@VirginiaBelle - Where did your child end up? We are in a similar situation. Our 2023 son is debating between UGA (Honors/Engineering) or UNC (Business). He is drawn to UNC as his lifelong dream school, but he really wants to do Civil Engineering.
He did not apply to GATech because he doesn’t like city campus. He got into Engineering at NC State, Clemson and VA Tech - but he just likes UGA campus feel. We do worry about being at a lower ranked engineering school. We’re hopeful that top of the class at UGA would serve him over middle of the pack at other Engineering schools….but that may be too hopeful.