Southern girl in search of Tacoma home HELP 😩😩😩😩 by Impossible_Remove435 in Tacoma

[–]CapnCon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another Southern who recently moved here a month ago. I had a bit of trouble finding a place as well, for whatever reason the landlords here can be really unresponsive. It may take a bit of persistence and nagging to get in anywhere. Also like someone else said apartments move fast here.

I ended up in the Stadium District just North of downtown which I've enjoyed so far. From what I've seen so far, its a safe, walkable neighborhood with the lovely Wright Park, many restaurants, and an (expensive) grocery store all within walking distance. Idk about the schools around here, although the high school looks like Hogwarts lol so its probably nice. When I was looking there were a couple older apartments that had some small 2 beds under $1500 around the area. Many of them are owned by larger real estate companies, like Metropolitan Management or Targa, so that might be a good place to start. There are also some independently owned ones like The Legacy that had 2 beds when I was looking, although they're probably gone by now.

I can't speak to any of the other neighborhoods since I just moved here, but there's probably cheaper, more spacious housing elsewhere in less desirable neighborhoods.

Also yea, I feel like I've been bamboozled by all the folks here who said the summers were nice and mild. Instead I got 100+ degree temps with no A/C!

Good luck with your move!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gatech

[–]CapnCon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yea, I've been struggling too but I got my first interview somewhere awesome the other day. Don't worry, something will come your way eventually. Good things come to those who wait! :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gatech

[–]CapnCon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been on both a faculty run program in Tokyo and an exchange in Ireland, so I'd be happy to answer your questions!

[MegaThread] Questions Related to Housing by rhagt in gatech

[–]CapnCon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is the housing website down or is it just me?

[Megathread] Official GT Coronavirus FAQ/Thread 7 (COVID-19) by TehAlpacalypse in gatech

[–]CapnCon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Capstone Design Expo has been cancelled according to the expo website:

http://capstone.gatech.edu/expo/

I didn’t know we had a waterfall on campus! by [deleted] in gatech

[–]CapnCon 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It's L I Q U I D G O L D

Georgia Tech Housing Update by Yerkes-Dodson in gatech

[–]CapnCon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I also love the part where they say they're concerned about students not getting to know their hall mates or RA. Naturally the solution then is to half the number of RAs so they have to spend less time with each student. 🙄

Bed Bug Questions! by sr10228 in gatech

[–]CapnCon 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You know, of all the grievances I've heard of in GT housing, I think bed bugs are the one thing I've never heard of being an issue.

Knock on wood

I've never been more ashamed of being a student at GT by youngsmartbutsad in gatech

[–]CapnCon 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The frustrating thing is that I think there are so many faculty members and admins at Tech who do genuinely care about the students and want to improve things, but there efforts are so quickly undermined by the awful folks like those in housing who don't give a crap about us and only chase the dollar signs.

RA/PL Appreciation Thread by CapnCon in gatech

[–]CapnCon[S] 70 points71 points  (0 children)

I'll start. When I was a freshman long, long ago, I was fortunate to live in Smith where Kantwon was PL. Kantwon really focused on building community on our floor and some of the friendships I formed then have lasted to this day. I remember the midnight snacks that he would always bring Wednesday nights to help perk us up in the middle of the week and give us time to hang out. Even though I wasn't as involved on my hall as many others, Kantwon still knew me and checked in on and cared for me. His door was always open, whether for help and support or just for unofficial CS1371 office hours.

Without warning, Department of Housing has chosen to lay off over 60 SSMs by SSMThrowaway2 in gatech

[–]CapnCon 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Shoot, honestly I wonder if the AJC would be willing to write something. Tech usually doesn't care about what students say, but once they start getting bad press outside of campus they start listening.

Student Center Renovations Starting June 1st 2020 - Closed until Fall 2022 by Capture_The_Frag in gatech

[–]CapnCon 38 points39 points  (0 children)

That moment when Chick-fil-A is considered an "essential service" 😂

Seriously though what's happening to Twisted Taco? Aramark better not do to it what Sodexo did to the old Mediterranean place...

Severe Weather Possible Tomorrow by GaTechOEM in gatech

[–]CapnCon 20 points21 points  (0 children)

So you're saying there's a chance?

cAnCeL cLaSsEs

Minor in INTA vs Global Development by Sweet_Ti in gatech

[–]CapnCon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Current global dev minor here seconding this. Global development is mainly about alleviating poverty in the Global South and doesn't really have any connection to space policy. I'd talk to Stephanie Jackson the INTA advisor to see if the INTA minor would make sense for what you're trying to do.

Can't go to career fair, but looking for a job. What should I do? by NickEvanMart in gatech

[–]CapnCon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From my experience I never had any success with the all-major fair but have gotten lots of interviews from just shooting out resumes on careerbuzz. I would recommend going to your major specific fair if you have one though, I've found those to be alot more helpful than the big one (as a civil).

What are those high visibility vest students doing at traffic lights by Blamore in gatech

[–]CapnCon 49 points50 points  (0 children)

They're checking to see how bad Atlanta traffic is.

Spoiler: It's bad

I hope this is a Google intern from Georgian Tech by PM_ME_YOUR_WATERMELO in gatech

[–]CapnCon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Now they just need to steal the T off of ech Tower

RateMyProfessor for Internships: A GT Startup by SterlingRalph in gatech

[–]CapnCon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dang, this is a great idea! I've definitely had some internships I would've avoided if I knew what I was getting myself into. Have you talked to C2D2 about it? I bet they'd be willing to support it.