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<p>Depends on your definition of “top.” Emory is definitely the most prestigious school in the states you listed; Georgia Tech is somewhere behind that (but you’ve said you don’t want to study engineering, so that’s out), and next would come UGA, Clemson, and Auburn, in that order. There is a significant gap, however, between each of the schools on this list.</p>
<p>If you expand your options to include North Carolina, others have already pointed out Duke, UNC-CH, Wake Forest, and Davidson as good schools in that state. I would rank all of those above UGA, and Duke above Emory.</p>