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Using your assumption that "Tech Man = alumnus", it's quite possible that the professor was also NOT a "Tech Man". Regardless, it doesn't matter what the professor said. It matters what the individual hearing it perceived. And if he perceived it as demeaning, it's demeaning.

I stand corrected. Funny. One doesn't have to rant and rave. Simply providing a link is sufficient.

I'm not arguing. I am simply stating the definition of what Georgia Tech considers an alumnus of the school and a member of the GT Alumni Association. The original poster made the comparison to Penn State, inferring why GT didn't do likewise. I simply explained it. It's you who are having...

This is ridiculous. Do you even both to check facts? This, from the GT Alumni Association: "By attending GT, you are automatically a member of the (Georgia Tech) Alumni Association upon graduation." If you do not graduate, you may join the Student Alumni Association. I assume this is similar...

Once again, the communication process has broken down. I'm merely referring you to how the GT Alumni Association defines an alumnus. I never said anything about athletics. You are the one making that connection.

I explained why the Professor may have had the position he did based on the poster's own words in his own post. Historically, a "Tech Man" is one who graduated. I didn't make the rule, I just referred to it. Don't like it? Call Angel Cabrera.

You're right. No one said the word "alumnus". He used the word "alumni". You are absolutely correct. "At Penn St, the parents of the student get invited to be a part of the alumni (a lot of times they pay for it after all). They make a big deal about being a part of the family, even if you only...

Different schools have different rules. An “alumnus” is anyone who at least attended the school. At Auburn, I believe it’s one semester. Texas A&M is similar. Tech requires one to have graduated the Institute. I don’t think it’s snobbery. I agree with your sentiments. Perhaps a “Friend of Tech” …

Jawja is an excellent school and attracts high quality candidates. But it's a completely different school. You really can't compare a technical/research university to a state land grant solely based on SAT scores. The fields of study are dramatically different as are the academic requirements.

Outkick had an interesting article re Alabama's fanbase. They estimated that about 15% of the fanbase actually attended the school; the other 85% root for Alabama because it represents 99% of their self-esteem. Auburn fans, a distinct minority in the state (just like GT), are really nothing...

Georgia Tech is not a land grant school, it's a specialty school. It will always have a smaller fanbase due to its very nature. GT has 166,000 alumni, UGA has nearly 350,000. That ... is a huge constraint and you can either accept that we will always be small, or you can terminally frustrated.

One should always strive to be authentic. Personally, I made the decision to apply to Tech for the reason that it WAS hard. I wanted to be challenged. And I was. I will also say, I have never met a problem that I would not attempt to solve. Tech builds confidence. Look, Tech is NOT for...

I was in a senior level Mechanical Engineering class once and the prof had his Phd from MIT. He was teaching in the SSTC lecture hall and started at one end and spent the entire hour expanding, mathematically, a theorem. At the end of class, he summed up the equation by drawing a box around it...

I salute your fandom. Newsflash: Georgia Tech IS an ELITE school. I have no desire to market Tech as a welding school. We ARE the best. By far.

Forty years ago, the choice was UGA or non-UGA. Tech was the non-UGA. Today, the non-UGA market is KSU, Ga State, GA Southern, and Tech. Our equity has declined, not risen. I’ve read these studies for decades. “Sleeping giant”, “potential game changer”, etc. And yet …. Year after year, it...

SA's today want a path to the League. That was the whole premise of Collins and Stansbury's NFL-Lite strategy. While "some" branding will help market an identity, I think any of it NOW is for naught as there is too much uncertainty in NIL and the continuing changes in CFB. And Tech still has not...

The problem with using slogans like "404" is that Tech DOESN'T own the 404. Slogans and brand identities decoupled from reality aren't very effective and in fact, can be counterproductive. As one poster pointed out, that type of "area code" branding might have been effective 30 years ago, but...

The campus has nothing to do with it. The research says it's heavily dependent on the number of alumni within 5 miles and 10miles of the school. Almost every urban school fails this.

It's your opinion. It has been studied ad nauseum for decades.

Ok, I agree with that. But it was already decided that no option coaches would be considered. Agreed