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Hi guys.

I'm an international student graduating with a bachelors in CS this may. I have an internship this summer that may convert to a full time job immediately after based on my performance. I'm using my OPT to work this internship.

I've also been accepted into the BS/MS program, starting in August this year, and ending may 2025. This program will provide me with another I20.

In the case where I receive a return offer from my internship, I plan to withdraw from the BS/MS program to continue working. This means that I want to void my MS I-20, and continue using my BS OPT I-20.

Is this okay? What problems may I run into, and is there anyone whose been in a similar situation?

Thank you so much!

If you still have some dining dollars on your account and don't want them to go to waste, buy a bunch of meals at the student center, then go into the city and offer them to homeless people. Super easy way to make someone's day. The Slutty Vegan $10 special is pretty good value, or pick your favorite place.

As the title says, he is doing a trifold on Georgia Tech and wants to include a small interview with a current student or alumni. Would anyone be able to help him out? Here are his questions:

What would an average day of a Georgia Tech student look like? Why did you pick Georgia Tech? What is a major that you think is the most difficult? What does Georgia Tech offer that other universities do not? What is the one thing that you think makes Georgia tech so unique?

In short, I was dismissed from GT after being depressed and running my 4.0 gpa into the ground. Upon returning I had to take GT2100 as part of my academic contract in addition to maintaining a certain GPA for the semester. GT2100 is a pass/fail class in which you need a 90 to pass and over the course of the semester I had missed 3 classes which is the maximum before you drop below a 90. Over the past two weeks I was stretched too thin and had some mental health issues resurface and I accidentally slept through 2100. I have been so focused on working on my actual academic classes that I screwed up in that class and now I fear that it’s over for me. I am in so much debt and I am not too far from graduating and if this is the factor that decides whether or not I can stay I don’t know what I’m going to do. I still have so much work to do for finals but I can’t sleep or think about anything except this. I’m planning on speaking with the professor tomorrow but I have a feeling that they’re going to tell me I am shit out of luck. I seriously cannot live with the shame that I’ll face if I get kicked out and I don’t know what to do anymore.

What is the last day for the current semester(Spring 2024) to use the free printing credits?

It seems like every time we need a Gatech site to be operational they shut down…I’ve accidentally stumbled upon registration sites for other schools (many larger than us with a presumably bigger population using them) that are operational during registration season and ours seem to consistently go down. Why??? Do our host services just suck? I just don’t understand how we consistently have these issues at a tech school with so much public funding

I'm not taking any summer classes, so when is the last day I can use the CRC?

Could not find it on the website.

I'm a CS major, and currently on the path to graduate by the end of Fall 2024, and I can't extend that graduation any further. I'm kind of screwed in that I still haven't done my junior design requirement, and am currently in the process of getting into an internship over the summer. I was thinking of taking Option #1, but seems like those classes have a strict attendance policy and I don't know if I'd be able to accommodate that. I was looking towards taking either capstone over the summer and extend into the Fall or just take Create-X over Fall and finish it then. But, I'm not exactly sure on what either of these courses are about. Can anyone who has taken these courses offer some details on what they are about? Also, I haven't done anything in Create-X yet, but was wondering if in order to do Create-X do I need to have to team or could I join any existing team, assuming I get eligible to take it in Fall 2024?

Any insight/help/tips is much appreciated!

Across the country, students and protesters have been arrested for exercising their free speech rights and peacefully sitting in. They have been shut down, threatened, pushed to the streets so they can be charged, even sending a battery of riot police in full gear on horses against students with megaphones. They’ve scaled down their promises of protecting free speech on their websites.

Gratefully, I’ve not heard much complaints at Tech but I fear the university leadership will be more comfortable now shutting down student protests when someone speaks something they don’t like. Or worse, something their donors don’t like. It doesn’t matter what side of politics you’re on, Tech must recommit to protecting our First Amendment rights for all protected speech. Not just speech they agree on

Hi! I’m getting out next week🥳🥳🥳 and want to have some GT themed drinks for a party later. I have Budweiser on the list but any mixed drink ideas?

So I’m a rising second year MSE major, currently doing 3 hours (for credit) of undergrad research. I’m definitely far more of an assistant and am not doing independent research, though I talked to the PhD student in under and I will def be doing somewhat more next semester, but I still feel like I want to do more. I’m thinking about joining a VIP or createX team, but I’ve heard mixed things about VIP and not much on createX. I haven’t seen many recent things here on this subreddit either, so I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts?

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I’m currently wrapping up my freshman year as a mechanical engineer (haven’t really done any major specific courses) and am wondering if I should switch over to industrial engineering. Both seem to interest me, and I’ve heard that you could make more as an IE, so I’ve been seriously considering the switch. Does anybody have any input or advice for me? Is there a substantial pay difference between the two career fields?

Hi everyone,

For those who have taken physics 2212 in the past, especially with Dr. Alicea, do you know if they had all the lectures recorded? If so, do you mind sharing the link to the past lectures? I’d personally need them to review for the upcoming final next week. Thanks a lot!

Hi everyone! I'm looking for advice and review of the current CompE program at tech. For context, I'm heavily interested between both hardware and software (maybe more of the latter) and I'm looking for a career in software engineering in hardware (e.g. robotics).

I've heard a lot about it being difficult for compe majors to enter CS courses as designated in threads and minors like robotics. How true is this right now? Also, generally do compe majors still have the flexibility to get into software engineering and some of the same career opportunities as cs majors? On that note, do compe majors have access to the same opportunities for internships and employment that tech provides cs majors?

Last, I've also been concerned of pursuing CompE at tech with the fear of being a jack of all trades but master of none, in the sense that EE and CS are specialized at their specific fields but CompE is a watered-down version of both. I'm looking for a program where I can learn enough about EE and CS to be proficient in both for the future, so do you think CompE accomplishes this?

tl;dr For someone who likes both hardware and software, and considering future employment in fields like robotics and software engineeering, is CompE at Tech a good fit?

Thanks everyone for the advice! I'll take it all into consideration and I'm looking forward to my next four years at Tech!

Did any of you guys complete the verification process for GitHub?

It seems to be asking for proof of enrollment with an expiration date, so transcript and buzzcard aren't getting accepted.

I don't want to pay money to get a copy from clearinghouse. Did any of you manage to get access?

I'm an admitted freshman, and I'm interested in undergrad research in mathematics. This sounds like what Explore says they are for, but then I see its for premed students. Is it worth joining if I don't have any premed interests?

I wanna know if there’s a difference between being on disciplinary probation and being in good academic standing. I need a good academic standing to transfer to tech as grad student and I’ve already started my F1- visa process . I need to be in good academic standing to transfer, that’s the only condition. Will this affect me getting the visa?

I am joining GT as an incoming MS student this Fall semester. I am trying to open housing applications but for some reason I keep getting an error saying

Login to StarRez Portal failed. Reason: Login error. Please try again.

Prior posts on this are about 2 years old and I have already tried clearing cache and changing browsers. I have also called the Housing support and created a ticket but nothing has been done.

Has anyone else run into this? Any help is much appreciated!

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Hello everyone! My name is Divye and I am very excited to be joining the Georgia Tech community this fall. My mom and I are coming to visit this Thursday and Friday, and I was wondering if anyone was available to show us around the electrical engineering buildings!

Thank you!

How possible is taking both Math 2551 and 2552 in the same semester? I understand that its 4 studios a week and 2 math tests to study for when midterms roll around, but anything else?

i currently have good academic standing but previously i was on warning -> probation -> good. i'm planning to take an incomplete for 2/5 classes which would mean i won't pass at least 75% of my classes. would i be put back onto probation?

Hi everyone, I'm a prospective incoming student at GT for biomedical engineering and I'm planning on doing the pre-med route! I just have a couple of questions about GT/BME/premed and I would really appreciate if anyone could answer:

1. I know that engineering has a rep for being harder to get a good GPA. For those studying BME, how was the difficulty of your classes and workload? Is it hard to get a good GPA? Did you find yourself always stressing out or was there still a good amount of time to do other things and have fun?
2. How are premed opportunities at tech (e.g. volunteering, shadowing, clubs, etc.)? And how is research?
3. Also, do you guys recommend testing out of intro classes w credit (e.g. AP)? I'm just worried that if I skip I'll struggle to get used to the difficulty of upper-level classes (math/chemistry/physics).
4. Outside of premed, how well does tech prepare students for industry?

In general, I do want to study engineering and I do prefer it over biology, but I'm also afraid of burn out. I'm also not 100% dead set on medicine, although I'm strongly considering it at the moment. So, if any of you guys could give some advice, I would really appreciate it!

Hey Y'all!

If you're wondering whether or not to do the CIOS - here's a website I made to help you figure out if you should!
https://shouldidothecios.com/

^(Section B CS-1332 pls show up) 😭

Edit: Here's the github - https://github.com/rockenman1234/shouldidothecios