I think I made the wrong college decision

bernie12
Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:36:56 +0000

skorpius that’s not very useful to a person who doesn’t have 10k to spend. Also, GT does not rank number 4 in the world, hate to be blunt. There are many schools between say MIT and Caltech (places like Imperial College London, Cambridge, etc). You’d have to be assuming that top 4 American=top 4 world. In some many categories that is not true. With that said, it ranks extremely well at about 13-15 (Carnegie Mellon is actually right above y’all and in Time Magazine is right below y’all. However, many of the same schools are above both as in USNews)

OP: Why not cross your fingers and apply to something like a nice private engineering school that may offer lots of fin. aid to transfers? They may not be as popular or “well-known” as Tech (or are they?), but they are definitely very academically focused and will likely give you great job prospects, places like Carnegie Mellon, Cornell (lower than Tech, but still good). However, if you are willing to spend the money to get the Tech experience, good luck. It’ll be intense.