Georgia Tech (2022-2023)

[trim sonnet]

hi im back

ill prob be taking mini breaks ngl

[carmine gale]

wlecome back

[trim sonnet]

also if anyone wants the gt'27 discord lmk

😡

threads >>>>>>>

anyone got it?

i didnt lmao - hopefully it'll be fine tho

[elfin perch]

😭

its an addiction

[trim sonnet]

nono lmao im fine

[elfin perch]

nahh ik

dont worry

as long as ur good

[trim sonnet]

i spoke to GT ppl

[elfin perch]

ooh

[trim sonnet]

they're hella chill

with like

2nd sem grade

s

[elfin perch]

yess

[trim sonnet]

they said straight Bs are fine np 💀

[elfin perch]

LOL thsys what i said

[trim sonnet]

idk that doesn't feel right to me ykwim

[elfin perch]

yeah no it does feel right

but it only makes ur life easier

W

[slow osprey]

Me

Are you an intl or domestic @trim sonnet

[trim sonnet]

domestic OOS

[slow osprey]

Nice same

If you'll have a server do lmk

[trim sonnet]

DMd

🙂

[elfin perch]

adi

you better come back to club northeastern

[remote dawn]

Best club

[open walrus]

man

i dont think i'll be going to tech

oos 70k FOH

[boreal socket]

what does foh stand for

[open walrus]

fuck outta here

[boreal socket]

ah nvm 💀

it's def not that expensive lmao

[open walrus]

💀 💀

60k?

[boreal socket]

it's ~50k all inclusive

[open walrus]

oh

i got the transfer offer

[boreal socket]

gt is one of the cheapest publics for oos

[open walrus]

so i dont even know if i'll get that money

next year

[twin crystal]

Are you intl

?

[crude pilot]

hence my fav

[open walrus]

nah im oos

[tranquil moat]

sauce?

[remote dawn]

I cant get fin aid and I'm intl, it's just 50k

[open walrus]

yea im not like that

[remote dawn]

Oh tranfer, sorry

[misty flicker]

i got the transfer thing, so are community colleges considered to be accredited or does it have to be a 4 yr college?

[open walrus]

It is

Considered

Tell me if you want the email, i asked the same thing

[misty flicker]

i literally emailed them like 2 hours ago lmao

[stable hearth]

i got semifinalist!!

[stone cove]

@carmine gale stop looking through my pencil pouch that’s so rude

[carmine gale]

i hope u get captured by the lizzerland nation

[stone cove]

sending my athia army after u

[carmine gale]

ur just mad u got rejected by lizzerland university

[stone cove]

shut up jageor scum

[carmine gale]

this is why there’s a consequent boundary between u making friends

[stone cove]

wow

stupid shatterbelt

[trim sonnet]

guys hows the food

i mean on campus

atlanta food is bussin tho 😎

[remote dawn]

As I have read, shit

[tidal tangle]

does anyone deferred here write a LOCI

they talk a lot about not needing anything else but havent explicitly said not to send one

[trim sonnet]

on their IG they said you can

anyway

yea i think you should write one

mainly updates to ur ECs/awards + a bit of why us

[tidal tangle]

😭 not looking forward to more writing, i thought the dsf thing was enough

[narrow iron]

does gtech have loci?

[eternal grotto]

they have a deferred update form

[hidden swift]

guys

do u think they would get mad if i uploaded a resume on their portal

[hidden swift]

where??

[trim sonnet]

@gtadmissions i think

they sent out a buncha stories yesterday

[hidden swift]

i dont see anything

[trim sonnet]

idk if they're still there

ohh rip

its been 24 hrs

like 27 ish now i think atp

[hidden swift]

i fucking deactivated my ig to focus on umich

fuck

@trim sonnet they said deferred students could submit LOCI?

[trim sonnet]

yea

[hidden swift]

how would that even work

would u email them it

[trim sonnet]

they basically talked about updating them with "leadership and accomplishments"

ie ECs and awards

so basically yea LOCI

i remember that quote

[hidden swift]

were they referring to the DSF when they said that

[trim sonnet]

idk if you'd email or like do smth through the portal tho sry

[hidden swift]

mmm

alr

[trim sonnet]

ohhh yea

ye

yea

yea

[hidden swift]

oh fuck

alr

that shi only gives u 150 words

😭

[tidal tangle]

i wrote the dsf so does that mean a loci isnt required

they kinda talk about the same thing, like basically updates and all

[hidden swift]

GT doesnt even accept LOCI

they only accept the DSF

[tidal tangle]

well thats good then, i really dont know what to write in a loci after ive already submitted a dsf

[hidden swift]

did u make ur dsf a bullet point list

or a paragraph

[tidal tangle]

paragraph

[hidden swift]

hmm alr

i was thinking of doing bullet point so i could fit more stuff in

[tidal tangle]

i mean they dont tell what they expect so go for it

[hidden swift]

yea true

[tidal tangle]

i think it wont matter that much unless theres actually some significant change in your activities or something and they just wanna compare you to the rd applicants

[hidden swift]

ive gotten quite a few robotics awards since novemember and some other stuff so who knows

i just wna get in mannnn

[trim sonnet]

yea def talk abt that

i mean this doesn't need to be an essay (i think?)

just list them out while keeping it organized

[trim sonnet]

something is better than nothing, also significant is subjective lol

[slow osprey]

I've survived one whole week on Subwayss and pizza's during my visit so I'd rate it it a 6/10

[trim sonnet]

subway on campus?

thats lwk fire

[slow osprey]

Not on campus but like 2 mins from there

[trim sonnet]

oh yea also

[slow osprey]

And luckily I managed to make that week on just that food lol

[trim sonnet]

wait are you from the bay area?

[tidal tangle]

it is, but its the way i convinced myself not to stress too much about what i write on the dsf 😭

[slow osprey]

Nah, I went there for isef

[trim sonnet]

i was gonna ask about the general COL and like food compare but nvm if not

ok

sheeessh

isef damn

wait which year?

[slow osprey]

2022 just this year

[trim sonnet]

OH WAIT

ATLANTA

OMG

[slow osprey]

The best part was the weather

[trim sonnet]

slayyyy

holy shit

[slow osprey]

Lol

[trim sonnet]

ok i was a bit confused at first since you said "there"

and i said "bay area"

and there's no isef here 💀

[slow osprey]

Ohh lol

😂

[trim sonnet]

lol i went to csef and my career was over

did hella mid

good enough ig

[slow osprey]

I just managed to do some weird stuff and convince the judges

So I made through

[trim sonnet]

i think my project wasn't unique enough

like it wasn't like an everyda product

but ppl have done smth similar in science fairs

so thats prob why

i made an engineering thing

that uses CS software

lol

did u do like a legit science project?

[slow osprey]

Ahh I see
My project was about plants but the research behind it was all CS so it didn't fall in either category and somehow I still managed to survive in plant sciences

[trim sonnet]

LOL

ik someone that did hella good in CSEF

similar thing as you

science + cs but science category

[slow osprey]

It was a bit novel so yes but convincing plant scientists about something CS is tough 😭

[trim sonnet]

LOL

[slow osprey]

Oo

[trim sonnet]

wait so is GT ur top choice

or u finna go to like hypsm

isnt isef like 50% acceptance chance or smth for hypsm

idk

[slow osprey]

Nah nah man I have no chance there

But GT is like top 5

[slow osprey]

Idts lol. Atleast from what I've seen

Unless you're isef X2 or x3

[trim sonnet]

stfu 🤣

bro did isef and said he has no chance for hypsm

💀

u def have a chance

idk how the rest of ur app is but yea

[slow osprey]

😭Nah man

Let's see

[trim sonnet]

nah but fr tho

this shi makes such good why major content LMFAO - i mean the CS + science stuff

i exploited tf outta that project

and my other science fair ones

i bet u did smth similar too?

[trim sonnet]

😎

[slow osprey]

Exactly lol. Anywhere you have to speak about interdisciplinary stuff, just speak about the project and it makes the essay easy

[slow osprey]

Yep

[trim sonnet]

LMAOO REALLLL

[stone cove]

i made a tiktok (just for jokes) about being yield protected everywhere and it semi blew up

[trim sonnet]

💀

lwk wanna see but that'd prob dox u

[stone cove]

yeahh

[polar shell]

heard it was fucking terrible

[polar shell]

this is fine

[trim sonnet]

mhm

that's why i was asking

[trim sonnet]

^^

would it be realistic to like

not buy a dining plan thing

im not super rich or anything lol

but like if atlanta food is not too pricey (obv not fine dining or smth lmao)

and the campus food sucks then

🤔

[polar shell]

tbh i dont remember how much food was in atlanta

been a few months since i was there lmao

[slender marten]

when i went on my tour the food was amazing. but i’ve heard mixed reviews but ur in literally downtown atl so it’s rlly not even that deep fr

[slender marten]

they require first years to have dining plan

my current gt friends say the everyday plan (u only get two choices) is the best one for first years.. they go to the study + cafe mostly

[clever marten]

apparently it’s really improved in the last couple of years but it’s by no means incredible

[solar hemlock]

any international whos committed to georgia tech pls contact me

[crude pilot]

i wish

but GT hasnt committed to me yet

:((

[trim sonnet]

oops sorry lol

forgot we can't post discord links

lotta ppl been DMing me asking to send them the gt'27 server link but a2c doesn't allow it rip

[weak karma]

can you dm me?

[mystic dragon]

there's a bunch of other links for specific clubs and classes on one of the channels.

[hidden swift]

should i thank the admissions office in my DSF or don’t even waste word count on that

[tepid gorge]

i can also send a invite to the gt '27 server to anyone accepted, just shoot me a dm

or just get it from Adi 😂

[tepid gorge]

probably not just focus on any upates you have

[tepid gorge]

probably not because as someone else pointed out first years are required to have a dining plan and it would likely cost more to grab breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day outside

[hidden swift]

i lowk might just do bullet lists of resume updates and awards

while describing them

[tepid gorge]

idk but that may work

[hidden swift]

admissions office said that’s fine

called em monday

unless they was lying to me😀

[trim sonnet]

I think that’s good

yep W on confirming w/ admissions office

[hidden swift]

sounds good

[trim sonnet]

Also

@hidden swift

Check out @gtadmissions

On IG

They have a story thing where u can ask questions

@tidal tangle too ^

[slender marten]

DID ANYONE ELSE JUST GET THE EMAIL

FROM GT ABT SCHOLARSHIP SEMIFINALIST

[trim sonnet]

I DIDN'T

DID YOU???

STAMPS AND GOLD THING

UR A SEMIFINALIST???

ITS ON UR PORTAL BTW

came out a couple days ago

[slender marten]

NO NO THIS IS BUSINESS SCHOOL SPECIFIC

[trim sonnet]

ohhh

omg

[slender marten]

i didn’t get stamps or gold BUT

[trim sonnet]

YESSSSSSSS SLAYYYYYYY

OMG

CONGRATS

GL FOR THE INTERVIEW

[slender marten]

TY TY 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[trim sonnet]

im a cs major so not too familiar but YESSSS

so happy for u

[tepid gorge]

WWWWWW

congrats man

[polar shell]

CONGRATS

[slender marten]

TYYY SO EXCITED

[vocal sequoia]

just got a"Deferred Supplemental Form Reminder" email from GT, did any of u guys get it too?

[wide nebula]

No because I already did the dsf

Just do it

It doesn’t take long

[vocal sequoia]

true, waiting for results from a piano comp tho

[hidden swift]

if h haven’t done it

u get it

[vague belfry]

Hi

Do dean scholarships cover housing/food? I got selected to interview for one but I already have the Zell Miller Scholarship which covers all tuition costs.

[vague belfry]

I got this too..how many people get it? If you’re in-state you should already have Zell

[slender marten]

yes

deans stacks on top of zell/hope

idk how many ppl got it tbh

[vague belfry]

Oh fuck

[stone cove]

@carmine gale reveal

[vague belfry]

well best of luck sir but $10k/uear to tuiton housing would go fucking insane

[carmine gale]

vittal

madre

[stone cove]

yes

[carmine gale]

@stone cove reveal

[stone cove]

im not a rat

[carmine gale]

yeah ok

[stone cove]

no matter what everyoone says

[vague belfry]

@slender marten I looked online only 10 ppl get it

Get the scholorship**

[slender marten]

yes but idk how many ppl got semifinalist

[vague belfry]

prob 200ish

[carmine gale]

@stone cove GET YOUR FINGER

OUT

OF

MY

FACE

[crimson wolf]

[stone cove]

GIRLS OUT THE ROOM GIRLS OUT THE ROOM

[carmine gale]

chomp chomp chomp

[stone cove]

HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPO

600 pound HOG trying to eat my face

[icy schooner]

oh no. then i fked

Im currently deffered

who else is deffered here?

[gloomy coral]

Me

[icy schooner]

i think they deffered a lot of students this year

[vague belfry]

This isn’t true, it’s a holistic review

[winged sedge]

idk if this counts but i applied for cs with a 1450 and tho they didnt accept me, they offered me the transfer pathway into it for next yr

so like

😹 CLOSE ENOUGH

[icy schooner]

BRUH, I have a 1500 and im instate and they deffered me

Bruh

But to be fair cs is the most competitive to get in

[clever marten]

they deferred 21% of EAII applicants

🧢

[hidden swift]

how do yk this

[clever marten]

@hidden swift

[hidden swift]

i only heard their EA II acceptance rate was 10%

[clever marten]

that seems to be the case too

[hidden swift]

21% isn’t that kinda high

[clever marten]

not really

[clever marten]

https://news.gatech.edu/news/2023/01/30/admission-delivers-early-action-2-decisions

The overall admit rate for Early Action 2, which included both international and out-of-state students, was 10%.

[vague belfry]

10% wtf

i did not know it was that low

did anyone get the acceptance packet that they said they would send

[vernal summit]

Not yet

[icy schooner]

Oh dang. Well I'm glad I at least got deffered

[crude pilot]

same

[crude pilot]

this somehow didnt ping me

[crude pilot]

but only 20% get in after deferral:(

[slow osprey]

20% is still a good number

[crude pilot]

being in that 20% is super iffy

[slow osprey]

Trust the process:))

[crude pilot]

too much faith in the process rn

[clever marten]

yeah I just disabled this

[clever marten]

nope

[crude pilot]

oh damn i didnt know abt this lol

[rough galleon]

deferral gang strong 💪

[crude pilot]

yeeee

[icy schooner]

its better than nothing

[crude pilot]

truee

[mystic dragon]

20% is better than 10% so fundamentally your chances are better now than when you applied EA2. Moving in the right direction.

[crude pilot]

lmaoo

honestly yeah true

i didnt think of it like that yet

[merry field]

Sorry for the late message, but I got into Georgia Tech for Physics from Germany

[open walrus]

W

[rough galleon]

sheesh

thats a far move from another country

W tho

[long thistle]

Congratulations!

[restive sapphire]

Congrats!

[gloomy coral]

Congrats!!

[polar shell]

[vague belfry]

Wow I’m glad to be in state

[clever marten]

glückwunsch!!!

[slender marten]

my friend is oos and got accepted cs w a 1390

[slender marten]

no but i got this already

it’s not even a packet it’s literally your acceptance letter in this folio + stickers

[clever marten]

delete this…it has your GTID

[upbeat pond]

@vague belfry @craggy yoke

[craggy yoke]

Hi

[vague belfry]

hi

[upbeat pond]

the image^

[vague belfry]

whaaaaat

they didnt give me one 😦

did anyone else get that?

[slender marten]

i was accepted ea1

oh sorry ab the gtid thing

gtid alone doesn’t do much without passwords etc.. no different than your name

[vague belfry]

ohh

yeah i got in ea2

[tepid gorge]

your acceptance letter should come soon then

[tepid gorge]

yea...what can one do with just a gtid?

[mystic dragon]

Stay positive!

[mystic dragon]

Yeah. CMU sends a bunch of stuff including a cloth banner, stickers, mug etc. Private v public school. 😉

[polar shell]

It used to be your ssn years back I’m pretty sure lmao

[tepid gorge]

oh alright, yea thats changed now

[compact crater]

it doesnt matter lmao

u can search up anyone's GTID by their first and last name

[clever marten]

idk, people were told not to post their ids here or sumn like that

probably just to protect personal information like someone's name

https://tenor.com/uVzZ.gif

[compact crater]

ah

[clever marten]

you're the person telling people how much tech sucks, right?

[compact crater]

😹

[clever marten]

how do the people on youtube make it look so fun?

[compact crater]

because to be completely honest the average tech student does a better job managing their time than me

I just transferred from uga into here so the transition has been hard

this place isn't that bad in terms of academics

but the transition has been hard in terms of social life, scenery change, finding and trying to maintain a good schedule etc

i also just hate my life because I like being up late night and I have 8 AM's every morning for the first time in college

so it just doesn't work out, Im basically tryna find what works right for me

[clever marten]

I don't tend to go out much because social situations are spooky so I can keep to myself and stay productive but the immense workload and difficulty scares me

[compact crater]

yeah I feel that. academics are definitely tough

[clever marten]

like I'm definitely not an amazing student and by no means a straight A student either

[compact crater]

for me it was a like a "wow.." kinda change

it's all g, no one is a straight A student here

Im in state so I've had a few friends from high school go into tech starting freshman year

it's different man, like those straight 4.0 students are the people getting 3.5's - 3.7's now

so a lot of people learn to find peace in not getting A's here

and I'm still trying to learn that as well

[clever marten]

that's reassuring

[compact crater]

some people just don't find peace, those are the people who no life school and do get 4.0's

[slender marten]

i think the hardest part for u is that u transferred in

i have a lot of friends at tech who have been there from the start and they love it so much..

[compact crater]

yeah, definitely true

[slender marten]

i hope things look up for u

what’s ur major again?

[compact crater]

I appreciate that, I think it really comes down to maintaining balance. u don't gotta be a stoner like me or anything but I think what keeps people sane, like the people you see on youtube and everything, is that they care for things outside of school, especially when a lot of them didn't in high school because the majority of tech students were indeed like that in high school

like ultra achieving students who are very sound and uniform in grades, extracurriculars, etc

[vague belfry]

@compact crater have you found tech insanely difficult

[compact crater]

and Im computer science

[vague belfry]

I’m a business major so should be less difficult but rly nervous I won’t be able to keep up

[compact crater]

yeah it's definitely very difficult in STEM but again u get used to it

[slender marten]

sameeee

[compact crater]

and yeah I mean your business

so you're big chilling

like when I say big chilling you're big chilling these 4 years

[vague belfry]

like fr?

[slender marten]

tbf u definitely made the right decision bc a cs degree from tech has way more weight than one from uga

[compact crater]

don't take offense by that lmao

[vague belfry]

I’m worried abt calc bc I take it rn and I’m so fucked

shits hard

[compact crater]

but u will get clowned by tech students for being business haha

[slender marten]

MEEE LMFAO

[compact crater]

calc 2 is tough ya

[vague belfry]

I don’t care lmao business majors fucking hire stem majors

[compact crater]

I don't think yall have to take anything past calc 1 or 2

yeah eventually you will

[clever marten]

you got me when I'm out of Tech, right?

[slender marten]

yea but i have friends at tech who failed bc at my school but they said calc is so much easier in college w actual professors

so we’ll see

[compact crater]

lmao we're gonna be making a bag over that salary when we come in

[slender marten]

and it’s calc 2 for business

unless you conc in finance/econ

[vague belfry]

I literally just have to get a 4 on the bc exam in may to cut two calc classes out but I don’t know how I’m gonna manage to do it lol

[slender marten]

bc then you have to take so high level econ classes that require hard ass math

[compact crater]

I took calc ab in high school

[slender marten]

REALLLL

[vague belfry]

Do business majors struggle at all

from workload

[slender marten]

my business major friend at tech just got an intern opportunity at google so 😭😭

[slender marten]

not to my knowledge

[compact crater]

I got a 5 on it, I thought it was pretty easy, I came into UGA with credit but I wanted to take it again cuz I had to take calc 2 at uga for transfer credit into tech and I thought calc 2 was pretty fucking hard

[vague belfry]

You got the dean semi finalist right? What date did you select

[compact crater]

like easily my hardest class at UGA

[slender marten]

feb 17

[compact crater]

and definitely up to par in difficulty compared to classes here

[vague belfry]

Me too lol

[slender marten]

omg see u then lol??

[vague belfry]

Yea I guess lmao

[slender marten]

not the a2c meetup

[vague belfry]

💀

[compact crater]

congrats that's a W

[slender marten]

ty but it’s reallly difficult to get finalist 💔💔

only 10 selected out of who knows how many semis

[compact crater]

yeah that doesn't sound fun

but yall made it this far, yall got this

what if both yall end up as 2 out of the 10 w it 😹

[slender marten]

🤭🤭🤭 it’s possible

[compact crater]

that does remind me of one of the things I loveeee about this mfin school: the possibilities

like when I say the sky is the limit, I definitely think it is, at least for career placement

the opportunities u will get here to get internships, co-ops, and/or entry level positions is just insane

partly because of the location right in a mfin tech hub and also cuz of how goated the school is

I was at uga and I was getting nothing, the second I transferred here I interviewed w cox automotive and PNC for internships, got offers for both

and I accepted PNC and I'm moving out to pittsburgh this summer to get the bag

[vague belfry]

Yea but UGA downtown is so fun lol

[slender marten]

INSANITY. you’re making me SO EXCITED

[slender marten]

real but ur literally in atlanta

[vague belfry]

The Atlanta bars suck

[slender marten]

there’s a couple good ones

• the speakeasy’s are nice

[compact crater]

yeah I can't lie

Athens downtown >>>>>

so much fun

but ATL downtown is fun in a different way imo

ATL bars* like midtown

[vague belfry]

which bars do Georgia tech kids go to

[slender marten]

athens is only an hr away tho like thats always a place to go

[compact crater]

Veranda

[slender marten]

VERANDA.

[compact crater]

Lost Dogs

that's buckhead but ya

[vague belfry]

Bro lmao veranda and lost dog

are strict on ID’s now

[compact crater]

I mean

don't come in w a stupid fake

[vague belfry]

veranda got busted

[compact crater]

come in w one that looks real

like a scannable

[vague belfry]

I mean yea

I just look young lol

[slender marten]

lost dogs doesn’t car tho?

[vague belfry]

yea they do

[slender marten]

real

[compact crater]

don't waste time trying to bank on other people's fakes all the time if u plan on going out a lot

[vague belfry]

I have my own

[compact crater]

like yall are in high school rn, get your fakes now

since u know people now

[vague belfry]

idk if it’s any good though I’ve only used it in athens and they don’t stop anyone

[compact crater]

yeah athens is a lil different

but ATL is not much harder im tellin u

[slender marten]

athens bouncers r just happy to be there fr

[compact crater]

if ur a woman u can get in without ID's in athens

just need ur snap

[vague belfry]

Are veranda and lost dog the main GT bars

[slender marten]

literally my sister 😭😭

[slender marten]

there’s one more i forgot the name

[vague belfry]

Those are just filled with high school kids lol

[compact crater]

yeah the one to the left of Veranda

that's a big one

[slender marten]

yes.

[compact crater]

like the one directly next to Veranda

[slender marten]

do y’all go down to state at all for parties

or how r the parties at tech

is frat row dead 💔

[compact crater]

I haven't gone to state for parties but btw the state area is low key ass

I wouldn't go down there especially at night unless you wanna get shot

[vague belfry]

lol I don’t think GT is the place to go to enjoy yourself

Which is upsetting

[compact crater]

parties at tech are soooo weird lmao

[slender marten]

see but i’ve heard the opposite

[compact crater]

those are, imo, obviously worse than UGA's

[slender marten]

i heard there’s a massive coke prob

[compact crater]

people be trippin fr

[vague belfry]

at tech?

[compact crater]

yeah you can do a lot of coke here

my roommate is addicted

[vague belfry]

what are frat parties like

[compact crater]

frat parties are lit

I was pledging a frat this semester but I dropped

[vague belfry]

I mean at tech

[compact crater]

got too busy

[vague belfry]

UGA ones are fun

[compact crater]

and I felt overwhelmed w transfe

r

[vague belfry]

but at tech aren’t half the frats just dead lol

[vague belfry]

breh what

[slender marten]

are u in a dorm

or are u off camp

[compact crater]

yeah all my roommates have done it multiple times, just one of them who's addicted

Im off campus

[slender marten]

i’m seriously considering off campus

[compact crater]

off campus is nice but on campus is also goated imo

[slender marten]

but part of me wants the dorm experience just once

[compact crater]

cuz u get to learn the campus really easily

yeah

I think the one dorm expereince is nice

experience*

[slender marten]

glenn/towers 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[compact crater]

yeah

[compact crater]

nah I mean they're lit still

they're the only lit people on campus

[slender marten]

i’m instate so i can hopefully get them but idk bc i paid my deposit kinda later than everyone else

[compact crater]

but yeah I mean I can't lie

compared to uga

frats here are dead

pledgeship is a joke

rushing is way more informal imo

like I rushed on a whim, came in w 1 hour left on the last day and I got a bid

[vague belfry]

Lol I submitted housing two weeks late cuz I waiting on Michigan

I’m gonna get stuck w a shitty form

[slender marten]

yeah but am i here to have fun or here to make bank

[vague belfry]

Bruh what

[slender marten]

wym

like how late

i submitted the day before ea2 came out

[vague belfry]

I submitted January 31st

So I’m ducked

Cause ea2 came out before

[slender marten]

oh yikes

find an instate roomie then

[vague belfry]

Oh yea I didn’t realize my roommate might get a better option then me

[livid crater]

im in state and i havent even gotten in yet lmao

so youll be fine probably

[slender marten]

did you apply ea and get deferred or rd?

[vague belfry]

@compact crater what’s the frat that gets the most fucked

[livid crater]

yeah i got deferred ea1

[slender marten]

idk tho they accepted 2500ish and glenn/towers is only 500ish beds

so idk what the yield rate is but 💔💔💔💔

[vague belfry]

yea plus EA2 got in before I submitted housing

So I’m def fucked unless I want in-state roommate

[livid crater]

yeah ive heard towers is kinda overrated anyway

[clever marten]

bruh, those are the two I was banking on so I'm not miserable

[vague belfry]

yep

The rest suck

[slender marten]

towers is the dream i want to back onto the 85

[clever marten]

towers looks more roomy that glenn tbh

[livid crater]

gatech campus kinda sucks

especially in terms of housing

[slender marten]

okay no

their dorms are shit but the campus eats

[clever marten]

do EAII people get housing options yet?

[livid crater]

campus itself is kinda mid

[slender marten]

huh

[livid crater]

too big and you have to cross a highway for half of campus

lots of trees though

[slender marten]

i disagree

[livid crater]

but also lots of streets going straight through campus which i dont like

[slender marten]

tech was the best campus i toured

[clever marten]

I haven't accepted the offer yet so idk but do you get to choose housing right after you accept

[livid crater]

the tour shows you like a tiny part of campus

[slender marten]

oh no you pay the deposit and then you choose housing in like april or may i think

[vague belfry]

yea but paying depo puts u in line

[slender marten]

bc they have to give you time to choose a roommate etc

[clever marten]

ah, so even if I accept now, I won't get a good shot at glenn/towers

[slender marten]

likely no but you can always get an instate roommate who has a better spot in line

[clever marten]

oh, that makes sense

any instate tryna room?

[livid crater]

i mean all my friends got conditional transfer pathway

so idk

[slender marten]

i mean i don’t have a roomie yet but i’m also not 100% committed

[livid crater]

i have a few friends who got in that i could hook you up with

dont think theyve committed yet though

[slender marten]

instates are so lucky bc we have zell (free tuition 🤭🤭)

[livid crater]

yeah zell goes hard

[slender marten]

the one thing the state of ga does right

[vague belfry]

I need to find an in-state roommate

That submitted housing before me

Cause I had to wait to get deferred from Michigan lmao

[livid crater]

you know theres a bill to get rid of zell and make it so hope is full tuition

[clever marten]

putting "instate" on my roommate preference form

[slender marten]

as long as i don’t pay tuition idrc 🤍

[livid crater]

i havent checked my hope gpa in a while i hope i still qualify

[vague belfry]

maybe if there’s a hilel near Glenn/towers I can ask the rabbi to tell tech staff I need to be close for religious purposes

[slender marten]

what pisses me off tho is gt’s parking pass fees 😭😭😭😭

like wym almost 1k 😭😭

[livid crater]

probably do but i got a bunch of bs last semester

but they were in like gtcalc and post-ap research so idk if they count

and ap gov

[slender marten]

hmm

idk i’m not sure what the requirements even are anymore

it’s like 3.5 for hope or no?

[livid crater]

its like certain class codes

yeah 3.5 for hope i think

and 3.85 for zell?

[slender marten]

yea something like that

[livid crater]

i think i got it

no way gtcalc counts since its de and has a generic course code

[slender marten]

it shouldn’t

you can check in gafutures

[livid crater]

ap gov probably does

[vague belfry]

And it’s 3.7 for zell

[livid crater]

yeah but thats a lot of work

if its 3.7 i probably have it

most of my bs are in ap level classes so that would be a 4 anyway

[vague belfry]

Damn now I’m upset I submitted housing two weeks late

fucked up my chances of getting a nice dorm

[livid crater]

think only non-ap b i got is honors spanish which isnt a core class i dont think

[slender marten]

me as well

[livid crater]

wonder if i can room with one of my friends whos a current freshman

[slender marten]

i have to be like spot 300 in line to even have a chance and that’s just so unlikely

[slender marten]

you can’t

[livid crater]

dang

its ok im in state im sure i can find a friend who goes if i get in

[slender marten]

you have to stay in a dorm that’s apart of the first year experience and only freshman can stay in them

[livid crater]

have to get in first though

i might do first semester abroad anyway

[slender marten]

u got this

[vague belfry]

There’s like 500 spots no?

for Glenn and towers

[slender marten]

500 beds

meaning like 200 rooms

[vague belfry]

oh yaa and I guess most ppl in Line wont dorm with others high in line

just need to find a committed roommate I guess who signed up awhike ago

[slender marten]

i wonder if i can email housing and find out my spot number

[vague belfry]

Do it

I wonder if summer kids get priority though 👀👀👀👀👀👀

I’m summer

I know we have different housing for summer but maybe they let us choose spots for regular first

[slender marten]

i’ll report back 🧘

[vague belfry]

Do you know what day you sunmkttex

Submitted

[slender marten]

jan 25

[polar shell]

i thought all aps were hope/zell rigor classes

[livid crater]

are they

[winged sedge]

@compact crater hii! i saw u transferred in for CS, and i wanted to ask ur experience w/ it? like hahaha i got the transfer pathway for next yr when i applied for cs so i could likely transfer into cs in 2024, but do u think its worth it?

[compact crater]

wsg my g, yeah so I just transferred in this semester from UGA, I spent 3 semesters at UGA already. I like georgia tech, it's a different vibe than UGA for sure but I feel like the transfer transition is definitely harder than high school transition, partly because 1. your high school academics are probably on par in difficulty with tech's difficulty in classes so you won't have as hard of a time vs transferring in from a college where the difficulty and workload change is significant, and 2. you're gonna be established at your college after your first semester most likely and you might have a feeling of not wanting to transfer because of the fact that you feel established, have a social circle, etc

I wanted to go to GT for comp sci since like 6th grade so when I got rejected after freshman year applications, I was still fixated on transferring to tech when I came to UGA, but being at UGA after my first semester really made me rethink applying to transfer

so with all of that said, I think it's worth it in the long run. I've already told some folks here in this thread already but like despite how hard it is academically, and even socially, the job opportunities will make you cream yourself

like the reality of it started hitting me when I was getting jack shit in terms of interviews and and offers at UGA, and since I've been at tech I've done a lot of interviews and have gotten a couple offers already

the most reassuring thing is almost everyone gets used to the academics and time management, because just about everyone here is very smart so it comes down to how much time and effort you're gonna put in

you'll be able to bull shit your way through college at a shit ton of colleges, but not at tech

[tepid gorge]

not if ur a stem major who starts ur own business 👀

[crude pilot]

tech entrepreneurs💪

[winged sedge]

i need someone to shove me in a locker in 1 years time and tell me to apply for transfer because☠️☠️

i might fold

[compact crater]

thats the thing tho, its ok if u dont want to lol

tech doesn't make u successful, you do. im not saying that ur gonna get more and better job opportunities in other colleges compared to tech but like 99% of corporate mfers didnt go to georgia tech

[polar shell]

yeah APs are all hope rigor

ig some DE arent

i think its +0.5 for aps/de if you get a F-B grade for hope gpa

[opal swan]

The more I find out about people who got accepted/deferred the more mad I get about this

Some girl in one of my classes got deferred with a 1200 and 3.5 GPA, being an African American female definitely improved her odds

Course rigor wasn’t great either, 3 total APs

[winged sedge]

why are you mad

[elder glade]

Maybe she j had a really good essay

🤷

[open walrus]

stay madd

[tardy crane]

lmfao what the fuck

bro is just racist

just because ur stats are high doesn't mean ur autoadmit

most of y'all can't write essays for shit bruh

[carmine gale]

You guys fucking lack critical thinking

“if I was blind deaf and had a broken spine I would’ve gotten in” no fucking shit

systemic racism doesn’t mean that they’re called slurs it means that it’s harder for others to get the same advantages

lots of ppl get internships and tutors and research through connections

so “if you were black” you wouldn’t have the exact same app strength even if you put in the same effort

And if you dont believe that then that’s your problem

You act like just changing race only affects the color of your skin, no it affects so much more

I’ll probably be muted/banned for this but I can’t even rationalize with a2c salty racists

Literally just cope

[gray thunder]

is that a racial diff or socioeconomic diff?

[carmine gale]

I would say both

Not purely one or the other

but to say race doesn’t matter is purely ignorant

[gray thunder]

agreed

[rough galleon]

that's why colleges also prob look into the opportunities you have tho

whatever your race if your poor and living in some trailer but they see you go the extra mile at school then even if your the race of the majority population you would have an equal or higher chance?

[carmine gale]

Colleges also take into account financial situations

And income

It’s not like they don’t consider poor not-poc

They have an entire additional info section for you to explain ur shit

[rough galleon]

yea true

so race prob does matter but not as much as people think

its just one cog in the machine

[carmine gale]

Anywyas my raging liberal rant is over if anyone tries to argue against me or respond ima just ignore

[clever marten]

this needs to be understood by so many A2C members it’s unreal

ECs don’t always carry

[crimson wolf]

I agree but also respectfully disagree

[restive sapphire]

Essays incorporate what you’ve done in your ecs with who you are, your character, your personality, your passions and more

That’s why they’re very important

Especially for very competitive schools where high stats just becomes a checkbox

[compact crater]

chill cuz 😹

finna get cancelled

not by me tho

[compact crater]

very true. essays matter a shit ton, I stg I didn't realize this until I transferred in but it's easily one of the biggest factors in considering ur decision

[clever marten]

Looking at the bloodshed of Purdue EA, people with incredible stats and ECs got deferred or even flat out rejected even though they considered Purdue as a “safety school”

reading a few essays, I realized just how wack some essays were

it was clear who spend a week or two and who spend an hour or two

[winged sedge]

ohhh fr?

[compact crater]

yeah

I mean it's definitely a lil different for transfer cuz admissions weighs your qualification on just a few standards: your gpa, your essays, and your extracurriculars (on campus in terms of clubs or research, off campus perhaps in terms of internships / coops)

of which all of them matter but students don't necessarily participate in extracurriculars in college

not nearly as much as HS on average fs

[elder glade]

Tbh what I find is that ppl lacking in stats and extras tend to work harder on their essays to make up for said lack

And that tends to show the colleges that you actually care about getting accepted there in particular, not any random prestigious college

And so they’re more likely to accept you

[compact crater]

but yeah I mean regardless essays play a huge part, admissions isn't non-uniform when it comes to admitting freshman vs transfers

[elder glade]

Fax

[compact crater]

yeah I think that's true

[elder glade]

I feel like when you have really strong extras and stats, you might not (or you might, it honestly just depends on the person) write lackluster, shallow essays

It honestly just depends on the person tho

[crimson wolf]

imo if they see that you "fit" and they probably tell this through essays then you can get in no matter how "low" other people think your stats are

but stats themselves tells an ao that you are worth reading

idk

[compact crater]

yeah it does. in retrospect I feel like college admissions was like a corporate job interview. your employer will already know your skills and qualifications by the time you interview because of your resume, just like college admissions officers will know how goated u are in terms of stats and extracurriculars when they read ur transcript and then go on to ur essays. the interview comes down to not necessarily expressing how goated u are, but a means of getting to know your interviewer and expressing why your good fit for the company, just like you gotta explain who you really are in your essays and explain why you fit in that college and not just any other one.

mb didnt mean to write an essay

[crimson wolf]

yeah I feel thats a good analogy

[narrow iron]

is it better to submit loci now or wait

[strange forge]

That acceptance packet was weak but at least we got stickers

[trim sonnet]

when did you get it?

and what state r u in?

[strange forge]

Today. In WI. It was just the letter and a sheet of stickers

[trim sonnet]

i want GT stickers so bad 🤤

[strange forge]

Waiting on my UNC stickers

I want one with Rameses on it

[trim sonnet]

bruh the only stickers i got from colleges are from ASU wtf 😭

[strange forge]

GA tech sent a cute buzz sticker and some other ones

Minnesota had goldy and other UMN stickers

IU just sent one single sticker of the IU logo

[trim sonnet]

what about UW Madison

[strange forge]

Haven't gotten my thing from them yet

I want a bucky sticker

[crude pilot]

well thats where they went wrong, purdue was never safety to begin with

the engineering acceptance rate is low af

setting false expectations leads you to ultimately rage and say "yield protect"

[pearl cairn]

what would you approximate purdue's acceptance rate for eng

and also for ga tech what do you think it is

[crude pilot]

i dont know but its def <20

[crude pilot]

just assume big tech unis to have below 10 or 20%

at the end of the day, acceptance rate isnt a good metric either

its literally a percentage

[pearl cairn]

yeah im really just debating ga tech vs umich

[crude pilot]

i'd say ga tech

cuz of the tuitions

[pearl cairn]

wdym

[crude pilot]

and the opportunities

[pearl cairn]

im touring both so we will see within the next month

[crude pilot]

what major are u going for

[pearl cairn]

either ee or cs

[crude pilot]

then i'd say GT

tuition is low

[pearl cairn]

how hard is it to switch to cs @ ga tech

[crude pilot]

and opportunities for placements is almost equal

[pearl cairn]

yeah thats what i think so too

[crude pilot]

i think you get a no questions asked major switch before beginning first year

but many ppl regret and drop CS, if u really think you have it in you, then only go for it

otherwise i'd advise against it

[pearl cairn]

really? is it that though

i would like to think of myself as someone whos got the ability to stick it through but im not sure

[crude pilot]

im not trying to discourage or scare you but i think u can understand what would happen if an anthropology major switched to CS

in your case, that shouldnt be an issue

[pearl cairn]

im touring tech on the 17th so i think ill have a good idea of if i can see myself

[crude pilot]

cuz GT thinks ur prepared for EE level rigour

so dw

[pearl cairn]

ah right

ive heard their eng is tough as shit to get into

[crude pilot]

not if u switch later

[pearl cairn]

ah right

its one of those schools where national ranking doesnt apply as muhc

its a great eng school

[crude pilot]

it def is

and i think ppl overrate its difficulty or rigour

its not thaat bad

[pearl cairn]

do you attend?

[crude pilot]

oh no

[pearl cairn]

ah just a very knowledgeable person

[crude pilot]

but im basing my views on all the GT ppl i've talked to

DI to another level

[pearl cairn]

yeah exactly

[crude pilot]

i've been deferred

[pearl cairn]

i may post on reddit to see if someone will give me a tour

[crude pilot]

go for it, i hink you'll love the campus

it has both city and calm life

subway on campus

[pearl cairn]

im signed up for the official but im hoping a student would be able to show me the engineering specific things

and give me the inside scoop

[crude pilot]

check out the GT discord server

and talk to current seniors there

they could maybe arrange something for you

[pearl cairn]

good advic

where do i find the server

could you inv me to it

[crude pilot]

yep

[pearl cairn]

thanks

[crude pilot]

bro

u need to send me a friend req

why gatekeep your dms so much😭

[pearl cairn]

lmao ive had some issues in the past

ok i sent one

[languid cedar]

if u would like I can see if I can on the 17th

[languid cedar]

I’m also in ECE and have a CS thread so if u have any questions regarding the ECE program lmk

[pearl cairn]

yes that would be very appreciated. can i pm you?

[languid cedar]

sure

[trim sonnet]

like ~10-15% for OOS

[trim sonnet]

GaTech doesn't admit by major but EA 2 acc rate was around 9%

[brave night]

gtech or uiuc which one in your opinions in better for cs

[pearl cairn]

uiuc imo

[brave night]

actually?

why?

which ones harder to get into

[eternal axle]

why does this matter

low acceptance rate does not mean better. and in general uiuc has better programs.

for example, harvard cs is probably harder to get into uiuc cs but its cs program is no where near uiuc's progam. but with that said, since harvard is prestigious af, harvard would be better since it would open more doors. but education wise uiuc is better.

[crimson wolf]

Gtech and uiuc have comparable prestige imo

[eternal axle]

i think gtech prestige > uiuc prestige. but cs prestige is reversed

[crimson wolf]

Also you have to live wherever the college is so that's way more important than prestige

[eternal axle]

what?

[crimson wolf]

Like climate, location etc

[eternal axle]

eh

that's not that important

if its cold or hot, suck it up

[crimson wolf]

Where I live it's both so I don't care

But some do

[eternal axle]

is atlanta cold

[crimson wolf]

No it has a great climate

[eternal axle]

uc on the other hand...

summers at uc aren't too hot right

[crimson wolf]

Even better lol

[crimson wolf]

I'm not sure

[eternal axle]

i meant urbana champaign

not uc colleges

[crimson wolf]

It's near Michigan so there's a bunch of snow

The great lakes do a lot

[eternal axle]

so summer climate at urbana is like perfect

but winter is super cold

[crimson wolf]

Yeah pretty much

Too bad schools only in the falls/winter

Spring

[eternal axle]

spring should be nice

fall is nice

just winter

so two good seasons and one bad one

[crimson wolf]

Yeah

[eternal axle]

and cold > hot cuz u can always wear more

[crimson wolf]

I would agree but my body is suited for a hot climate

Or a humid one

I need moisture

[glossy aspen]

i mean uiuc is better ranked overall so i would argue it has better prestige

although im not someone who likes rankings

[eternal axle]

NOOO HUMID CLIMATES MAKE IT SEEM 10X HOTTER THAN IT IS

[crimson wolf]

I don't feel the heat

L

[eternal axle]

i imagine florida in the summer is a nightmare

[crimson wolf]

Probably is but a lot of people like it

[carmine gale]

no.

hot >>>>

today was so chilly

[eternal axle]

ur just weak

fire is my bff. he understands me.

[carmine gale]

❤️

ily

[carmine gale]

💔

ihy

[eternal axle]

https://tenor.com/view/rickroll-heart-rickroll-rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-heart-chain-gif-21133409

[carmine gale]

😢

[eternal axle]

ily too. take my heart.

[carmine gale]

https://tenor.com/view/enna-alouette-enna-alouette-heart-birb-gif-24204604

[crude pilot]

yess

warm is nice tho

[trim sonnet]

wait what

im choosing GT CS over UIUC CS

💀

idk it seems like a better fit for me

location, STEM school, nerds, research, etc

[open walrus]

cope

what a cope

[clever marten]

same thing applies to awards

[lofty harness]

No

They are both relatively the same

Tech is more prestigious tho if u rlly think about it

[winged sedge]

ohhhh they look for coops and clubs when applyimg for transfer?

idk much abt the transfer process

[compact crater]

yeah, clubs are good to have fs

cuz it shows that you're motivated to do something on campus

but what's even better is research / internships / co-ops

that's how u really show your dedication to your major

[nocturne pond]

he has transfer pathway so if you meet the requirements (very basic like 3.3+ gpa, other stuff) you’re good

[winged sedge]

fr?🥹 like idk im worried like what if they dont let my ass in IF i decide to apply

[nocturne pond]

They did a q&a on their Instagram where an AO confirmed it’s guaranteed

[winged sedge]

😲 ohhh fr? do u know if its saved somewhere i could read it?

[compact crater]

nah unfortunately I didn't have a pathway. I applied through regular transfer.

if yall got rejected but got a pathway, dw yall are big chilling

if you're applying to transfer without a pathway and you're CS like 90% of the applicants in every transfer pool, it's still pretty darn competitive

you're gonna be needing a solid 3.8 minimum in college if ur transferring as CS

everything else is a bit easier, not easy still tho. like for other majors, try to be like 3.6 - 3.7+ for sure if u want a solid shot

[compact crater]

but yeah majestic is right about the pathways, you're guaranteed to get in lol

though, ik people who transferred into tech but said "fuck my major, im changing it when I apply to transfer, c'est la vie". they had transfer pathways like conditional or first generation, but those pathways are given after u get rejected freshman year for the major you applied to

and then those people didnt fw their majors in their first college so they applied regular transfer so that they could change their major

it's a sacrifice and a risk

[low kelp]

hmu i have lots of rizz (joke)

[compact crater]

I had a boy at UGA who's a data science major, he applied freshman year into tech for IE and got rejected, got conditional for IE, but he wanted to change it to data science. he was feeling good about it cuz he had a 4.0 at UGA before he applied

and he got rejected

thats how ik gpa isn't the sole factor in transfer, even though there are few factors to weigh transfer admission

and even just in general for tech admissions

[winged sedge]

i applied for cs and they gave me pathways, so would i be alright if i applied cs again hahaha

[nocturne pond]

I meant silkberries

[nocturne pond]

Wait GT doesn’t have a Bachelor’s in Data Science

I’m a DS major but had to choose something else

[nocturne pond]

It was on their story which is archived after 24 hours. But she explained it by talking, not by typing so I wouldn’t be able to SS it anyways

[compact crater]

Mb I think it was comp media or something similar to cs / data science

[tepid gorge]

just curious, but the logic was good until this. how does race automatically decrease the "strength" of an application? is this by systemic racism or what specifically is holding a black student back compared to a white, Asian, or Hispanic student?

[tardy crane]

its cause of whats holding black students back compared to other races mainly

a lot of black people don't have the same opportunities cause they live in poorer areas and shit

[tepid gorge]

what is holding them back

[tardy crane]

systemic racism

the effects of slavery and segregation are still felt to this day

[tepid gorge]

dawg, forgive my stupidity, but wdym by systemic racism

[tepid gorge]

oh damn

[tardy crane]

a lot of schools which are majority black or hispanic are usually failing and shit

because the neighborhoods are poorer and less developed because of segregation

and because of segregation and racism black people and other minorities are less likely to get accepted for good jobs

[tepid gorge]

i mean there a lot of other factors that cause this

[tardy crane]

ya but im talking about the racism factor rn

because minorities don't get good jobs due to bias they don't make a lot of money

and schools are funded through property taxes

so living in poorer homes = worse school

and worse school = worse education = less likely to go to college

and it just goes down from there

[vague belfry]

@compact crater do you recommend SAE if I’m looking to rush, have some friends in it who like it

[tepid gorge]

I understand the schooling issue, but I think there are many other factors that contribute to schools with large black/hispanic populations that have lot of students failing. one big factor would probably be imo is the very high rate of a lack of a father in the household. single parent household rate is very high in the inner cities

[tardy crane]

the reason for a lack of a father is because minorities are overpoliced

[compact crater]

idk cuz I didnt rush SAE, I only rushed theta chi

[tardy crane]

and a lot of people are put in jail for a very long time over very minor crimes

[compact crater]

but rush it and see if u fw it