<p>Yep, UGA isn't that selective</p>
<p>YELLOW JACKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cuz I'm ramblin gamblin helluva engineer!</p>
<p>To keep this serious: it is important to note that Georgia Tech is known to generally get students that perform better on the SAT, but the academic program between the two universities is very close by Kiplinger's ranking. UGA placed at 7 and Georgia Tech followed at number 12.</p>
<p>"Beginning with a list of the more than 500 public colleges and universities in the United States, the magazine narrows the list to about 120 based on admission rates, freshman SAT scores, student-faculty ratios and other academic measures."</p>
<p>Considering that both schools are state schools within Georgia (where most students will qualify for the hope) they obviously are both very solid academic choices.</p>
<p>Georgia places more importance on grade point than SAT and gives no bump in grade point for honors level courses. Tech gives a bump for honors level courses. Every year, there are some people who get into Tech that do not get into Georgia - usually they have taken harder courses and have higher test scores.</p>
<p>I've heard otherwise for the honors points...that both schools give you the points for honors and AP classes.
To be honest I think other then engineering at Tech, GT is probably easier to get into then UGA.......</p>
<p>@Yellow_Jackets!!: Unfortunately, UGA does not give an edge on your GPA for taking honors classes. I checked on that since my school mainly offers honor classes and only two AP classes.</p>
<p>so, if the SAT is not stellar, then, they don't bother reading the rest of the RD application, like essays, ECs, recommendations, etc?</p>
<p>Everyone please remember that while UGA does indeed strip all honors points from your GPA, the strength of your schedule is one of the main factors they look at while analyzing your application for an admission decision.</p>
<p>"GPA and rigor of curriculum weigh roughly three-to-two to standardized tests in predicting academic success at UGA. Effectively, this means that a student with a 4.0 GPA in a superior curriculum of Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses might be admitted with an SAT score at or below 1000. Yet, another student with a 3.0 GPA and an SAT score of 1400 might not be admitted, if the student opted for no more than a standard college prep curriculum with few if any Honors, AP or IB courses."</p>
<p>I highly recommend reading this page if you havn't yet UGA</a> Undergraduate Admissions - First Year Admissions</p>
<p>I'm female and planning to attend UGA this fall. What dorm communities, in your opinion, are the best to choose from? Best as in...cleanliness, space, and little noise. Also, is it better to room with a friend or not?
*I'm planning to get a double, private bath room type hopefully. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>** Forgot something, is work-study better than getting a job off campus? What kind of jobs does work-study involve? I know that it pertains to your major but not sure what the job would be..</p>
<p>Hey Patel, I received a 1670 combined SAT score and a 25 ACT score composite and I was accepted after being deferred from EA. I initially was not going to apply for RD because I would have to write four short-essays and I HATE essays! But my dad told me to go ahead and reapply, and to my surprise I got in. I didn't write great essays either and it took me an hour to write the essays. I may have had low standardized test scores but I enrolled in the most rigorous schedule possible and my high school. I took 9 AP classes and all advanced classes. I was an officer in 5 out of the 7 clubs that I was in. But my GPA was 3.75 (94) with a class rank of about 60-ish out of 420 in my class. So that makes me about top 15%. Therefore, if you are top 6% then I would say you have a good chance of getting in. Just bring your scores up a little and you should be fine.</p>
<p>Bump, there's some useful information in this thread and feel free to throw out any more questions you may have.</p>
<p>Could I get in with a 26 ACT(taking it again, hoping for a 27 or 28), 3.659 gpa, 3 AP classes(were not offered until senior year, one junior year) and plenty of other honors classes to boot, rank is iffy but I go to a really really competitive school in Wisconsin. i think its like 90 out of 420 or something. I have really excellent recommendations and essays, really good extracurriculars, and otherwise am considered very "well rounded". i would apply regular decision and want to major in landscape architecture (im guessing that might be easier to get accepted for than, say, business or something... possibly a more unique and less competitive major?)</p>
<p>I'd say you have a good chance. It's not your fault for only having AP classes offered until your senior year, and they'll take that into account (although...I only took 3 AP classes, and they were offered the whole time I was in high school). I'm not totally positive, but I thought the SAT was required. There is a good possibility I'm wrong, but you might want to double check.</p>
<p>im like 99% sure its either ACT or SAT.</p>