<p>I want to get into GT, but I dont think I can get in. I would do computer engineering there. However, if I don’t get in, should I go to Georgia State and transfer after one year to GT, or should I go to UGA and do accounting? I don’t want to go to Georgia State, but I also would love going to GT. However, I don’t think I would mind doing accounting at UGA since I like math. I heard it’s a pretty high ranking. (Like atleast top 15). I think at UGA I would be one of the better students/top of the curve, and if I work hard, could I begin a lucrative career path? I heard accountants can work their way into around $200,000, but I’m not sure how. Would you have to get an MBA later in your career? So basically, should I go to Georgia State and transfer, or would going to UGA and staying there not be a bad idea, and how can I assure a good career path with accounting?</p>
<p>Accounting isn’t really much more than simple algebra.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech isn’t the only school that offers computer engineering!</p>
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Neither !</p>
<p>Here’s a list of some low tuition out of state universities that are well known for engineering:
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook
- North Carolina State Unviersity
- Iowa State University</p>
<p>Those schools all cost over $30,000 a year. I assume the OP qualifies for HOPE which presents a strong incentive for staying in state. </p>
<p>Georgia Southern offers a computer science degree, as do SPSU, and University of West Georgia. Both Georgia Southern and UWG are part of the [Regents</a>’ Engineering Transfer Program (RETP)](<a href=“Blow the Whistle! (404 error: page not found) | Undergraduate Admission”>Blow the Whistle! (404 error: page not found) | Undergraduate Admission)</p>
<p>^ that’s just the sticker price. SUNY buffalo and Iowa State give merit and need based. They are also the cheaper public universities compared to lets say OSU, IU etc.</p>
<p>Computer Science and Computer Engineering are not at all the same thing. Georgia Tech is the only school in Georgia that offers Computer Engineering.</p>
<p>Transferring into Computer Engineering at GT after only one year would be challenging, because of the required courses for entry into the major. Transferring after 2 years would be more typical. See: [Transfer</a> Selection Process | Admission](<a href=“Blow the Whistle! (404 error: page not found) | Undergraduate Admission”>Blow the Whistle! (404 error: page not found) | Undergraduate Admission) and <a href=“Blow the Whistle! (404 error: page not found) | Undergraduate Admission”>Blow the Whistle! (404 error: page not found) | Undergraduate Admission;
<p>A computer engineer is going to make a lot more on average than an accountant, but there are very high-paying career paths from accounting if you are an achiever (CFO, for example).</p>
<p>Probably if you want to go the transfer route, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, or Southern Tech make sense. The problem with any of those is if you don’t get into Georgia Tech as a transfer, you wouldn’t be able to complete Computer Engineering there. However, you could complete a degree in Computer Engineering Technology at Southern Tech or in Computer Science at any of them. </p>
<p>Southern Tech probably has the best Engineering Prep classes of the 3, since it offers Engineering Technology degrees and it was originally a junior college feeder for Georgia Tech before becoming a 4-year school.</p>
<p>accounting really has nothing to do with math. I tell everyone it’s an art not a science!</p>
<p>In reality accounting is just a bunch of rules on how to record transactions.</p>
<p>If you want to be an engineer, couldn’t you do that at UGa as well? </p>
<p>And accounting is a fine profession as well, but you now need 150 credits to become a CPA so many students need to take summer classes or an extra year for a masters degree before they get the 150 credits the major accounting firms now require.</p>
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<p>Only Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Engineering.</p>
<p>You shouldn’t do accounting based on the fact that you like math and because it is lucrative. There is only a very small correlation between math and accounting success. Don’t get me wrong, I love accounting, but your reasoning doesn’t make sense.</p>
<p>You also shouldn’t be choosing between two entirely different career paths based on what college you go to. Computer engineering and Accounting have entirely different outlooks. I would recommend looking at more schools that offer computer engineering, since that is actually what you’re interested in doing.</p>
<p>Alabama also gives a lot in merit scholarships, so you can look into that for a cost-friendly engineering school. Not positive they offer Computer engineering, though.</p>
<p>Alabama has computer engineering, but it doesn’t really matter because a substantial merit scholarship from Alabama requires better stats than admission to Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>If you like math, Georgia State’s got a great actuarial science program… By great, I mean the best. 
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<p>Source: Sat at a table full of actuarial science professors on scholarshup day.</p>
<p>"UA SCHOLAR</p>
<p>An out-of-state first time freshman student who meets the December 1st scholarship priority deadline, has a 30-31 ACT or 1330-1390 SAT score [critical reading and math scores only] and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will be selected as a UA Scholar and will receive the value of 2/3 tuition* for four years."</p>
<p>I don’t think a 30 ACT and 3.5 GPA ensures GT admission for comp engineering… Not sure it applies for the OP, just throwing it out there.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech has a top notch Engineering school. If you are thinking about transferring anyway, why not go to a cc and transfer? You’d save much more and end up with one of the most highly respected engineering degrees in the world. IMO it doesn’t make sense to go out of state when you have an awesome in state program.</p>
<p>I’m starting to think I should choose the transfer route, but I’m still wondering which college I should go to for transferring to GT. I already stated Georgia State, however, would it be better to go to a community college? To be brutally honest, the main problem I have with that is that I don’t think my family would want me to go to a community college. I’m also not sure if a community college is going to prepare me as well as Georgia State. But, I’m asking you guys for your opinion. </p>
<p>And BobWallace, I’ve came up with a schedule that would allow me to transfer after one year, but you are right in that it would be easier to wait two years. I just think it would be easier to get into co op programs if I get into GT as a sophomore instead of a junior.</p>
<p>You’ll be better off at one of the 4-year colleges. Georgia State is good if you like the urban school environment. Kennesaw State and Southern Tech are more conventional college campuses. All three are largely suitcase/commuter schools. I would visit and see which you like best.</p>
<p>When I lived in Atlanta, I knew quite a few kids transfered to GT from places like DeKalb CC, Clayton State and so on. Just make sure to choose your courses in line with GT so you don’t loose too many credits.</p>