UGA honors or GT?- potentially a future vet

UgeatUGA
Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:03:34 +0000

Ah, where do I begin? Let me start by clarifying my statement, as I did not realize that it would be scrutinized so thoroughly. Georgia Tech is indeed a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) school with an internationally recognized Engineering Program. In saying this, my quote which CFB53B was so quick to point out, was poorly worded in the sense that biology is still a strong major regardless of where you go for your undergraduate degree. So I guess my full statement would be this:

Since GT is a STEM school, a biology major is a general degree. Not general in the sense that it is limiting, but rather you can do whatever you want with a Biology degree from vet school to medical school. UGA is different in the fact that they not only have a general biology program, but also multiple programs that have biology base with an emphasis on different career fields and interests. If you are determined to major in Biology, then like I said, go where you see yourself being the happiest. If you are determined to go to Vet school, then I would say explore the different major options at UGA that go beyond just Biology (opportunity to double and triple major if you truly are academically focused). You have Animal Health, Biology, Animal Science, and other more specific majors through the College of Agriculture. It really just depends on what you want to do.

CFB53B -

1. If you’re going to give information, you should probably provide publicly accessible facts to back up your statements to give them more weight.

2. Pretty sure that maybeGAvet said that they are interested in vet school, so what good is a “big advantage” if you can’t apply it to the question being asked? Employment rates and starting salaries at GA Tech have nothing to do with this particular question unless of course there was no specific interest indicated (Vet School). “The GT name goes farther with grad school applications”, is the only applicable advantage that you indicated for this particular situation, since vet programs are professional/doctoral programs. I refer you back to point one. How would GT’s name have any more weight that UGA’s name (or any other school, for that matter) on an application for veterinary school? Both have biology majors and both are prestigious institutions in their own rights. As I stated, one advantage that UGA holds is that they have specific majors outside of Biology that are great for those who wish to go to vet school but are interested in a specific field within a vet program (large animals, marine animals, etc.).

3. GT does indeed have a pre-vet track and student organization. I Googled “Georgia Tech Pre-Vet Club” and couldn’t help but laugh at the first link that popped up: [University of Georgia Pre-Veterinary Medicine Club](http://pre-vet.uga.edu/) <—great resource by the way
I did find some info on GA Tech’s Pre-Vet Club (Pre-Veterinary Medical Association Club) here and there. Did find that they do have several events in which they invite speakers from the UGA Veterinary School to speak about admissions process for vet school. Imagine that.

4. A high GPA reputation because there are only a few majors represented? That’s funny, I would love to see where you got that information. I say this, because there is this little thing called FERPA that prevents institutions from releasing such information without prior consent. Then again, maybe schools are able to release that information but I have been hard-pressed to find it outside of one site that stopped reporting in 2007.

GA Tech is a great school. UGA is a great school. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. In terms of preparation for vet school, UGA would seem like the logical choice, but as I stated before, it all depends on what the student likes and dislikes.