UGA, Bama or Auburn?

oceanfan
Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:31:53 +0000

My oos student has been accepted to Auburn & UGA plus others. Early on received Auburn acceptance and we automatically paid $200 non refundable to be able to put a deposit down on a room, which is hard to get unless you do it right away. Felt the town of Auburn was nice but was too small. Didn’t feel like there was a lot to do around the town unlike Athens. Also, didn’t like their dining options on campus at all, it seems like a debit card to be used at food court type counters. Was awarded merit scholarship $12,000 off per year but see that it’ll cost $500 per semester to be in honors. Still that’s a lot of money to pay in total. Now at UGA honors is free. Was awarded oos tuition waiver plus some money. That being said go see all the campuses. See what feels right to your student. Students are from all over the US at UGA and you’ll see lots of diversity on campus. I copied the following statement about the current freshman class
About 13 percent of the class comes from other states and countries, with the top feeder states outside of Georgia being Texas, North Carolina, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, New York, New Jersey, South Carolina and California.
BTW we visitied Bama on a Saturday when there was an away football game. The place was deserted to the point of kid of eerie. Might be something to think about if your student chooses not to go to an away game.