UGA's reputation over time

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<p>You guys can hurl insults all you want, but that doesn’t help with the UGA unemployment rate of the lack of career options. </p>

<p>I’m sure that stings for those of you that have already wasted your time and money, but don’t try to indoctrinate those with a chance to avoid the same mistake.</p>

<p>Twice the employment rate at graduation and 33% higher salary…</p>

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<p>oops, forgot this too:
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<p>As a recent graduate of UGA, I have wondered about this for a long time. When I first came to UGA, I thought the school was on the same level as Michigan and UVA, but after getting some feedback from classmates about recruitment, I soon learned that UGA was just not on that level. Currently, UGA’s reputation is ok. In the south, it is looked at as being a good school but still not esteemed elsewhere. My friend who works on wallstreet and is a UGA grad tells me that a lot of people in the street just know UGA as a southern party school with a focus in football. Even though this stereotype is no longer true and I strongly believe that many young UGA alums are just as smart as young alums from Texas or UNC, the old reputation from the 1980s and 1990s is still hurting UGA. It will take some time, but the school is doing better. Warren Buffett came to speak at Terry last year. Hopefully UGA will continue to pump out ambitious graduates that will start showing the school in a positive light elsewhere in the country besides the south. </p>

<p>It is good that this discussion is being brought up, and there are concerned alums and students, because I was very worried almost a couple of years ago when I saw numerous facebook posts from UGA students celebrating the fact that UGA was the number 1 party school in the nation according to Princeton Review. Press like that hurts UGA. Unfortunately, UGA is not Duke, so any unfavorable press from an academic’s perspective will continue to hurts the schools reputation and scare off employers and serious prospective students. </p>

<p>Maybe on day UGA will be on the same level of Texas, UNC, UVA, or Michigan, but it’s going to take a long time of consistent hard work from the administration, alums, and students.</p>

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<p>Banjohitter once again does not source. ■■■■■.</p>