<p>I am an in state student.
My school system has block scheduling (which means the courses I take are a school year's worth of information crammed into 4 months so APs are much more demanding to take in a semester) Do you think I should include this information under special circumstances?</p>
<p>My UGA recalculated GPA is 4.1
I have taken 4 AP classes and will have taken 4 more dual-enrollment classes by the end of my senior year
(I passed all AP exams)
The rest of my core classes are advanced with the exception of economics which my school does not offer an advanced course for (honors,etc.)</p>
<p>My test scores are definitely my weakness as I do not test well
ACT composite superscore: 26 (UGA's range is 28-32) so my 26 falls right on the bottom of the curve, but I am hoping all other stats will balance it out.
English highest 23
Math highest: 24
Highest combined E/W:23
These are the scores UGA focuses on even though I got a 31 on reading...
SAT is lower than my ACT so no need to use</p>
<p>Activities:
National Honor Society and Beta Club member
History Club member
Marching Band and Drumline for 2 years</p>
<p>Work Experience:
2.5 years work experience at Chick-fil-A 25 hours a week sophomore junior and senior year
I now train new employees
If you are not from the South, Chick-fil-A is an exceptional company to work for.</p>
<p>Honors:
Junior Marshall
Georgia Certificate of Merit
Top 5% of class
Ranked 17 out of about 400 students
Nominated for Governor's Honors
AP Scholar With Honor</p>
<p>I also got accepted to a program this past summer at UGA where I got to live on campus and learn about accounting. They said that entry was competitive. </p>
<p>My essays are not complete but I am going to make them very strong. </p>
<p>I am very hopeful. If admissions looks past my test scores, I feel like I have a good chance, thanks for your time. </p>
<p>Your GPA is very high and impressive and you’re rigor is okay. Your extra curricular’s are decent, but unfortunately your test scores are very low. Like you said, UGA’s average test scores are around 28 ACT and 1800 SAT. Test scores are not the most important factor in an application though. Take the ACT again in December and hope for the best. Good luck and GO DAWGS</p>
<p>@mathis500 thank you for your prompt reply. Unfortunately I will be unable to re-test as I will be out of town on the dec ACT date. I really gave the 3 tests I took my best effort and studied more each attempt, however my composite score went down by a point each time. It was a very disappointing process as I was really looking to improve my score. It really is a shame how much our society cares about standardized test scores. I feel if I can convince admission that I am worth more than a test score through my essays than I have a solid chance. When I got to live there for a week this summer, the campus really clicked with me. If I am not accepted all is not lost. My ultimate goal is to become an accountant and then Entrepreneur. I can still achieve this through other schools but UGA would be the best place for me to do it. The rest is fate…have a good evening. </p>
<p>I agree with @mathis500. You have an excellent and competitive GPA as well as great ECs, work experience, and awards. Just make sure to supplement this with great essays and a great teacher rec.
I know you said an ACT retake was too late but there are still 2 SAT dates available if worse comes to worse. Maybe you could try those again and hope for the best. A 26 ACT is still enough for the Zell though if that helps.
Also, how many APs does your school offer and which APs are they? UGA likes to see that you took all the opportunities provided and did well (i.e. taking a lot of APs and doing well in them). They also believe that not all APs are created equal and so taking AP Psych is not seen as rigorous as taking AP Calc. </p>
<p>@camover thanks so much for your reply! As far as SAT dates, I believe there is only one: dec 6. The next one is january 25 sadly. Also to add to the sadness, the 26 is a superscore. I believe that Georgia college 411 states that the 26 must be attained in one sitting. I wish this was not the case. My school offers a decent amount of APs, but we are limited to only one our freshman year. In comparison to other students at my school I have taken an above average amount. As a younger student not aware of the college applications process, I focused on all social studies APs. AP US,AP Euro, AP Human Geography, and AP US government because they had the most to do with my business major. I am currently taking english 1101 at the college level and also a college algebra course. next semester I am taking english 1102 and a public speaking class at the college level as well. So the only subject I have not taken a “rigorous” course in would be science. (Even though I opted for adv bio, adv, physics, and adv chemistry) I even ended up getting nominated for governor’s honors in chemistry. I feel as if my rigor is very strong for the circumstances my high school offers, although I wish I knew when I was younger to take a wider variety of AP Courses. I also have a question for you but I want to ask it in a private message. </p>
<p>You do not need to explain block scheduling to UGA. UGA is very familiar with schools in Georgia and secondly your counselor has to fill out UGA’s secondary report which will address issues like these. UGA is going to figure your composite score by the subsections they consider. Obviously, you know your ACT score is your only weakness. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>@gjt117 UGA will accept the January SAT scores as well! At least your APs are fairly major specific.
But I would also keep in mind that majoring in business is also fairly competitive. Supposedly, UGA does not factor intended major for admission though there have been a few instances that say otherwise (but correlation is not causation).
Unfortunately, as you may know, advanced/honors classes mean squat to UGA. Keep up the good grades this year!</p>
<p>@gjt117 Yep! On the UGA admissions blog a poster asked David Graves, “Does UGA accept January 24th SAT score for RD?”-Trystan
And Graves responded, “Yes, see the deadlines page on this blog. Make sure to request for the scores to be sent when you sign up for this exam.”</p>
UPDATE: I GOT IN! Moral of the Story, if everything else on your application looks stellar, test scores won’t be your downfall. Good luck to all future applicants!