding employers. The friendly locals always welcome a new guy in town, into their private little world. I never felt like a stranger, and, the many clubs like GTRA always had space on the roster for frequent social activities. After signing up for hikes and rafting, GTRA, and other student groups always contacted me come and join in the fun activities. The school newspaper and radio station had standing rules to allow all who approached them a position, so that no one was left out.

I did not join a fraternity, despite the many offers from frats that I rushed my first quarter. I still made lots of friends, though, who, have helped me find jobs after I graduated. Speaking of jobs, the surrounding area is loaded with many high tech companies eager to hire Tech grads.
The Georgia tradition of equal opportunity and merit based hiring, seems to have yielded great results. The Georgia tech alumni list reads like a list of who’s who in electrical engineering accomplishment. So many great accomplishments, I cannot believe it.

The student population are not brown nosers, Almost no one addressed profs as Dr. to get brownie points. It was like living the cultural revolution in the 60’s, and the profs enjoyed it, too, lowering themselves to the level of students, and hanging out with them as friends after class. It was like listening to kumbaya, and a 60’s psychedelic rock and roll song, all mixed into one. It was a warm and enlightening experience that I will cherish for the rest of my life.
After graduation, I moved back to my native Ohio. I left despite the wonderful opportunities with the local employers for an electrical engineer, and the many opportunities I had to settle down with the local Bells. I hope to return sometime, though, to the many happy times I had at my cherished Alma matter.

It’s my 100^th review! Yea!!! And what better place to review than Georgia Tech! Of course, it is difficult to be unbiased about your alma mater. GT is a terrific university with a great student population. The campus has seen major rejuvenation, and I am impressed DAILY by all of the amazing work done by faculty, staff, and students in a range of fields!
Goooooo Jackets!!! THWG!!!

VERY cool campus. Beautiful grounds, decent amount to look at, modern buildings, and huge! There’s plenty of maps around to help you figure out where you are.
Worth the visit just to walk around.

As a Tech alumnus, I can be biased but I absolutely love Georgia Tech. During my undergrad and grad studies, I was exposed to so much opportunities. I was lucky enough to do research with top private companies and top government organizations in my field. Being a student at Tech was definitely not an easy one. I was always sleep-​deprived and was always busy working on projects, homework and research. Partying at college? That doesn’t happen if you want to get good grades. HA HA
It has been a while since the graduation and I haven’t had a chance to think about Georgia Tech. Tech. prepared me well and Tech. definitely helped me a lot to be where I am now. Yay!!! Yellow Jackets!!!

Hard, tough… you will definitely have a love hate relationship. But it makes you a hard worker, and our alumni are successful and make great money! It’s in a diverse, historic city, and well… let’s go Jackets!

I am a current student. I love this school. I also hate this school. I am not sure which emotion is more dominant.
Besides being on an emotional roller coaster every football season the classes and professors always finds a way to shaft you as well. Tech is challenging and demanding this is why good standing for freshman is 1.7, sophomore 1.8, junior 1.9, and senior 2.0. The co-​op minimum is 2.2. Dean’s List is 3.0 and Faculty Honor’s is 4.0.
Look at any other school and Dean’s List is typically 3.3 or 3.5.
So why am I giving 5 stars? School pride. I am proud of how my school stacks up in rankings across the nation being a top public school in the nation as well as the top «enter any engineering discipline» in the nation. I understand that if courses weren’t so rigorous we as a school would not maintain or advance in rankings. So because I value the prestige of my degree I will fortunately and unfortunately continued to get shafted until graduation day willingly or unwillingly.
Hmm so outside of football and academics what else upsets me… I don’t like others bashing us for our high acceptance rates. We let in 57% because essentially only students who want to study engineering, computer science, or management want to attend Tech which is fine. u (sic)ga on the other hand has every student that has $ 60 and can maybe spell their name apply so of course their acceptance rate is lower than ours.
So what motivates me? Tech’s ROI is #1 in the nation. Tech students get jobs and have like an average starting salary of around $ 60,000-$ 65,000 across almost all majors (I am an Industrial Engineering major and my major is in that range). Plus the co-​op/​internship program is among the best in the nation here at Tech.
You always hear the phrase, «C’s get degrees,» here at Tech and it’s true and C’s with job experience whether co-​op or internship get jobs as well.
Anyways, go Jackets and always THWg!
Maybe I’ll update this review when I graduate… Pending 1.5−2 years

I was here for a week to attend a summer materials camp. This review is dealing with the building I attended classes, the student center, and the GHOST program. I spent time my in the Clough building for training. I’m just impressed with the building as far as design and was given a platinum LEED sustainable building. The student center not impressed. All these changes going around the campus and the student center is unchanged except the addition of the bowling alley downstairs everything is the same since the last time I was there in 2006.
The GHOST program is run by MSE (materials engineering) grad students who visit schools and do labs with students. The goal its to get students interested in science in particularly in MSE. Sheesh why didn’t they have this when I was in school. The exciting part was having the opportunity to tour the materials engineering labs. Renee was our guide. The tour was very informative and best of all Renee explained things in a way everybody could follow. The lesson were engaging and we knew exactly what he was explaining. I hope to be able to work with him to visit my school. Loved the organization and set-​up and I’m excited to be part of this.

I love Georgia Tech. It’s my alma mater. One of the biggest decisions of my life was to go out-​of-​state and attend Tech. I remember getting my acceptance letter from Tech just before Thanksgiving of my senior year of high school. I made a special trip to visit Tech campus and shortly thereafter, I decided to forego spending the next four years of my life at Research Triangle Park and instead headed for Atlanta, GA. I’ve been here ever since.
If you’re into science, math, and engineering, it’s hard to go wrong with Georgia Tech. It’s one of the top engineering schools in the country. I knew I wanted to study engineering, so my decision to go to Tech was an easy one. Tech is arguably the best school in the South when it comes to engineering. Also, it’s a public school, so tuition is significantly less when compared to other top (private) engineering schools.
Not only that, but I’m a sports fan. Growing up along «Tobacco Road» in NC, I lived and breathed ACC athletics (Duke, UNC, NC State, Wake Forest). Tech is in the ACC and I couldn’t wait to go to Tech football and men’s basketball games.
In the 2013 U.S. News and World Report national university rankings, Tech is ranked as one of the top 10 public schools for the 14^th consecutive year. Among all schools, it’s ranked 36^th. Tech’s College of Engineering is ranked 5^th among all undergraduate engineering programs. Eight of Tech’s engineering disciplines are ranked in the top 5 and another is ranked in the top 10. Tech’s industrial engineering program (my major) is ranked #1 and has been for many years.
Tech is hard. At orientation, they tell you to look to your left and look to your right, «only one of you will graduate from Tech.» It’s true. I can’t tell you how many of my friends from freshman and sophomore year (really, I should say «1^st» and «2^nd» year) never graduated from Tech. They either flunked out or transferred. At one point, even I considered transferring or changing majors. I ultimately told myself: I didn’t go out-​of-​state to Georgia Tech *not* to get an engineering degree. So I stuck with it.
Tech kicked my ass. I had to work very hard. Many times, I felt like the dumbest person in the classroom. Some of my biggest accomplishments at Tech include getting an A in Physics I, one of the weed-​out courses. The exams in Physics were multiple choice with no partial credit. I remember one exam was only 5 questions, so each question was worth 20 points. Miss one question and you immediately had an 80. Miss two and you were one point away from failing.
Another big accomplishment was getting a B in Thermodynamics (3000 level ME course) taught by a ruthless professor, who shall remain unnamed. He had a strict no-​curve policy. Sixty percent of my class ended up getting a D, F, or withdrawing. Sixty percent! There’s a reason why the campanile in the center of campus is nicknamed «The Shaft.» The day I shook then-​President G. Wayne Clough’s hand on stage at the Georgia Dome during graduation remains, to this day, the proudest moment of my life.
I had a love-​hate relationship while I was attending Tech. The classes were difficult, the professors seemed more interested in research than teaching (and thus, were hard to learn from — sometimes, I learned more through recitation, fellow classmates, or on my own), the professors didn’t care if you passed or failed, and there wasn’t much of a social life to speak of. However, the degree was well worth it. Out in the real world, people really respect and value a Georgia Tech degree.
I participated in Tech’s co-​op program, which is one of the largest in the country. If you’re a career-​oriented prospective student, I highly recommend participating in the co-​op program. You gain actual professional work experience, while at the same time, studying to earn your degree (alternating school and work semesters). I ended up working a total of 5 semesters while I was in school. It landed me the career I have today. Nothing gives you a leg up on the competition than having relevant work experience to go along with your education. Employers like that. These days, now I’m the one going down to Tech and interviewing for new hires.
As for social life, unless you’re ridiculously smart, you’re not going to have much of one if you want to graduate. Most of your free time will be spent studying. Tech has what is referred to as «the ratio» — the number of male students far exceeds the number of female students. For girls at Tech, the saying goes: «The odds are good, but the goods are odd.» It’s true. Tech is a nerdy school. In my opinion, girls have it easier at Tech because many guys are willing to help them out on their homework assignment or latest computer science project. If you’re a guy who ends up dating a girl from Tech, consider yourself lucky. Most Tech guys have to look elsewhere.
In summary, I’m glad I chose Tech. It was one of the best choices I ever made.

Even though GT is in the middle of a very large city, they’ve done a great job of maintaining green spaces, not to mention their good balance of new and old buildings.

Ma Tech.
This manifestation of it was through the College of Business and a cool lecture series they run (IMPACT or something like that).
Free tickets, could’ve walked and a beautiful day — do we really need anything else?
Oh, I did pay for parking, but it wasn’t terrible — can park across the street or over at the Cypress Street one that supports the Biltmore.

This is a pretty dang beautiful campus. Not only are a ton of the buildings new and LEED certified, but they are also very modern on the inside. The campus is very walkable, and the city is right close by for all the entertainment need.
When it comes to education, I am pretty sure you are set for life if you get a degree from here.

«Don’t send my boy to MIT,» the dying mother said. «Don’t send my boy to Emory. I’d rather see him dead. But send my boy to Georgia Tech. It’s better than Cornell. As for the University of Georgia…»

I wasn’t on campus long and didn’t see much of it to be honest. I just finished having a very underwhelming chilidog special at The Varsity and decided to walk off those turds and waddled over to GT.
From what I saw, campus was very nice. Grant Field was impressive too. Not for it’s size, but it’s layout. There doesn’t seem to be a bad seat in the house.
Friendly staff allowed me to walk through the reception area and look around the stadium.
Nice place.

My relationship with GT has spanned nearly half my life. I arrived on campus in the fall of 2000, not even 18, and a freshman. From that moment I embarked on a momentous journey. 6 years and one major change later, I got my undergraduate degree. I had so much fun I decided to return and am currently pursuing a Master’s there.
I don’t know why a college has a Unilocal page, but if they want a review, here goes.
The good:
— Tech is a great school with a great reputation. If you graduate from a Georgia high school, GT is a no brainer as you can use HOPE funds to finance all or part of your education. Even paying in-​state tuition, GT is a superb value for the quality of the degree you receive.
— Location. GT is unique among colleges because it is situated in the middle of a thriving metropolis while also maintaining a campus that feels like a campus. It’s a truly awesome feeling to catch a football game at Bobby Dodd stadium directly in the shadow of one of the tallest buildings in America (the BoA building). The school has undergone a number of capital improvements in the last decade and things have never looked nicer. With its prime real estate just west of Midtown Atlanta, there is never a dearth of things to do off campus.
— Activities. There are many campus student interest groups. If you don’t see one you like, you can start your own! The school does a good job of trying to keep things lively and interesting on campus, so there are often cool events and happenings to attend.
— Sports. Ok, Tech isn’t exactly known for it’s stellar showings in the big sports (FB, BB), but some of the other teams are quite good and fun to watch. The baseball team is a perennial powerhouse in the conference. The women’s volleyball and softball teams aren’t too shabby either. Sport isn’t about winning or losing though, you’ll have a great time at Grant Field (the oldest stadium continuously used in the NCAA), Chandler Stadium to see baseball, or the new venue for basketball currently under construction.
— The fight song. Admittedly, not all of us that came through GT are engineers, it’s still a great refrain though! It’s rousing, has a great tune, and mentions drinking more than once, WIN!
The bad:
— I don’t guess it’s really bad, but GT is a tough school. Granted, I don’t have any way of comparing as it’s the only college I have attended. Expect to spend much time in the library or some other quiet place. The tough thing about Tech is that even the «easy» majors are required to take relatively difficult courses like lab sciences, calculus, and computer science. Success at Tech is contingent on finding the right balance between work and play (I’ll spoil the surprise, the balance is tilted heavily in favor of work).
— You will be a little fish in a really, really big pond. Don’t think too highly of yourself because everyone at GT was top 10%, valedictorian, 90^th percentile SAT score, etc… If you keep this fact in mind, you won’t feel so bad about yourself when you score a ⁴⁶⁄₁₀₀ on a calculus test.
— Depending on the department, professors are not always so accessible. The best advice is to see them early and often if you are having trouble. And of course, the higher you get into your program of study, the more likely you are to encounter the same instructors again and again. In a small department like the history department (yes, you can major in history at GT), it is even easier to form good working relationships with your instructors.
— We’re not in the sticks people, Atlanta is an urban center, so there is crime. Be smart. Don’t walk alone late at night and you go a long way toward maintaining your safety. There are limited resources to get you about on campus after dark, but thinking ahead and using the buddy system is your best bet.
Tips:
— Have a visit to Tech Square some time. It’s just east of the main campus on 5^th St. There are shops, restaurants, and a decent bar or two.
— Give a look to the Ferst Center for the Arts. The venue hosts a variety of acts at generally reasonable prices. Students of course may get discounted tickets to events at the Ferst (and other venues in town) by visiting the Student Center box office.

«Look to the left, look to the right. Only one of the three of you will graduate from here.»
So were the words of whomever the heck was president of Ma Tech back when I started.
Tech was awesome. My time there was hell, but I look back at it fondly. You can’t beat this kind of education and what the degree gets you.

WHAT’S THE GOOD WORD?!
This is the best public education you can get in the state of GA, though I am bias. I was a baton twirler during halftime at Tech football games. I love my alma mater! Gooo Jackets! Sting ‘em!

I love my alma mater. I met my best friends here, met my husband here, and got out with highest honors. I still participate in recruiting activities for my school. I also have season tickets for football and baseball. So yes, I’m plenty biased.
Tech is a great school, particularly if you want any kind of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) degree. They’ve got an excellent co-​op program so that you can get practical experience. They’ve got many great study abroad programs so that you can see the world at the point in your life when you’re most eager to explore and willing to put up with less than perfect travel conditions (also, they don’t charge you as much out of state tuition when you study abroad, so it could actually be cheaper for you to study overseas than in Atlanta). They’ve got undergraduate research programs for credit or money, so you can get paid to figure out if you want to continue to graduate school. Many of the professors are the subject-​matter experts who wrote the text books you’ll be using, so you’re learning for the leaders in the field.
As for finding your soul mate, there’s a saying for Tech girls — the odds are good but the goods are odd. As in yes, it’s a mostly male school, but it’s hard to find a male worth dating. I can’t say much because I found one of those goods. I heard the most recent freshman class was 45% female. And if you’re IE or Biology or Chemistry, you’ll actually probably have more girls than boys in your classes. But if you’re ECE, be prepared to be the only girl or one of the only 2 – 3 girls in your classes. When I was at Tech, the ratio in Computer Science was 19:1 boys to girls. However, if you do anything outside of your dorm room and class, the ratio starts to even out. In most organizations, particularly those with a predominantly social bent, the ratio is about even. So there’s that.
As for the campus itself, it just keeps getting better. When I started, everything was still pretty fresh after the Olympics. Then they built Tech Square. Then they tore down the building from 1955 that was full of asbestos (where I had a lab class) to put in a park and the beautiful new undergraduate learning center that features rooftop gardens. It’s pretty impressive to find a downtown campus with so much greenspace.
Yes, there is some crime in the neighborhood. Yes, the auxiliary services leave a lot to be desired. Yes, the classes are hard. Yes, there are people who can’t hack it. But there are problems like this at every campus.
If you can get out of Tech, you can learn to do pretty much anything.
#Yelp365 — ²⁷⁵⁄₃₆₅

Ugh, constant love-​hate battle between me and this school…
Sometimes I find myself throwing imaginary bricks at my professors.
And other times… well, I still imagine throwing bricks at them.
What you get out of this school is what you put in. And if you happen to be a pretty smart kid on top of that, you’ll be unstoppable. I’ve learned a lot of (seemingly) useless, unasked for skills: coding in several different languages, modeling an M/​M/​1 queue, simulating the functions of a restaurant, (I’ll give you a cookie if you can tell what major I am!), learning how to function on minimal amounts of sleep, etc etc.
I will also briefly remark that, in general, the average Techie can do most things except:
1) Behave normally in a social setting
2) Dress themselves like a real human being
3) Not being a nerd
Academically speaking, you can’t get much better than Tech, especially in the southeast. Tech’s prime Midtown location is also excellent, although most students are too buried with their work to notice. Be prepared to be raped many, many times should you choose to come here… the Shaft IS a real thing.

What do you really review a university on? Rethinking it, you can’t review on sole primary purpose, because then all you could review restaurants on is the food, and bars on their alcohol.
That being said, let’s factor the following in, starting from 3:
*Academics +2 (one of the top 5 engineering schools in the nation)
*Social Life –2
*Career Office & Programs +1 (very nice and willing to help you find a job both while at and after school)
*Housing –1
*Parking –1
*Location +2 (being in the middle of a city and next to the train rocks)
*Campus Transportation –1
Anyone that goes here knows the ratio of men to women sucks, which in turn affects the social aspect of the school, whether you want it to or not. As such, it’s best to make some friends outside of the school to avoid staying in the campus bubble.

For men, if you’re not a hardcore engineer or scientist, this school is not for you. Go here if you know you’re going to be an engineer or a scientist. If you’re one of those people who have no clue about their future, avoid this place. Go to UGA instead. There’s lot more girls there. Besides, if math/​science type classes aren’t your thing, you’ll probably drop out anyway.
If you want to be an engineer, architect, scientist, or mathematician, then go here. You’ll get all the training you need to become one of the best.
What if you want to get chicks and become an engineer too? Well, you gotta make a choice. If you don’t mind hanging around bars in the highlands, clubs in midtown, clubs and bars in Buckhead, making a trip to Athens, Agnes Scott, Ga State, or Emory then you’ll be fine. It’ll take more time and effort.
Hint: hang around at the Language house at Tech. You might be able to hook up with foreign chicks who think Americans are cool.
Let’s face it, you’ll be too busy studying to have social life. For a lot of kids at GaTech, joining their guild in WoW would be considered good social life.
Ladies: if you’re smart and bright, then come here. A lot of guys will try to help you on your homework or computer problem. I’ve also heard from female friends that there’s a lot of cute dudes here. I’m sure you’ll find plenty of that (especially the nerdy kind).
Overall, they have pretty good math/​science/​engineering department. Their co-​op program is the bomb. If you’re an average Tech student and not one of the gifted ones, you’ll come out tougher, slightly cynical, and wonder where your 5 – 6 years have gone. If you value your social life more than your education, then don’t come here.