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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The downside of UGA is that it is mostly Georgia residents and most grads will end up in Atlanta.  If that's where your daughter wants to end up that's fine.  Atlanta has good employment opportunities.  Fewer UGA grads will be chasing jobs on Wall Street, fashion, Silicon Valley etc.  There is a huge football and Greek culture and both dominate over academics.  The smart UGA grads I knew went straight to law school and most of them because they couldn't find other jobs.  I wouldn't send my daughter out of state to UGA unless it kept her from taking on significant student loans.  I'd also have a plan for summer internships as they aren't going to have many in Athens.  [/quote]

OP here. Thank you - helpful post. Definitely trying to not have her or us loaded up with debt. I don't see my DD wanting to stay in Atlanta. I would not advocate for Wall Street, frankly I would be dead set against it. I could see law school or an IR masters. Question would be is can UGA Honors act as a feeder to the top grad schools ? That I don't know. I would think it would have a hard time competing against the top 10 LACs. I do know friends of mine that recruit have had good success with state school honors kids. Hard working, smart, and not entitled. I suspect they may have more grit which is a valuable life skill/trait.

Thanks for taking the time to post.[/quote]

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