<p>tinytank, with that GPA you’re an auto admit. They base it on GPA alone, so your SAT scores won’t matter. They also factor in 9th grade grades, but even if those were awful you still must be well above the 3.4 needed for automatic admission.</p>
<p>ok thanks alot tulare:)</p>
<p>For anyone still waiting to hear from U of O, they posted on their Facebook page that all of their decisions will be communicated by the end of this month (including for people on the wait list). Good luck!</p>
<p>my son is waiting and knowing your stats will help me determine if we are in good shape or not.</p>
<p>mnitso, a weighted GPA of 3.4 or above guarantees admission into UO. SAT scores matter much less to UO than GPA, unless the applicant is under a 3.0. One person who was posting on this forum with just under a 3.0 and low-ish SAT scores was rejected, and of course all of the people above 3.4s were admitted. It’s the people in between that we haven’t heard much from yet. I’d guess that a 3.25 and above is a fairly safe GPA, but under 3.25 it’s iffy. Hopefully more people will post as those letters with the yes or no from UO start flowing throughout the rest of this month.</p>
<p>i was accepted a few days ago. had a 4.07 gpa and a 1530 sat just waiting for a financial package :(</p>
<p>Anyone still waiting to be accepted?
Im still waiting for “march file review” and have been since February 2nd.
This is starting to annoy me</p>
<p>For future reference, I JUST barely missed the 3.4 GPA mark (I had a 3.36, literally), but I applied in mid-November and was accepted about a month later. So if you’re a little bit below the automatic accepted GPA, you should have no problems getting in.</p>
<p>Next year the GPA needed for guaranteed admit is 3.5 (weighted), but as Leila said many, many people below that are accepted. </p>
<p>Hblock, UO has stated they will give out decisions to everyone by the end of March. Hang in there.</p>
<p>I keep double checking my daughter’s admission on the Duckweb, thinking maybe it was a mistake and her acceptance will be withdrawn … I am SO happy she got in, but why did she get in with a 3.17 gpa less than a month after she applied (applic 1/14-ish, acceptance rec’d 2/13), when so many other are still waiting? Is there any chance it WAS a mistake and they will change their mind? Should she hurry to submit her acceptance form quickly, just in case? (She also auditioned for the music major, but got her “no thank you” letter from the School of Music in early March.) </p>
<p>She has been waitlisted at Puget Sound (a pleasant surprise). We are very hopeful that she still has a chance there (and thus, the opportunity to major in music). But I suppose she won’t hear any more from them until after their May 1 deadline for accepted students to decide, so her plan is to send in the intent form for UofO, and just eat the $200 if she later gets a spectacular offer at UPS. </p>
<p>I am so new to all of this - can you tell me if we wait until after the award letter comes to send in the “accept” form, or if she should go ahead and just do it? Is there any advantage to sending it in earlier rather than later? </p>
<p>Is anyone else driving themselves (and their kids) crazy? This is so exciting, and agonizing!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about UO rescinding their acceptance to your daughter, eabeeb. I just can’t see them doing that. One thing on their admittance criteria is “special skills”, so maybe her musical abilities got her in, or maybe she wrote a spectacular essay that made her stand out. Also, is there any chance her weighted GPA was higher? UO takes whatever GPA is listed on the transcript the high school sends, so is there a chance something higher than 3.17 was listed?</p>
<p>I would highly recommend that she go ahead and submit the acceptance form since you think you won’t know if she gets into UPS until May 1st. She should hold her spot, and the most urgent thing is to get her housing reserved. UO runs out of dorm rooms every year, so at least get her dorm reservation in right away if you haven’t already.</p>
<p>I hope she decides to be a Duck. It’s a fantastic school. And as a former music major myself who switched after sophomore year, there are many outstanding programs there so she’s sure to find something that excites her even if she can’t major in music.</p>
<p>Thanks, Tulare for your thoughts. Her weighted gpa is a 3.23, so still not very high. Maybe it was her special talent (singing), although the music program didn’t accept her. Or maybe the fact that she has worked a part time job (bagging groceries) since 11th grade? Her essay was alright, but not outstanding (even though it might not sound this way, I am her BIGGEST fan and would say so if I thought it was really great). Who knows, I’m just so very grateful she was accepted 
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<p>A huge part of me hopes she becomes a Duck, too – UofO would be a good fit for her (she has a save the planet, vegetarian, artsy, outside-the-box personality), and for me, it’s just the right distance from home. I know she can and will find a major which excites her outside the music department, but she wants sooo much to be a classical music major, and has wanted it for as long as I can remember, so UPS is still a possibility if she gets in. </p>
<p>We sent in the UofO housing application in early February. Hoping for Living Learning Center! I will encourage her to go ahead and send off the UofO acceptance form right away.</p>
<p>Eabeeb, my daughter is a Duck. She’s also a musician, although doesn’t want to major in music. She’s very involved with a by-audition ensemble at UO that she really enjoys very much, and she’s going to minor in music so she’s also taking academic music classes there. Her experience with the music department as a non-major has been super positive all around. I know it’s not the same thing as majoring, and if that’s what your daughter wants I hope she has the opportunity to do it, but if it doesn’t shake down that way, I imagine she’ll still find a niche in the UO music department.</p>
<p>Rentof02 - that is actually really good to hear. My daughter is so disappointed about not getting in that I think she feels a little sour about taking any music classes, sort of like she would feel like a second class student looked down on by those who are actually “serious” majors. I imagine the disappointment will wear off, and hopefully she would consider a minor in music, and I will definitely relay to her your words about your daughter’s positive experiences in the department as a minor. And I also wonder if she could audition again her sophomore year?</p>
<p>My daughter (who’s home at the moment for spring break) says, yes, your daughter could audition again for her sophomore year. I’d comfirm that with someone official, but it may be a distinct possibility.</p>
<p>I got my acceptance letter back in December, but UO was only a safety school for me. Just yesterday, however, I found out that I got the Dean’s Scholarship! Now I might actually go. </p>
<p>Does anyone know if it the dorms are first-come first-serve? Will I have to live in poorer quality dorms because I am only submitting my intent to register in April when it is due May 1?</p>
<p>I don’t think they assign dorm rooms on a best-quality-dorms-go-first basis. Just send you your housing questionnaire and deposit right away. You can do this online. That will reserve a room for you. You a choose certain themed halls, you can rank the type of room you’d perfer, but that won’t tell you much about which dorm you’ll end up in – or even if you’ll get your first choice of room.</p>
<p>So I think you’ll be assigned at the same time everyone else is – later in the summer. Just get that housing reservation and deposit in so at least you’ll know there will be a dorm room for you in the fall if you decide to go to UO. There have been cases where people didn’t reserve a space in the dorms early enough and the dorms filled.</p>
<p>Thank you! I will be sure to do that right away!</p>
<p>How good of a school is University of Oregon? I’m really considering this school or UC Davis. I want to become a journalist and if that doesn’t work out, I want to work somewhere in the medical field.</p>
<p>Are you a resident of CA? If cost is a factor in your college choice, make sure to understand the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition before you spend too much time deliberating the other differences between public universities. Generally speaking, it’s going to make more sense financially to attend a public college in the state where you are a resident.</p>