UGA RD Decision Thread (UGA ‘23)

Decision (Accepted, Waitlisted or Rejected): Rejected
State of Residency: GA
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
ACT Score: Didn’t submit 27
SAT Score: 1300

of AP/ IB/ DE Classes: 10

AP/IB Scores: All 3s and 4s
Your School GPA: 3.9
UGA GPA: 3.88
Class Rank: 120 of 557

Extra Curriculars: Captain of Varsity Lacrosse, Student Government, National Art Honors Society, BETA Club
Work Experience: YMCA
Essays (awesome, good, okay, et cetera): Okay if I had to guess.

SUPER heartbroken. I’ve been dreaming of going to UGA forever. A lot of my friends got in with higher GPA’s but less rigor and they also have lower test scores than mine. I’m thinking my counselor recomendation was negative or my essays were terrible. Thoughts?

Decision (Accepted, Waitlisted or Rejected): Waitlisted
State of Residency: Georgia
Gender: M
Ethnicity: Indian
ACT Score: N/A
SAT Score: 1480

of AP/ IB/ DE Classes: 8 courses in IBDP

AP/IB Scores: 36/42
Your School GPA: N/A
UGA GPA: N/A
Class Rank: N/A

Extra Curriculars: Captain of School Basketball team, Track member, Lead singer in Band, and many other
Work Experience: 2 internships at hospitals
Essays (awesome, good, okay, et cetera): awesome (that’s what I thought)

Decision: Deferred, then Accepted!
State of Residency: NJ
Gender:F
Ethnicity: Asian
ACT Score: 32 (Math 29 and English 35)
SAT Score: 1400 super (700 both and 21 essay)

of AP/ IB/ DE Classes: 8 APs

AP/IB Scores: one 5, one 4, one 3, one 2 and taking 4 exams this year
Your School GPA: 3.61 uw and 4.4 w
UGA GPA: Idk
Class Rank: top 100 of 500 (in the 20th percentile)

Extra Curriculars: 4 years fh and senior captain, 3 years lacrosse, NHS, WLHS, peer leadership program

Work Experience: 1.5 years of hospital volunteering, 1 year part-time job

Essays (awesome, good, okay, et cetera): didn’t think they were good-- but my admissions officer emailed me personally and told me they really stood out, very grateful for that and definitely swaying my decision to possibly attend UGA!

Oops, wrong thread.