How intellectual is UGA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:T20 public, top honors program, and great business, journalism, public policy, and veterinary schools. Robust arts program as well. Also offers majors/programs one would never find at an SLAC- risk management and interior design to name a couple. For many, it’s the complete package academically and socially.

+100 No college in the DMV can match that combination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:T20 public, top honors program, and great business, journalism, public policy, and veterinary schools. Robust arts program as well. Also offers majors/programs one would never find at an SLAC- risk management and interior design to name a couple. For many, it’s the complete package academically and socially.

socially, yes, but not enough academically for my STEM kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:T20 public, top honors program, and great business, journalism, public policy, and veterinary schools. Robust arts program as well. Also offers majors/programs one would never find at an SLAC- risk management and interior design to name a couple. For many, it’s the complete package academically and socially.

socially, yes, but not enough academically for my STEM kid.

Georgia Tech

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:T20 public, top honors program, and great business, journalism, public policy, and veterinary schools. Robust arts program as well. Also offers majors/programs one would never find at an SLAC- risk management and interior design to name a couple. For many, it’s the complete package academically and socially.

socially, yes, but not enough academically for my STEM kid.

Bullshit. However, this type of attitude wouldn’t fit in at UGA. Good riddance

[Anonymous]

We visited recently and loved UGA! Reminded me of UVA 20 years ago. Great combo of very social and top academics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:T20 public, top honors program, and great business, journalism, public policy, and veterinary schools. Robust arts program as well. Also offers majors/programs one would never find at an SLAC- risk management and interior design to name a couple. For many, it’s the complete package academically and socially.

socially, yes, but not enough academically for my STEM kid.

Bullshit. However, this type of attitude wouldn’t fit in at UGA. Good riddance

If my kids were interested in industrial or aerospace engineering, you would recommend that they attend UGA over GT?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:T20 public, top honors program, and great business, journalism, public policy, and veterinary schools. Robust arts program as well. Also offers majors/programs one would never find at an SLAC- risk management and interior design to name a couple. For many, it’s the complete package academically and socially.

socially, yes, but not enough academically for my STEM kid.

Bullshit. However, this type of attitude wouldn’t fit in at UGA. Good riddance

If my kids were interested in industrial or aerospace engineering, you would recommend that they attend UGA over GT?

If you want a better college town and better social environment, yes. UGA is way better for undergraduates. Go to GT for grad school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would it be good for DS who wants to major in humanities and loves intellectual conversation?

Does he where a beret, black turtlenecks, and smoke clove cigarettes? Than likely not for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would it be good for DS who wants to major in humanities and loves intellectual conversation?

Does he where a beret, black turtlenecks, and smoke clove cigarettes? Than likely not for him.

Jesus hell VTT.

Wear
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[Anonymous]

What if all they care about is getting the best education and highest-paying engineering job possible without going to graduate school?

[Anonymous]

I thought this thread was about UGA for a humanities kid. Georgia resident FWIW - UGA wins hands down for any field except computer science and engineering. (And the biological/life sciences at UGA are great too).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if all they care about is getting the best education and highest-paying engineering job possible without going to graduate school?

Yawn. You seem miserable. UGA kids balance academic success with social success and go on to be highly successful. Guess what? The social cues they learn at UGA are just as important, if not more important. Nobody wants to hire human drones that never learned to live a little.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if all they care about is getting the best education and highest-paying engineering job possible without going to graduate school?

Yawn. You seem miserable. UGA kids balance academic success with social success and go on to be highly successful. Guess what? The social cues they learn at UGA are just as important, if not more important. Nobody wants to hire human drones that never learned to live a little.

This is not how I approached college (or would want my kids to), but an increasingly higher percentage of parents see an undergraduate education as purely transactional rather than a formative experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if all they care about is getting the best education and highest-paying engineering job possible without going to graduate school?

Yawn. You seem miserable. UGA kids balance academic success with social success and go on to be highly successful. Guess what? The social cues they learn at UGA are just as important, if not more important. Nobody wants to hire human drones that never learned to live a little.

+1 and Athens/UGA is big enough to accommodate both the Greek social life and the artsy crowd dressed in black turtle necks and berets, all of whom will root for the Dawgs. That’s the beauty of UGA and other state flagships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if all they care about is getting the best education and highest-paying engineering job possible without going to graduate school?

Yawn. You seem miserable. UGA kids balance academic success with social success and go on to be highly successful. Guess what? The social cues they learn at UGA are just as important, if not more important. Nobody wants to hire human drones that never learned to live a little.

This is not how I approached college (or would want my kids to), but an increasingly higher percentage of parents see an undergraduate education as purely transactional rather than a formative experience.

UGA has strong students across all disciplines. They mostly tend to be very friendly, attractive and outgoing. They love the Bulldogs. If you’re looking for a boring, transactional experience, UGA probably isn’t right for you.