Georgia Tech (2025-2026)

[placid geyser]

Well see if I get Stanford or mit

[misty oriole]

Gl dude, you got this

I'm sure GT, Stanford, or mit would love to have you

[placid geyser]

if only 😭😭😭

[rich fox]

Lmao

Caltech is already a win

California weather

Too good

[placid geyser]

Indeed

[rich fox]

What are you majoring in

[placid geyser]

Aero/mech E + biz

[shell eagle]

gah damn

[rich fox]

Fire

[misty oriole]

GT business skyscraper just got finished

[placid geyser]

👀

What’s gtech instate btw

[misty oriole]

Wdym?

[wise island]

for anyone else deffered, is it valid to have my counselor send in an update and interest email for me

[tacit tangle]

prolly do it urself to show interest

if u have that option

[placid geyser]

Instate cost

[misty oriole]

Don't do this tbh

Fill out the LOCI with updates about your application

Anything else is gonna get ignored or get a canned "thank you for updating us" (we're shredding it) response

[misty oriole]

Uhhh I'm OOS so idk the exact cost but my understanding is zell miller makes it very affordable

[misty oriole]

Just do exactly what GT says to do

I forget what I put for my dsf but it wasn't elaborate and I got accepted RD

[placid geyser]

Oh coolio

[runic root]

Yooo can someone look at my DSF

[misty oriole]

Sure dm

[wise island]

I did that already

I saw SM ppl say that having your counsler email them and say like this students really good and interested may help

[flat hollow]

Anyone else going to the COS open house next week

[rose crane]

omg same 😭 congrats

[placid geyser]

Congrats twininem

[rose crane]

are you in state or out of state?

[misty oriole]

COS?

oh college of sciences?

[cedar dagger]

omg congratulations!! im so proud of u 🥹

also does anyone here know any gt schollys for intl students? 🥀

[placid geyser]

OOS

[placid geyser]

Thank you twin

[cedar dagger]

wait ur also doing aeroE, right?

[rose crane]

same!

[wanton basin]

Amazing accomplishment. Congratulations!

[placid geyser]

Yuh

[placid geyser]

Thanks!

[wind cypress]

this is the most cope statement i've ever heard

no ones taking any peer publics over gtech apart from berkeley or turing

and those two are hella glazed

stop being salty that u didnt get in

kinda shows why they rejected you btw

[placid geyser]

Damn chill

[lavish glen]

utd?

[shell eagle]

bros a current student 😹

[mystic leaf]

Bro that’s a student 😭

[astral island]

he goes there lmao i think he likes to troll

[prisma violet]

R u talking about me?

[simple willow]

hey guys

[prisma violet]

To be fair I did get rejected from tech before I transferred in so ur not entirely wrong

[simple willow]

submitted my dsf

back to waiting🫠🫠

[prisma violet]

Me personally I’m taking SUNY buffalo, UCM, NDSU, and Nebraska over tech

[simple willow]

anyone has predictions for rd out of state release date?

[prisma violet]

It’s probably mid March

So maybe the 13th

Maybe the 20th

I’d guess it’s one of those two

[simple willow]

oh what

i was thinking 27th

cause last year oos was around that time

[prisma violet]

I think I rmbr seeing that they got rid of the RD deadlines split up by residency and they’re doing it all at once

I might be wrong tho

Bc historically it’s been like the first week of March for in state and the last week for out of state

[simple willow]

oh thats much better for me ngl

lesser waiting

alr checking my portal and a2c subreddit everytime i open my laptop

ts is getting to me😭

[prisma violet]

Me with LinkedIn

[hot ravine]

For the Georgia tech dsf, if I don’t know if I share my rank with anyone else what option should I put?

well my schoool technically has multiple tied for val rn but I think they use some other factor to determine who gets val for final rankings

[placid geyser]

We just have multiple Val

Anyone w a 4.0

Usually it’s 2 or 3 but this year we have 8 or 9

[hot ravine]

yeah I'm sure there is at least 1 person tied with me for rank, so I'm not sure what to put

[placid geyser]

Js put 1 highkey

It’s what I do

[hot ravine]

so say "no" to "Do you share this rank with anyone else?"

[placid geyser]

Ohhhh then prob yes

Idk why I’m answering I’m not qualified for ts

[prisma violet]

i'd say no and then claim i didnt know if they ask

but they wont ask

[hot ravine]

I mean, I'm not val or sal so i doubt it matters much

[prisma violet]

so i wouldnt worry

they barely care about class rank unless ur val/sal and in state

[hot ravine]

im like 17/745 and OOS

[hot ravine]

Yeah that's dumb. At my school they do it by weighted GPA since you can take all level classes and have a 4.0 UW

[placid geyser]

We don’t have many people w 4.0 (2-3 usually)

And small class size w/ no APs

🤷‍♂️

[dire smelt]

So I didn’t become a sps/ gold finalist

[placid geyser]

semifinalist still cracked

[hot ravine]

does GTech give good merit aid

[dire smelt]

Right but I don’t have applications to put it on so it’s useless

[hot ravine]

what is OOS COA without any sort of merit or aid

[shell eagle]

54k for oos

[dire smelt]

They said 75 for oos and 75 for instate for the finalists

That’s crazy

[hot ravine]

damn that's still kinda high, Idk if that's worth over a TAMU full ride

[shell eagle]

im full pay for gt dont do it 🥀

im gonna be in generational debt now 🙏

[hot ravine]

my parents can full pay but I high key would feel guilty abt choosing GT over TAMU full ride

[shell eagle]

what major are you

[dire smelt]

Just pay them back when u r working for google

[shell eagle]

i alr gotta pay back my parents 10k by the end of this summer 🙏 cooked

[hot ravine]

ECE/EE

[shell eagle]

idrk much about ece at gt so i can't say if its better than tamu

[prisma violet]

very limited

public schools dont give a lot of aid in general

need or merit based

[high locust]

bro

[shell eagle]

shhhhh

[high locust]

what is ur actual opinion

[shell eagle]

👍

would generally not recommend unless you REALLY want to sell your soul to buzz and lockheed martin

[signal gate]

wtf

bro

💀

[prisma violet]

Baseball school

[high locust]

how else can people even do it tho

like 40 oos students end up not being full pay

[timber prism]

all hail palantir

(give me that $200k salary pls)

[hot ravine]

Do yall know if opting into the ignites summer thing on the DSF boosts admission odds

[narrow igloo]

dont believe so

[lavish glen]

Would you guys choose Cornell over GT? For Computer Engineering?

Also which would likely have a higher starting salary?

[placid geyser]

Georgia tech

Cornell

tbh

It’s a better program in a much better location

[narrow igloo]

why is cornell bad

i think i applied to their milstein thing sounds fire

[placid geyser]

Location

[narrow igloo]

do you live in an urban area

[placid geyser]

ith*ca

[placid geyser]

No

I live in desert hell

[narrow igloo]

i live in forest heaven i guess

[placid geyser]

I would dislike being freezing half the year in middle of nowhere

[narrow igloo]

as a nutmegger

we freeze regularly

so not a big difference for me

the snow outside has been snow since two weeks ago

[placid geyser]

What’s this

[placid geyser]

Wtf

[narrow igloo]

the nickname for a connecticut resident

[placid geyser]

Oh

Tragic

[narrow igloo]

believe me i want out of here as much as you do

(but we both applied yale probably)

[placid geyser]

I didnt

[shell eagle]

i havent thought about the word milstein in a year gah damn

[lavish glen]

Would ygs pick it over Berkeley too

[placid geyser]

That’s a hard one

[lavish glen]

Berkeley cost is hard to justify imo

[placid geyser]

Gt cheaper tho

Yea

There’s only like 3 colleges that I would justify that high of a price

[lavish glen]

I can't find starting salary for it either

[lavish glen]

Caltech mit Stanford?

[placid geyser]

yeah

Did you get berk?

[lavish glen]

Maybe cmu

[placid geyser]

nah

[lavish glen]

No

[placid geyser]

oh

[lavish glen]

I'm just trying to pass time

[placid geyser]

Fair

[hot ravine]

Anyone thinking abt doing the ignites thing for GT? I’ve heard good things abt it

[lavish glen]

Cmu has higher starting salary by 10k but would cost about 120k more

[lavish glen]

Is that the summer session?

[hot ravine]

Yes supposedly it’s chill and it gives you better odds of admission

There’s a chance though if you get admitted that it may be contingent on ignites

[lavish glen]

I don't think it is

My thing said I could do ignites if I wanted

[hot ravine]

Your acceptance?

[lavish glen]

Yeah

[hot ravine]

So you opted in then?

[lavish glen]

Ohh wait no on the app I said I would start in fall

Mb

[hot ravine]

Okay yeah that’s what I was wondering cuz it’s different if they offer it after

But like if you opt in you’ll likely be required to do it if you choose to attend

[lavish glen]

I was kind of thinking of putting it since I thought it would better my odds

[prisma violet]

id do it tbh

my friend did and he enjoyed it

[wind cypress]

yeah but turns out ur just a troll

[wind cypress]

oh alr

yeah.. no one's taking those

notice you had to add the instate btw

shows you that theyre not on the same level

[wind cypress]

unemployed student apparently

[astral island]

😭

[prisma violet]

no this is facts

i need a job stat

[wind cypress]

lmao

by that logic you need to factor in the household income

20k in total costs is trivial if ur making 500k a year

yeah and notice how uta umich uiuc aren't privates

and notice how you're making zero valid points countering any of my arguments because you're either just trying to kill time or you're genuinely this deficient in logical reasoning

[placid geyser]

I recall hearing from some internship dude at a company that they prefer GT over mit or Stanford

[wanton basin]

Damn bro who hurt you 😭

[placid geyser]

cuz same training level but less ego apparently

[wanton basin]

why is this guy so pressed

[placid geyser]

UIUC and UCB valid, UT too if it’s the honors program or wtv

[wanton basin]

No matter where you go, I feel like you would do pretty well regardless since those are all insane schools lol

[placid geyser]

The person matters more than the school

[lavish glen]

Ur my goat ❤️

[wind cypress]

losers like you who rot my brain bruh

[wind cypress]

thanks

[lavish glen]

Would u consider cmu over gt

And Berkeley and uiuc

[placid geyser]

me personally? no

[prisma violet]

depends on price

[placid geyser]

I’d rather not be depressed for a marginally better education

[lavish glen]

I care only about money

[prisma violet]

average post grad salary means fuck all lol

[lavish glen]

Gt is 55kish cmu is 82k and Berkeley is like 90

[prisma violet]

not worth it j go to tech

[placid geyser]

Post grad salary means fuck all yeah

[lavish glen]

Its got some correlation

[placid geyser]

Just because you go to CMU does not guarantee you get a better job

[lavish glen]

I mean you can't totally ignore it

[lavish glen]

It doesn't but you might be more likely

[placid geyser]

do consider that most people at CMU are high achievers and hence, get high achieving jobs

[prisma violet]

it shouldnt be super high in terms of your criteria

[placid geyser]

Whereas GT is less high achievers and so they get less high jobs

It’s a matter of personal difference

[prisma violet]

damn

thats crazy

[flat hollow]

Hi everyone

[prisma violet]

bro said tech is a bunch of bums

[placid geyser]

On average bruv

😭😭😭😭😭

[lavish glen]

It's the in state kids he's talking about

[placid geyser]

It’s not a diff in education or even resources really

[flat hollow]

You are the average of the 5 people around you

[prisma violet]

also pgh vs atlanta

i mean

pretty clear

[placid geyser]

It’s a matter of how many people actually leverage said resources

[prisma violet]

i guess im the average of 5 bad bitches

[placid geyser]

I guarantee you could drop the same person into GT and CMU and they’d probably come out with similiar jobs

[placid geyser]

slay

[flat hollow]

I think getting a job is an achievement atp 😭🤞

[lavish glen]

For engineering maybe

[placid geyser]

For cs too

[lavish glen]

For smth like finance it would be wildly different

[flat hollow]

For engineering it’s similar to Purdue bro

Maybe slightly better

[placid geyser]

Doesn’t Purdue have the highest starting salary

If that’s what we’re talking

[prisma violet]

tech shits on purdue in every engineering except aerospace

[lavish glen]

It just doesn't

[placid geyser]

Wait rlly 💀

[lavish glen]

Bro purdue is a good bit behind tech

[placid geyser]

I thought aero was Tech’s finest

[prisma violet]

aero is purdue's bread and butter

[lavish glen]

Yeah IF u use usnews tech is number 3 for aero

Above purdue

[placid geyser]

yo how tf is Caltech aero over gtech and Purdue

We don’t even offer aero major

[prisma violet]

me personally im tryna go to suny korea

[placid geyser]

[lavish glen]

Usnews 💔

[placid geyser]

nah yall r just bad

[lavish glen]

What fuckers even run that site

[placid geyser]

Joke ofc

[prisma violet]

northeastern board of regents i think

[placid geyser]

it’s cuz it looks at masters degrees

[lavish glen]

Yo it's crazy that u got into caltech but not the most selective college in the us

[placid geyser]

what

[lavish glen]

U didn't get into minerva right?

[placid geyser]

twin i fear niche ranks Caltech as the most selective

https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/hardest-to-get-in/

[lavish glen]

Search up minerva

[placid geyser]

Yes I know what minerva is

[lavish glen]

They count interacting with them as an application

[placid geyser]

yeah

Caltech still beats that btw

[lavish glen]

lmao

[prisma violet]

none of us got into squidward community college

so

i guess we know what beats caltech

[placid geyser]

🥶

[wanton basin]

well you honestly sound like someone who tries to come off as smart but is really just an idiot at the core

No wonder you get pressed so easily.

[wanton basin]

R u committing to caltech or waiting on other decisions

[covert pendant]

it's not

[placid geyser]

Waiting

[misty oriole]

GT wins both

cornell over gt is stupid lol

[cedar dagger]

ahem

[cedar dagger]

:DDD

what in the toxic did i open my discord to 😭 can we (please please) NOT comment on people's decisions/results if we're not AOs... 🥺

[wind cypress]

even if ur an AO you shouldn't be commenting on colleges and decisions recklessly

and i agree

what i said is of course subjective but it's based on facts

saying "gtech is overrated" on no basis other than some anecdotal evidence is just BS and deserves to be called out

[cedar dagger]

yeah can i ask current students abt their opinions asw tho 🥺
edit: soz for the ping 😭

like what r the vibes like at georgia tech?

i care a lot abt vibes n environment lol

wnt chance u visited purdue asw? ;-;

oops didnt reply properly

[cedar dagger]

yeah but if it's possible... pls dont say stuff like "kinda shows why they rejected u" coz i heard a kitten dies every time ppl make assumptions like this 😭🙏 thanks

oh... what major r u applying to if u dont mind me asking? i love learning abt ppl if u dont mind lol

did u apply to uiuc asw? 👀

is cs at uiuc also part of grainger

current gt students: can i hear yalls thoughts abt the city? i rlly like purdue bc it seems peaceful n pretty (being in the middle of nowhere)... where does tech fare with this? would yall say the city makes things less peaceful or more exciting?

[shell eagle]

lowk i live on west campus (not as close to city center as east) and i also never really go into the city on weekends bc im lazy but i dont really think it affects anything at all for me

its just the fact that i have tall buildings in the background and i hear sirens more often

this is definitely not the case if you live on east and you're right next to the interstate 💀

i dont think it necessarily makes things less peaceful, i'm from a small town and i enjoy that its more lively

and theres always shit to do on the weekends if you don't want to do work

but yeah id say west campus is pretty calm for the fact thats its on a campus in the middle of a city

[signal gate]

if u get into the ignite summer thing

how does it work

like after the semester is over

do u join the fall kids?

[shell eagle]

yes

its basically like you just start with a summer term the first year and then continue into fall and spring as normal

lets you finish up some credits if you need to

[signal gate]

isnt that better than just regular fall admits then

i heard it was easier to get into

[flat hollow]

I had the option for both summer and fall

[shell eagle]

ig it kinda depends if you want to shorten ur summer break in favor of getting here earlier, 🤷‍♂️

[prisma violet]

It isn’t easier to get into idk how that notion appeared

[signal gate]

how do u know

[prisma violet]

There’s a chance you get in for fall but can optionally attend ignite if you selected that

The proportion of ppl who get in for a mandatory summer semester after being deferred is so so so low it’s entirely negligible

[stuck urchin]

im at tech rn its beautiful

view from the undergraduate library

looks a lot better when it's not pouring rain

[simple willow]

really?

lowk thought opting in for ignite would help after being deferred

but i opted in for everything i j really want to be at GT next year man

and both ignite and fysa seem like they would be fun

[wanton basin]

Honestly it just looks dead to me

😭

[hot ravine]

it might improve odds cuz they can consider you both for summer and fall. Like you might not get admitted regularly in the fall but they might admit you starting in the summer and your acceptance is contingent on you doing ignite and if your app was strong among ppl that are fine with doing ignite

[hot ravine]

I did some research and if you get accepted with ignite, you must do it if your acceptance is contingent on that

If you opted into ignite, there’s still a chance they may let you choose to do ignite or not if your app was really strong, but there’s also a chance that they make your acceptance contingent on starting in the summer for ignite

[narrow igloo]

i opted in for ignite and they direct admitted me to fall

[hot ravine]

Yeah

There’s still a Chance you can get direct admit to fall

[narrow igloo]

but later they gave an option to apply for the summer thing and when i clicked apply they just instant accepted

not doing it probably i was chancemaxxing when i wrote the supp

[hot ravine]

That’s why when you opt in on the dsf the option is to “consider me for both fall and summer terms”

I think it does boost odds. I’m oos so I need it more lowkey that’s why I opted into it

[misty oriole]

It's dead rn because winter and it's a weekend

I promise campus looks better during fall

[stuck urchin]

better picture from fall

on campus

[prisma violet]

Yeah that’s one thing

But you can also opt into ignite, get accepted for fall, and do ignite voluntarily

I saw the governor on campus once

[shell eagle]

it looks better in the warm months

[halcyon bronze]

dang 7a is crazy

i got 7 deferrals lmao

[lavish glen]

Sajjad khadder has done irreversible damage to the name of Georgia tech

[prisma violet]

youd be shocked how many ppl here do not fw him at all

[lavish glen]

good good I'm very glad

I'm gonna be one of them

[prisma violet]

baxate carter solos

[lavish glen]

Better than sajjad fs

[prisma violet]

me personally im a big fan of jarvis johnson

[lavish glen]

You're making up names right

Oh wait I know that guy

[misty oriole]

who is that?

oh

an obnoxious gt grad

linkedin says he did bits of good at GT, which is a known bs they don't do shit resume boosting club

the only thing remotely useful bits of good has done was GTScheduler

[mystic leaf]

What did he do

[prisma violet]

bits of good didnt even do gt scheduler

it was a personal project that bits of good now maintains since jinseo graduated

[misty oriole]

be an obnoxious linkediner

[lavish glen]

According to him going to GT CS is the only way to be successful in life

Genuinely pisses me off cuz he treats GT as like some sort of golden throne doesn't go a single video without mentioning it

And realistically GT is not all that it has a 30 percent acceptance rate in state

It's a great school but he glazes it so much just cause he went there

And on top of all that hes hella chopped

[prisma violet]

whos worse him or frank niu

frankie boy used to be cool but now hes just annoying

[lavish glen]

https://youtube.com/shorts/Jwvyr4XKPGc?si=q7WdgSgfz7guNhFu

He called him out

[jolly knoll]

oh that guy pmo

[mystic leaf]

Can't be worse than Techlead

[mystic leaf]

Damn

He has also made like 50 videos on "Is CS dead?"

[prisma violet]

i remember when techlead said he instantly trashed any resume from a woman lol

dude is a piece of shit

[lavish glen]

Yeah he's actually like the worst parts of the cs major stereotype

Worse than Epstein imo

I got in

Lmao

Being proud of it and making it your whole personality is different

I'm just saying I dislike him and that he tarnishes the schools reputation

If you don't like that just block me

[mystic leaf]

Him and Joma Tech were my goats back in Middle School when I was just starting Programming

He was actually good back then
He made good videos on Tech and gave very good advice

And then he fell off and started crypto

[umbral dirge]

Has anyone gotten their acceptance packages yet?

[narrow igloo]

nope

[lavish glen]

Do we get any merch or is it just the letter

[umbral dirge]

idk - hoping for stickers lol

[lavish glen]

At least a t shirt or hoodie pls 🙏🏿

[umbral dirge]

I HIGHLY doubt they're passing out hoodies

Would be crazy though

[prisma violet]

U don’t get shit sadly 💀

[lavish glen]

Not even stickers?

Get that dude his stickers

[astral island]

fr im tryna collect stickers

[prisma violet]

i didnt even get a letter

at least UGA sent me socks

[jolly knoll]

wait when you did chem+mse was that chbe or like just chem

[misty oriole]

rippp man

i'm oos and i got a letter, that was it

[prisma violet]

just chem

like the science

chem istry

[sharp shell]

is the dsf due on 16th or before

[prisma violet]

its due today\

for EA2

[signal gate]

guys for the summer ignite program

is the acceptance rate here misleading

[narrow igloo]

Yes

[signal gate]

what does it actually mean then

because im wondering if i can realistically get the summer ignite thing

[prisma violet]

“Applied” probably means “offer extended to” or something

Bc it does NOT have 92% acceptance lol

[narrow igloo]

yes

[misty oriole]

yeah shoot me a dm

[torpid harbor]

is this how i should submit the DSF mid year grades for self report?

or should I even do the (MP1) or (MP2) tags

[torpid harbor]

can u take a look at the above? thx so much 🙂

[misty oriole]

what does MP1/MP2 indicate?

[torpid harbor]

marking period 1

marking period 2

[misty oriole]

ok so basically quarter 1/2

[torpid harbor]

yes

i can also do q1

[misty oriole]

yeah that's probably fine

[torpid harbor]

and q2

if thats better

[misty oriole]

i'm sure admissions will be able to figure it out and if they can't you'll know

[torpid harbor]

Ok bet

@misty oriole dyt these grades are a little lack luster for mid year report or am i just being delusional

[misty oriole]

those are totally fine

[torpid harbor]

Thanks! I've just been worrying quite a bit lol

[torpid harbor]

one final final thing lol

i wrote my resume updated thing

can u tell me if its shit the way i wrote it

ill dm u if ur down but if not totally understand

[misty oriole]

yeah you can dm

i'll give it a read

[torpid harbor]

just sent it over

thanks!

[prisma violet]

Ur fried bro 100 in PE is way too high

GT prefers kids who have never seen the inside of a gym before

[torpid harbor]

LMAO

[hot ravine]

guys for the dsf there's a question that asks if you share your rank with anyone else. I put no and submitted the dsf a few days back, and I wasn't aware that I share my rank with 1 person at the time. Should I email admissions and let them know that I do share my rank with someone else or does it not matter?

Cuz I am not sure how they expect you to know unless you asked your counselor

[torpid harbor]

Same question

If i select to be considered for first year abroad am i required to do it if i get in

[hot ravine]

nah I think there is just a chance

[hot ravine]

can someone answer this?

[prisma violet]

does not matter

they dont even care about class rank unless ur in state val or sal anyways

[prisma violet]

this is anecdotal but everyone i know that got in for FYSA this for class of 2029 was required to do their first sem abroad

[hot ravine]

It probaly works same way as ignite. Like there’s a chance you need to do it if you get it but there’s a chance they admit you for fall semester and let you choose if you wanna do it anyway

[torpid harbor]

Oh ok thx

[torpid harbor]

Oh do u have to do that

If u get it

[hot ravine]

There’s a chance

[torpid harbor]

Then im fading that shit too

No way its gonna make or break

Me getting in

Right?

Like that cant be the tipping reason

[hot ravine]

It could possibly help but decide for yourself

Like it’s not gonna make a huge impact but if you really wanna go and your okay with having a short summer, then do it, but imo it won’t make a huge difference

Cuz only abt 200 ppl even get picked for it

I think

[torpid harbor]

Hopefully its not mandatory

[torpid harbor]

Hmm okok

[misty oriole]

we genuinely have a class that is about the science of health

[prisma violet]

https://tenor.com/view/taehyung-bts-v-v-bts-stan-twitter-gif-2117230736293899109

[jolly knoll]

do yall know any current ChBE majors like current freshmen or onwards?

[vague coyote]

Wait does opting for first semester abroad in the deferred form reduce your chances?

Cuz they just ask you if youd "like to be considered"

[prisma violet]

Yes

[prisma violet]

No way

[stone ginkgo]

i dont think so. I mainly opt out bc of cost lol

[narrow igloo]

https://ece.gatech.edu/directory/jeff-epstein

🤔

[prisma violet]

from what ive heard hes actully a p cool dude

[serene sparrow]

hes pretty good professor

[jolly knoll]

would they be open to answering questions from a prospective student 🥲

[tawdry juniper]

Do most freshmen live on west or easy campus? And if so, what’s better?

[hot ravine]

Is GT out of state better or A&M full ride better for electrical engineering

[lavish glen]

Depends on how much your parents make and who you ask

[hot ravine]

ill just say that there is no issue with pay

[lavish glen]

I would pick GT

People will disagree with me tho

Im also in kind of a similar situation to you btw

[flat hollow]

are you parents paying? or are you taking loans

[hot ravine]

we are full pay, there is no issue with parents paying, no loans

[flat hollow]

is money is not an issue pick georgia tech

[misty oriole]

GT no contest

[flat hollow]

if*

[lavish glen]

This thread is lowkey sane

Other places online will stone you for turning down a full ride

[misty oriole]

This isn't really a question that's answerable anymore with housing time ticket randomization
(If you are an admitted student, some folks in GT 2030 discord could help you better, just dm me)

If money is no object go to the better school

[hot ravine]

wb UIUC

[misty oriole]

GT > UIUC

[lavish glen]

Ok so we are literally the same person

[flat hollow]

wait destroyer, there is no advantage to filling the housing deposit earlier right

[misty oriole]

No

Fill it in before the deadline

[hot ravine]

are u a brown scholar at a&m

[flat hollow]

gotcha

[misty oriole]

Housing time tickets at GT used to depend on when you filled it out, but not anymore

[lavish glen]

Something similar at a similar school

[flat hollow]

alright cool

[hot ravine]

I see, what school

[lavish glen]

Deleted cuz I don't wanna get doxxed

Latter

Nah ppl know me and shit from school on here

[hot ravine]

alr

[lavish glen]

I don't want them to know this is my account tho

[flat hollow]

GT > UIUC = UMich = UT > Purdue > UW-Madison

[lavish glen]

I'd put uiuc over mich

Otherwise yeah

[misty oriole]

If money is no object, the only schools worth picking over GT for most engineering majors are Berkeley, mit, and Stanford

[flat hollow]

Berk >= GT > UIUC = UMich = UT > Purdue > UW-Madison

[misty oriole]

If you are ISYE, GT has been #1 in the world for decades

[lavish glen]

👌🏿

[hot ravine]

the thing is a&m is also t20 for engineering

[flat hollow]

tbf tho CMU and GT for me is a tossup

[hot ravine]

like it's hardto justify\

[misty oriole]

GT is T5 for most engineering majors

[umbral dirge]

If I were to get into CMU, I think i would choose CMU > GT

[lavish glen]

The only ones I'd pick over it are like caltech mit stanford

[flat hollow]

for me its CMU statml vs UW-CS vs GT MACS

[hot ravine]

difference is kinda negligble in the t20 engineering scxhools right?

[flat hollow]

probs picking statml

[hot ravine]

like for the engineering degree value

and education

[lavish glen]

Not between a and m and gt

[misty oriole]

It's what the school can get you

[lavish glen]

Gt is a few tiers above

[misty oriole]

GT's career placement is top notch

[lavish glen]

And the environment is completely different too

[flat hollow]

im touring next weekend, do you reccomend any spots? I'm doing COS open house, and have current students giving me an unoffical tour

[misty oriole]

What's your major again?

[flat hollow]

MACS

[misty oriole]

If you've got the unofficial tour from current students you're probably set

Skiles is not worth touring since it's a prison

[hot ravine]

i haven't gotten into gt yet, but I have for UIUC. I hope i can get into GT

[flat hollow]

whats skiles

[misty oriole]

Math building

It's ancient

[lavish glen]

What's the best housing?

[misty oriole]

1960s

[flat hollow]

💀

[hot ravine]

does ignite boost odds for GT

[narrow igloo]

Not really

[lavish glen]

I applied honors LLC and gl and gc

Idk if I'll accept tho :/

[flat hollow]

honors apparently isnt worth it

according to the boomers

[lavish glen]

Yeah I heard that too

[misty oriole]

Here is housing

There is a new dorm opening for class of 2030 that is traditional style. Location is not amazing but just it being new will push into A or S tier

I personally think woodruff is S tier tbh

[flat hollow]

i also tbh dont mind rooming w/ someone. i am not aboutta pay extra for my own room

[lavish glen]

Thanks, did u do an LLC btw?

[misty oriole]

I did not

I didn't get into honors and I only applied for housing

[lavish glen]

Oh

[misty oriole]

Woodruff was a great dorm

I applied super late to honors I didn't care lol

[flat hollow]

and are the dorm assignments random

[lavish glen]

Same dude I wanna room with someone, just don't wanna do the suite with 4 ppl sharing a bathroom that sounds horrible

[misty oriole]

No no dude you've got it wrong

Suite is amazing

[flat hollow]

thats good

i dont wanna share bathroom with whole floor

[misty oriole]

The communal/hall bathrooms are so much worse

[misty oriole]

You make a roommate group of you and 1 roommate (for larger rooms you'd have 2 roommate groups select the same room). Everyone gets a random time ticket to select housing. The earlier time ticket in the roommate group will get to choose housing for you both

[lavish glen]

Are they not well maintained?

[misty oriole]

I have not heard good things

[lavish glen]

Suite sounds fine tbh but idk about doing it with strangers

[flat hollow]

I see. The more the better

👍

[misty oriole]

There's plenty of ways to find roommates

If you are admitted, the class of 2030 discord will have a channel for it

[lavish glen]

Oh

[misty oriole]

There's also instagram and a few other places

[flat hollow]

i can send invite if you want

[lavish glen]

I was gonna check Instagram but dude so many ppl are getting trolled

[misty oriole]

The housing portal has a roommate match system too

[lavish glen]

I'm in already, thx tho

[flat hollow]

in the 2030 discord?

[lavish glen]

Oh wait there's a separate one for 2030

[flat hollow]

yea

[lavish glen]

Can u send actually

[flat hollow]

yeah ill dm

[lavish glen]

Ty

[flat hollow]

dm'd

[lavish glen]

I think I'll wait to see if my friends get in rd, a lot of them got deferred

[flat hollow]

something to consider is that rooming with friends is a whole 'nother experience

i've heard

i've personally been recommended against it and i see why

[lavish glen]

R u in state for gt?

[flat hollow]

no im oos

[lavish glen]

Oh

[flat hollow]

wbu

[lavish glen]

Yeah I'm oos too

Illinois

[flat hollow]

nicee

Washington

[lavish glen]

Oh nice

[misty oriole]

That is if you come in with friends at all lol

I'm the only kid from my HS to go in years

[lavish glen]

Is there a lot of people in GTike that

Or is it like tough to make friends since the kids are in state mostly?

[flat hollow]

well yes

i was just generally speaking

[misty oriole]

true true

[misty oriole]

nah

only 60% are in state

and a good chunk of them are friendly

[flat hollow]

georgia tech is extremely big. you might still be friends with your high school friends, but i think most people branch out

👍

just stuff ive heard

[lavish glen]

Yeah that's good

I honestly like how there's not a crazy party scene

[misty oriole]

lol

bad news

[lavish glen]

But as long as people are friendly and stuff

[misty oriole]

it's not crazy but there is a scene

engineers can still drink like hell i promise you

[lavish glen]

Yeah that's good

[misty oriole]

west campus is the chill side, east is frat/partyland

[lavish glen]

Just not like uiuc level

Gender ratio is also fucked 💔

[flat hollow]

well uiuc is in bumfuck nowhere

[misty oriole]

it's major dependent and only like 60:40

[flat hollow]

all they can do is party

[flat hollow]

you should see school of mines 💀

[lavish glen]

Ce bro 💔

[misty oriole]

hang on i can look up the cmpe gender ratio

also it is cmpe, the gender ratio will level out as a small percentage of male students find out they aren't so male after all

tends to happen with ECE majors especially

[lavish glen]

That doesn't work for me 👎🏿

No go

[misty oriole]

anyways

there are currently 248 cmpe girls, and 846 cmpe guys

wow that ratio really is fucked

gl

[lavish glen]

Yeah

Well there's always other majors

Autocorrect fuck that's embarrassing

[flat hollow]

apparenly people dont have time to be in relationships

im sure you'll be fine 👍

[lavish glen]

That's also true

Yk I'm thinking actually

If I get cmu, I might pick that instead

Bc gt isn't gonna give me any aid if I have a sibling going to college

But CMU probably would

And that might make their price much more reasonable

[narrow igloo]

what is the ratio in CS and CM

[prisma violet]

i can ask

[prisma violet]

he said he doesnt have a discord but if u have any specifics i can pass it alonh

[jolly knoll]

thanks I was just going to ask how it is like general info like there good resources and opportunities related to it considering it’s less common

[stone ginkgo]

anyone know the acceptance rate GT deferred im lowkey so scared of march

[stuck urchin]

20-25% iirc

[misty oriole]

GT says it's close to that yeah

something like 30% of deferrals

[lavish glen]

dam

GT breaking my heart

[prisma violet]

What’s less common

Chem e is like the third biggest engineering major

They also have a great student org and one of the best career fairs

[jolly knoll]

oh okay that’s good

I didn’t know that

I lwk don’t know shit

[vital quiver]

real

[simple willow]

@lucahakase lowk ill take 30% cause thats almost 4 times the ea2 acceptance rate😀

[lavish glen]

right, but keep in mind this is a more competitive pool

[placid geyser]

What

[placid geyser]

rlly?

[mental cradle]

r u fr

it was niche when i started liking it

[eager vault]

me tooo

whats ur major

[flat hollow]

j

[lavish glen]

ya dude it's everyone who's already deferred. Doesn't gt accept the top 10%, then defer the next 20%, and reject the rest. you'll be competing with the 20% lmao

[placid geyser]

oh cool

[lavish glen]

wait u got caltech why are u worrying 😭

[flat hollow]

He got GT stamps too bro

[placid geyser]

I already got into gtech

[flat hollow]

Luca is insane

[placid geyser]

lol

I love this imag

[shell eagle]

ts is a very good image

[hot ravine]

when did rd drop last year

[prisma violet]

mar 1 for in state mar 22 for oos i believe

[hot ravine]

That’s forever away for OOS students 😭😭

[signal gate]

mar 1 for in state is crazy

[prisma violet]

I think they’re both dropping the same time now

[hot ravine]

Yeah

Cuz it says mid march

[signal gate]

for in state it was always early march

fluctuated from march 1 - march 7

[simple willow]

by when do you think we will get a decision date?

ea1 and ea2 were notified 2 weeks prior

but it was available on the portal before that

[prisma violet]

You’ll probably know a specific date by the beginning of March if I had to guess

[signal gate]

if regular decision releases differently for in state and oos

whys there only one date on the gt website

[prisma violet]

Because that is not the case this year

[reef plank]

Everybody is being quirky this year

UNC Michigan USC

Now georgia tech

[wind cypress]

michigan and usc always defers

not surprising

unc has been pretty normal in my experience

and gtech is same as last year

[limber sluice]

I wasn’t deferred 😢

[eager vault]

wym

gt deferred a lot more than ever?

[misty oriole]

yeah gt deferred more

[limber sluice]

How ass was my app they straight denied me

[misty oriole]

idk man

gt is getting super competitive

it wasn't like this even just a few years ago

within the next few years OOS admit rate will prob approach stanford/mit levels

[shell eagle]

😭

wild

[astral island]

dangg

i must be doing something right

[narrow igloo]

i must be doing something right too

[vital quiver]

Brooo I remember in 2022 my brother got some merit scholarship or something oos for gtech

Now I feel like I don’t even have a shot

And our applications are very similar in strength 😭

[wind cypress]

gt always been selective

they haven't changed in that aspect

[wind cypress]

i agree w the few years thing

like the difference between this year and last year isn't huge bc last year was also stupidly selective

but if you accumulate the last few years together then it's fs gotten way more comp

tbf that's the case with almost every elite college tho

[stone ginkgo]

oh ok

[stone ginkgo]

i apply for LMC major bc i though easier to get into

[eager vault]

whats the admited rate for deferred students last yr

Im super anxious rn

[simple willow]

like over the past few years 20-25%

[eager vault]

its still high comparing to rd admit rate

keeping the hope

[wind cypress]

its not that bad it's like 25%

a lot of cracked ppl i see get accepted rd

after getting deferred

[eager vault]

ohhh i wish i can be one of them

[kind briar]

gatech needs to lock in and accept us 😭

[stuck urchin]

wl acceptance rate also not bad from what i've heard:

[eager vault]

for reaal

[timber prism]

yall john georgia, ceo of georgia tech, came to me in a dream and said WE are all getting in so dw

[high locust]

severance pfp youre getting in and they’re reopening stamps for you

[timber prism]

i was deferred lol

so i might be cooked

[high locust]

no they’re going to let you in

[high locust]

bc they missed the severance pfp

[misty oriole]

Severance is peak, @timber prism you'll get in

[prisma violet]

what do u actually wanna do

applying for LMC doesnt change ur chances or anything

[limber sluice]

🔥

GT yields protected me obviously so

[flat hollow]

Omg I wanna commit so bad

These past 2 days touring were so good

Even copped a GT neuro shirt

[prisma violet]

Oh u were one of those people

I always feel like a zoo animal when I walk past a tour group

[astral island]

nice u toured alr

@shell eagle how much do i needa tryhard the honors essays? 🙏 ik u said smth abt this b4

[shell eagle]

idk i just wrote it like any other application essay

[misty oriole]

I have been so tempted to run up to a tour group and just act totally crazy or something

[limpid copper]

Do it

[flat hollow]

No I was at the open house

[serene sparrow]

we NEED to do this

[prisma violet]

who is WE

[simple willow]

decision date updated on portal: March 27!

watch the anxiety slowly get to me throughout the month

[ruby stone]

Decision date says March 2nd

https://admission.gatech.edu/first-year/deadlines

[vague coyote]

Ohhhh shiiii

Mar 2 is so early wtf 😭 😭 😭

[simple willow]

i think its a typo, my portal says march 27 (and thats more typical for oos)

[vague coyote]

Oh yeah nvm

My portal also says 27th

[ruby stone]

yeah but i hope its march 2 cause I cant wait a whole extra month

[vague coyote]

Check your portal its prolly based on location asw

[ruby stone]

ya my portal says march 27

[vague coyote]

💔

[ruby stone]

March 27 is not mid march though why did the portal and website say that before

thats like late march

[vague coyote]

Mar 27 is after ivy day i think

Wow its gonna be late late

Idk that late of a decision date means they have an ungodly amount of applications to evaluate

Which means chances are gonna be even slimmer

[ruby stone]

Did anyone self report their grades

[prisma violet]

march 27 makes sense tho bc thats how late OOS was last few years

having OOS before in state is new tho

i think the website is wrong idk

[misty oriole]

GT only had like 2k more apps this year than last

[prisma violet]

imagine applying for this bum ass school

its actually insane how competitive its gotten

and they STILL wont reopen the student center taco bell

[timber prism]

wait wtf

dealbreaker tbh...

might withdraw my application

[prisma violet]

they closed it years ago

7 years

https://www.vice.com/en/article/watch-georgia-tech-students-give-closed-taco-bell-funeral-video/

man the old studewnt center looks so foreign now

[hot ravine]

Did you enjoy touring the campus?

[flat hollow]

I did

[placid skiff]

Its unfortunate that all the tours are on weekdays so that it limits tour dates for oos students

[misty oriole]

Does your school not let you skip for tours?

[placid skiff]

I think they give liike 2 days; So have to coordinate with other colleges and parents timelines as well

but its doable

[misty oriole]

True

[placid skiff]

Do you know when the LLC applicaitons are due?

[misty oriole]

I do not, sorry

[placid skiff]

Ah okay no worries, I couldnt find one on the application page; Can we apply to LLC after our first year as well tho?

Oh I found it

[misty oriole]

No

[flat hollow]

I did an open house on Saturday

[limber sluice]

I feel so bad for the students who like have to walk through the tour groups when they circled up 😭

[prisma violet]

Bro that’s ME

I don’t even bother saying excuse me anymore I just Kool-Aid man straight through I don’t give a fuck

[safe rock]

does GT take application updates like awards

[misty oriole]

only for deferred applicants

if you got deferred you had to fill out an updates form

RD applicants, no

[stuck urchin]

got my gt "acceptance package" today

it's just a letter

[safe rock]

damn it

i placed in a national competition after i submitted RD and my ecs were really bland before that

[limber sluice]

I wish 😢

I had a good update to give them pre EA but

[safe rock]

did u atleast try to email them if so whatd they say

cs ngl i js seen on reddit that an app update is allowed so now idk

[limber sluice]

Ya

They didn’t respond

[safe rock]

was it within 2 weeks of decision?

[limber sluice]

It was before the decision and no

[misty oriole]

Admissions office isn't gonna read it I promise

[misty oriole]

Yeah it's just a letter lol

Sorry

[safe rock]

ima try it js in case but thanks i wont keep my hopes up 😂😂

[misty oriole]

I think they give the in staters socks

[limber sluice]

Ya they ghosted me

[prisma violet]

Nope

they don’t give shit

[vital quiver]

damn i think i sent an email on feb 15th for new awards and they didnt accept them lol

[vital quiver]

this is why, lol mb for not scrolling up more

[signal gate]

march 6

wow

[reef plank]

Georgia Tech RD Decision Dates

Georgia residents: <t:1772841600:F> in your local time zone
Non-Georgia residents: <t:1774652400:F> in your local time zone
@everyone

[tawdry juniper]

Good luck to all!

[vague coyote]

The suspense gonna kill us all by the time mar 27 rolls around 💔

[hollow patio]

Good luck chat

[dim pier]

After ivy day 😭

[vital quiver]

They’re actually opps for making it after

[simple willow]

so real

[prisma violet]

tech after ivy day is diabolical who do they think they are

[simple willow]

i have a major exam on 27th, so i wake up to ucb and the next day is gt

[prisma violet]

ucb

[idle tartan]

son

[reef plank]

The A in Aka stands for Atlanta

[prisma violet]

https://tenor.com/view/baby-laugh-ai-baby-babyfryingme-baby-sob-folk-gif-18221933230434867320

[misty oriole]

It's so funny tbh

My guess is they're trying to increase yield rates somehow??

Students who get ivy will prob retract their applications so GT can accept kids who will actually go here

[prisma violet]

im so glad im so far away from applying to colleges

i remember how much ts sucked ass

[idle tartan]

Georgiaka Tech

[mystic leaf]

So that after you get rejected from every Ivy

Your depression can either get cured or worsen

GTech method

I was stressed after I got rejected EA
But I don’t care anymore cus I got into UT

[timber prism]

me getting rejected from princeton, cornell, michigan, and gatech all within 25 hours

26th-27th is gonna suck

[mystic leaf]

Real

Like UT is cool
But I hope I get Pton or Stanford

[narrow igloo]

aren’t you already committed

[golden isle]

naur

I also didn't read up was just posting in case ❤️‍🩹

[simple willow]

when is michigan coming?

[reef plank]

I try to remember to pin when I ping

[prisma violet]

this is the woke nonsense they teach you at "Georgia Tech"

[vital quiver]

I have 9 colleges in 25 hrs

Assuming Duke comes out ivy day

[timber prism]

they didnt announce yet but im 99% sure its the 27th of march

[prisma violet]

WHAT is michigan doing?????

[limber sluice]

I take got rejected so pressures off for me

Y’all should’ve tried ts

[tawdry juniper]

do any of you know if gt has an out of state scholarship for undergrads?

some people said they is one but i can't find it online

[limber sluice]

Stamps scholarships

[signal gate]

Istg if the first two words are "Thank you" on my decision lettter im just closing the tab

does anyone remember if GT asked a separate question for FYSA and Ignite

Or was it together

Like Would you like to be considered for FYSA AND Ignite

or was it separate for both

[hot ravine]

Separate for both

I said yes to ignite but no to fysa

[signal gate]

thats what i think i did too

i lowk forgot if i put yes for fysa or not

is there a way to check

[hot ravine]

Nah

[signal gate]

thats so annoying dude

every other college lets u see the loci and stuff

[hot ravine]

I’m closing if I don’t see confetti

[signal gate]

after u submit

[signal gate]

Facts

like

dont waste my time

[flat hollow]

If you see the bees you’re in

[hot ravine]

Yeah that’s what I mean

Really hoping I see bees on the 27th

[flat hollow]

🔥

I visited and it was sooo good

I wanna commit

[hot ravine]

You’ll pick cmu over GT

I heard cmu is kinda depressing

[flat hollow]

Idk anymore

GT campus life is great tbh and it’s top tier

[hot ravine]

GT probably better culture honestly and cheaper

[flat hollow]

Yea still exp but for Oos it’s cheap

50k for everything

3k more than Purdue

[astral island]

hmmm

[signal gate]

im in state so if i dont get it in its gonna be hella sad

plus its aerospace

[flat hollow]

CS it’s a no brainer if cost isn’t an issue and you wanna do research

You might actually get more aid at CMU

[astral island]

ah alr

[prisma violet]

Berkeley decision leaked

[vital quiver]

huh

[prisma violet]

Bro forgot about grad school

[jolly knoll]

is Berkeley or gt a better option 🤨

[jolly knoll]

deans scholarship as well lowers tuition to in state

[misty oriole]

What do you want to do, are you instate for GT, and does money matter

[jolly knoll]

cheme, I’m instate for ucb but got deans at gt, money doesn’t matter also I didn’t apply to engineering at Berkeley so id have to transfer in (which isn’t garunteed but cheme is actually in college of chemistry for some reason idk)

[misty oriole]

Deans is very good iirc

[jolly knoll]

even without gt is the same cost as ucb 5k difference

[misty oriole]

Imo you should try to tour GT but being across the country that's prob not easy

[jolly knoll]

yea

[misty oriole]

I have toured Berkeley and go to GT, very different vibe

[jolly knoll]

I haven’t visited either

I’ll do that

hopefully I get rejected so it’s an easy choice

but my school is a feeder

thank you

[fair reef]

🥀

[limber sluice]

Vibes are super different at each campus

I’ve toured both

[vital quiver]

Agreed

When we were touring for my brother Berkeley was really nice to him, but gt wasn’t his favorite in terms of just vibe

He ended up getting rejected from berk and into gt

[limber sluice]

I was the total opposite 😭

I really didn’t like Berkeley

And loved GT

I disliked Berkeley so much I didn’t even apply

[vital quiver]

damnnn

well ny to cali is a pretty nice jump so my brother enjoyed it

he works in sf now so