All of the merging in the USG is really weird; it’s like the people doing the merging have no idea of how universities work. At all. (The mergers of Georgia Health Sciences University and Augusta State, and of Georgia State and Georgia Perimeter, were just baffling.)
Mmm, I think these are things people think will really matter when they are applying for jobs but don’t matter as much as they think. I’m not saying that they’re totally useless, but I don’t think on their own they’re a good enough reason to choose Georgia Tech over UGA or Southern or GSU (particularly if one is uninterested in tech careers/majors).