Nate1
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Ok, so I have very few days left to decide, and I am completely torn.
I am either going to Georgia Tech or UF, even though I got into every school I applied to except for Vanderbilt (who do they think they are?
)... but these two are pretty much what I want...
On one hand, Tech is one of the top 5 engineering colleges in the nation, and it is in the heart of a great city. The classes are typically small, the professors speak fluent english, and you are with some pretty bright people. It also has one hell of an amazing co-op/internship program, and the name is pretty well respected. The student body is smaller, the campus is nicer, the facilities are nicer, etc. The CRC is amazing, every treadmill, bike etc has an LCD built in with over 100 channels (including HBO1 and 2
) as wells as two pools, one olympic, 5 raquetball courts, etc. Basically, the school itself is really nice. However I stayed on campus, and it seems to me the students don't really enjoy their time there as they should. They all say the classes are very hard, but the local GA student moreso than out of state. They also say you can pretty well expect to get a C in certain classes just because the grading system dictates only 15% will get As, etc, and that when you are at Tech you are ALWAYS bested by someone else. The person I stayed with was in my major, but he apparently does not like it at all, and says he is going into law school when he graduates from tech. So generally, campus is nice, school is hard, students... I am maybe not so fond of them. GA tech is also pretty expensive, and an 8-9 hour drive from home.
Then you have UF. Nobody sees UF and thinks "What an awesome engineering school." UF is huge, its a city all its own. Classes in my first year or two will be huge... I may have some professor I cannot understand at all. The campus is that of a state school, albeit a nice one. The people are much moreso what I am used to, it is exactly the climate I know and love, it is 2.5 hours from home, and a hell of alot cheaper. In classes at UF I should not have any problem getting As as long as I actually work (which I would also have to do at Tech, but not necessarily get As). Florida does not have a particularly strong co-op/internship program... although it has one... nothing remotely on the scale of Techs (techs is pretty darn phenominal). I know more than a few people going to UF currently, and coming from my HS with me, including two of my best friends and IBT (yes Robb, that IBT). So, UF is a more 'comfortable' fit, but not necessarily the school that Tech is... the name is not prestigious... it isn't exactly one of the Top 5.
So, here is my plan: right now I am thinking Electrical Engineering degree, but that may change, I don't know. I am definitely positively going to grad school or med school after college, that depends. If I do medschool it will probably be radiology or neurosurgery or something of the sorts. Gradschool will probably lead me to a PhD in some sort of abstract physics or something of that nature. Either way, I plan to keep on attending school after college.
Now, in all honesty, money is not a problem... I can go to either without considering money... however, considering how much my parents have already invested into my education, I think it is unwise to waste their money. That said, if UF is going to lead me to the same quality grad/med schools, why waste the money on Tech. But when you have the option to goto a school as good as Tech, is it really wise to waste that opportunity?
I dont know! I am realllly torn between the two, so if any of you experienced old farts or college students have any words of wisdom, let me hear them!
-----Nate
I am either going to Georgia Tech or UF, even though I got into every school I applied to except for Vanderbilt (who do they think they are?
On one hand, Tech is one of the top 5 engineering colleges in the nation, and it is in the heart of a great city. The classes are typically small, the professors speak fluent english, and you are with some pretty bright people. It also has one hell of an amazing co-op/internship program, and the name is pretty well respected. The student body is smaller, the campus is nicer, the facilities are nicer, etc. The CRC is amazing, every treadmill, bike etc has an LCD built in with over 100 channels (including HBO1 and 2
Then you have UF. Nobody sees UF and thinks "What an awesome engineering school." UF is huge, its a city all its own. Classes in my first year or two will be huge... I may have some professor I cannot understand at all. The campus is that of a state school, albeit a nice one. The people are much moreso what I am used to, it is exactly the climate I know and love, it is 2.5 hours from home, and a hell of alot cheaper. In classes at UF I should not have any problem getting As as long as I actually work (which I would also have to do at Tech, but not necessarily get As). Florida does not have a particularly strong co-op/internship program... although it has one... nothing remotely on the scale of Techs (techs is pretty darn phenominal). I know more than a few people going to UF currently, and coming from my HS with me, including two of my best friends and IBT (yes Robb, that IBT). So, UF is a more 'comfortable' fit, but not necessarily the school that Tech is... the name is not prestigious... it isn't exactly one of the Top 5.
So, here is my plan: right now I am thinking Electrical Engineering degree, but that may change, I don't know. I am definitely positively going to grad school or med school after college, that depends. If I do medschool it will probably be radiology or neurosurgery or something of the sorts. Gradschool will probably lead me to a PhD in some sort of abstract physics or something of that nature. Either way, I plan to keep on attending school after college.
Now, in all honesty, money is not a problem... I can go to either without considering money... however, considering how much my parents have already invested into my education, I think it is unwise to waste their money. That said, if UF is going to lead me to the same quality grad/med schools, why waste the money on Tech. But when you have the option to goto a school as good as Tech, is it really wise to waste that opportunity?
I dont know! I am realllly torn between the two, so if any of you experienced old farts or college students have any words of wisdom, let me hear them!
-----Nate