Tiffany912

I should clarify that I never meant that UGA, as an institution, was racist. I don't think that they discriminate against their students. I also didn't mean that Gainesville is any better, I actually have no idea. My cousin doesn't live here, she just commutes, and she likes the school better, but doesn't actually live in Gainesville. It is actually further from Atlanta, and possibly even less diverse than Athens. I think it's a pretty small town.

I didn't actually say anything about Gainesville, other than that she transferred there. I didn't say it was less racist/sexist than Athens. I don't know anything about Gainesville. My cousin just likes the school better, but now she commutes, so she just goes to class and does her thing and goes home. So she doesn't really have a feel for Gainesville itself.

Neither of us have had racist acts/statements made towards us in Athens, because we're white. But my cousin has told me of many things she's heard, about other people, that are clearly racist statements. Obviously this happens everywhere. I just think Athens has a certain culture about it that I just wouldn't want to be a part of. I should add that obviously I'm not saying UGA discriminates in who they accept or how they treat their students. I'm saying that I think racism and sexism are common there because of the attitudes and backgrounds of many of the students who choose to go there. Maybe none of this even matters as a graduate student, because you probably wouldn't have that much interaction with undergrads. But then again, the majority of the people in the city are probably undergrads.

Sorry, I meant Gainesville college, it's in northern Ga as well. Well, I live in the south, and always have, and none of those comments would be indicitive of my experience living in the south. I have been to Athens many times. I wouldn't be able to tell you that I dislike it there if I had never been.

It's just not a place that I would want to live. Almost all the people who live in Athens are students, and almost all of them are white. Having a life outside of school is very important to me, and Athens doesn't have a lot of things to do, outside of the bar scene. My cousin went to UGA for a year before transferring to Gainesville. She quickly tired of the drunk frat kids everywhere and the ridiculous emphasis on football, which seems to run the school. She says it's still a "good ole boy" town, where racism and sexism are all too common. Her other complaints wouldn't apply to grad school, like the fact that there are 150+ students in some classes. Basically, I personally just couldn't live in any college town like that. I need diversity. I need interaction with non-students. I need fun things to do on weekends.

I guess I'm the outcast here - but I hate Athens. But then again, I'm used to living in Atlanta, a much bigger city. I just think there's not much to do there other than go to bars and drink beer or go to football games. It's not a very diverse place, either.

ha ha. sorry. sometimes it's easy to get caught up in your field and the little acronyms and everything, and forget that not everyone knows what the hell you're talking about

oh, industrial/organizational psychology. simply put, it's workplace psychology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I/O_Psychology

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I am!!! For I/O psychology. What about you? I currently go to GA State, so I'm really just moving down the street...