Originally Posted by
Brian96
I turned down a scholarship to UGA to attend Tech in 1993, and loved it so much I went back for my doctorate in 2005. The Presidential Scholarship is an excellent deal. My dad went to Tech in the 70s because at the time it was one of only about 3 schools with a CS program.
What I liked most about the university is that it is small enough that you get a private school feel: smaller class sizes, accessible faculty, etc. That said, many of our faculty--including in CS--are involved in some pretty cool stuff. One of our former posters, CChandler, did his BS and PhD at Tech in CS and was involved in some really neat stuff (e.g., supercomputer at Los Alamos). He doesn't post here anymore, but maybe somebody can tell you how to get in touch with him. Your son will get a really solid education here, and with the Presidential Scholarship, you can't beat the value.
The town is small and quaint. Decent entertainment options within driving distance.
The downsides are that we are small, and so are our endowments, which artificially limits some of our capability. (The flip side of this is that our professors actually teach, since they don't spend as much time as their counterparts at better-funded schools wrapped up exclusively in research.) The school--and the town--tends to be very insular, which puts off some people and at the least takes some getting used to. (If you are from, say, Chicago "midwest" this would be really off-putting, but if you are from, say, small-town Nebraska or Iowa "midwest" you'll find it comparable to home, just without the snow.) Our athletics are frustrating, to say the least, because we will get enough momentum to feel like greatness is just around the corner, and then soemthing will happen (often self-inflicted) and set us back 10 years.
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