College visit: Georgia Tech
Today's stop in the Confluence College Admissions Consulting spring tour is Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech. Located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, the 450-acre Tech campus is a tree-filled, meticulously landscaped green oasis in the middle of a dense urban environment.
Courses at Tech are extremely—perhaps even notoriously—rigorous and challenging, and classes tend to be large: 32% of courses enroll more than 50 students. This demanding course load prepares students for high-paying jobs as engineers, architects, entrepreneurs, and computer scientists.
One program in particular that I'd like to highlight is the Georgia Tech Urban Honey Bee Project, a unique interdisciplinary undergraduate research program focused on the impact of urban habitats on honey bees. Tech's hives are located on the roofs of the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons and the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design on the school's campus in midtown Atlanta. City planners and designers are increasingly incorporating sustainable food systems into urban architectural projects and developments, raising questions about the suitability of these environments for food production. One factor affecting crop yield in urban gardens is the availability of animal pollinators. Bees function as pollinators for most food crops and are also exceptional model organisms for understanding complex biological systems. Unfortunately, bee populations are threatened by pesticide use, habitat fragmentation, and disease. A greater understanding of honeybees is of great ecological, economic, and academic interest, and undergraduate students at Georgia Tech get to have a significant role in cutting-edge research.
In short, Georgia Tech is not for every student—but it can be a great fit for those ready for significant academic challenges who want to make meaningful contributions to the world of science and technology.
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