Oglethorpe University in Ga. ?

Hoo_29
Sat, 16 Oct 2004 18:15:30 +0000

I’m from Georgia and I can give you some advice. Don’t listen to joev, you are comparing apples and oranges. If you don’t want a huge college experience, then UGA would NOT be right for you, because it is a really big(but great) school. I know because I am from Athens and am taking some classes there after school.

Ogelthorpe is in Atlanta (where I lived 2 yrs. ago). I used to play tennis over there, and had an interview there. The way it is advertised, it sounds like Ogelthorpe is right in the middle of Atlanta, but in reality, it is in the suburbs of Atlanta. The campus is REALLY small, and the stadium is built like a castle. It is also a LAC.

It does not really have a great reputation(not a bad rep., just no one really knows about it). They give scholarships to top students, but what colleges don’t? That’s all I know about it really, though, so maybe you should research it more.

Mercer is a really good school with a baptist affilation(it isn’t religiously oriented or anything but the history is there). I think the best thing to compare it to would be Baylor in Texas. It is pretty small, in Macon, Georgia, and has a solid reputation. My good friend has a brother there, and he seems to really like it. He had a 1380 SAT and a 4.0 GPA and got a full ride. It’s a solid school, and not too big (about 4000 students).

My vote is for mercer-for academics, a better social life, and prestige.