JLeto18 I’m an Atlanta native (went to Georgia State) and married to a GT grad and wouldn’t hesitate to attend myself or have one of my nieces and nephews there. Honestly if my nieces and nephews got into Tech I’d pay as much as I could to keep them there it’s such a good school!! There is going to be crime in any big city and honestly at any college campus, I can’t imagine there is any one safe bubble that students could attend. I’m curious as to what schools they are comfortable with, as I’m sure there are news stories for just about any university.
It may make your parents more comfortable to know you’re as street smart as possible - honestly everyone could probably use a self defense course, read “The Gift of Fear”, have mace or whatever is allowed on campus along those lines just so you’re able to protect yourself in a worst case scenario situation.
I also want to congratulate you on the Zell Miller scholarship - that is a huge achievement and I hope you and your family are very proud of yourself! I was one of the original Hope graduates and am very thankful that I do not have student loan debt (I’m old enough that it was before things got watered down).