<p>If I am reading the UGA website correctly, it appears EA is a good idea if a student's raw stats are stellar and that RD is better if stats are "good" but ECs and such are very strong. However, is RD a larger pool fighting for a smaller number of spaces?</p>
<p>Anyone know? BTW, D will be OOS.</p>
<p>Just curious on the overall perception, D will probably call and talk to admissions herself anyway.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>If you apply EA and gain admittance, you don't have to turn in a teacher's rec. I am not sure about the "fighting for a small number of spaces" for just RD. EA is just as competitive if not more. If your daughter has high stats for (UGA), then she should apply early.</p>
<p>Yes, believersmom, you are correct. For EA, they only look at rigor of HS curriculum, SAT, and GPA (no essay required which was huge for my DD). For RD, they look at the essay, extra-curricular's and teacher recs in addition. My daughter got in EA and starts this week. I would suggest EA in most cases because if they get in EA, they will be able to go ahead and register for housing (even if they are not totally sure they want to go there - its only $35 deposit) and housing preferences are based on the date they sign up - the earlier, the better.</p>
<p>From the school, if you took the highest level of classes and then have a decent SAT, you are 95% IN. (The honors academy said this to my D) If you took middle line courses or easy, with same gpa and SAT, drops down. HOWEVER, I do not kids who took no higher than honors level had good GPA, not so good SAT got in early admission. Go early, easier admission process particularly if you are good on paper. You hear in December and you can't beat that.</p>
<p>My two cents worth and kind of off topic, but... Even if you have fantastic stats, I believe completing the short answer essay questions that accompany the RD application is helpful during the scholarship selection process. My d found last year's questions were very interesting and easy to answer. She described them as "some of the funnest essays to answer." So if you're hoping to be in the running for scholarships, especially for the FF, the committee will have this extra information about you that the EA folks didn't submit. I'm convinced that these short-answer essay questions can be an asset in the scholarship process if your child enjoys writing. My d submitted the RD application and essays one day past the EA deadline and was still rewarded with notification of acceptance pretty early - perhaps even earlier than Dec.</p>
<p>Webbie-
That actually is very good info and I think relavant, thank you!
Do you know then, do they not accept any applications for RD until AFTER the EA deadline?</p>
<p>I don't think it matters. The entire RD application (with short essays) was available during the EA time period. Even if you want to apply EA, you can still complete the essay questions. Again, I'm speaking based on our experience with last year's application. I don't know if anything has changed. I do know we heard back on our application really early, and I'm almost positive it was before the official notification date set aside for EA applicants.</p>
<p>We are also out-of-state.</p>