How To Pay For It Now She's Accepted?

InPursuit
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:30:04 +0000

To be honest, I don’t think it matters significantly where you go for undergrad engineering provided you enter an accredited program. For the most part the curriculum is identical and the teaching is not going to vary greatly. There are a few exceptions, such as GT’s Industrial Engineering program which allows specialization even as an undergrad, but for the most part your education will be identical…

The difference is usually in the level and amount of research being done at the university. Unless your daughter is wanting to enter into academia an get her PhD in engineering this isn’t an issue.

I also do not think it is fair to compare graduate level courses at Georgia Tech to undergraduate level courses at UF and in engineering the amount of classroom interaction is so significant that having less brilliant peers would affect your own education.

One advantage to Georgia Tech is their Co-op program which would also help pay for the cost of attendance as the usually pay very well.