Economics and International Affairs (EIA)

This program focuses on the most pressing issues facing our global, interdependent, and multicultural environment.

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Cindy Lin

ECON | 2nd Year | Tucker High School
Minor: Health Policy and Economics
 
What activities are you involved in on campus?
IAC Ambassadors, Tech Promise Student Ambassador, and an active member of the GT Filipino Association
 
What internship, job, research, study abroad, or other academic experiences do you have?
I currently work as a student assistant at the Office of Scholar Programs. I work with all scholars (Stamps Presidents, Gold and Tech Promise Scholars), but I mainly focus on assisting Tech Promise, as I am a Tech Promise Scholar and love to developing FGLI (first-gen, low-income) students. I am also apart of a VIP (vertically integrated project) developing a database of recent hosptial mergers and aqusitions in the United States.
 
What do you like best about your major?
I love the analytical nature of Economics, especially at GT, using critical thinking and problem solving to view the issues facing the world today. I enjoy how while economics is more data analysis focused, I am still able to tailor the major to topics I find the most interesting. Economics also prepares me well for a world that is increasingly interdisciplinary.
 
What do you love about liberal arts at Georgia Tech?
I love the community within liberal arts at Georgia Tech. Although it is small, the students, professors, and other staff are all so welcoming and willing to help. It is also easier to build connections with a smaller college. The analysis-driven coursework within all liberal arts majors at Georgia Tech also sets us up to become the problem solvers and critical thinkers of tomorrow (and today!)

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Oliver Gray

EIA | 3rd Year | Midtown High School
 
What activities are you involved in on campus?
I am a member of the Georgia Tech Student Foundation Allocations Committee where we financially support community led initiatives of all kinds. I enjoy running as a member of the Georgia Tech run club and paddling white water as an ORGT kayaker.
 
What internship, job, research, study abroad, or other academic experiences do you have?
The summer after my freshman year I studied abroad on the Montevideo and Beunos Aires Summer Program studying soccer, political economy, and society in Latin America. This most recent summer I interned at Voices for Georgia's Children, researching labor and sanctions within Georgia's juvenile criminal system. I'm looking forward to completing my BS/MS in Economics.
 
What do you like best about your major?
I appreciate the interdisciplinary nature of my major. As someone who tends to be indecisive, I find that studying Economics and International Affairs allows me to explore a variety of fields and subfields while simultaneously building a knowledge base applicable to numerous occupations.
 
What do you love about liberal arts at Georgia Tech?
Liberal arts at Georgia Tech incorporates STEM in a way that makes the college incredibly relevant to global policy making and business. The classes are typically small and personable while the faculty and students offer a broad range of perspectives.

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Ruben Taits

EIA | 2nd Year | Morristown Beard School
Minor: AI Machine Learning 
 
What activities are you involved in on campus?
Wreck Racing, Yellow Jacket Aviation, Economics Club, IAC Ambassadors, and Intramural Sports.
 
What internship, job, research, study abroad, or other academic experiences do you have?
Princeton Capitol Advisors Investment Analyst (May 2024-present)
IAC Student Assistant (August 2024-present)
 
What do you like best about your major?
As an EIA major, I can learn about international policies on how supply chains are structured and use my knowledge of Economics to find the most cost-effective solutions that can genuinely help and make a difference. In addition, I do not have to focus strictly on Economics or International Affairs, which allows for a flexibility that I believe is not as common in other majors that gives me an opportunity to see which part of both subjects I want to pursue.
 
What do you love about liberal arts at Georgia Tech?
One of the main reasons I chose Georgia Tech was because even as a Liberal arts major, you graduate with a Bachelor of Science which opens up the door to almost any field you would like to work in. In addition, you don't just have to focus on your major-specific courses. For example, even though it is a requirement, taking a class in Computer Science potentially opens up a new interest for some people, but it allows you to get an insight into one of the most used fields in today's world. Similarly, there is a class for almost anything you are interested in, such as the soccer and Global Politics class that travels abroad to countries in Europe and South America. In addition, professors here at Tech who are a part of Ivan Allen are some of the most interesting people I've talked to. Having the ability to reach these types of distinguished people in their field is something you could not find anywhere else.

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Lillian Weiss

EIA | 2nd Year | Pine Crest School
Concentration: Mechanical Engineering 
 
What activities are you involved in on campus?
Georgia Tech Motorsports, Mock NATO, Georgia Tech Undergraduate Economics Journal Review Committee
 
What internship, job, research, study abroad, or other academic experiences do you have?
During the summer and winter of 2023, I interned at the Concours Club in Miami, Florida. The Concours Club is a luxury race track, and my internship focused on marketing & client services. This past summer, I worked as a Legal & Marketing Intern for 865 Security Group, a boutique cybersecurity consulting company.
 
What do you like best about your major?
When approaching any issue, I first take a step back and gain perspective on what I’m tasked with. The Economics & International Affairs major is all about gaining global perspective and utilizing it in varying disciplines. Studying Economics & International Affairs, especially in Atlanta, an international hub for both business and diplomacy, gives me the opportunity to see the topics I am studying in class actually be applied in the real world, which is another thing that makes a Georgia Tech liberal arts education so special. The combination of both an Economics & International Affairs education provides me not only with a comprehensive and thorough understanding of how and why the world looks the way it does, and how it might look in the future.
 
What do you love about liberal arts at Georgia Tech?
Studying liberal arts at Georgia Tech allows me to explain both how the world works through a technical standpoint and also why the world is the way it is today through a sociological viewpoint. The technical requirements needed to graduate from Tech help to ensure that GT graduates are prepared with sufficient resources to tackle a constantly-evolving, technologically-driven world.

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