<p>Ah Walton…the evil empire. That may be true, but NHS is still number one in the state. We still have the most ivy grads, and we still have the highest SAT scores in the state.</p>
<p>Well, now I’m a pre-health major. I didn’t apply to UGA because I was cocky. I only applied to tech and big name comp sci schools. I regret not applying to our flagship.</p>
<p>I’m still considering if I should transfer to UGA or OSU.</p>
<p>The SAT stats waver by a few points from year to year.</p>
<p>I don’t know what a “pre-health” major is. Never heard of that. If you are pursuing vet school or phrmacy school or something like that, check each schools’ rate of admission of its grads to these programs.</p>
<p>I think (based on the quantitative evidence I can find) that Ohio State and UGA are comparable in a number of respects. Both are large, research 1 institutions whose reputations have risen quite a bit in the last 30 years. Both Ohio State and UGA have student bodies with similar stats (ie. SATs). Both Ohio State and UGA are “party schools” but have particular departments/programs (though not necessarily the same ones) that are ranked very highly. Both Ohio State and UGA place a lot of emphasis on athletics. Maybe Ohio State is considered the better choice for someone in pre-dentistry, but a number of fields are ranked better at UGA. Neither UGA nor Ohio State are “amazing.” Rather, they’re two very respectable institutions…</p>
<p>uga and OSU are not comparable. Consult your rankings once more.</p>
<p>OSU has an endowment of 1 bln and more research output than even tech.</p>
<p>Just FYI. Not trying to bash, but they’re not comparable. OSU isn’t as much of a party school as UGA is. That’s ohio university.</p>
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<p>What an odd coincidence that they are both in towns named Athens.</p>
<p>How does it matter? At the end of your college years, ‘getting a job at your chosen profession’/ ‘getting admitted to graduate studies in your chosen area of interest’, are the best indicators of the value addition in the college. I think, UGA is pretty good and the student body is quite happy about the college life. Fine:)</p>
<p>@halcyontimes
You must not know anybody that goes to OSU…hahhaha.</p>
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<p>Honestly, a “prestige” debate between UGA and OSU is irrelevant. No one goes to either school for the prestige factor. There are only a handful of truly prestigious college names in the country and neither UGA or OSU are in that genre - or try to be. They try to be the centers of resources and opportunities that their missions and their states call for them to be.</p>
<p>Legacy for your kids maybe?</p>
<p>Following up on my old post. I have decided to go to UGA. OSU is a better school. Their professional schools are top notch(dental, med, pharmacy, business) and their undergrad is great. OSU has HUGE research output with over 1 bln in endowment. OSU is basically what UGA wants to become. The stats actually don’t match up. OSU is a little higher, but they are comparable schools with comparable education. I rather go to UGA and help make it the best flagship school in the SEC. </p>
<p>Going back to the thread topic: I think UGA’s reputation has NOT gone down. In the regional south it has gone up. I think in the next few years it’ll rise in rankings and programs. I’m one of those people who agreed with the engineering school opening up. Now the ones that couldn’t get into tech don’t have to settle for mediocre schools like georgia state, SPSU, GA southern, etc.</p>
<p>If that engineering school can take off it’ll be great. Also, GHSU is now having a campus in Athens. That’s another step closer to fortifying UGA. UGA needs more STEM majors. We can’t get by on education and journalism anymore. Don’t worry OP. I’ll be sure to do everything I can to make UGA great before and after I graduate. </p>
<p>We also need Terry business school to take back the title of the second best business program in the state(GA tech won here… i have to admit.) Those that think Robinson can compare to Terry, Goizuetta, and GA tech belong at Georgia State. Robinson is ranked the second worst business school in the country 123/124 by businessweek and unranked by US News. Both of which are used by employers. Job placement and grad school matriculation is a lot lower for GSU too. Just saying. Terry still has hope.</p>
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<p>I agree. But you have to wonder about the extremely low employment numbers for students coming out of UGA. For example, Terry only reports 44% employment at graduation (vs. 83% at GT) with a median base salary of $45,000 (vs. $61,000 at GT). UGA doesn’t report statistics on other programs, so that’s really the only measure we have. But considering that business is a “top” program at UGA while business is one of the lower salary majors at GT biases the analysis in UGA’s favor.</p>
<p>Since when was this about GT at all?! Why is this thread turning into a debate between GT and UGA or OSU? Banjo probably just wants to grasp any opportunity he can to brag about GT.</p>
<p>When you have two “flagship” schools in relatively close proximity offering the same program and one has substantially lower hiring rates at substantially lower salary, there’s a problem with the reputation of one school.</p>
<p>So now that many of my friends have committed…</p>
<p>I know three people that chose UGA over GA Tech (admitted to both)</p>
<p>I don’t know anybody that chose GA Tech over UGA.</p>
<p>@BanjoHitter,</p>
<p>The reason UGA salaries are often lower than those at GT stems from the reality that GT largely employs professors who are in engineering and more broadly the sciences, fields that tend to be far more lucrative than education, the humanities, social work, etc. (fields of study offered at UGA). In other words, GT must pay their engineering faculty very competitively because they have to lure them away from (often) very well-paying jobs in private industry. </p>
<p>I suggest you look at UGA professors’ salaries who teach in the law school, business school, etc. (ie. other fields that are lucrative outside of academia). You’ll see that they, too, are paid quite competitively.</p>
<p>You need to analyze numbers (ie. professorial salaries) before you make such blanket statements.</p>
<p>UGA graduating student salaries in comparable degrees is much lowers than GT.</p>
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Yes, I concur to that haha. I’m not going to post too much personal information but their salaries are VERY high compared to other schools.</p>
<p>Recently, a professor from an Ivy League left his professor job there to come to UGA.</p>
<p>I think anyone trying to compare UGA to Tech or Emory is fighting uphill. Tech is in it’s own little world with it’s tiny student body and niche majors. UGA is in a different game. UGA is a flagship uni that competes with other flagship unis. </p>
<p>Banjohitter, you will have to provide a source for that information. The only comparison we have is a business major with another business major. Unless you’re going to make me laugh and compare tech engineering degrees with UGA engineering degrees or comp sci degrees even. </p>
<p>On a second note, Adams is finally retiring!</p>
<p>Since when is 20,000 students small and since when are business, engineering, architecture, science, and liberal arts considered “niche”?</p>
<p>You can call UGA whatever you want, but at the end of the day, it’s not a top school and it’s respect is marginal, even in-state and certainly doesn’t compare to top schools. I get that you go there, and as a result want it to be considered a top school, but that’s a laughable assertion that only makes you look misinformed.</p>
<p>At the end of the day, UGA is a 2nd tier school. Every program offered at UGA is considered 2nd or 3rd tier and UGA does not excel in anything other than the true niche degrees (e.g. Veterinary Medicine, where UGA is top 25 because there are only 28 schools in the country). UGA is not even the top school in Georgia in any program where there is a competing program at a research university (GT, Emory, or Georgia State). </p>
<p>Salary information comes from business week since that is the only place UGA posts salary information (unlike other top schools that freely release salary and employment data).</p>
<p>BH, Like I’ve said before, you must have some past history with UGA to cause this grudge. Unless you work on your “people” skills you will never make it in your “top” job.</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone goes to UGA for the purpose of wowing the neighbors or outranking another school. They go to take advantage of what UGA has to offer.</p>
<p>I’m picking up barbecue for dinner tonight. The barbecue restaurant isn’t the best restaurant in town - it’s probably second tier. If you ranked the best restaurant specialties in this town, there’d be others ranked higher. But I don’t want those other specialties - I want barbecue. I’m looking forward to dinner.</p>