The joke at UGA is majors like "Musical Therapy" and "Housing Studies". Oh and I forgot "Engineering", they would have been better off not adding those majors (Agricultural Engineering??? really???).
Taking off the gold colored glasses, its a pretty well known fact that UGA has great life sciences (Biology, Ecology, Pre-Med, Animal Science, Wildlife, etc.).
In fact US News and World Report ranks UGA 10 slots ahead of Georgia Tech in Biology (compares to GTs Biology and Bio-Med Engineering).
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankings...-biological-sciences-programs/rankings/page+3
This is admittedly a weakness for GT but that doesn't change facts.
And what if you want to be a Music major? Or an Elementary School Teacher?
Everybody knows that GT>>>>>>>UGA, even UGA grads, but there are reasons to pick UGA over Tech from an academic standpoint even if you got into Tech.
Does that change the fact that UGA is a redneck cow college spawned for satan's bidding? No. But the quality of education has little to do with that fact however inferior it is to Tech.