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<p>GT’s acceptance rate was 47% this year, which is in line with the other first tier public schools and well ahead of the second and third tier schools. </p>
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<p>It’s easier to move up at a lower ranking. When you perform a program-by-program comparison, Tech is Top 5 in the country in what it does (engineering). UGA is much lower ranked. Why does that matter? Employers and grad schools don’t look at overall rankings when comparing schools - they look at program rankings. If you want to compare programs that overlap, GT with a less than 10 year old MBA is well ahead of UGA, with a 30 year old MBA. But why rely on just USNWR? The Times Higher education has GT as #27 in the world overall and top 10 in the world in engineering. </p>
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<p>Now you’re just making things up. GT’s retention rate for Freshman was 93% last year and the Graduation rate was 79% [Graduation/Retention</a> Rates | Georgia Tech Factbook](<a href=“http://factbook.gatech.edu/content/graduationretention-rates]Graduation/Retention”>http://factbook.gatech.edu/content/graduationretention-rates) UGA’s retention rate was 94% with a 77.9% graduation rate. </p>
<p>What’s good about being “hard” depends on what makes material “hard”. If a class is difficult because the professor tries to trick you, there’s no value. But, if the class is difficult because you cover more material at a higher level in less time, then it does add considerable value. As someone that has taken classes at GT and UGA, I can say that GT classes cover considerably more material at a much higher level. Much more expected out of the students.</p>