<p>(BTW, I came from a private, catholic high school, and my graduating class consisted of 86 people if that gives you an idea of the jump I had from high school to college...oh, and I'm a 2nd year student)</p>
<p>People: There are a large number of people here, but since you mostly stay in one part of campus, you don't really see everybody, so the school doesn't seem that big. It gets a little crowded during class-change time, but other than that, it doesn't seem like a lot of people are here (until finals time when all the study rooms at the SLC are taken). There are a lot of different sorts of people here, but at the same time, I feel like everybody looks the same, which may or may not be a good thing. They're generally pretty nice. </p>
<p>Campus: Looks big, but mostly everything is actually of decent walking distance as long as it's not hot outside (ha ha...). If you take a tour that the university provides, they'll let you walk around North Campus, but will put you on a bus for the rest of campus because North Campus is the prettiest (and oldest) part of campus. North Campus holds all of the humanities/business classes, South Campus holds the sciences, and East Campus holds the sports majors (the dorms are located in West Campus). The rest of campus is alright, but definitely not as aesthetically pleasing as north campus. Be prepared to walk a lot of hills. I kinda think the campus is built in a huge hole. The middle of campus where the student center and football stadium are seems like bottom of the hole, and the rest of campus is an uphill walk from that. You'll definitely get your exercise! But overall, it's a really nice campus. It's compact and beautiful. It's its own little town. </p>
<p>Transportation: Haha, since I just talked about how much walking you'll do, there are city and school buses. You can ride the city buses so long as you have your student ID (payment for the city bus is part of your transportation fee). The buses will get you to where you need to go (or at least close to it). </p>
<p>Class size: Unless you take honors classes, there's no getting around huge intro classes. My first semester here, the smallest class (excluding lab) was about 45 people. The largest was near 250 people (though, it was in a classroom that fits a little over 300). It was a change from high school, where I was used to under 20 people per class, but I didn't have any problems with adjusting. I sit in the front row of every class, which blocks out 98% of the class. I don't realize how many people are actually in the room. But yeah...the classes are pretty big. </p>
<p>Professors: For the most part, I've had good professors, but there are definitely some bad ones, but you'll get that mix at any college. There are office hours to ask questions and get one-on-one conversations. I like using ratemyprofessor.com for professor reviews. They're usually pretty accurate. </p>
<p>Food: I'm a really picky eater, so I ended up eating the same things all the time, which got really annoying, but the food is pretty good. There are four dining halls, and it's all you can eat, which is the most amazing part of the meal plan. You can go into the dining halls as many times as you want and eat as much as you want. So if you want to eat lunch with your friends, but they have two different lunch times, you can still eat lunch twice since they don't cap off how many times you're allowed into the hall. Snelling is a 24-hour dining hall (not on weekends though). They also have these cute theme-dinners almost every month, which are fun. There is a Sunday brunch with a chocolate fondue (yummy!!). I should've gotten the 5-day meal plan because I ended up not really eating at the dining halls on the weekend, but I guess it's a good 'just in case' thing to get the 7-day. I think it's only like 200 dollars more, but that is 200 dollars that could be spent on eating out since that's what I ended up doing anyway. </p>
<p>Greek life: Exists and is HUGE the first few weeks of classes since they're all rushing. I'm in a sorority, but it's not part of the Panhellenic council. They have pretty houses. I didn't rush Panhellenic, so I don't know how that works, but just be aware that there are special interest sororities (for example, I'm in an asian-interest sorority) that they might want to look into and see if those fit them. </p>
<p>Social life: If you drink, you've got one. If you don't, well...haha. I just haven't figured out what to do when you're not a drinker. I'll get back to you when I figure that out lol. </p>
<p>Sports: Haha, I love how this is last, but GO DAWGS! Football is HUUUUUGGGEEEEEEEEE (haha, we're a southern school and our preseason ranking was #1...). Life at the university revolves around football in the fall. I was never into football before I came here, but it's so much fun when you have a good team. Football is the only UGA sport that I follow, but gymnastics is also a big deal. There are also plenty of intramural sports that students can get into. </p>
<p>I think I've covered most of the areas that you might be curious about...if you want to know anything else, let me know! </p>
<p>(Whew that was a huge post!! But I like telling people about my experience here...)</p>