Chance Me, Decisions Tomorrow :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Georgia
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Was Deferred EA
African American
3.82 W
3.37 UW
3.55 Hope GPA

CS Major

1270/1600 SAT 2nd take, first was in freshman year.

8 Dual Enrolled included in GPA
They asked for senior schedule, full time college student this year at average university. 12 classes in all, 2 labs
4 APs

Rest are electives and advanced classes, nothing too special.

Dual Enrolled Schedule Consists of
Junior-
Anthropology
ENG1101
ENG1102
US History

Senior-
Precalc
Chemistry 1101 (Majors selection)
Chemistry Lab
US Government

BIO1101 (non majors)
BIO lab
Calculus I
Sociology1101

School class choices isn’t vast compared to many other schools. We only have Calculus AB & Physics A, nothing beyond that in terms of higher level math/science.
So dual enrollment was the better option to get credits ahead of time and take harder classes. Plus better environment

ECs
Religious Ministry around 150 hours a year
Track and XC 9 and 10th grade
Robotics 9, 10, 11
Chess Club 9, 10, 11
No at school ECs senior year cause I’m never at high school campus.
Coding competitions 9, 10, 11, 12th grades

Average/Great Essays don’t know what a perfect essay is, but anyways chance me.

If I don’t get in I’ll just continue classes at current university and transfer in for spring 2018 to here or Georgia tech. So don’t refrain from giving honest answers. :slight_smile:

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I think if you boost your SAT up atlas 100 points and write a good essay, then you’re safe. Other than that you sound very well rounded. Good Luck!

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@St0714 Thanks, its a little too late to retake SAT. But, I guess it’ll do.

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What is your UGA GPA?
What were your midyear grades?

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I also should say my GPA has had a tremendous improvement… 3.2 freshman year Weighted…I was lazy and didn’t take high school seriously. Didn’t start studying for classes until I started dual enrollment. Don’t know if that factors into anything for admissions.

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@GAcollegemom6
How do I calculate UGA GPA?

Midterm grades were
Precalc - A (5.0)
Chemistry B (4.0)
Government B (4.0)
Macroeconomics B (4.0)

Still learning to incorporate better study habits. Average scores, but the rigor is more in depth than high school versions of so idk.

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UGA GPA?

A-4
B-3
C-2
D-1
F-0

1 point added for each AP you take. BUT UGA only uses core grades to calculate the UGA GPA- So any form of Math, English, Science, Social Studies, and Foreign Language classes included only

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I am not sure how dual enrollment works for the UGA GPA, as I have never taken those courses before.

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@Rinzler
From UGA’s website (https://www.admissions.uga.edu/prospective-students/first-year/admissions-criteria):

Using a standard 4.0 scale, we convert each grade earned according to the grading scale in use at your high school at the time the course was taken.

Additionally, if a weight is not already added to an individual grade, we raise by the equivalent of one letter grade (1) each grade earned in an AP or IB course. Unlike nationally- or internationally-normed AP and IB curricula, there is no standardized methodology for the designation of Honors courses. Consequently, it is UGA’s policy not to add any weight for Honors courses when recalculating a student’s GPA for admission.

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@GAcollegemom6 So my UGA GPA is 3.82 as well. If CS is a counted science core class? If is not a core class then my UGA GPA is 3.8

I am also in state, don’t know how much that factors either.

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I think you are going to get in. :slight_smile:
Good luck today! Please let us know.

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I think you’re probably in as well. Interesting mix of ECs plus you sought out rigor that your school didn’t offer. Good Luck!

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What time do decisions come out today?

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The UGA admissions blog says late afternoon.

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I guess the GA tech defer really made me doubt myself, guess I’m a Dawg now :slight_smile: best of luck to everyone else