Delimna! College Life @ Flagship State U. or Smaller Regional U.

College Life
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<p>So basically since I was a kid, I’ve been wanting to go to my state’s D-1 football powerhouse, Public Ivy, 25,000 undergrad, flagship southern university. The school matches well with my stats and its where I want to go.</p>

<p>But last weekend, I visited one of my alts:</p>

<p>First off, Id like to describe this school. My state basically has 4 tiers of 4 year colleges: Research, Regional, State U., and State Colleges. My #1 school is a Research, and this school is slightly smaller, and is a Regional university (there are only 2 of these, vs. 4 research and 40+ State U/Coll’s)</p>

<p>This college has 16,000 undergrads, D-1AA football powerhouse, 675 acre campus, and is basically like my #1, but on a smaller scale with slightly less prestige (ex: avg. Sat for #1 is 1200 while for #2 its 1100). Its a public school btw.</p>

<p>I ended up signing up for this overnight “experience program” where I went and basically lived like a typical college student would for 2 days. I go to stay overnight, sleeping in a dorm room with an actual student for 1 night. So anyway, I go, and I had way more fun than Ive ever had in my entire life. We went to parties, worked out at the Recreation Center, played flag football that turned into tackle football, and chilled at this girls dorm with 20 other people watching a movie. I have never had so much fun in my life. My freshman student hot and his freinds (who I basically hung out with the whole time) were members of a fraternity, and were just like me in almost every good way, but still being differant enough to tolerate. I would also like to state that the girls were great too. It got to the point were I blended in so well that they practically invited me to their frat when I got there.</p>

<p>So anyway, at first I really thought that there was no chance in hell that id go to this #2 school, but now I absolutely cannot decide. Will I meet people like this if I go to my #1? If I had this much fun at the #2, should I just go and ignore the slight drop in prestige? I dont know what to do, and I was hoping someone else had some wisdom to share.</p>

<p><em>this is probably filled with errors and such but please excuse them</em></p>

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<p>Is there a point to speaking of colleges by description rather than just telling us which ones they are? (ie. Berkeley instead of flagship state U).</p>

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<p>I have to agree with the first reply here. </p>

<p>Meh, I think it’s a toss-up, and depends on your priorities. If it’s a slight drop in prestige, I’d just go for it, I suppose. </p>

<p>Think about it in the morning.</p>

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<p>It would be more helpful if you’d disclose which schools you’re considering. Also, on a side note, no school with a 1200 avg SAT is a “public ivy”.</p>

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<p>i wouldnt say the names because alot of people in my state are biased to one or the other. whenever people here the name of the #2, theyll pretty much laugh it off or whatever.</p>

<p>anyway, im looking at the average sat score, and then newsweeks list of public ivies so…</p>

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<p>i think if you state the names you will get much better help</p>

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<p>Just give the names. Chances are that we won’t even be from your state. Also, as a proud student of <em>the</em> public ivy (UVA), I rather resent the term “public ivy”.</p>

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<p>your mis-spelling of “dilemma” irks me.</p>

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<ol>
<li>university of georgia</li>
<li>georgia southern</li>
</ol>

<p>how you spelled “misspelling” irks me</p>

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<p>well…its a little early in the applications process isn’t it? are you in either school yet?</p>

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<p>Hey guys, I’m glad we have p3ac3k33per to help us realize that we can’t overcome our biases and answer questions about college choices.</p>

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<p>University of Georgia is a far superior school in terms of education. If you got into both school, I’d go to UGA. You should have fun there too since it’s a pretty big party school.</p>

<p>I’m from California, so I’ve never heard of Georgia Southern. I looked up the stats and briefly read about the school. UGA is a much more well known school.</p>

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<p>My brother goes to Georgia Southern and he loves it.</p>

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<p>If all you’re concerned about is having a good time, you can do it at either school. However, if you want a degree that is recognized outside of Georgia, I’d highly suggest UGA as it is a fairly high ranked university.</p>

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<p>There’s really no doubt that academically, UGA > Georgia Southern by a large amount. Of course, if Georgia Southern has a strong program in what you’re interested in, that gap closes quickly. Belonging matters, so does academic strength. Think about it.</p>

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<p>All I know is that you can get a good education wherever you go. Why don’t you sit in at a few classes at Georgia Southern to see if you’d feel challenged? Going to a place that “feels right” is really important to how you make the most out of your time at college. If you’re happy, you may even do better academically. Many kids I know choose “less prestigious schools” over IVIES because of finances, fit, etc. </p>

<p>But, I’d be hesitant to choose this school based on just that one experience. After all, you seem like the kind of guy that would make fast friends wherever you go. You’d probably have a ton of fun at UGA, too…and if it’s academically stronger, you’d get the whole package.</p>