<p>The only schools I got accepted to were UConn and GSU. Now, GSU is the obvious choice since I live in Georgia, but here's the thing. I might transfer to UGA after my first year, since I think I already meet the credit hour requirement from APs alone.</p>
<p>My parents are actually willing to pay for me to go to Connecticut for one year and then transferring to UGA. Would it even be worth it to do that? UConn seems like a nice school, but I feel like staying there for just one year and then leaving might not make sense.</p>
<p>I am from CT. I’ve been born and raised here. Attended numerous Uconn sports camps (which means that I spent many years talking with current students and athletes of the time), have a parent and a grandparent that are alumni, and was deadset on attending Uconn up until middle school. My advice for you… NEVER COME HERE!</p>
<p>Uconn is in the most boring place in the world. CT is already boring to begin with but at Uconn you are literally in cow country. The people that go to Uconn from instate are all the dumb kids who could not get in anywhere else. Because of this, Uconn is very cliquely and is divided into cliques based on what high school you went to. Then there are a few international students who got suckered into attending because they are on a sports team.</p>
<p>Uconn undergrad business school is not even nationally ranked (it’s only regionally ranked by US New & World Report). If you live in CT, the basketball players are like gods but once you get some perspective on life you realize that Uconn is your last choice. </p>
<p>If you got into GSU, I highly highly suggest that you think over your decision to come to Uconn. And if you do come here, be prepared for lame dorm parties and going to the dairy barn. Greek life here is nothing compared to that of South.</p>
<p>Is it really that bad? I really don’t like partying, but I do like doing stuff with friends. GSU is also a lot of kids who couldn’t get into better schools like UGA (I consider myself of above average intelligence, but I blew off my first two years of high school, which screwed me over for colleges.) I really just want to get **** done my first year without too many distractions.</p>
<p>Can you transfer from GSU to UGA? Or does that only work if you’re coming from an out of state (OOS) school like UConn? Assuming there’s a possible transfer path from GSU to UGA, I’d go to GSU and work your tail off and then apply to transfer. I’m not sure it makes sense to pay OOS tuition to UConn unless that’s the only way to transfer to UGA. I’m not as down on UConn as MarchMayJune, we visited there with my son a couple of years ago and it seemed like a nice campus, although it is in an isolated area of CT in a very small town. Hartford (the state capital) is about a half hour away. In the end we decided it wasn’t worth the premium over our own Big State U, UMass Amherst. A word about Big State U’s. Yes there are a lot of kids who are just there to party (UMass was traditionally known as “ZooMass”, although it’s a lot less of a zoo than it used to be I understand). But there are also a lot of kids who are there to get an education, and more than there used to be, given the skyrocketing cost of private colleges. You can find parties at any college, and you can find hard-working students at any college. I know nothing about GSU, but you might be surprised once you get there. Does GSU have an honors college? If so, can you get into it? Some dorms may also be more “studious” than others. There may be ways to avoid distractions and get the work done. So far, my son has managed that at UMass, doing well in classes and having a social life too. You can’t change what happened in high school, but you can make the most of the opoortunities you currently have.</p>
<p>I can transfer from GSU to UGA. I’m honestly thinking about just taking the generic reject route and going to GSU for a year at this point, unless UConn decides to dump money on me for whatever reason.</p>