Have you guys seen the Newsweek rankings of the Georgia Schools? (Atlanta: transplants, how much)
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I went to Riverwood. 90% of my friends went to top schools out of state and didn't apply to Tech. That analysis holds zero weight.
If a school is so good that so many of the students go to more expensive schools out of state you will see them still be a fairly good feeder to the state flagship schools from the students who don't leave the state.
What you just said characterized includes many of the students at the schools on that list.
Also, keep in mind we are talking about nit picky differences about many of the best schools in the state.
But to be fair to Riverwood... it is considerably smaller than the others, which is probably the reason it isn't a larger feeder. That is why I gave that warning that list was not meant to be a sole ranking.
My point about Berkmar, however, is a very large school and that is primarily what I was talking about.
Firstly I am not saying that UGA will outrank a top public institution like UCLA and Berkeley in 10 years, however I see UGA's admission getting more and more competitive in the years ahead. Currently Georgia Tech admits 59% of its applicants and UGA admits 54% of its students. UCLA admitted around 50% of its applicants in the mid 1980s.
UGA's fastest growing ethnic group is Asians. As Kimbro pointed out the #1 feeder school into UGA and Georgia Tech is Northview High. Currently Northview High is made of 55% white and 33% asians. By 2020, I can assure you that there will be more asians students than white students at this #1 feeder school.
About percentage of applicants admitted, I guess you're taking this as an indicator of selectivity. However, your figures would suggest that UGA is more selective than Tech. On the other hand, Tech's average SAT score of accepted applicants is considerably higher than UGA's. (Sorry, I don't have exact figures, but I remember reading this in an AJC article within the last year). I infer that Tech's reputation is more discouraging to prospective "reach" applicants than UGA's.
About ethnic groups, I wish people down here wouldn't keep bringing up race. I guess that means you'll fit right in, in Georgia. You're suggesting that a larger ethnic-Asian population at one metro high school will improve the caliber of local universities?
RWA, which suburb are you at in Chicago? We'll be moving to Atlanta in about 3-4 months. How does your close friends like their move to Duluth/Suwanee? I really that area a lot?
It is good to know that there are other Chicagians looking to move to Atlanta. I like everything about my move, but i just can't stand the fact that the Atlanta Hartfield Airport is an hour away from my new home. O'hare international airport is only 15 minutes from where i live now so it is going to take some time to adjust. I plan to take many family vacations to the beautiful beaches and theme parks in Florida during winter time.
We're in Naperville, which isn't widely-considered to be diverse. However, we have a large Asian (mainly Indian, Korean, Chinese) population here. The middle schoolers celebrate India Day, China Day, etc. as part of their geography and history lessons. It's a nice community with great schools and good amenities.
Our friends absolutely love the Duluth/Suwanee area. They took the January ice storm in stride and tried not to feel too sorry for us during the early February blizzard in this area. Actually, I was surprised to learn how many of our neighbors and acquaintances are also ready to head South, but these comments aren't surprising during winter.
We are already an hour (in good traffic) from O'Hare, so that will not be an issue for us. However, we've heard the stories about nightmarish Atlanta traffic. As a current Chicagoan, we find ourselves wondering just how bad the traffic could be. A 1.5-hr commute during rush hour can be the norm here. God forbid if it should snow or if there's construction, then you're looking at 2-hrs+. I know everyone recommends living near one's job, but what about folks who do consulting work? Shying away from hellacious commutes may not always be possible, at least in the short term. So we're going to look for communities (schools and neighborhoods) that work for us, and see how the commutes go. Preliminary discussions are resulting in potential clients in Alpharetta, Duluth, and Atlanta/Sandy Springs border. Commutes to Duluth and Alpharetta seem simple, but do you have any idea how a commute to the Atlanta/Sandy Springs area would be from Sugarloaf?
Best of luck as you begin your new journey in Atlanta. We hope to follow you very soon, but we may be facing one more winter here. Time will tell... Cheers!
So many things are wrong with this it isn't even funny
I think saying immature comments should be an entry in stuff anonymous internet people like.
God forbid people care where their children go to school and care how their local tax money is spent.
You seemed to have missed the point. Nothing wrong with caring and/or using rankings to help determine where you live or your kids will go to school. I just think it's comical how bent out of shape people get over every new ranking that comes out and how important it is to them to debate it over and over again. You made your choice, you are happy, who cares??? Obviously these rankings are arbitrary and take into account various factors and different things are important to different people, yet many don't understand this and their competitive juices force them to argue ad nauseum on the topic. It's like the next logical step once an adult realizes no one really cares where they went to college...they now obtain their "worth" and stature by making sure their offspring are at better schools than others.
You seemed to have missed the point. Nothing wrong with caring and/or using rankings to help determine where you live or your kids will go to school. I just think it's comical how bent out of shape people get over every new ranking that comes out and how important it is to them to debate it over and over again. You made your choice, you are happy, who cares??? Obviously these rankings are arbitrary and take into account various factors and different things are important to different people, yet many don't understand this and their competitive juices force them to argue ad nauseum on the topic. It's like the next logical step once an adult realizes no one really cares where they went to college...they now obtain their "worth" and stature by making sure their offspring are at better schools than others.
Yea.. that would be why we were discussing what factors they used in their ranking, as well as the pitfalls of such methodology. I'm sorry it equates to an ad nauseum discussion that can only be characterized as an argument to you.
Some of us have an intellectual curiosity and like to examine things further. If you don't like that you are more than welcome to not enter the discussion.
However, back to my original point... a large part of what is wrong with your statement kind of leads to a blatant stereotype that only white would care to discuss school rankings in the context in which we have here. Not only is that not true... it ironically is indirectly insulting stereotype to all races. That one simple phrase insinuates white people care about school quality too much, however it can also insinuate others don't care enough to do so.
You should be more careful using a phrase like that.
While that is interesting and I am well aware of it.... that doesn't necessarily mean anything put up against "stuff white people like" is magically ok to say. Not everything will always be portrayed as tongue-in-cheek to all people.
Context is always important and that is why I say someone should be careful using it.
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