Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Top Questions

I wish that I had learned to utilize and manage my time better. Between schoolwork, projects, extracirricular ativities, and off-campus events, student life at Georgia Tech can get incredibly hectic. At the beginning of the year, I was amazed at how much time homework and studying would eat up and leave me without time to spend with friends. But after talking to my advisor, she helped me to space out work and to plan way ahead to make sure I made the most of my time at Tech. Its something I would advise all new students to do.

Before starting college, I wish somebody would've told me how vital it is to get involved in extracurricular activities from the start. During the fall of freshman year, I was afraid to get involved in much, fearing my grades would suffer. However, there are so many amazing freshman leadership organizations that help one adjust to college life, learn time management, meet other freshmen, and get a great start on building your resume! Plus, it's more difficult to get accepted into sophomore-level programs with no freshman year involvement. Looking back, I wish I'd have gotten involved sooner!

A detailed overview of the application process for jobs.

I wish I had known how much I needed to mentally and emotionally prepare so spend days and nights in the library with barely four hours of sleep a night. Although Georgia Tech is tough, it is nice to have classmates who are in the same situation as you and are always willing to help.

I wish I had known the level of dedication the courses here require. To make good grades at Georgia Tech, it requires hours of rigorous study time and lots of late nights. It is much more challenging than I ever would have thought.

I wish I would have known a better way to earn money. The forms of earning that money could have been either scholarships, grants, a higher paying job to where I would not have to work full time. Not being able to work full time would allow me to have more time to do well in my classes and it would be less stressfull.

I wish I had known how important it is to find a sense of balance between academics and social activities. You can't spend your entire college career only studying; you have to find an outlet to relieve stress and make some time for yourself.

The tuition for out of state students is huge, but if you study abroad with Georgia Tech, you only have to pay in state tuition. Look into studying abroad as soon as possible of you are an out of state student.

I wish I had known to get involved earlier in my freshman year. Bigger organizations like the Student Center Programs Council have so many leadership opportunities and the earlier you get involved, the better. Organizations are very open to freshman taking on big responsibilities.

That curves are unlikely and are only helpfull to those that are already preforming very well. The depth of course work.