<p>I would really appreciate if you could read my resume and evaluate my chance of getting in.</p>
<p>Grades and Stuff:
-GPA: 3.45
-SAT: 1170 (I plan on taking this again, I feel I can do better!)</p>
<p>Noteable Courses:
-AP Psychology (my soon to be major!)
-AP Biology</p>
<p>Through the AP Biology course, I traveled to the UGA Marine Center in Savannah, Georgia and did research projects with my class. During my spring break, a few of my friends in AP Biology as well as myself and my teacher stayed at the UGA Ecolodge in Costa Rica for 7 days. I hope this work with UGA gives me an advantage!</p>
<p>-AP Statistics
-AP Macro Economics
-AP US History
-Honors Chemistry
-Honors Biology
-Honors 9th Grade Literature
-Honors Japanese 1, 2, 3, 4</p>
<p>I took Japanese for 12 years. Starting in middle school and high school, I entered the honors course track and did that for four years. I also traveled to Japan in middle school, should I mention this on my application?</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Marching Band (4 years): I was an officer for two years and ranked up to the flute and piccolo section leader. I have been playing flute for 9 years in the top bands in my schools, did solo & ensemble, etc.</p>
<p>I am a band geek to say the least </p>
<p>-Young Democrats Club (2 years)
-Anchor Club (2 years): All girl's service club
-Interact Club (2 years): Community service club
-Life Teen (3 years): Catholic youth group at my church
-HAP (Hornet Advisory Program; 2 years): A program which a group of mentors during the first half of their lunch to help freshmen adapt to high school life and academics
-Biology Tutor (2 years)
-St. Andrew's Music Program (1 year): I played flute with my church choir</p>
<p>I plan on applying Early Action this October</p>
<p>Thank you for taking the time to read this and responding! :)</p>
<p>Your GPA is below the average, and your SAT score is below the average, but the rigor of your coursework is strong. I think you have a less than 50% chance of being admitted via early action, and will most likely be deferred, but you have a better than 50% chance of ultimately being admitted under regular decision. Realize that when you apply early action, your ECs will not be included on the application (unless you are deferred, in which case you will need to complete part 2 of the application and provide the ECs and counselor/teacher rec forms). Obviously adding 60 or 70 points to your SAT next time around would help your chances a great deal. I've been assuming you are in-state; if you happen to be from a state that doesn't have many applicants to UGA, that could be a benefit.</p>
<p>I have realized that my EC's will not be recognized, and that has made me nervous about getting rejected by applying through early action. But I heard that if i'm deferred, it will increase my chances of getting accepted in the second try. Is that true?</p>
<p>My son has a slightly higher GPA than you and about the same SAT score as you (he, too, is taking it again this Fall), but he has strong ECs (captain of the football team, etc. etc.) and recommendations, and we made the decision that he would apply regular decision, to be sure to get all of that good info in front of the admissions office. I have never heard that UGA would show any preference for applicants who applied early action but were deferred, over applicants who applied regular decision. It would not surprise me at all, however, for the statistics to show that a greater percentage of early action/deferred applicants were admitted in comparison to the regular decision applicant pool -- but I suspect that this result would stem from the likelihood that a generally stronger pool of applicants would have pursued the early action option to begin with. I don't think you will pick up any "points" with the admissions office merely by virtue of applying early action. UGA's average GPA and SAT stats have gotten so strong in recent years (and the high school classes of 2008 and 2009 are the largest on record) that we simply didn't feel comfortable risking an outright denial based on son's fundamental stats being slightly below the averages. And we decided on this course even though almost all students from son's high school are either accepted or deferred when they apply early action (there are almost no outright denials). That is something you could check on with your high school guidance office. They should be able to give you some data on how many students from your specific high school who applied early action were outright denied as opposed to deferred. They could then look at your GPA and SAT in comparison to any such students and give you some advice about your degree of risk.</p>