Its hard to beat Emory, for attention, smaller class sizes, nicer location in the heart of Atlanta next to GaTech and Ga State U. Gainesville has school spirit and amazing football though (GO Gators !) though. Its expensive to fly to Gainesville if you are out of state. Easy to fly to Atlanta from anywhere. Gainesville student body is mostly Florida students. Emory has a student body from all 50 states and international students. I have not looked but would guess housing is a scramble at a big state school like UF, and Emory probably offers 4 years of housing. @emorynavy would know about housing I bet.