My DD goes to Georgia Tech and loves it. Other women from our town that have gone to Georgia Tech or are current students love it too. It is a nice mix of engineering and a traditional college campus. It is not dead socially at all. My DD does a mix of social activities from sorority to intramural to backpacking etc. Football Saturdays are a blast. Plus there are a lot of traditions at Georgia Tech that make the campus fun like Freshman Pie Race, THWG week and Pi Mile to name a few. My DD was shy in high school but has really blossomed at GT and has a very active social life with a variety of activities. Atlanta has a lot to offer such as Music Midtown Festival, SCAD TVFest (My DD was three rows from Mindy Kaling) and Oddball Comedy Festival (my DD saw Aziz Ansari and Amy Schumer). There has been a lot of revitalization of Midtown Atlanta where GT is located so the area is nice especially around Tech Square. If you haven’t visited Georgia Tech then I recommend you do so- the campus has a lot of green open spaces and you have to remember the Olympics were held at Tech and student apartments were the athlete housing during the Olympics.
My DD has gotten great grades and has a high gpa, higher than she got in high school. Grade deflation at Tech can be exaggerated at times- Students who put the time into their classes, go to review sessions and office hours usually do very well. Georgia Tech actually graduates the most female engineers in the U.S according to the American Society of Engineering Education. https://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/publications/14_11-47.pdf My DD has found incredible support from the Society of Women Engineers and the Women in Engineering programs. Tech has opened many doors for her from research to tons of job offers and she is only a second year. In fact she says her biggest problem at Tech is learning to say “no”, there are so many opportunities offered that you really do have to pick and choose because all are interesting.
Finally consider the difficulty in traveling to a college. Getting to Atlanta is pretty easy and with Marta you can be in campus in 20 minutes from the airport station.
Good luck in making your decision. You really can’t go wrong with any of your choice for an engineering education.