Prestige vs Happiness!? Please Help!

<p>USNWR Undergraduate School Rankings
25. Virginia
56. Georgia</p>

<p>Virginia is considered the 2nd or 3rd best public school in the country.</p>

<p>USNWR Undergraduate School Rankings (Public Schools)
2. Virginia
18. Georgia</p>

<p>Virginia has smaller classes, higher graduation rates, higher SAT scores etc etc</p>

<p>% of Class <20 students
52% - Virginia
36% - Georgia</p>

<p>Graduation Rate - 6 years
93% - Virginia
81% - Georgia</p>

<p>SAT - CR
600 - 710 - Virginia
560 - 660 - Georgia</p>

<p>SAT - Math
620 - 740 - Virginia
560 - 670 - Georgia</p>

<p>The following are the rankings of the top public universities in the country in terms of placing students to the top Med, Business and Law Schools. Virginia is at #3. Georgia is no where to be found.</p>

<p><a href=“WSJ in Higher Education | Trusted News & Real-World Insights”>WSJ in Higher Education | Trusted News & Real-World Insights;

<p>You can party at each school just as much.</p>

<p>If you don’t want to attend Virginia because it is too hard, why not just skip Georgia also and attend a Community College instead that will assure you of easier classes.</p>

<p>One of the important points of going to college is **to learn **- and purposely attending a school because of easier classes is not going to get you there as much.</p>

<p>Virginia’s business program and connections and reputation in the South and the rest of the country are much much better than Georgia’s.</p>

<p>Regarding GPA’s, I am not hiring now, but if I were approached with similar individuals from Virginia and Georgia to hire, and the Virginia student had a 3.0 GPA v. the Georgia 3.5 GPA, I would tend to go with the Virginia student.</p>

<p>Once you visit Virginia and realize that it can be as much fun as Georgia, you will be convinced that the better academic school here is the way to go.</p>