<p>It's ironic how our secondary-school education (high school) isn't on par with international schools, while our post-secondary education is way better.</p>
<p>CLICK! hilarious</p>
<p>Ouch!</p>
<p>Google "failure"</p>
<p>LMAO!!!! That's awesome...</p>
<p>I turned down Cornell for UT's Plan II and engineering programs.</p>
<p>Turned down Dartmouth, half tuition at Rice, and full tuition at Vandy for University of Georgia's Foundation Fellowship.</p>
<p>What is special about the University of Georgia's Foundation Fellowship that places it over the other three schools you listed?</p>
<p>A senior at my school last year turned down Harvard and MIT for a full ride at Purdue Engineering</p>
<p>My friend was considering UGA's FF over Duke, Northwestern and other great schools. Apparently, it's simply an amazing program-- first dibs in dorm assignments, classes, etc, like all honors programs. But a giant hook for her was the fact that travel opportunties were so good: all the FFs get to go to New Zealand after frosh year together, for instance, and can travel anywhere else they want with a hearty stipend. They're basically paying FFs to go to UGA. </p>
<p>Also, UGA is a pretty good school. It's becoming very selective. One might say, "Aw, come on, it's just a state school, and beyond that, its a SOUTHERN state school. How good can it be?" It's actually pretty darn good, state or otherwise, southern or otherwise.</p>
<p>A couple of years ago a kid from my school turned down Harvard and Dartmouth for UGA Foundation Fellows and hasn't regretted it since at all. There's something about the UGA FF program that makes it especially appealing to a lot of people (beyond the money issue).</p>
<p>xokandy: I don't find the link amusing at all. It's inappropriate for this thread, let alone this website.</p>
<p>I think it deserves some sort of award</p>
<p>Blackbeltcdjunkie: Regardless, this thread should be kept on track. This is a college admissions website, not a website to express one's political beliefs. There are many other forums on the web for that purpose.</p>
<p>A Pulitzer! Or maybe a Nobel (peace)! And audioslave deserves the Party Pooper award.</p>
<p>mradio: I didn't intend to be a "party pooper" by my comments. Linking our current President to Adolf Hitler is, by no means, a laughing matter; it's offensive and hurtful to those affected by Hitler's actions as well as to those who respect and politically associate themselves with the current President. Many people can take offense from the link and I sincerely hope you understand why I made the comment.</p>
<p>okay can we all just chill and get back to talking about what this thread really is about</p>
<p>i know somebody who turned down ucsd and ucd for san jose state.</p>
<p>I live in Georgia, and the FF is a good program, but I actually know more people who turn it down than who accept it. Everyone who gets it or the one below it (ramsey) is being wooed heavily by many top 25 schools. Even people who have been rejected from the program have gone to Ivies.</p>
<p>I turned down Stanford and Duke for Penn. Closer to home and I like the environment. Money had nothing to do with my decision.</p>
<p>I just realized that that's not too far of a step down :) I think...</p>
<p>i turned down JHU for berkeley (financial reasons.. JHU didn't give me anything, and berkeley's cheaper) .. i know a guy at diamond bar high school who turned down harvard for UCLA.. (probably because LA gave him a full ride?) .. one of the girls on my newspaper staff turned down northwestern for LA too.. it's all about personal choice, i know some people who chose the bigger name schools just because it was a bigger name..</p>
<p>I turned down MIT, Williams, Brown and Amherst for Dartmouth. I was stunned to be accepted at all 4 and felt sick to turn down any of them, but after spending a little time at Dartmouth and with Dartmouth students I felt the laid back atmosphere--easy going and brilliant at the same time--was the place I wanted to spend the next four years in.</p>