<p>@jablalf if you go to duke, you will have better connections. it is more prestigious and the long run return if you go to duke is way better than uga. as for “ambitious peers” duke will obviously have more of them. most people who go to uga could never have gotten into duke. now there are people in uga honors who have been accepted to the ivies but still ended up at uga honors because they couldn’t afford the ivies. those are the people getting the awards you mentioned. I know a guy who got into yale 2 years ago but couldn’t afford it so he went to uga honors. if money is the #1 issue, go to uga honors. also, % of people getting jobs coming out of tech is higher than that of uga even if you are honors. now that might be due to that tech is more engineering but their business school is still much better than uga honor’s.
emory does have better resources for premed people. they have hospitals(winship and the regular one), cdc, and a lot of professors do research which is right on the campus so it’s very accessible. getting to know the professor is very important because if you are going to apply for those prestigious awards, you will need very good recs. also, if you have a connection with the professors, if they have something coming up, they might notice you first and recommend you to do it. when your class is over 200 people, it is hard to standout. uga’s professors don’t even know half of their students’ names. sorry you though I was insulting uga but I wasn’t. uga is a great school if you want to be a teacher or go into the education field. but if you are going into business, uga is not as respected as duke. yes, uga’s regional reputations is relatively good compared to the other public schools in the region but that regional rep mostly stays in ga, alabama, and maybe florida. really, outside the south, it is known as the party school.
Zenn Miller scholarship is the HOPE scholarship. yes emory might raise their cost too but because emory covers 100% of financial need, the amount you pay will likely to stay the same. my point is, if money is an issue, go to uga honors. but if you can afford it, go to duke or emory</p>