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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ga. born UGA grad school grad here. Thriving school. Probably, 3rd "best" overall SEC school top to bottom after Vandy and Florida (though Alabama is gaining).  New engineering programs, new emphasis on STEM, top j-school, top grad schools, about as diverse and cosmopolitan as a student body can get in the SEC (LOTS of suburban ATL Yankee transplants in the mix), progressive better than average college town, decent racial atmosphere for students of color, good pipeline in ATL corporate world and decent pipeline into DC/NYC media worlds. Getting very difficult to get into in state with mid-tier students being funneled in to growing schools around the state (The GSUs etc).[/quote]
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Thank your  - this was helpful. 
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I had similar stats as your daughter and chose to attend FL in their honors college over other schools that are much more highly regarded here on DCUM.  My dad had a similar perspective to yours in that I needed to consider the total value of the offers on the table.  Many schools did want to “buy my stats and demographics”.

Previous posters have already referenced the way that the honors colleges are structured so that you have a lot of faculty access and a small community within the larger university.  I also got full funding for faculty research projects and study abroad.  But what swayed me was the finances.  I graduated without debt and my parents could afford to fund  interesting unpaid internships and help with grad school.  And that allowed my younger brother to have options too. If I had chosen Princeton with a bit of financial aid, it would have put a huge strain on me and my parents and it would have limited my grad school options. It was truly bittersweet to have to make that decision as a 17 year old.

But if I am honest with myself, it was also really fun to be able to be part of the big SEC school.  And I was a big academic fish in a more diverse pond.  And the skills I learned interacting with a more “typical” cross-section of people have served me well in my life/career.  I really enjoy the DC wonky world, but there is a really big world outside of it and I can deal there too.[/quote]

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