(Need some advice) ChE: gatech vs umn

BanjoHitter
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:20:54 +0000

I will be moving to GA with my spouse. As I will be attending school full-time (maybe working part-time, if possible), my spouse will be working full-time. Would the Economic Advantage waiver apply to us?



As far as I know, as long as your wife has established residency that should be fine. However, I am not sure how long it takes your wife to establish residency (for example, their form asks for your spouse’s previous year GA-500 tax return, which she may not have).

To verify, call the Registrar and ask to speak to someone about Residency Classification, then tell them the exact situation. Do that ASAP. In addition to telling you if you qualify, they should tell you what forms / paperwork / etc is required to get the waiver approved. GT Office of the Registrar: 404-894-4150

If you can go to GT for in-state tuition or free, it’s hands-down a better option than out-of-state UMN (and I would say the same thing about UMN if it was free).



I didn’t know that I could make request for that information. I will take your advise and contact both schools.



You can try, but you’ll probably not get everything that Trinity mentioned. For example, I highly doubt they’ll know the area of ChE that’s being hired. Also, you have to be careful with some stats. For example, GT only shows a 55% placement rate for ChE graduates in Fall 2010, but that’s because most of the “unemployed” graduates are going to grad school. Some schools will remove those students from their stats, and some leave them in, so you need to ask.

You can see GT’s salary survey online here: [Georgia Institute of Technology :: Salary Reports](Georgia Tech | External Redirect Landing Page)