<p>I would like to know (if anyone can tell me) how selective georgia has become? I guess my impression has been that it used to be known as kind of a big, raucous party school, and over the last 5 years or so has become more selective, but it seems like just this and last year it has bordered on being highly selective. Would a student with my qualifications be considered an "average" applicant, or would I be on the lower end of the scale (for regular decisions)? I am just so confused, because people keep telling me that they have heard of or known people with much lower rankings who have gotten accepted, no problem. And I look on websites with statistics, and most of the applicants who reported acceptance to UGa on these college databases had similar or sometimes lower marks than I. AHH i am starting to really stress!</p>
<p>GPA uw 3.6; w 3.894. Schedule weighted heavily towards AP's and Honors in the humanities areas.
ACT: got a 26 the first time, but have been taking tons of ACT prep and probably will get a 28 on the october date, and hopefully a 29-30 on december.
Extracurriculars: 5-6 clubs/activities I genuinely put a lot of time into, and have been keeping up with consistently
EXCELLENT recs and essays.</p>
<p>It would be a reach if you don't get your ACT up a few points. Are you a state resident? If you are, I'm sure you will get in. However if you are denied, write a letter of appeal. With big schools they are more likely to reverse their decision on boarder students. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>I am not trying to be rude, but Somewhere2012 has a number of facts wrong about UGA Admission. UGA does not look at in-state vs. OOS applicants any differently, an appeal has about a 5% chance and is generally based upon special circumstances (medical, family, etc.), and the test scores are not the most important part of the application. Overall, your academic profile looks strong, although it would be good to know what your curriculum choices are in non-humanity classes. Now you just have to be patient and see how you stack up against the rest of the applicant pool. UGA has become more competitive since the late 1990s, and it is based upon a larger applicant pool that has become more competitive every year. Good luck!</p>
<p>"Overall, your academic profile looks strong, although it would be good to know what your curriculum choices are in non-humanity classes." </p>
<p>GAdawg- I think you responded to a different one of my posts earlier, thanks for being so helpful</p>
<p>My schedule has always been rigorous and replete with solid, non-"filler" courses. </p>
<p>I wont bore you with too many facts but I guess here's all the weighted classes ive taken.
Honors English 9
Honors World Studies
American Studies Honors (This was a 2 part, 2 credit english & history course)
AP US History
British Literature Honors
Expository Writing Honors
AP English Literature
AP Microeconomics
Spanish 4 Honors</p>
<p>and my science/math courses have generally all been at the regular level. im taking a full four years of math, science, and english, with plenty of extra social studies credits as well.</p>
<p>ohh and for non humanity courses: I have taken band since freshman year, so that takes up a considerable chunk of my schedule. Other than that its basically been regular math and science courses and the rest were fulfilling requirements (p.e, health, computer lit, etc.) last year I took a semester long art class, (i figure it can't hurt because I plan on majoring in landscape architecture and design) and this (senior) year my only "slacker" class is Jewelry 1, which is only a semester and I have been waiting to take it since frosh year!</p>
<p>UGA gets more and more selective as the years go by and the pool of applicants keeps getting stronger. However, I think you have a chance of getting in. If for some odd reason you don't get in for EA, definitely apply for RD (don't lose hope; I got denied for EA, but I was accepted for RD), and do your best on the essays! I still believe without my essays having a big impact on my application, I wouldn't have gotten in.</p>
<p>OK SO i got a 28 on the act and if I can get only one more point on the math portion next time it goes up to a 29. So overall if I work a little bit more at math and science also, I can get a 30, potentially!!!!</p>
<p>i think you'll be good on test scores... go to collegeboard and find out what their score range is..I think you're within, if I remember correctly.</p>