Chances of getting into UGA regular decision?

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Caucasian, Female, GA resident

Wanting to pursue a major in communications, and eventually go to the Grady College of Journalism.

I put a lot of time and thought into my application essays. They should be top of the line.

Unweighted GPA: 3.5 or 3.6

ACT:
Composite-26
English-34
Math-18 W
Writing-32

SAT:
CR/M Total-1120
M-460
CR-660
Writing-620

3 AP Classes: Psychology, English Literature, English Language
2 Dual Enrollment: Gov’t, Economics

VOLUNTEER YoungLife Summer Work Crew Summer 2014
WORK:

Housekeeping. Worked 8-hr shifts
as housekeeper/launderer at remote
camp in Canada for one month for
high schoolers. Provided other help
as necessary. Paid for all travel
expenses to and from camp location.

YoungLife Weekend Work Crew     Spring 2013

Server. Worked at camp in Jasper,GA 
as server during family weekend.



WyldLife Student Leader                  2012-present

Leader for middle schoolers. 
Specialized in 6th grade middle 
school girls. Helped organize 
large monthly events. Lead 6th 
grade in weekly events such as 
breakfast, bible study, or other 
activities.

Hospital Volunteer              Summer 2012

Answered patient calls, transferred
messages to nurses, helped organize
and file documents. 

Race event helper   2011-present

Help with miscellaneous jobs such
as passing out water or medals to runners.

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AWARDS:
Quill and Scroll Honor Society member 2013
National Beta Club member 2012
National Spanish Honors Society member 2012

ACTIVITIES:

ambassador for photography company 2013-present

Worked as senior ambassador
for local photography studio
to increase business revenue
through social media and other
tangible forms.

SparkLife blogger                       2013-2014

Maintained a weekly blog for
SparkNote’s popular 
entertainment website, 
SparkLife.

School newspaper                                 2012-2014

Arts and entertainment editor
and staff writer for school paper.

Youth Soccer                                           2005-2013
Junior Varsity Track and Field                            2012

I was already accepted into GCSU, but UGA is my dream school. Please let me know my chances of getting in. Thanks so much!

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Also, I go to a very competitive high school, one of the top ones in Georgia.

3

OOPS! One more thing! I have also held two jobs during my junior and senior year. I worked 12-15 hours a week for these jobs.

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I think UGA is a reach for you.
Your GPA is pretty low for UGA which had a freshman average GPA of 3.83 last year, and it will only be higher this year.
Your scores are also below the UGA average. The average ACT score was a 28 composite and the average SAT was about 1900 (1240 M+CR). Also, UGA mainly focuses on the math and English/critical reading parts of the SAT/ACT so your math scores will hurt you.
How many AP classes did your school offer? 3 AP classes are also low in comparison to the incoming class last year having an average of 8. If you took 3/3 APs offered, that would look better than taking 3/20. Also, your APs are what could be considered ‘light’. Like, AP Psych is an easier AP class than AP Calculus so the rigor isn’t the same.

Hopefully your essays and ECs can make a difference (and your ECs are GREAT), but unfortunately I think you should plan on attending GCSU or another school and maybe transferring. The Grady College of Journalism is actually one of the most competitive majors there too, so see if you can change to undeclared or something. You can change your major at freshman orientation so what you apply under isn’t permanent.

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Well, your academic profile isn’t very encouraging for UGA. It’s not competitive.

However, I do think you still have a good chance considering your ridiculous number of ECs. I’ll take your word for it that your essays are superbly written.

Admissions are really a mixed bag. Some above average kids get dropped, and some don’t. Some below average kids also get in, and others are dropped.

No way to tell, really. But given your ECs, I do think they’ll forgive you on your lacking academics a bit.