Attributes and skills that our students develop in their studies include:
- Adaptability
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Being Self-Driven and Goal-Oriented
- Can-Do Mindset (Rember the viral welcome speech by GT sophomore Nick Selby: “I’m at [/from] Georgia Tech, I can do that!”)
- Commitment to Lifelong Learning
- Communication Skills, Oral and Written. We have a mandatory undergraduate seminar on effective scientific communication, but explaining complex things in a way that even non-experts can understand (and enjoy!) is a pervasive theme around here.
- Critical Thinking
- Creativity
- Interpersonal/Intercultural Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Persistence
- Problem Solving Skills
- Project Management Skills
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Reliability
- Teamwork Skills
- Time Management Skills
Many of our undergraduate researchers further work on multi-disciplinary teams and practice the
- Ability to Connect and Collaborate Across Diverse Fields