60% Increase in Early Apps!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Georgia
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<p>First, congrats to all accepted early applicants! This forum is ALIVE with dawgs and I'm loving it. I will be applying regular and hearing all this admission discussion is exciting (cheesy...). I was reading the news and learned about the 60% increase in early applicants this year. Thats another congrats to ALL ACCEPTED, ya got in even with a major increase in applicants! I dunno, I may frontin about nothin, but an icrease from 5700 to 9000 seems like something to talk about. Why do you think it increased so much? What will this mean (if it will really mean anything) for the regular applicants?</p>

<p>DBX</p>

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<p>it increased because there was no essay and less rd people will be accepted.</p>

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<p>Really? Why because no essays? Is that really the reason folks applied early? Are essays really that much of a pain, that it makes people not want to apply?</p>

<p>Why would less rd peoples get in?</p>

<p>Just curious.....</p>

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<p>I'd love to write an essay or two for them to read. It kinda shows them the type of person you are, you know your goals, beliefs, views, etc.....</p>

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<p>that definitely is the reason. A lot of people who may not have considered applying to Georgia with an essay just found it really easy to spend less than 20 minutes on their online app and turn it in. Many people are too lazy to write essays, some are even intimidated. Sad but true. </p>

<p>As for accepting less for RD, UGA almost has to at this point. Either that or they didnt accept as high of a percentage EA this year. There are state rules for how many UGA can enroll every year. Id expect people to be waitlisted this year.</p>

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<p>Wow! I totally forgot about the waitlist factor! Well, I better put some meat in my essays and ec's because my academics are strong (for the rd pool) but not the strongest and it would really suck to get waitlisted. I think they should change the name early decison to regular decison and regular decision to late decision. </p>

<p>I'm so throwing a party when all this is over.....</p>

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<p>From what my D's GC said they only accepted around 40% of the EA applicants. That leaves alot of space for others.</p>

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<p>Actually, its more like 60% EA--but that's the same percentage it's normally been. They took about 4500 EA, and will, with regular admission, take in another 4000 or more. But the freshman class itself (with people's decisions to go eleswhere) will be under 5K. The only thing that's really different this year is the hi number of EA applicants and, therefore, the increased number of deferrels. I doubt many more people will be waitlisted this year than last year.</p>