re: Which school in the SEC would you send your children?

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UGA's academic reputation rides a loooooooooong way on high entrance standards directly attributable to a state lottery. Actual academics overall once you get'em in and try to graduate'em? Just another state school in the SEC.

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ummm...wrong.

The first two years of study at virtually any large state university consists of fulfilling the distribution requirements that make up a program of general education. Unfortunately, this consists of a series of Intro to this and Survey of That courses that do little to acquaint students with the burning questions within and between the various disciplines. Georgia is not so different than any other state u in this regard.

Where Georgia has made significant strides as an academic institution is in the last two years of study, where more emphasis has been placed on engaging students in faculty research, exploring topics in depth, and in connecting the discipline to life in a global context. Certainly not all departments have blossomed since HOPE enabled the university to raise admissions standards, but many have refined their curricula to the level of students they encounter. All this in addition to the Honors College, where class size and enrichment opportunities rival any public university and most elite private schools.