2015 UGA Admissions Thread

<p>Accepted
4.5 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
AcT- 26,32
president-student council, science club
sec-hosa
study abroad in south africa
rank 1st</p>

<p>I imagine i am on the lower end of those accepted, judging from my friends and posts i have seen on here.</p>

<p>White, In-State Male</p>

<p>Class Rank 7 out of roughly 400
GPA 3.9 /4.2 (unweighted/ weighted)
5 AP Classes
SAT: 1850 Total, 1270 Combined CR+Math (680 Math, 590 CR)</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars: Treasurer of National Honors Society, Club&Varsity Soccer captain, Beta Club member, VOICE (School Leadership) member, Skills USA member, and Youth group teen leader.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1910 (730 math, 600 writing, 580 english comp)
ACT:29
SAT II (if submitted):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):68/580
AP (place score in parenthesis):Calc AB-5, Chem-5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, Theatre Tech, Band, Econ, College English, Honors Organic Chem,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Coaches Award for track(it’s major to me…)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Marching Band 4 years (2 years trumpet section leader). Track and Field 2 varsity letters. 4 years of FCA (2 years rep)
Job/Work Experience: Coldstone over the summer
Volunteer/Community service:Mission trips with church
Essays:Wrote it on marching band, I am a decent writer
Teacher Recommendation:none
Counselor Rec:none
Additional Rec:none
Interview:none
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:Will get HOPE
Intended Major:Chem E
State (if domestic applicant):GA
Country (if international applicant):USA
School Type:Engineering
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):Played taps 2 years in a row at veterans day assembly, brother is student at MCG UGA
Reflection[list][<em>] Strengths: AP scores, GPA, Leadership, grades I’ve made in math/science courses[</em>] Weaknesses:Got an honor code sophmore year, SAT scores aren’t high[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Good GPA, i’m well rounded.[/li]I LOVE UGA. LETS GO FREAKING DAWGSSSSSS</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 700 Math 610 CR 660 Writing 1970 overall
[ *] ACT: 34 Math, 31 English, 31 Readig, 26 Science, 30 English/writing 31 overall
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 710 US HISTORY 730 Bio
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (more like 8%)<br>
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): taken 5 tests, 4’s on all. bio, us history, world history, lang, and human
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Lit
Ap cal ab
AP psych
AP physic B
human anatomy
intro to art…yes i know, slacker.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student council (VP of class all 4 years)
Dance Committes ( I chaired a few)
NHS
Enviromental (president)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none…i’m very lazy
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
Hospital (100 hours)
Library (30 hours)
[ *] Essays: none :smiley:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: none
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably very average.
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: none
[ *] Intended Major: biology
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Large public
[ *] Ethnicity: did not report
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 150k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: dunno…i’m pretty average
[ *] Weaknesses: did not cross 2000 on SAT
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well, it’s pretty impractical to deny someone who is within the 60/80 % range of listed scores
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!! And if you didn’t get in, regular should be easier than early</p>

<p>Admitted
ACT comp 35
UGA calculated GPA 3.9/4.0 with no credit for Honors classes, only 0.5 for AP’s</p>

<p><b>ACCEPTED!!!</b></p>

<p>Objective:
-SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit–
ACT: Composite: 30 E: 35 M:31 S: 28 R:27
SAT II (if submitted): Math I: 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 92.38/100 ~3.68ish on UGA scale
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 60/175 (most competitive school in city)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):----
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Literature, AP Bio, AP Physics, Journalism, Art, Honors Anatomy, Honors Spanish 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Awards in journalism and school awards in academic areas and art
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Club at school (president), Volunteer organization (president) volunteer work (lots of it~200 hours per year) National Honor Society and National Art Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: LOTS! around 200+ hrs per year
Essays: Didn’t do, I was EA
Teacher Recommendation: I applied EA
Counselor Rec: Conselor Eval. It was very good.
Additional Rec:—
Interview:—
<b>Other</b>
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Chemistry (switching to biochem/molecular bio/genetics) Pre Med
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant):—
School Type: public charter (2nd best in GA)
Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: Asian
Income Bracket: Upper class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): sibling legacies
<b>Reflection</b>
Strengths: standardized test scores (ACT is converted to SAT at UGA) so 35 english = 780 critc. reading and 31 math= 700 math and 31 writing= 700 writing
Weaknesses: GPA…lower than the 3.85 avg for UGA and much lower than the 3.95 average for EA applicants
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: standardized test scores, most difficult curric. at school, 2nd best school in state, well rounded course load (all cores plus arts and humanities) and all classes that were not AP were honors/advanced
<b>General Comments:</b> APPLY EA! Follow the UGA ADMISSIONS BLOG (google it) and if your gpa is below 3.8 for EA, raise your SAT/ACT to at least (2000 or 30 respectively)
it’s competitive. i didn’t think i would get in. praise the lawd i did! congrats all others. good luck to applicants.</p>

<p>So many people from my school got in…this is bizzare</p>

<p>My Daughter got accepted… </p>

<p>ACT 35
SAT 2120 (11th grade)
3.977 GPA unweighted (No AP, dual-enrolled since 11th grade at GGC)</p>

<p>She probably will be going elsewhere though.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 M, 670 CR, 640 W
[</em>] ACT: 31 Composite, 34 E, 28 M, 31 CR, 31 W (09 on essay)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): X
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (3) Biology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): X
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Earth Systems, AP Language, AP Literature, AP European History, Adv Trigonometry, Calculus (they didn’t know this yet), Work-Based Learning
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): X[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Interact (President), Relay for Life Club (Secretary), Health Occupations Students of America, and I know I put something else here but I can’t remember what it was.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I have been working at an optometrist after school since November 2009 as an “Optical Technician”. I perform testing on patients, sit in with the doctor and enter all the medical data, teach patients how to put in CL, etc.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered at my local hospital this summer for 30ish hours (the max teens are allowed to do at that hospital).
[</em>] Essays: N/a
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/a
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Kind of a general thing, I don’t know how subjective it is
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/a
[</em>] Interview: N/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Not yet
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: I’m not sure of the exact number range, but decent.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nothing special</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good test scores, good extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: No calculus (I only registered to take it because I was deferred from Georgia Tech. My school wouldn’t let me register until after I was deferred…)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess just because I have high scores, high class rank, and good extracurriculars![/li][/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: :smiley: Very excited about this!! One of my top two schools so this is a big deal for me!</p>

<p>It’s ok articpanda, I guess I’m on the lower end too!
But at least we were accepted!</p>

<p>Sat: 1190/1600, 1830 total.
Act: 29
GPA: 3.9 unweighted
APs: 3— all my school offers
lots of volunteer hours, and involvement in community, several leadership positions, and several jobs (city hall, tax assesors office, guidance office) </p>

<p>, .</p>

<p>does anyone know have the profile for the top two percent auto-accepted into the honors college? I’m sure they only look at SAT/ACT and GPA.</p>

<p>thanks in advance! I just want to know if i should even hope to consider myself part of the top two percent</p>

<p>They haven’t released that information yet, but they said that everyone accepted early this year had slightly higher stats than last year, so we can expect the top 2% to be very, very competitive. </p>

<p>This is just information in general about the Honor’s program’s stats last year. Whew…</p>

<p>Honors Program 2350 students
2010–2011 First-Year Class 525 students
Average First-Year High School GPA 4.06
Average First-Year SAT 1471*
Middle-Range SAT 1440 – 1490</p>

<p>Congrats all! I’ll be starting in Spring 2011 as a transfer.</p>

<p>out of state white female. chicagooo :slight_smile:
3.68 GPA
30 ACT
soo excited that i got in! dont know where ill end up yet cuz im still waiting to hear froma few other schoolss.
congrats everyone!</p>

<p>I answered this with future applicants in mind (in the case that they wish to review past applicants).
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective: [ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1890: 600 math; 620 CR; 670 Writing. I took this on the last possible date for early action, so my scores from the SAT headquarters (you know what I mean…I think) were sent after the deadline, but were of course taken into account when received.
[</em>] ACT: nada
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): –
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7something
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): –
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English: 3 … :confused:
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: British & Western Lit, Religion and Literature, Photography, AP Calc AB, Government, Economics, AP Bio, AP Psych
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): mmm…I don’t know what one would consider major. None of mine are particularly major to me. haha
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student council, Teen Council for my youth group, XC, track & field
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: I don’t think I listed anything for this.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Soup kitchen, Christian service center, triathlon volunteer (4 years), Vacation Bible Study (3 years), soccer camp volunteer. I think those are the ones I discussed for those short answers.
[<em>] Essays: I don’t quite know what to put…haha.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: –
[<em>] Counselor Rec: –
[</em>] Additional Rec: –
[<em>] Interview: –
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Not yet.
[<em>] Intended Major: I put biology.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): –
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): –
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mixed
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: depends on if you subtract everything from the necessary budget…haha
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): My sister is a freshman…?
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: eh…it’s relative. I suppose I volunteer a lot, and maintain fair grades. Be sure to use proper grammar in your application (or anytime at all… ;]).
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not a high SAT score…I recommend taking it more than once, especially if you aren’t a great test-taker. My grades are OK in comparison to many other applicants.
[*] Why you think you were accepted: I really am not sure as I have a few well-rounded friends who were deferred. One is very dedicated, has a higher GPA than I, and has taken at least four APs. I really don’t know what to say! She’s even African American, of whom there are a low percentage at UGA.[/ul]</p>

<p>In-state White Female</p>

<p>4.0 GPA (unweighted)<br>
Valedictorian
3 year high school graduate
1750 SAT
4 AP Classes</p>

<p>Deferred to normal decision :/</p>

<p>out-of-state female
GPA: 3.6
ACT: 31
SAT: 2020</p>

<p>4 AP classes. Should I be worried about getting in for regular decision? I know my GPA is rather low but my scores seemed high enough… apparently not?</p>