<p>I hope to join the UGA Class of '10 too, but I still haven't found out whether or not I got in.</p>
<p>I got accepted yesterday, so UGA is definitely my #1 choice right now. I just gotta see what kind of need-based in I get.</p>
<p>Does anyone know why UGA doesn't have a rolling admissions policy? That seems more fair. That's the policy all the schools I applied at had: you receive a decision a few weeks after they receive your application. If you meet the qualifications, you are accepted.. so it's like a first come-first serve type of thing... That seems to be a lot more fair than going through 15000+ applications in just one month..</p>
<p>If admissions are to be truly merit based, then it makes sense to look at the entire applicant pool and make decisions off of that. In a rolling admissions school, admissions gets more and more difficult as time progresses, which is not fair to people who get rejected. Put it this way: A guy with a 3.2 GPA gets accepted in November, but a guy with a 3.2 GPA gets rejected in January. That's not fair to the latter fellow. </p>
<p>And I mean, really...since UGA released decisions in February, early march, and late march, it's a rolling admissions of sorts. I submitted my app on January 17 and got a decision in a month.</p>
<p>Well I understand where you're coming from Nov221963.. but still, you applied January 17 (which is 2 days after the deadline anyway) and got a decision in a month.. I submitted mine at the very beginning of November, and it takes them 5 months to reject me. That is in no way fair.</p>
<p>Yea, it really isn't. I guess there really isn't a 100% fair way to do it. Jan 15,the deadline, was a Sunday and the day after it was a national holiday, so the real deadline was in fact on January 17. I know becuase I almost crapped my pants when someone told me I was late. Whew, that gave me a scare!</p>
<p>I really wish students rejected by public universities could appeal the decision and at least let the admissions office hear them out, but no dice I guess. A lot of people (myself included) are jerks enough to apply to UGA as a safety. That's all right, but those people don't tell UGA they're not going until May 1, which gives other people the shaft.</p>