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I wish I would have known more about the stress level that most students face. I also wish I knew that the social scene was mostly Greek/alcohol focused.

Study hard and not just memorize but learn the material

I wish I had known more about the research scholorship opportunities a Georgia Tech. I enrolled in undergraduate research my second semester at Tech and did not know about research scholarhips until a full year later. There are many great research scholarship opportunities available for Tech students, however, they are not well represented on campus.

That I would be in this much debt, not be able to find the internships this school boasts about, and struggle academically to the point of depression.

how tough it is.

I wish I would've known more about greek life before coming to this school. It is very prominent here. Also I would've liked to know that I could wait to buy my books until classes actually started. Some professors don't even require them which would have saved me a lot of money first semester.

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I wish I had known how difficult my freshman classes were going to be. I struggled with classes my first semester because I took too many classes that were extremely difficult. I wish I had spread them out so that I could have done better in them.

Georgia Tech is indeed very competitive, but help is available at every turn from professors themselves, student-to-student tutoring, TAs, and help sessions from PhD students and others. Your college experience at Georgia Tech is what you are willing to make it. I came in with a negative mindset, thinking I would fail and not make friends. And for the first month or so, I lived in fear of failure and without friends. I changed that, thrust myself into several of the various social gatherings in my dorm, and am best friends with those same people. Be brave.

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I wish that I had learned to utilize and manage my time better. Between schoolwork, projects, extracirricular ativities, and off-campus events, student life at Georgia Tech can get incredibly hectic. At the beginning of the year, I was amazed at how much time homework and studying would eat up and leave me without time to spend with friends. But after talking to my advisor, she helped me to space out work and to plan way ahead to make sure I made the most of my time at Tech. Its something I would advise all new students to do.

Before starting college, I wish somebody would've told me how vital it is to get involved in extracurricular activities from the start. During the fall of freshman year, I was afraid to get involved in much, fearing my grades would suffer. However, there are so many amazing freshman leadership organizations that help one adjust to college life, learn time management, meet other freshmen, and get a great start on building your resume! Plus, it's more difficult to get accepted into sophomore-level programs with no freshman year involvement. Looking back, I wish I'd have gotten involved sooner!

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I wish I had known how much I needed to mentally and emotionally prepare so spend days and nights in the library with barely four hours of sleep a night. Although Georgia Tech is tough, it is nice to have classmates who are in the same situation as you and are always willing to help.

I wish I had known the level of dedication the courses here require. To make good grades at Georgia Tech, it requires hours of rigorous study time and lots of late nights. It is much more challenging than I ever would have thought.

I wish I would have known a better way to earn money. The forms of earning that money could have been either scholarships, grants, a higher paying job to where I would not have to work full time. Not being able to work full time would allow me to have more time to do well in my classes and it would be less stressfull.

I wish I had known how important it is to find a sense of balance between academics and social activities. You can't spend your entire college career only studying; you have to find an outlet to relieve stress and make some time for yourself.

The tuition for out of state students is huge, but if you study abroad with Georgia Tech, you only have to pay in state tuition. Look into studying abroad as soon as possible of you are an out of state student.

I wish I had known to get involved earlier in my freshman year. Bigger organizations like the Student Center Programs Council have so many leadership opportunities and the earlier you get involved, the better. Organizations are very open to freshman taking on big responsibilities.

That curves are unlikely and are only helpfull to those that are already preforming very well. The depth of course work.