<p>Yeah I know, thats why she’s an x !! ;)</p>
<p>Are the majority of the students conservative in political views and so forth and/or really religious? I mean, I know that it’s not just people from the south, but for some reason I always get the impression that most people in the southern states are conservative and republican and really religious. I don’t mean to generalize, but coming from the northeast it always seems like that.</p>
<p>Atlanta overall is liberal. Georgia itself is republican, personally I’m a liberal. At Tech you get a combination of both sides, you have conservative student groups and liberal student groups, theres even a 'Jews for Jesus Group" It’s college so you get a mix of things. If you ever saw the movie PCU, its kinda like that.</p>
<p>Dear, andresgt. My son will be GT- ISYE.
I like to know how hard it was to you during 4years of ISYE?
Please, explain from first year to senior year, about which class is hard and which class is easy. What is weed out class and which is last weed out class and when do you take that class. After which years are getting easier and how hard it is to graduate in 4 years? How is major course compare with regular course and which major courses is harder one?
Thank You for your help.</p>
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<p>Yes in the RURAL SOUTH this is true, but Cobb county is always the blue bastion in presidential elections. In fact, the only populous area in the southeast I can think of that isn’t liberal is Tampa-Orlando, FL. </p>
<p>Windley: I’ve heard terrible things about Calc II (maybe it’s called Intermediate calc?). Because it has linear algebra in it, AP credit doesn’t suffice to get out of it.</p>
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<p>Ummm, I really hope this is sarcasm. Cobb is known for being a fairly wealthy, conservative area, with one of the largest GOP populations in the US… I should know because I declare residence here.</p>
<p>It was a mistake on my part. I meant to say Fulton county, which contains Atlanta proper.</p>
<p>Oh ok. Yeah, Fulton and DeKalb contain the city proper and are bluer than the other 26 counties in the area.</p>
<p>Dear, andresgt ???</p>
<p>I do have a question. My son is a freshmen ME major. He has a full load this semester (17cr) and is struggling with his ME1770 (Engineering Graphics class.) Not only is it an 8:00am class, but he is having trouble understanding prof. He says he is one of only a few freshman in the class. He just "bombed his first quiz. He wants to drop. He is OK in every other class. I need to know which direction to “encourage him” and yes, he has asked me!
Thanks</p>
<p>Windley, I don’t mean to be rude, but if your son is an ISYE major,
he really has nothing to worry about. Not saying his major is easy
or anything, it still is hard in certain aspects, but everyone that I know
who has switched INTO ISYE has expressed tremendous sighs of relief
and the sort.</p>
<p>schomeboy - 17 hours is on the ‘dangerous’ side as a Freshman, without knowing what the courses will be like or knowing how much one would be able to handle. While withdrawing from courses is looked down upon, once or twice throughout his career isn’t bad at all. Though unlikely recruiters will know the difference in difficulty between MATH 1501 and ME 1770, it’s fine.
ME 1770 isn’t “required” til second semester either way, and is generally a hard class, but the classes will get tremendously harder. ME, ECE, BME, AE are not to be taken lightly here. If he is having difficulty I suggest he withdraw from the class (about a week before drop date to delve deeper into the course), take it again next semester, and if he truly is still having trouble, change majors unless he absolutely loves the major. As for not understanding the professor, it isn’t really a great excuse unless the professor is hell-bent on destroying everyone’s average as there are numerous study methods available (such as past exams online, students in the class, office hours, ta’s, tutoring, and the likes).</p>
<p>On the other hand, many professors do end up curving classes, and where once a student had a C, he now has a B.</p>