<p>Okay, so I go to a public gifted high school with an all honors requirement. By the time I apply early admission to Georgia I will have taken 4 APs and will be enrolled in 3. I got a 1920 on the SAT (without having taking Algebra II) and am taking it again in June. I row and am involved in a lot of clubs. The problem is, I messed up grade-wise freshman/sophomore year. I've gotten A's in every AP I've taken but in a few of my honors classes I've messed up. (I got C's in Freshman Bio, English I, Geometry, and Chemistry---all honors) Do you think it's worth trying for Early Admission? I have my heart set on Georgia (I fell in love when I visited) but I live in Florida and I have no legacy.</p>
<p>If your GPA is low, then why apply with EA, especially since that is the biggest factor? Have a good final semester junior year, a good first sem. senior year, and show that you are on the rise, especially in challenging classes. As well, OOS and legacy are not a factor ([UGA</a> Undergraduate Admissions - Top Ten UGA Admissions Urban Legends](<a href=“http://www.admissions.uga.edu/myths/index.html]UGA”>http://www.admissions.uga.edu/myths/index.html)), and if a student applies RD and meets the EA criteria, they will generally be admitted in late February, if things go as they have in the past. It is not like EA admission is easier or better, so apply RD.</p>
<p>EA admission is easier…nothing much to fill out.</p>
<p>You’ll get deferred EA, so u can decide whether you want to do EA or RD. I’m sure you won’t get denied EA, but you probly won’t get admitted either.</p>
<p>I wasn’t saying I was for sure applying EA, I was just asking if it was a smart decision?</p>
<p>I will most likely apply either way and get deferred. </p>
<p>Oh and ps; UGA may say they don’t have a legacy policy, but I can almost guarantee they do. My mom worked as an admissions officer for a SEC college, and their official policy was “legacies are not a factor” but they had a specific officer for legacies.</p>
<p>When I said “it is not like EA admission is easier”, I was talking about the decision process, not the amount of work you have to do for the application. But if you have no serious shot at EA, why delay doing part II of the application? And you always run the risk of being denied EA if your overall GPA is really low (and you have not given UGA a chance to look at first sem. senior grades). As for legacy, just because another SEC school is not honest about the process, it does not mean UGA is like that. When a school puts it down in writing (the Urban Legend site) and made it a policy 5 years ago (see <a href=“Proposal would ban legacy programs)-third%5B/url%5D”>Proposal would ban legacy programs)-third</a> of the way down along with Texas A&M, then I would generally believe it.</p>
<p>If you apply RD, you give yourself more time to complete the app, you give the school more information before an initial decision (first sem grades, later SAT/ACT), and you are being realistic. And while your SAT is strong, I believe that it is just under the average for this years admitted class at UGA.</p>
<p>I’m just saying that ALMOST every college is legacy-influenced. If UGA isn’t, props to them. It’s just not the majority opinoon.</p>
<p>I’m going up to UGA for Grady Days, so I’m going to try to talk to the admissions office.
I don’t know that they’ll give me the greatest answer, but hopefully they can let me know.</p>
<p>I see your point about RD and that’s a good idea.
Thanks :)</p>
<p>What exactly is your GPA?</p>
<p>It’s a 3.84 unweighted with my project junior grades (my school ends in a month, so my grades are pretty much set) and a 3.94 weighted; according to the UGA scale.
I’m taking 3 APs next year (AP Lit, Gov, and Human Geography) so if I work my butt off the weighted will go up.</p>
<p>AY! I’ll see you at Grady Day next friday 
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<p>Your GPA isn’t low at all. Do well on the SAT and you should be fine. I don’t know how UGA treats out of state students in the early admissions process but assuming that they don’t differentiate you should be fine.</p>
<p>Just so I make sure I understand you correctly, you have a 3.84 UW GPA with several C’s? This would mean that you would have all A’s except for the 4 C’s, correct? How about this; What if everyone who gives out their GPA also breaks it down to X # of A’s, B’s, C’s, etc. in the 5 core areas, so all of us can get an idea of the true grade breakdown, and not just a number on a variable scale that depends upon your HS? Then we could see a more realistic and even GPA.</p>