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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many Georgia parents of high stats kids are wrestling with this and normally it’s been a no-brainer. UGA or GA Tech with the Zell Miller scholarship (full tuition) wins over paying for both Tier 1 and Tier 2 privates a lot of the time (even in full pay families). [/quote]

I just looked up. It seems that they award many such scholarships each year. No wonder GA Tech is able to maintain such a high standard. For those who are not STEM inclined though, it’s a tough choice, as UGA is such a downgrade![/quote]

Were I a GA resident and could send me kid to either of these schools practically free I'd do it in a heartbeat over just about any school.  One of my kids' UVA roommate was a GA resident who turned down GA Tech for engineering and paid OOS tuition to UVA instead and that never made sense to me.  [/quote]
that was 100% a dumb decision.  I'm betting that the kid just wanted to go oos, and to the best oos they could get into.

To turn down GT for UVA for eng... that's a 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️[/quote]

Have you toured GT?  We did and it was the land of super, super nerdy STEM kids. I'm married to a geeky engineer who spent his college Friday nights doing problem sets with friends but my kid is mainstream and couldn't see herself there at all.  She hated the vibe and we spent hours and hours on the campus trying to see if she could see herself there.

There is more to college than just a rating. [/quote]

It's funny - I turned down GT for UVA Engineering back in the early 2000s. I met my now surgeon wife in college :) Can't promise that will happen for everyone, but yes there's more to college than just a rating. [/quote]
But were you a Georgia resident though? [/quote]

Nope, and[b] paying in state for UVA was substantially cheaper (especially back then) and a major part of the consideration.[/b] I was just surprised to see a direct UVA Eng/GT comparision come up a couple times. I of course also applied to VT, but loved the UVA campus and the other options if engineering wasn't for me (it was though!).[/quote]
dp.. then it makes sense to go to UVA over GT.[/quote]

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