<p>I recently got accepted to the honors program at UGA, and Tech will be releasing decisions soon. If I am accepted to both, which university would be better to attend if I am planning on pursuing a finance major. Factors I am considering are difficulty at maintaining gpa, internship opportunities, and getting accepted to a good grad school/future career opportunities. </p>
<p>You can get accepted to a good graduate school from either of them, so that’s a non-factor. Business school programs rely more on work experience and job performance than the name of your undergrad.</p>
<p>According to BusinessWeek, Georgia Tech and UGA’s undergraduate business programs are in the same general grouping in the rankings - with Tech’s ranked slightly higher. (For graduate school, Tech is ranked significantly higher - top 30, with UGA’s Terry school being top 50). I would say anecdotally that Tech has more of a national reputation, while UGA has more of a regional one. If you are planning to stay in the South for your career, either one is a good choice. Terry has a pretty big presence in Georgia and surrounding states. If you wanted to go nationally, Tech might be better. Tech would also be better if you are interested in working on the business side of a technical or scientific field. I don’t know for certain, but I would be willing to bet that Tech has a wider, more national variety of recruiters on campus.</p>
<p>It will probably be more difficult to maintain your GPA at Georgia Tech. Since it’s a tech school, they have general ed requirements in that area higher than most schools’. Everyone has to take calculus I and II (or cal I and finite mathematics); an intro to computing class that includes programming; and 8 semester hours (so 1 full year) of a science like biology or physics. This is in addition to the regular kinds of gen ed requirements (English composition, social sciences, etc.)</p>
<p>You also have to consider atmosphere and social considerations, too. UGA is more of the traditional large public university experience - a small college town, big football, tons of students, lots of student organizations, lots of different kinds of students, balanced gender ratios. GT is 70% male and located directly in the heart of Atlanta; their sports teams do well but are less important overall to student life; and social life is probably less vibrant overall than UGAs because of the difficulty of their programs and the seriousness of the student body. I have a couple of friends who went to Tech, and while they all have appreciated and benefited from their professional development in undergrad (one I know for sure is an engineer at Shell right now), I do remember they kept their head down in the books (although the aforementioned Shell engineer did join a sorority).</p>