If you love Auburn more than GT and your family can afford it, I don’t think you would be giving up opportunities. There are plusses and minuses with everything in life and fit is very important. My child is at GT and is very happy. We looked at Auburn but my child did not like it. Couldn’t quite figure that one out. GT is known for losing hope which my child found liberating. Losing hope motivated my child to go into overdrive, overloading courses in enginerring and walking away with a 4.0 the following semester. You might want to consider UGA and KSU as backups being instate.