1 week in and HATES GT!

bernie12
Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:02:12 +0000

It’s not like any part of summer well represents a school. I would encourage her to do a semester. I mean, I would judge it when the campus is full and bustling. Judging it based upon summer isn’t really fair IMHO especially after 1 week. Many people don’t enjoy the first week, that doesn’t mean give up altogether. Seriously, think about it like this. If your student liked Tech the first week of school, but then had a bad week later, would you allow/encourage her to withdraw based upon the sudden hate for the school? I view “hating” it the first week and having a bad week in the same light. She should at least have another week or two there before declaring her unadulterated hate for it (really, judging the school by a prep program that many students say isn’t that useful anyway?)

It’s an engineering school, and perhaps moreso than other types of schools/departmental entities there will be significant experimentation with the love-hate spectrum. You need to ask exactly what is wrong and ask her if she thinks it is fair to pass judgement on a school based upon a prep program done before classes even start and before campus is in full swing. Also, make sure it is actually GT and not college life in general.