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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only people who thing UVA > GA Tech are UVA students or their parents…[/quote]

The only people that act like this are parents whose kids didn't get in.  Ridiculous.  Engineering is hard at any school and respected.  [/quote]
We are oos for both VA and GA.  I know several eng/cs major kids from a magnet program.  They all applied to GA Tech but not UVA.  That was not even on their radar.  Some even applied to VA Tech, but not UVA.[/quote]

And. yet, my Aerospace Engineering kid applied to GT, Purdue, and UVA. Got into all three. Picked UVA and was taught by a woman astronaut. She decided after Calc 3 that engineering wasn't for her - not surprising since 80% of all grads change their majors at least once. She moved towards UVA electives she had enjoyed in econ and poli sci and wound up a PPL (politics, pholosophy & law) major. She's now on full scholarship at Oxford and applying to T8 law schools. We joke often "Thank heavens she didn't pick GT" because you don't go there for poli sci. UVA is more prestigious and a better chance for that 80% who may change majors.[/quote]

No one's arguing that Political Science isn't better at UVA. Georgia Tech wouldn't have been a good fit for this student. But I'm pretty sure 80 percent of Georgia Tech students don't change their major. Most people applying to Georgia Tech know exactly want they want to do. Engineering is totally not a good major for students who are still dabbling with what they want to do. If they drop the major, it's usually freshman year when they are overwhelmed by how difficult it can be. [/quote]

If they do, it is more likely something like mechanical engineering to electrical engineering.  In that case, Georgia Tech would probably be better.[/quote]

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