r/UGA

First I want to note that I do know that GT and UGA were originally rivals back when GT was in the SEC

So I graduated from UGA last year and went to GT for grad school. I was raised in a UGA household, going to games and all that but I never knew GT considered us their rival until maybe my sophomore or junior year. Sure, I heard comments from GT fans here and there but I thought it was just like normal sports banter like if we were playing Kentucky or something. Then a girl I went to highschool with reposted something a GT meme acct posted about UGA and that was the first time I realized they didn’t like us. I still didn’t realize the extent of it until I started going there.

Now I have insider information 😭What prompted this post is that I mentioned to someone that I went to UGA and the vibe shifted and they told me I had received a “piece of toilet paper from UGA”, I guess referring to my degree. Like ok whatever, id prob talk shit to someone from UF but idk if id let it ruin the conversation… but thats different because we are rivals.. I’ve been at GT for a year and it was my shock that this school, which is known more for their engineering program than football, HATES georgia. I mean I didn’t know it was their MOTTO. At orientation they were trying to hype us up saying “To hell with Georgia” and I was sitting there thinking “why are we talking about Georgia??”

Any time I bring up being a UGA alum, I get people literally upset. Even professors. Over the summer when it was just grad students and faculty, I wore a UGA tshirt on accident and a professor told me that I needed to burn my shirt.. now he calls me “Georgia” in passing- mind you, I’ve never met this professor nor do I know his name.

I think the one-sided rivalry is embarrassing tbh. It almost gets to a point where it’s just flat out bullying. When I tell people here that it’s one-sided they’re surprised but I genuinely think no one at UGA gives two rats asses about anyone at GaTech.

I'm a senior in high school currently and I want to pursue my education at UGA. My brother graduated from UGA and I feel like when I went to Athens, GA. I felt like I belonged there.

Personally, I feel like as a student, I don't stand out as much to admission officers. I failed most of my classes freshman year at another school and then transferred to another high school starting out with a 1.3 GPA. Now i have a 3.067, and its only going to get higher from there, I'm also taking APs. I'm going to take the sat but my latest score is a 1090. I don't do any clubs. I feel useless compared to all these people who have better stats than me and saying UGA is a reach even for THEM. If its a reach for them i think I'm crazy. I'm also from a school where a majority of the seniors are picking schools like GGC, GT, GSU, KSU, other colleges like that.

Anyways, my point is, what are some of your guys stats that are similar to mine and you graduated from UGA or got accepted into UGA?

I’m an Emerging Media Double Dawg through the New Media Institute and was recently awarded with a student premium license but I can’t seem to connect it to Xcode for class purposes since we’re exploring AI.

I got the Copilot one and my friend got the Gemini one. I tried both but it doesn’t work and I’m not sure if I’m connecting it correctly.

If it ends up not working out, does anyone know if the UGA Institute for AI offers free AI licenses to students? Or anywhere else?

A premium AI plan is required for class but I don’t have that kinda money right now 😭

Any insight is appreciated thank you!!