U of Georgia - Recent experiences?

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Anonymous wrote:How is the grad school?

Which grad school ?

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Job placement is probably better for UGA Honors College students than for Middlebury College due in large part to being close to the Atlanta Metro area and most Fortune 500 companies regional, national, or international headquarters.

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Anonymous wrote:I wasn't expecting culture shock. But this thread has me wondering.

Depends upon where you live, what you have experienced, and what your expectations are. With 28,000 undergraduate students, there will be a variety of students, but due to statewide scholarship programs for Georgia residents, most students (75%) will be from Georgia. However, students from South Georgia or Middle Georgia or North Georgia will have different backgrounds than students from the Metro Atlanta area. The population of the Atlanta Metro area is about 6,200,000 people and it is diverse.

Overall, the University of Georgia has slightly over 40,000 students--28,000 of whom are undergraduate students.

The University of Florida has even fewer non-resident students (10%) than does University of Georgia (25%). University of Virginia has about 35% non-resident undergraduate students. univ. of South Carolina has about 39% non-resident undergraduates. University of Alabama has a majority of non-resident undergraduate students (58%).

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My concern attending UGA out of state is the large % of students from metro Atlanta. Metro Atlanta is diverse and very transient.

There is a distinct culture. It’s an UMC wear certain clothes, work in Atlanta after school, UGA football, dress up for game day, huge focus on appearances, conspicuous consumption etc. I don’t know how easy it would be to avoid this.

Yes, there are minorities and OOS students but will your child fit into these groups and where will he or she meet them?

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Anonymous wrote:Job placement is probably better for UGA Honors College students than for Middlebury College due in large part to being close to the Atlanta Metro area and most Fortune 500 companies regional, national, or international headquarters.

Apples to oranges. Someone graduating from middlebury will be considering jobs in the NE. Not Atlanta.

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Anonymous wrote:How is the grad school?

Which grad school ?

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Anonymous wrote:Job placement is probably better for UGA Honors College students than for Middlebury College due in large part to being close to the Atlanta Metro area and most Fortune 500 companies regional, national, or international headquarters.

Apples to oranges. Someone graduating from middlebury will be considering jobs in the NE. Not Atlanta.

Why?

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Anonymous wrote:My concern attending UGA out of state is the large % of students from metro Atlanta. Metro Atlanta is diverse and very transient.

There is a distinct culture. It’s an UMC wear certain clothes, work in Atlanta after school, UGA football, dress up for game day, huge focus on appearances, conspicuous consumption etc. I don’t know how easy it would be to avoid this.

Yes, there are minorities and OOS students but will your child fit into these groups and where will he or she meet them?

Really ? Sounds more like U Virginia than U Georgia.

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U Georgia has 28,000 undergraduate students and 12,000 graduate & professional students so there will be all types of people.

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Anonymous wrote:My concern attending UGA out of state is the large % of students from metro Atlanta. Metro Atlanta is diverse and very transient.

There is a distinct culture. It’s an UMC wear certain clothes, work in Atlanta after school, UGA football, dress up for game day, huge focus on appearances, conspicuous consumption etc. I don’t know how easy it would be to avoid this.

Yes, there are minorities and OOS students but will your child fit into these groups and where will he or she meet them?

Really ? Sounds more like U Virginia than U Georgia.

UVA stopped dressing up for games at least 15 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:My concern attending UGA out of state is the large % of students from metro Atlanta. Metro Atlanta is diverse and very transient.

There is a distinct culture. It’s an UMC wear certain clothes, work in Atlanta after school, UGA football, dress up for game day, huge focus on appearances, conspicuous consumption etc. I don’t know how easy it would be to avoid this.

Yes, there are minorities and OOS students but will your child fit into these groups and where will he or she meet them?

Have you visited UGA recently?

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our kid decided to go to another school but loved Georgia and it was a very close to going there , it's bigger than big and Athens is getting too crowded as another poster said, the homeless situation in front of the chic fil a pedestrian area is only getting worse unfortunately

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Anonymous wrote:UGA is proof that southern flagships can offer a top education.

Lots of sophisticated students from the Atlanta Metro area. If the UGA Honors College was ranked separately as an LAC, it would probably be ranked among the top 2 or 3 LACs.

how does it compare to Middlebury?

It doesn’t. Those two schools couldn’t be more different. Weird. Wisconsin and Georgia are very similar, both college towns are incredible. For undergrad econ, pick the one you like.

Signed, UW-Madison (econ)

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Anonymous wrote:The Honors College is outstanding. Many turn down Ivies for free education at UGA Honors College / Foundation Fellows.

Where did you get that information?

Georgia has very generous scholarship programs to keep top students instate. Google it.

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Anonymous wrote:How is the grad school?

Which grad school ?

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