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Social Life compared with similar schools in class. |
Quotes touching on Social Life |
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Socially the school is very poor ...” |
| “... Georgia Tech has a great name--but you pay for it in social life ...” |
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Don't desire to have a social life whatsoever ...” |
| “... If you stay in your room and play Quake all day, yeah there is no social scene ...” |
| “... As far as social life, yeah it's only 30% women, and at least 50% of those are ugly as everything ...” |
| “... Most people leave here with no social skills ...” |
| “... They feel like a social life and good grades should fall right into their laps ...” |
| “... You can have a social life, if you actually get off your butt and work for it ...” |
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The kids are so over-worked and lack so many social skills that the cafeteria is almost always silent ...” |
| “... But, if you can balance schoolwork and a social life, you can have a great time here ...” |
| “... I think I want to be around a friendly environment and go someplace where the proffessors actually give a shit about students and a better social...” |
| “... And lets face it, nerds are not the most social people on the planet, so it can be hard if you don't take the initiative ...” |
| “... And that is a bad thing because the majority of students here are male anti-social computer nerds [for a lack of a better word] who either are al...” |
| “... All this on top of a depressing looking campus (the camphinile perfectly representing the shaft everyone gets), an awful social atmosphere, and ...” |
| “... The social life is very much focused around the Greek System ...” |
| “... After reading these reviews complaining about the boatloads of work and lack of social life, I was afraid that I'd made the wrong decision ...” |
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“... (especially for people in all male dorm with antisocial people on your floor)
Knowing what I know now, I would definitely not go to Georgia Tec...” |
| “... I haven't experienced the problems with social life that other people have mentioned ...” |
| “... If you plan on having no social life and doing integrals the rest of your life, this is your college ...” |
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-Coursework is quite challenging if you're the sort who likes to mix a social life with your academic life ...” |
| “... Because I had no social life and was generally miserable at Tech, the jump to Medical School was not a difficult one at all ...” |
| “... I could have studied harder and earned better grades while at Tech, but social interaction is important and should be "practiced ...” |
| “... Because girls are looking for guys with a little confidence and some degree of a social life, which at Tech, is rare only because people set them...” |
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If you are stressed out and/or having social, family, financial, or grade problems, the people around you are generally operating with so li...” |
| “... If you are an "engineer type", you want to do that for the rest of you life, you don't want an education but training, and you can manage a socia...” |
| “... There are plenty of people at Tech with positive attitudes who are very successful and do not fail classes and if you associate yourself with th...” |
| “... Look, in high school you are supposed to learn how to be social and figure out how to interact in the world ...” |
| “... Granted I was a rather social geek, but you just instantly connected with people ...” |
| “... You can even have a good social life if you get to know the right people and make an effort ...” |
| “... I believe that most college students want three main things: decent grades, sleep, and a social life ...” |
| “... If you choose to live in shitty dorms with nerdy people who play video games all day then no you won't have a social life ...” |
| “... But aside from the educational standpoint this school can sometimes be harsh, and you may find yourself wondering if it is all worth it because o...” |
| “... you have to be really really over the top social, and have extrodinary time management skills to have friends ...” |
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In summary, good academics, hard school, decent social life if you really try, nice campus on sunny days with lots of construction, and good fa...” |
| “... I advise people to join a fraternity or sorority if you are personally not the super social kind ...” |
| “... I definitely would suggest staying involved with a club because it will insure you a tight social network of friends who share your interests ...” |
| “... Social life within campus is non-existence, step outside to the city instead ...” |
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Social life is dull at best ...” |
| “... not a lot of campus event and social events ...” |
| “... The students are a split between the social/normal kids and the unsocial/nerdy kids ...” |
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The social life here, as I've experienced it, is non-existent ...” |
| “... If you get involved in greek life or other parts of the social scene, and instead of studying all the time, you branch out, your time at Tech wi...” |
| “... I don't want to sound like a jerk but almost the entire campus is divided among the greek community, the asians, and the antisocial people ...” |
| “... After a semester at Tech, my best advice to give is to FIND A SOCIAL NETWORK of some sort ...” |
| “... However, one of the three guys spends his social life just playing video games, so the effective ratio is more like 2:1 ...” |
| “... You'll tell them that at Tech everyone is either a complete nerd, and antisocial, or an annoying frat guy ...” |
| “... It will help to prepare you for the real world, while at the same time provide you with a good social life in Atlanta, or on campus ...” |
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Another regret relates to my social life ...” |
| “... You have no social life and your workload is overbearing ...” |
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If you want to do engineering, go to a place like Virginia Tech instead, the people there are friendly, happy, and there is a good social scene...” |
| “... THere seems to be a lot of complaints about this school, mainly about things like social life ...” |
| “... I didn't know anyone and I'm not a social butterfly, so I took a long time to make friends ...” |
| “... Marathon study sessions are the norm, long homework assignments can be a week-long trepidation, and semester long projects can really weigh you ...” |
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- Social Hell: few women + lots of engineers = awkward ...” |
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