What's it like at UGA?

vig180
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:13:39 +0000

Ditto to everything merkur said.

Athens spoils you rotten by giving you a beautiful campus right next to a bustling downtown. I didn’t realize how unique that was until I ended up at a grad school in the middle of suburbia. The location is just perfect.

The people are also great. Like you pointed out above, there’s just something different about the way people treat you. Granted, Athens has plenty of indie/hipster people (for better or worse) in addition to the more traditional southerners, but the overall vibe is definitely relaxed and welcoming. As far as people from the North, you may be called some amusing names on occasion by the more south’urn people, but rest assured it’s all in quite good fun. All the people I knew from the North absolutely loved their time at UGA and I can’t think of any regional tensions cropping up.

As far as racial tension goes, I’m not going to comment in detail because my views are somewhat unique on that point, but rest assured it’s not a major issue and the students don’t really care.

Congrats on getting in too! UGA gets more competitive every year and I hope that y’all decide to come south for a few years when it comes down to making a choice.