Is Tech really that bad?

[BanjoHitter]

<p>That site is full of it, plain and simple. It’s probably a student that failed out (they even call out that poster as a parent of a student who was expelled for cheating and is a known problem poster).</p>

<p>There are a few actual arguments in the article:</p>

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Business Week magazine - Oct. 21, 2002 issue - While Business Week
names its top 30 MBA schools, Georgia Tech was deleted from its
recommended list.

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<p>Georgia Tech did not have an MBA program in 2002. 2003 was the very first MBA class. And the MBA program is first tier.</p>

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BE lists four Atlanta schools - three traditionally black schools and Emory - as recommended in the top 50. BE names half-a-dozen engineering schools as minority friendly, but not Georgia Tech. Oct. 2004 - Georgia Tech again fails to make the
grade.

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<p>Georgia Tech graduates the most African American engineers in the nation (and individually the most PhD’s and most BS’s) and has one of the highest percentages of black enrollment of any engineering school in the country.</p>

<p>[Black</a> On Campus Blog Archive Georgia Tech #1 for Black Engineers](<a href=“http://blackoncampus.com/2007/07/19/georgia-tech-1-for-black-engineers/]Black”>Black On Campus » Blog Archive » Georgia Tech #1 for Black Engineers)</p>

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Georgia Tech is unsafe. For nine years
Atlanta has been ranked by Morgan Quinto in the top three most
dangerous cities in the country and Georgia Tech is located smack in
the middle of one of the city’s most dangerous crime areas.

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<p>Go read my other posts comparing actual crime data at GT to other schools. The post comparing GT to UGA:</p>

<p>In 2010:
GT burglaries: on campus = 26, off-campus=16
UGA burglaries: on campus = 44, off-campus = 38</p>

<p>GT vehicle thefts: on campus = 12, off-campus = 3
UGA vehicle thefts: 26</p>

<p>GT assaults: on campus = 2, off-campus = 4
UGA assaults: 38</p>

<p>GT Weapons violations: 0
UGA weapons violations: 7</p>

<p>GT to Purdue and Michigan:</p>

<p>As far as crime goes, you can compare schools (these are on and off campus of students in 2010, as reported by campus police):</p>

<p>Crime ---- GT----Purdue – Michigan
Burglary-- 42---- 46------- 54
Assault---- 6---- 25------- 34
Robbery— 3----- 1------- 13
Weapons-- 0----- 1-------- 2
Car Theft-15----- 2-------- 27</p>

<p>[GT</a> | Police Department](<a href=“http://www.police.gatech.edu/]GT”>http://www.police.gatech.edu/)</p>

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[Test</a> Prep: GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, SAT, ACT, and More](<a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com%5DTest”>http://www.princetonreview.com) …

… is worthless. They ask a few hundred students “on a scale of 1 to 10… how are your professors?” Their flawed method is why BYU is #1 for most alcohol on campus one year and #1 for most sober campus the following year.</p>

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At U.S. News & World Report, GT ranks at the bottom for freshman
retention, % graduating in six years, and student satisfaction, based
on alumni donations.

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<p>GT: 94% freshman retention rate, 80% 6-year graduation rate
Illinois: 94% / 84%
UT-Austin: 92% / 81%
Texas A&M: 92% / 79%</p>

<p><a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/data/spp%2B50/page+1[/url]”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/data/spp%2B50/page+1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There’s no quantitative measure for student satisfaction. Freshman retention is usually used for that because the vast majority of freshman that leave do so voluntarily.</p>

<p>Alumni Donations: Ranking by percent of alumni giving:</p>

<p>GT: 28% and #1 Public School in the country
Illinois: 13%
UT-Austin: 15%
Texas A&M: 17% </p>

<p>[University</a> Planning & Analysis](<a href=“http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/upa/peers/current/research_intensive/alumgiv.htm]University”>http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/upa/peers/current/research_intensive/alumgiv.htm)</p>