Editing Other Student-Made Guides

[[Category:Freshmen Guide]]
Over the years, many Georgia Tech students have made guides to help the ones who follow in their footsteps. Here is a collection of some of those guides:

=== Websites and Documents ===

==== [https://www.sga.gatech.edu/new-student-tips/ SGA New Student Tips] (2021) ====
A curated list of useful resources for new students.

==== [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vlOTznzMldcwR348aQFSZhZxzaIBrrmuBZ59Xs1oUok/edit Freshman Guide] (2016/2017) ====
An extremely comprehensive and well-written Google Docs document with advice for incoming freshmen. Check it out, most of the info is still relevant today!

==== [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1o-TZSFIy0BMSlcC8ODQc3iv-Wr1oCDYB Guide to Georgia Tech] (2018) ====
Another useful guide for freshmen, these are a collection of Google Docs documents posted [https://www.reddit.com/r/gatech/comments/8lp5wz/guide_to_georgia_tech/ here]. It includes insight from a summer freshman.

==== [https://www.reddit.com/r/OMSCS/wiki/index r/OMSCS Wiki] (2016-) ====
While on-campus students have the luxury to commiserate in-person, [https://www.reddit.com/r/OMSCS/ r/OMSCS] students have directed their energy to create their own online information hub.

==== [https://www.reddit.com/r/gatech/wiki/index/ r/gatech Wiki] (2024-) ====
Wiki currently being overhauled on [https://www.reddit.com/r/gatech r/gatech]

==== https://gtcsinformationhub.wordpress.com/ (2019?) ====
An LMC 3403 student project, this contains some advice and testimonials from CS students about select courses and threads. Some info may be outdated, so make sure to check official websites.

==== [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTdRcIn8cH4O6eQtJE_XaJPdjTJ61W5ScXeWOSIt3HeFyiEe-ztiI1WgA98iPNCp3LRNMous2i0LhFV/pub GT Dual Enrollment Guide] (?) ====
A student-made guide to help Dual Enrollment students register for classes at GT. Not sure how accurate / up-to-date this is, so please seek official info.

=== Code Projects ===

=== shoulditakethecredit.com/faq (2017-2019) ===
This guide is currently linked in the [https://www.reddit.com/r/gatech/ r/gatech] sidebar as "GT FAQ". However, the website is defunct because the domain is expired. It used to be pretty funny; when incoming freshmen asked "should I take the credit from AP Calculus or should I re-take it at GT?!", redditors would post a link to shoulditakethecredit.com, which was a static webpage with a single word in bold: '''Yes.'''

The /faq section of the page, by contrast, had a much more helpful collection of information and advice, with topics ranging from dorms to registration.

The source code for this website is available on [https://github.com/danielms215/shoulditakethecredit/tree/gh-pages GitHub]. It's a Jekyll static page generator that uses Markdown files for pages, and could easily be resurrected. Or, you can view the page files in [https://github.com/danielms215/shoulditakethecredit/tree/gh-pages/_faq this folder] to see what they wrote.

=== Unknown ===

==== GTNav Wiki (2012) ====
In 2012, [https://www.reddit.com/r/gatech/comments/v9ve1/rgatech_guide_for_freshmen/ a post to r/gatech] wondered if there could be some FAQ of common questions that could be added to the sidebar. Hours later, [https://www.reddit.com/r/gatech/comments/van1l/i_heard_you_guys_wanted_a_wiki/ GTNav was born]. Created by [https://www.reddit.com/user/haxxormaster u/haxxormaster]  (NRE major and [https://www.reddit.com/r/gatech/ r/gatech] moderator), it was based on Mediawiki (like this wiki). 

However, the wiki is now defunct. You can see what the front page looked like using [https://web.archive.org/web/20120710072305/http://gtnav.gatech.edu:80/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page this archive.org link]. Blue-linked pages include topics such as ''Housing'', ''FASET'', ''Commuter tips'', and more. Unfortunately, those pages don't seem to be archived.

GTNav serves as an example of both the ingenuity of GT students and of the importance of archiving information on the internet.