Transfer hopeful to Georgia Tech CS

Bisharp101
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:03:20 +0000

Hi, I am in a position similar to your son. Thanks to Georgia Tech’s website, a lot of useful information is available about what they evaluate when assessing a transfer applicant. The only factors that they consider the are your college grades, the number of transferable credit hours obtained including test credit (transfer credit catalog is linked here: https://oscar.gatech.edu/pls/bprod/wwtraneq.P_TranEq_Ltr), course selection (which it appears your son has gone above and beyond for math required of a CS major), course requirements by major (I would make sure your son has the transfer equivalent of English Composition I and II, because that is required for every prospective transfer), short answer statements (pretty simple and straightforward), and the major you chose. Unfortunately, Computer Science is one of the most difficult majors to transfer into for Georgia Tech. Since computer science is such a popular major and Georgia Tech actually has a surplus of computer science majors, not many receive acceptances. By the way, if your son applied as a major other than computer science and received admission (which is more likely unless he applies for an engineering major), he could switch major only after one year. I personally don’t believe that that is worth it, but the decision is wholly yours. I hoped this helped a little, and I wish your son the best of luck on his transfer .
On a separate note, I wholeheartedly agree with Coloradomama about the respectability of California colleges. Since it would be more affordable, I would be inclined to stick with California schools.