<p>GSU has wine tasting? Why haven’t I heard about this? Or is it us who has it? Or was that hyperbole. If only we had bowling lol. I could see us having “Philosophy of the Simpsons”. But I bet the prof. would still find a way to make it only a guaranteed B-/B for those who can’t write that well. Sometimes the science majors seem to struggle in such classes. They tend to be among the few that do not get the easy A (or A-).</p>
<p>Ok I am a chick, went to Tech when ME had a ration of 10:1. I was a model back in my junior high and high school days and left the school married to a EE. </p>
<p>TBS is where a 3 thinks she is a 7 due to scarcity. Because of the TBS myth I almost never got hit on, I actually started to get self conscious and thought there was something wrong with me. I asked a friend why I never got hit and he said it was because I had a boyfriend, when I told him I didn’t he was shocked, most of the guys at tech think all the decent girls have a boyfriend even if she doesn’t. I was single most of the time I was at Tech, it wasn’t until my last year and a half there that I was involved and most of that I was married.</p>
<p>I got more dates my freshman year than all of high school combined, which isn’t saying much considering that I got two dates in four years of high school, but still–it’s not impossible. As a guy, you just have to be prepared to hear a lot of “no” variations and “I have a boyfriend” variations.</p>
<p>Well, I completely disagree with everything the OP said in the first post. I’m going into my 4th year at Tech this fall. I am definitely not a ‘geek’, in the sense that I don’t play video games at all. But, I am anything but miserable. I’ve also had the time of my life here, and really wish that I could stay here a few more years if I could afford to.</p>
<p>So, like anything, YMMV.</p>
<p>About the whole female situation (i’m a girl btw, going to be a freshman this fall)…when i did CWT it was valentines day and my host and her roommate complained about how guys suck and they didn’t have a date. I would put them as a 6 and 7. This goes against how guys seem to perceive the situation which makes me think that a lot of guys at tech are just too lame to talk to girls? Idk, I just find that confusing haha.</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>Here’s what happened with the last four girls I tried getting together with.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>I sent her an e-mail on a Friday and didn’t get a response until Thursday. She claimed that she hadn’t checked her e-mail since Friday, but considering that she has a Blackberry and it’s Georgia Tech, I think she was **** testing me. I bailed out with my next e-mail, which in hindsight was the right decision as I later found her to be very manipulative.</p></li>
<li><p>She actually asked me if I wanted to study with her for a midterm, not the other way around, so I thought that there might be some mutual attraction. Shortly after the midterm, I suggested a date for Homecoming, but lo and behold, even though she wasn’t going to Homecoming, she already had a boyfriend. Insert parking space simile here.</p></li>
<li><p>We just finished a meeting that offered light fare, so I suggested lunch at the Student Center. She politely said no, explaining that she had leftover filet mignon that she didn’t want to waste. Insta-date fail.</p></li>
<li><p>We were having a test in two days, so I suggested studying with each other. She actually gave me her number without my asking, but when I called the next day, she said that she misplaced her keys and was locked out of her room. Study date canceled.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>aww that’s kind of sad 
i really hope to be nicer than the girls in these stories…</p>
<p>IMHO, #2 and #3 were still pretty nice: #2 politely mentioned that she had a boyfriend, as opposed to rubbing it in; and #3 turned me down nicely, too. I thought #1 was nice, which was why I contacted her, but I found out afterward that one of my former suitemates tried getting together with her and was cruelly tricked. In a nutshell, he got friended but because he didn’t know he’d been friended, he kept trying and so #1 just started using him as a piggy bank and free chauffeur. It went on for a semester before my suitemate found out he got played. I’ll never know whether #4 genuinely misplaced her keys or if it was just a way of bailing out.</p>
<p>I mean, I don’t feel like I have any regrets. I don’t think there’s any girl for whom I feel a “Oh man, I should’ve asked her out!” because I asked all the girls I was interested in. Most said no, but others said yes, and I was fine with that.</p>
<p>" which makes me think that a lot of guys at tech are just too lame to talk to girls?"</p>
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<p>I think that guys at GT just have gotten used to being around other guys more than girls (ratio). So they definitely feel more comfortable hanging out and having fun with other guys (no homo). That combined with the TBS syndrome = guys not talking to girls much.</p>
<p>btw, just cause a guy doesn’t talk to you doesn’t mean he’s lame. Same could be said the other way around. Maybe its because you are lame that a person doesn’t want to talk to you. just saying…</p>