<p>i actually am not surprised the curve goes back up. Because he drops a test grade, and you get 4 pop quizzes that equal a test grade, and thats pretty much an automatic 100.</p>
<p>@Bernie,by the way, I forgot Emory does the whole 2.7 for a B- thing. That suckkss.</p>
<p>Okay ilyssa1257, apparently I lied about Calculus here. The difficulty is as variable as y’alls across professors. I talked to a friend in Calc. 2 today, and apparently the average on the 1st exam was a 57, which is, surprisingly, even lower than yours. She was elated over her 74. Perhaps my experience in summer Calc. 2 lead me to generalize to an unfair extent. It was very unfair considering the fact that it was relatively watered down compared to the semester-calc. </p>
<p>To be honest, I’ve heard of many other horror stories in both Calc. 1 and 2 here from other friends who are excellent at math. I guess you rarely here any serious outcries about it b/c we aren’t a pre-dominantly math and science school (though at times, you can’t tell), whereas you guys are. The math classes at Tech are more likely to acquire a reputation as a lot of students take them. Our math classes, including calc. 1, usually only have 30 (that’s right, about 30 is the max for calc. 1 sections, which there are 11 of. Same for B-calc. and 112-z. Only exception is life sci, which ranges between 30max and 60max) people in them. Very difficult ones are probably maybe 1/3, and at most 1/2 (rarely). Normally Also, apparently many sections do have graded work.</p>
<p>Would speak on physics, but it simply can’t be defended. A person who is only moderately apt at math/physics could get an A, and it’s not b/c the profs. are great (though some are).</p>
<p>Ya, but at Tech, Calc 2 is 60% Linear Algebra, which isnt even covered in Calc 2 at Emory because a 5 on BC calc gets you out of Calc 1 and 2. The horsemen are pretty bad at Tech. Geronimo makes no since and writes really messy, and Bellisard has really hard Tests. Honestly right now, I wish I had Bellisard. But its really pick your poison at Tech.</p>
<p>Yeah, life sciences calc. 2 (or bio-calc. 2) has linear algebra, differential equations (actually this is also covered in part of the 1st semester), and a good deal of calc. 3 stuff. But this stuff together only composes 50% as the other half is calc. based stats. It is a pretty rough course sometimes. However, some people are not very good at series, so the exclusion of that softens the blow. Yes, and I have heard that calc. 2 there is basically a bridge course of some sort (makes sense b/c lin-alg. helps understand some portions of calc. 3 much better). Here you basically take lin. alg. alone, and I haven’t seen many of my friends do well in, and it supposed to be easy conceptually. I just hear the profs. have ridiculously hard exams (the heaviest weighted is the proof-based problems, which I hear are nearly impossible).</p>
<p>"I’ve read alot of reviews about Georgia Tech on the internet and alot of them say the same thing.</p>
<p>It’s a hell hole and it’s a trap. They are so miserable here because there’s not much of a social scene and the courses are immensely challenging. People have to spend nighters to earn a decent C.</p>
<p>Apparently, people work so hard that a 3.8 at one school is a 2.5 at GA tech.</p>
<p>They then called it a “trap” because with the difficult coursework and courses, your GPA stays low and you can’t transfer to anywhere decent like UGA.</p>
<p>I also read that the suicide rate at this school is sorta high. Georgia Tech seems to give a good education, but is 4 years of hell really worth the education and the money you’ll be earning after your out?</p>
<p>The question to you guys is: Is it really like this? "</p>
<p>You got this from Urban Dictionary, didn’t you? lol. UGA. This is amusing and cute.</p>
<p>Okay, just saying that threads like this terrified my last year. This site gave me many sleepless nights and really upset me. But now that I’m here I LOVE IT! There’s lots of fun stuff to do and though you do need to work hard it’s not going to cause you to feel suicidal. As long as you know how to manage your time you’ll enjoy your time here and get a great job.</p>
<p>And there are a ton of ways to get help if you’re struggling in a class. If you’re failing it’s probably your fault. And if you’re up all night all the time then you don’t manage time well (or you got stuck with one of the few really terrible classes… but there aren’t THAT many)</p>
<p>Just a quick question, does the College of Management implement harsh curves like the math/science classes?</p>
<p>It depends on the professor.</p>
<p>heyimadam, you actually go to Emory? I think I know exactly why you asked lol. Surely you know of the B-School curve here that is applied to nearly every course in GBS. Also, I don’t know if the “curves” at Tech are that harsh. They seem to help most of the people I know there. Many classes at Tech are difficult, that’s all. If people are failing an upcurve can’t save, but so many people without overly inflating/compressing grades. It isn’t a private school, so it doesn’t do like us and simply set all harder science courses to a B-. They have fair grading not harsh. It’s only viewed as harsh b/c every other school inflates.</p>
<p>NM, I see where you are a CS major. You should not have come here for that, no offense lol. I would go to Tech, or add another major in some area of interest that is strong at Emory to compensate for that experience. I hear the same from my friends in CS here. Apparently research is easy to come by since it’s smaller though, and thus you can get closer to faculty members. However, Tech simply has more to offer.</p>
<p>Yeah, I found the CS dept. at Emory severely lacking in a lot of aspects. When I sent my tuition deposit I figured their dept. would at least be adequate, but it leaves quite a bit to be desired. Don’t get me wrong, I love Emory, it just isn’t in my best interest to stay here. I was considering minoring in business at Tech, that’s why I asked about curves. I want to fully understand what I will be getting myself into if I transfer to Tech.</p>
<p>I think you’ll be fine. Go for it. I once considered transferring out for the chemistry program there, but I’m also a biology major (not pre-med though), and from what I can tell, I like our biology department much better (Allows me to dabble in NBB, psyche, anthro., and some of the special topics courses and upperlevels are taught by truly amazing lecturers/profs.). Also, I would miss the humanities and social sciences here (the classes I’ve taken so far have been amazing) Plus I’ve already established close relationships with various faculty members since freshman year. Also, I think I would miss the teaching quality in general. I sat through some of my chemE. friend’s courses with him, and I realized how spoiled I was. Made me really want to stop b****ing about Emory so much. But for all intended purposes, Tech’s training in any of the technical fields cannot be match by many, especially us, since we simply don’t do it. We do liberal arts and natural sciences well. Perhaps overtime, things like physics, math, CS will improve(ironic how it is these depts with a relatively new building, yet there probably hasn’t been much improvement)</p>
<p>I’m a current undergraduate at tech and I would say that It’s pretty difficult here. I don’t think people commit suicide over a few grades here, but I do believe the courses here are bit more difficult just because they’re mostly engineering courses. Transferring wise, I don’t think it would too difficult to transfer somewhere else. Tech is still a good school and if you work, you’ll get results. It may be harder, but not extremely hard. I promise you this, You get what you put it</p>