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    Why I chose Oglethorpe over Georgia State

    Georgia State is cheaper. Closer to home. Has a bigger name. By every practical measure, I should have chosen Georgia State. But I didn't. I visited both schools. At Georgia State, the CS advising office had a line out the door. Students were stressed. The advisor looked exhausted. When it was...
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    Is Oglethorpe actually rigorous, or is it just expensive?

    Oglethorpe is $45,000 a year. That's private school money. But is the education worth that price? I've looked at graduation rates, job placement rates, grad school acceptance rates. Everything looks fine. Not amazing. Not terrible. Fine. But fine isn't worth $45,000. I visited last spring. The...
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    I'm a CS major. I don't write essays. But I almost paid someone to write one for me

    I'm a CS major. People think my life is just coding. It's not. I have humanities requirements. Gen eds. Writing classes. Classes where the professor expects me to have opinions about poetry. I don't have opinions about poetry. I have opinions about algorithms. Poetry is just ... words arranged...
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