What's political scene at tech?

halcyontimes
Thu, 19 Dec 2013 11:53:50 +0000

I don’t have sources on hand, but I read several sources indicating a slightly right leaning bent on campus - fiscally. GT is interesting. Atlanta is very liberal, Georgia is fairly conservative, and you have a slew of OOS students coming from diverse backgrounds.

It’s really a coin-flip I’d say. I haven’t heard of anyone not feeling welcome on the campus of Georgia Tech.

Again for religion, I would expect most of campus to be atypical towards religion. This is due to the fact that younger people tend to be more often atheist/agnostic/apathetic, the STEM oriented campus may attract those who are more based in science than(or in addition to) faith and the socioeconomic status of students tend to be middle class to upper middle class who tend to be less-religious than their poorer counterparts.

That being said, Georgia is in the bible belt and is fairly religious/conservative. Atlanta is fairly liberal, but I think, as a whole, Atlanta is still religious. Atlanta has a high black population. Black Americans tend to value Christianity. Black churches are active in the area. However, campus is not so highly populated by these groups. You also have a fairly high mix of Hindus due to the high international student population from India. High east Asian population as well.

It depends!