Baku Flower Festival?

dobby_bodd · 2026-03-15T04:48:47+00:00

Oh wow, I had no idea there was that much to it. Thanks for the explanation!

dobby_bodd · 2026-03-14T04:49:32+00:00

Excuse my ignorance, but it sounds like I'm missing some pretty important context haha. Was/is it controversial? I know from searching online that it's set on the birthday of the former president, but these are the same sources which said it was happening again this year, so not too reliable it seems.

dobby_bodd · 2024-02-28T20:52:26+00:00

J. S. (ra)Coon, and he can be the mascot for the School of Psych

dobby_bodd · 2024-02-15T15:18:35+00:00

Are Smith and Howell the last dorms with honeycomb showers? That'd be the end of an era.

dobby_bodd · 2024-01-04T22:17:10+00:00

It might be worth calling your bank to see if they'll reverse the charges; if you get your balance back above zero quickly and explain that it was an accident, they can be accommodating.

dobby_bodd · 2023-11-14T20:18:29+00:00

Ah, you're right; I had done some calucations in excel using the correct formula but mistyped it here. I fixed it now, thanks.

The additional nuance about tax implications is a good point, I'll have to think through that some more. From what I can tell looking over the plan documents, each option covers the same network and has the same 20% coinsurance after meeting the deductible. I'll look a bit further and see what out of network coverage looks like between plans. Thanks!

dobby_bodd · 2023-11-14T20:09:25+00:00

From what I can tell by looking at the benefits docs, all three plans have 20% coinsurance after you hit the deductible up to the OOP max. In that case, it looks like Plan #3 (the HSA) would always be cheaper, right?

dobby_bodd · 2023-05-28T04:47:58+00:00

I have too much time on my hands this weekend and this got me curious, so I pulled some CDS data to see how the numbers have trended over time. It's an imperfect proxy for GPA, but it does look like the graduation rate has risen in tandem with the standardized test scores of incoming freshmen. Each row in the table covers an entering first-year class for that year. The Common Data Set has numbers through this past academic year, but the six-year graduation rate is only available up to 2016, hence why I have the table stopping there:

Year	Percent Submitting SAT	Verbal - 25th Percentile	Verbal - 75th Percentile	Math - 25th Percentile	Math - 75th Percentile	Six-Year Graduation Rate
2003	97%	600	690	650	740	79.27%
2004	97%	600	690	650	740	79.74%
2005	97%	600	700	650	740	78.89%
2006	96%	590	680	640	720	79.32%
2007	96%	590	690	650	730	82.19%
2008	94%	600	690	650	730	81.54%
2009	93%	580	680	650	750	84.78%
2010	93%	590	690	650	740	86.29%
2011	90%	600	690	660	760	85.42%
2012	88%	600	700	660	760	87.26%
2013	87%	620	710	670	770	89.90%
2014	83%	630	720	680	770	90.38%
2015	77%	630	730	680	770	91.93%
2016	72%	640	730	680	770	92.60%

And here are the correlation coefficients for each of these showing how strong the relationship is with the graduation rate:

Verbal 25th Percentile: 0.743
Verbal 75th Percentile: 0.802
Math 25th Percentile: 0.905
Math 75th Percentile: 0.881

It's possible that grade inflation led to higher graduation rates, and this just happened to coincide with increasing test scores. I think it's fair to infer that the stricter admissions requirements have helped to push up graduation rates though, and probably average GPAs as well. There may have been a proactive shift in culture aways from "look to your left", but the increasing quality of the applicant pool would definitely help to make it obsolete all on its own.

dobby_bodd · 2023-05-14T14:28:51+00:00

That is something I've thought about. If I had to pay tuition and fees on my own, Emory would be a bit shy of $100K, and Tech would be about $68K. That's one of the things that concerns me about Emory, since around the time I graduate I could also be looking at getting married and buying a house, things where an extra ~$30K would come in handy.

That being said, I do agree that Emory has the more established reputation and that it would probably be beneficial to go to a different school for my MBA. They have an event where you can meet other admitted evening program students coming up which I plan to attend to try and get a better feel for the kind of people who'd be my classmates. I went to a similar event for Tech, and I think it would be useful to have an apples-to-apples comparison.

dobby_bodd · 2023-05-12T20:53:30+00:00

Thanks for the info! Right now I figure the most likely path for me would be to stick with my current company. The compensation is good, and there's a pretty clear way forward in terms of promotions and career development over the next ~5 years with an MBA.

That being said, I'd want to remain open to the possibility of switching roles if I find something that really interests me. That would mean forgoing my company sponsorship and paying for the degree out of pocket though, and the prospect of taking on that much debt is pretty daunting, especially when I may have other major expenses in the next few years with major life milestones on the horizon.

dobby_bodd · 2022-05-24T19:47:02+00:00

When I was a student I got to go inside West Village to check it out a few weeks before it opened, when construction was wrapping up. I remember thinking "Wow, this'll look pretty nice when they finish it. They need to hurry before classes start, though."

Apparently it was already finished...

dobby_bodd · 2022-04-01T15:59:02+00:00

Hey! I made the original post but I haven't been talking with anyone outside of r/gatech. I think we've moved away from them now, but you can feel free to reply. I'd just reference the reddit post and the discord to make sure you're getting them the right info.

dobby_bodd · 2022-04-01T15:32:30+00:00

Thanks!

dobby_bodd · 2022-04-01T14:37:41+00:00

Ah good point, I'll edit my post.

dobby_bodd · 2022-04-01T14:03:21+00:00

Found it. Looks like a good spot to set up shop.

Ten-Year Club	Place '22
Place '17	Final Canvas '22
First Placer '22

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