Georgia State
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Anonymous
| My ds has decided he wants to go to school in Atlanta. He is a good, solid student but not good enough for Georgia Tech, Emory...So Georgia State it is. Would you dissuade him? I am sure he can do a little better academically, and I am not crazy about being IN Atlanta. Are there any other southern Urbanish campuses for an A student with just ok scores? He really wants a big "fun" city, doesn't want colder weather. |
Anonymous
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Stats?
I currently live in GA, and anything but UGA, GT, and Emory, and...meh. I would not allow my kids to attend (but we're military and have no other association with the area, so take that with a grain of salt, I guess). Atlanta just isn't the place to be right now unless you're sucking it up for GT. UAB might be an option. Maybe Florida State. |
Anonymous
| What about UGA? Or he wants big city? |
Anonymous
Is atl any worse than dc? Chicago? La? Philly? |
Anonymous
Oh, maybe not. Like everywhere, it's neighborhood-dependent. Downtown is just not a place I personally feel comfortable and I wouldn't love it if my child wanted to attend a second-tier school there. |
Anonymous
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Oglethorpe is a LAC in Atlanta.
Other Southern cities: Rollins - LAC outside of Orlando University of Tampa UCF or USF College of Charleston TCU St. Edwards (Austin) Trinity (San Antonio) University of Arizona or ASU |
Anonymous
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Also look into schools like UNC Charlotte or Wilmington
Coastal Carolina University of South Carolina |
Anonymous
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I am from GA originally, lived in Atlanta fairly recently for 10 years, and am still pretty familiar.
I love Atlanta and it's a fine "place to be right now". But I don't know about moving there to attend GSU. Does he know what he plans to study? |
Anonymous
? Arizona is not Southern. Texas, eh, maybe but talk about "not the place to be right now ". Lol. |
Anonymous
Texas is much broader than Atlanta. If you can't speak for an entire city, you can't speak for an entire state. |
Anonymous
| There was another thread recently. Good school for locals, but an incredibly ugly campus with mostly commuters. |
Anonymous
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+1 for Oglethorpe. We lived in Atlanta for eight years. Oglethorpe is private but is a good value for high gpa kids that want to go TO. In contrast, Georgia publics require test scores. Brookhaven is a safe area, the campus is lovely and it seems to be well managed.
Georgia State offers a fine education. We know multiple people with graduate degrees that are smart and accomplished. For undergrad, I'm not sure you're going to find cohesive school spirit. GSU is pretty much a commuter school and the area isn't great. Having said that, our DC took a few online classes there over a few summers and enjoyed them. |
Anonymous
| I’m from Atlanta. With good grades I wouldn’t settle for GA state and especially not from out of state. Oglethorpe is a good school and has a beautiful campus, but it’s expensive so aid might factor in. Even though Athens (UGa) isn’t a big city like Atlanta, it’s a good college town if he wants a good school in the south. |
Anonymous
Oglethorpe will match the cost of your flagship no matter what state you're from. Nice location in Buckhead. Much better than drab downtown Atlanta, where GSU is located. I'd pick it in a heartbeat. |
Anonymous
+1 for UofSC for a mix of better academics in a city environment. |