Scheller College of Business

The College of Business places a large emphasis on the training and preparation for the job search process. This begins in the Freshman GT 1000 Business Section where students begin working on their resume, learning how to network, and thinking about their career goals. By the time students take the Career Course in junior year, most students have already had an internship/co-op and are learning how to land not just any job, but their dream job. Additionally, even with this strong emphasis on job placement, our career services still focuses not just on high salary, but rather finding a job that you are passionate about.

It would be great if we could major in our concentration areas rather than just getting a concentration in those areas. More time to take electives that really matter and are related to the subject would be better. I am a business major with a concentration in marketing. I was only able to take 18 out of 122 hours of marketing electives. The rest of my hours were filled with core business classes. While those are important, allowing a larger percentage of hours to be devoted to marketing would have made me more competitive.

The most important thing about this business school is its focus on preparation for a career. The education is considered important here only because it makes us ready to enter the market and start affecting everything around us. This is what makes the ROI at Georgia Tech so high. The investment is that of a typical public university. The return compares more to that of a student graduating from a highly renowned university, because companies know the high quality of graduates from Georgia Tech.

The teaching could be a lot better in the finance department. I have had several strong classes here, but also several very poor ones in which I felt like I learned nothing.

Georgia Tech graduates have a technological edge through IT classes, computer science classes, and the Technology and Management Program. Also, students are well-rounded as they all have to take the beginning course in every facet of business.

I think my school could benefit from some rebranding. It seems like people only think if

Georgia Tech as a place for engineers, even though it has one of the best undergraduate business programs of all public and private universities.

We offer a BSBA which is a bachelor's of science in business administration rather than a BABA. This distinction of "BS" comes with taking a management science course, which provides a unique outlook to problem solving and management. Not to mention Georgia Tech's fantastic engineering programs who's students we interact with across campus and learn to communicate with more efficiently that business students of other colleges, universities, and institutes.

Because Georgia Tech is often seen as a science and engineering school, the business program could do a better job distinguishing itself as a "force to be reckoned with". The business program is often overlooked by students and employers alike, overshadowed by the engineering and science programs.

People know we are an underdog business program (since my university is known for engineering) so we try very hard to make sure we are not overlooked for positions we may not be well-known for.

I would like to see the building be a little more open to undergraduate students. Often times, after hours, many rooms that can be used for studying are locked. I would like to see a little more trust that the students are truly looking to pursue and education and not looking for a hangout spot.

Scheller College of Business not only challenges us daily in each of our classes, but does an exceptional job preparing us for the real world. Because of courses taken and outstanding job advisory services, I was more than prepared when starting my job search. I couldn't be more ecstatic with my multiple job offers out of college and I thank our program, which enabled me to land my dream job.

Since Tech has such a large pool of international students, I think they should have a program/office that would help us with finding an internship, or even a job. We have a lot to bring to the table. I understand that companies are not willing to hire us due to all the legal paper work (working visa) that would have to be done and extra cost, but students could be taught here in the companies' headquarters and then sent to offices located abroad.

I think our school's location makes us unique. We are right in the center of the business hub of the southeast, and there are so many opportunities close by. The quality of our teaching staff along with our reputation is difficult to compete with.

Our business program could be strengthened by leveraging our computer science program with our information technology class. If students were taught not only how to code and use Excel, but to code within Excel to calculate complicated database calculations, then our students would be more strategically set up to continue down quantitative paths rather than simply consulting paths.

We get accepted into the program by getting accepted to Georgia Tech. We can begin taking classes for our concentration at any point, as long as the pre recs are completed prior. We go at our own pace and can save "freshmen classes" for senior year in order to get started on our concentration. The teachers are always available and we are all very close as students. I have never walked into a classroom in the College of Business and not known at least five people in it the room.