We're #1, where it counts! (Ga. Tech)

I support this post. With 5 years servitude on North Avenue.
 
But then you still have to tell people that you went to Georgia Tech. :)



I kid, I kid. (Mostly)
 
Dave Theisen said:
But then you still have to tell people that you went to Georgia Tech.
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Certainly. That's about my only positive attribute.

I was at a party one time when a few of us were standing around and talking about college experiences. When I mentioned I went to GT, somebody kiddingly said, "Why?" I replied, "Because I could." He paused a moment, then said, "Y'know, that's actually a pretty good answer!"
:)
 
Dave Theisen said:
But then you still have to tell people that you went to Georgia Tech.
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I have two kids in college and one that is a senior in high school, so I’m pretty current on school reputations. Georgia Tech is no longer a secret. Its reputation is excellent and it is a very difficult school to get into, particularly from out of state.
 
Wingsofglass said:
...it is a very difficult school to get into, particularly from out of state.
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Trust me - it's even harder to get out of.

When I was there, it was easy to get admitted IF you were a Georgia resident. Part of GT's funding each year was based on the number of state residents that they admitted. If a Georgia resident could fog a mirror he could get in, but then get flunked out in a quarter or two.
 
Good old North Avenue Trade School.
 
Bachelors in Electrical Engineering in ‘85 and Masters in Management in ‘89. I worked at GTRI for 8 years before a career track as a senior exec with multiple Silicon Valley semiconductor companies and a chance to live in Hong Kong running Asia for several years. Also both kids graduated GT with honors, one with a 3.96 GPA in EE, the other on her way to med school. Incredible school that prepared me well for life.
 
Half Fast said:
Trust me - it's even harder to get out of.

When I was there, it was easy to get admitted IF you were a Georgia resident. Part of GT's funding each year was based on the number of state residents that they admitted. If a Georgia resident could fog a mirror he could get in, but then get flunked out in a quarter or two.
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The tides have turned. When I attended (Early/Mid 80's)it was moderately difficult to get into, but the weed-out factor attritted about half the students. Today it is a bear to gain admission, but once you're in, the efforts to weed you out are far less vigorous.

In a course catalogue I have around here somewhere, they listed "Last year's (um..1983)" average GPA for "rising" classes. As I recall the average rising sophomore had a 2.4. I think rising seniors were in the 2.7 range. Typical undergrads GPA's at tech today are well into the 3's.
 
kyleb said:
The tides have turned. When I attended (Early/Mid 80's)it was moderately difficult to get into, but the weed-out factor attritted about half the students. Today it is a bear to gain admission, but once you're in, the efforts to weed you out are far less vigorous.

In a course catalogue I have around here somewhere, they listed "Last year's (um..1983)" average GPA for "rising" classes. As I recall the average rising sophomore had a 2.4. I think rising seniors were in the 2.7 range. Typical undergrads GPA's at tech today are well into the 3's.
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We may have been there at the same time. I graduated in 1984.
 
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