The University of Georgia Athens GA Review

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jiwon2
Athens, GA

Learning to be an adult all while still being a kid!

value conscious, believe in higher education, a busy person, Changed Majors, Lived off Campus, noticing the details, music lover, interested in cultural experiences

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Pros

best public school art programs, excellent opportunities, fun environment, diverse, great music scene, top rate education program, well qualified instructors

Cons

class registration can be tough, class sizes can be too large, a bit far from life outside of campus

NOV

2007

I am a third year at UGA and still love it. I now live in student apartments outside of campus, but I am not missing out on campus life.
I am majoring in Drawing and Painting, and Art Education. The Lamar Dodd School of Arts of UGA has an excellent program for all departments of art. Its challenging, yet still fun. The professors and teachers are mostly all down to earth while doing their jobs... (with an exception of a few)
Although the art building is a bit small, we have numerous smaller buildings around campus that are ours as well, and it works out nice... not too crowded all the time.
Better yet, we are actually in the process of building a NEW main building where all of us will move to.
UGA is ranked in the top 25 of art schools in the nation, which I found very interesting.

Because the campus is really all there is around Athens, all events and businesses are all student oriented, providing great opportunities for us.

The campus is huge, but buses run frequently so you rarely have problems getting around and the student learning center (a place where most student study... vs. the library) is in the center of campus. It opened up to be 24 hours a day recently which all of us are excited about.

Campus is old, but it is beautiful to walk around especially towards east campus and north campus.

class size gets smaller as you get into you major and in my opinion, it is pretty easy to get to know your professors.