M-Train?

kevinw33

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I hope this isn't a really obvious answer and I also hope that I am being blasphemous for not knowing,

But what is the M-Train?

I see it every now and then and it is in the GTG's Perfect Option song (Which I loooove now).



I hate to waste a post on this, but where else could it go?
 
"Taking the M-Train" is when you start off in an Engineering major and change to Management. The obvious implication is that you couldn't hack it in Engineering and "escaped" to the Management school.

I'll leave it to others to decide the veracity of that logic.

If I understand correctly, explicitly declaring a managment major when you start GT, or getting a graduate degree in Management does not qualify.

As a future student in the EMBA-MOT program, I have to rep the College of Management. I'll be d**m proud to display my Management MBA when I get it.

BTW - I think the video is hilarious, and I told Swaff and DBay so before the Miami game.
 
As a proud M-Train rider (I bought the ticket before I even came to the station), the song is surprising accurate. What is great about it though is the fact that its one of the best business schools out there today. When you have your students dropping into a top 40 program, you are not really dropping too far at all!
 
I wish I was on the M-Train.... Most people use it to apply to anyone taking management, not just those switching to it.
 
It was a nice ride and has served me well post graduation. Nowhere near as bumpy or hazardous as engineering. No cake walk either....

As owner of the "M-Train" handle, I felt like I had to respond...
 
The M-train got me into law school. Any GT degree will work wonders for admission into graduate programs. When I went to see if I was accepted into law school, the admissions office said, "You're the GT graduate... you're in."
 
This weeks Business Week has their B school rankings. Tech comes in at 28, breaking into the top 30 for the first time. U know who didn't make the list.:biggthumpup:
 
I graduated ISyE. However, those I know who graduated management also seem to be doing quite well.

It is kind of a joke when your in school. I knew I was never going to stoop to the M-Train. If I was going to stay at Tech, I was getting the most bang for my buck. I was going to get an engineering degree.

One should not be ashamed for taking the train, though. I reiterate that of the very many management majors I know, I cannot think of any one of them that is hurting.

If your taking mgt to go to grad school... smart choice. Better girls in mgt.
 
BuzzLaw said:
The M-train got me into law school. Any GT degree will work wonders for admission into graduate programs. When I went to see if I was accepted into law school, the admissions office said, "You're the GT graduate... you're in."
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Worked the same way for me, too.
 
I came to GT as Public Policy, then extremely undecided, stumbled into the College of Mgt.

I graduated in Management with an Operations certificate but ended up with an engineering job for an international company's trainee program. I'm nearly the only non-engineer in my trainee program, and most everyone is cool. However, there's an ME from VATech in my group who is the most offended, calling me a slacker in front of some instructors during a training class because of my major...Not sure what went through is mind after that but he was sucking up to me that evening over some drinks... Engr or not, I definitely represent the best alma mater in my trainee class.

My company is about electrical distribution systems/automation and control: switchboards, panelboards, circuit breakers, low, medium, and high voltage switchgear, starters, etc... and how all of this can meet our customers needs. It's on the technical side of the sales end but they have a very strict engineer only hiring policy. I was allowed to break the mold after working with my Dad, a UMich EE who does engineering consulting and taught me more than even the engineering students knew about electrical distribution.

I'm well aware that I'm not qualified to be a design engineer, but technical sales of electrical gear and it's aspects (which I promise is far, far more complicated than a door-to-door salesman) requires high problem solving skills which I guess is why they have an engineer-only policy. Fortunately I'm not an idiot and the experience working with a consulting engr has seemed to give me a pass and allowed me to successfully interview for sales engineer positions, both in and outside of electric distribution...

Anyway, I keep a chip on my shoulder that drives me to work harder to make sure I understand the electrical applications....And in the office when I'm not in training, I'm kicking butt in project mgt and solving problems...

FWIW, in regards to our training, one of our most knowledgeable instructors was a GATech graduate.

The nice thing about the Operations MGT degree is I can talk the strategic business talk w/ the upper level managers, and for the most part, the engr graduates in my program can't hang.

Anyway, whatever...Go Jackets.
 
BuzzLaw said:
The M-train got me into law school. Any GT degree will work wonders for admission into graduate programs. When I went to see if I was accepted into law school, the admissions office said, "You're the GT graduate... you're in."
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So you decided to use your GT degree for evil?:)

I thought the M-Train included a stopover in IE. The way I understood it, everyone started in ME, EE, AE, or ChemE, some changed to IE or CE as the GPA fell and then joined the M-Train. That's not to say the program isn't good, but management is MUCH easier than engineering (I have an MBA from the U of M).
 
GT1992 said:
So you decided to use your GT degree for evil?:)

I thought the M-Train included a stopover in IE. The way I understood it, everyone started in ME, EE, AE, or ChemE, some changed to IE or CE as the GPA fell and then joined the M-Train. That's not to say the program isn't good, but management is MUCH easier than engineering (I have an MBA from the U of M).
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No, that's not always the way it works. Some people move from engineering to management but some don't want to be engineers and start there. Maybe unintended but your arogance seems to be showing. Mgt is a good degree and harder than business at most other schools.
 
ncjacket said:
No, that's not always the way it works. Some people move from engineering to management but some don't want to be engineers and start there. Maybe unintended but your arogance seems to be showing. Mgt is a good degree and harder than business at most other schools.
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No problem in getting a mgt degree as long as you make the best of it and strive to continuously improve yourself in your career.
 
WreckTheRest said:
No problem in getting a mgt degree as long as you make the best of it and strive to continuously improve yourself in your career.
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Actually there's nothing wrong with any degree if you work to make the most of yourself.
 
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