<p>Yeah, I realize this is a little late--I wish I would have found this site earlier. I had REALLY wanted to get in to Honors, but was denied. I was valedictorian with a 4.0 (u/w) and 4.10 (UGA GPA). My SAT was lower--1300, and maybe low enough to tell me I should have never even applied.</p>
<p>To get to the point, I realize that FFs and high SAT/GPA folks deserve to be "selectively screened" to be in Honors, BUT, at the same time, people like me who just applied to the Honors Program directly (without invitation), wrote both essays and had English teachers tell them which ONE to send, and poured over every aspect of the small application PERHAPS should have gotten a little more credit since THEY took the initiative to seek the best that UGA has to offer, a TRUE sign of the commitment THEY could have exhibited to excel and thrive in Honors. </p>
<p>I am still going to UGA because of their excellent journalism program and will hopefully get into Honors after my first or second semester. Sorry my venting is a little lengthy, and I hope I did not offend anyone.</p>
<p>htek, I understand your pain; however you have to understand that A LOT of qualified applicants got denied from the honors program. Our school had several kids get in, but an overwhelming number got denied. Some kids with 1480 SAT scores and high class ranks got denied and they really had no idea why. Well ill tell you why they got denied:</p>
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<li><p>this whole BS concept of "geographic diversity" - as in the honors program only looks for a certain quota from north fulton/east cobb and reserves many spots for other "underrepresented" areas</p></li>
<li><p>UGA honors sent out wayyy too many invites after early action. The reason why this is a problem is because they sent out invites to people that never had any intention of going to UGA(I know many of these kids). As a result, some of the students never informed UGA of their decision not to attend, and the ones that did waited basically until May 1st to send out their letters. As a result, UGA had to limit how many people they accepted because they didnt know how many of the "invite" people were going to attend. </p></li>
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<p>On the other hand if you were Val, why didn't you raise it to a 1400? Did you take the test 3 times? Im sure you would have been a shoe in with a 1400. Yes its unfair, but you are not the only one.</p>
<p>re: UGA had to limit how many people they accepted because they didnt know how many of the "invite" people were going to attend. </p>
<p>Not entirely true Ryan. There was an Honors "waitlist." And once the acceptance deadline passed, people got in off that waitlist. One of my friends did.</p>
<p>No denying the Honors admissions processes was messed up. But that's largely because UGA was inundated with exceptionally talented applicants this year. I imagine the collegiate entry process is going to be a zoo too.</p>
<p>Its from my understanding that the honors program waitlist was very short. Only one kid from my school made the waitlist out of about 50 applicants. I think about 10-12 kids made the honors program out of the kids that applied to UGA. Im not saying UGA didnt try to accept more people, I just think this years applicant pool should tell UGA two things:</p>
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<li><p>They need to reform the way they do the process(I would make people actually apply to the program, I don't like the idea of invites)</p></li>
<li><p>They need more money to expand the honors program or improve standards for admission for regular decision. The difference between the honors program and regular UGA is HUGE. They definitely need to make some changes to help minimize the gap.</p></li>
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<p>Just curious. Why do you think "The difference between the honors program and regular UGA is HUGE." Honors students can only take 2 Honors per semester max. And after sophomore year, there are really a very limited number of honors courses. So where's the "huge" difference.</p>
<p>Also--you say that 10-12 kids from your school made Honors. How many in your school are actually going to UGA? Since less than 10% make Honors at UGA--how many would you expect to be accepted from your school? </p>
<p>If more than 10% of the Freshamn class at UGA is Honors--it's not really much of an Honors program anymore.</p>