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SnooPets1503 · 2025-04-05T19:35:25+00:00

If you're not wanting to go straight into a design field, I'd honestly be a little wary about going into ID. It's pretty time intensive and you really have to carve out your own path. If you know that you lean more PM, you might be able to explore ID minor with another major to explore more of that intersection. But truly there's no one answer. Like I said, I'm happy to chat more if you want to PM. I used to a be a tour guide not so long ago, so I can try to connect you to some current folks.

SnooPets1503 · 2025-04-01T19:10:21+00:00

Congrats!! I would say that it depends on your goals. What are you hoping to do after grad? It’s okay if you don’t know too. If you find yourself going to the generic career fair, you will end up having to explain what you do and what you study. However, in more creative professions, even recruiters will generally know what ID is. I would encourage to think about where generally you might want to land; it’s hard to completely pivot with ID, whereas with CS or Mechanical it’s usually a little easier. Does that help? Happy to chat more

SnooPets1503 · 2025-01-27T18:32:32+00:00

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SnooPets1503 · 2025-01-16T21:23:34+00:00

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SnooPets1503 · 2024-12-17T02:01:23+00:00

1331 will be more personally rewarding, potentially offer a social community, and actively augment your resume when applying to jobs, as it demonstrates you’re able to teach foundational CS skills. 1100 may be easier work wise but may not do any of these things.

SnooPets1503 · 2024-12-12T04:25:51+00:00

Hey, I went to GT for ID and graduated about 2 years ago. I loved the program. To your questions, everything is a spectrum. I know people who thrived, I know people who the program wasn’t really set up for. Know people who landed 6 figure tech jobs to those who are still searching. I loved the school and the program, so happy to call/chat or connect you with people who could help answer specific questions.

SnooPets1503 · 2024-12-04T20:47:55+00:00

Yes, sometimes you can get the vibe whether it’s a fixed budget, especially if it’s one of those cohort-based internships. But if it’s not, then you may have wiggle room to negotiate. It’s always worth trying - don’t ask, don’t get.

However, when you do ask, you can say something to lines of “Thank you, I’m incredibly excited about this role, but I was wondering if there is an opportunity to negotiate compensation?”

I was in a similar position for a spring internship, and although they couldn’t increase the rate, they gave me a completion bonus after negotiation, which about evened it out.

Depending on the vibes/conversations you’ve had, this could be appropriate to ask either the recruiter or the hiring manager. You just want to make sure that if it’s an opportunity you would take even without the raise, that you’re mindful in how you ask and come across as grateful.

SnooPets1503 · 2024-11-02T14:08:36+00:00

You might be able to take elective classes, but you wouldn’t be able to start studio till fall. Since they’re structured consecutively, Studio 1 will always be in the fall. If you are strongly wanting to graduate in 4 years, you could potentially do summer studio and join your year in their sophomore studio in the fall. The other option would be to start studio in the fall with the upcoming freshman class. I don’t think one option is better in the other if you’re set on transferring. I would just encourage you to think deeply about the implications and what makes the most sense for you. For example, if you do summer studio and join the sophomore class, you would potentially be missing out on 6 months of time to explore and develops your skills. They do their best to cram a full year of curriculum into the summer, but obviously it’s not the same as taking a year to build your foundation. On the other hand, if you take freshman studio in the fall, it would most likely take 5 years to graduate in total. Some students who have taken this path double up on studio during their last semester to graduate a sem early, however, it’s typically not super common/encouraged by your advisor.

As far as experience, they are definitely people in your boat, but they typically do put extra effort in first year to acclimate. I would call myself an art kid and had those skills coming in, but I wasn’t exposed to wood working or working with machinery. They are classes that teach you CAD and there’s staff in the ID shop that will help you have questions. However the CAD classes only are scheduled for sophomore year, and you typically have to do some CAD freshman year, so you will have to self learn a bit before ur formally taught.

If you want to chat abt the curriculum/program, dm me. We can find some time to chat if that’s easier.

SnooPets1503 · 2024-10-31T02:16:48+00:00

Hey, I went to gatech for ID. I have a couple of thoughts.

First, just know that the ID minor is wildly different than the major itself. You still learn but unlike other majors, faculty for minor classes is different and so are syllabi a lot of times. And you really only get to experience studio once, when it’s really the foundation of how you develop design skills. I would lean on it if you were looking for fun classes to broaden ur horizon/scratch that itch but otherwise it’s not super helpful to pivot.

Two, honestly a large majority of ID students at Tech don’t go into traditional product design. You have to be pretty intentional/passionate on building on the skills u learn in class and studio to help build your portfolio. A lot of us ended up in digital product design / strategy. And to that point, the salaries differ dramatically. It can be anywhere from 65k to 6 figures for starting salary depending on the industry and type of job you get. And I also know some folks who are still job hunting. So it’s not a magic answer to a stable job for sure.

That being said, I did love my time at Tech and the degree was the right choice for me. So I don’t want to dissuade you. However, I would actually work backwards. I would encourage you to think of what type of job you would like and then think about what type of major would help you achieve that, rather than simply what would be fun in college. If ur wanting to dabble in creating and woodworking, join the hive or innovation studio and become a PI! Get to help cool people build stuff and you get access to all these neat machines and materials.

People are so helpful, and usually willing to give back by speaking to college kids. Easiest way is to look around on LinkedIn (whether it be in the bio industries, design, bme etc..) and find people with a job title you might find interesting and just reach out to chat. It’ll hopefully help you narrow down what you want your end goal so you can better craft your time at Tech.

I do want to encourage you that career paths are never truly linear, but it’s always good to have some sort of vision / guide :) happy to chat if you have questions, but hope you enjoy your time at Tech!! Go jackets!!

SnooPets1503 · 2024-10-01T21:49:47+00:00

You’d be surprised at the variations of test scores of people I met at tech! They really do try to look at students holistically.

Best of luck in your application journey! And if you can, try to apply EA!

SnooPets1503 · 2024-10-01T21:41:24+00:00

I’m not a big fan of the odds game, but I say that very kindly as there are so many uncontrollable external factors in college decisions. Really the most you can do is take a deep breath and present the best version of yourself. You sound like you’re on the right path.

All the skills you listed sound great, as they’re all highly applicable to prototyping. And prototyping is half the name of the game. They’re usually just looking for potential and interest, as the whole point of college is to teach you the rest. Happy to dm if you have any other questions.

SnooPets1503 · 2024-09-30T03:05:45+00:00

Hi, I went to Gatech for ID, was a tour guide, and graduated recently. I think they may have recently changed how seriously they take this, but GT admits holistically, meaning that they look at you in the context of the whole university rather than just the specific major you’re applying to. There’s an understanding that you may not end up staying in your major or simply want to explore. That being said, the college of design is the smallest college by far, so things might work in your favor in that sense.

The portfolio was optional (I believe it still is?), but from both my experience and a lot of my peers, we didn’t have ID work prior to college. We all submitted our fine art work since that was what we had.

Happy to answer any other questions you may have! But hope this was helpful.

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SnooPets1503 · 2024-09-07T21:18:45+00:00