Don't know where to go...

AwesomeOpossum
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:11:53 +0000

chronome:

I am upset though, because I worked very hard for 3 years in Pittsburgh for my 4.2 GPA and now that I moved to Georgia, they are not taking my past GPA into account. So basically, it all depends on my senior year GPA and I have really been having difficulty adjusting to the new curriculum, culture, environment, teaching styles, senioritis, etc. etc. so my GPA was barely a 3.5 after the 1st semester. UGHHH!!!



I just checked and you only need a 3.0 or a 3.2 for the scholarship, so shouldn’t you be ok?



chronome:

Flagship school? What is that? (stupid question) Why would being a flagship school mean they have the best and brightest students?



It means it’s THE state school of Georgia (like University of Maryland is for Maryland or University of Virginia is for Virginia). They tend to get a lot of the best kids who are in the same predicament as you— outstanding students who can’t afford OOS schools.



chronome:

How do the students at UGA compare to the students at Emory or GA Tech? Are they pretty similar characteristically?



Emory definitely not. For one, it’s private. For two, it’s a liberal arts school (no engineering). G-Tech may be different, but since it’s a tech school, they lean on the side of engineering and sciences as their forte (generally their best students are in these subjects).