For a school like the University of Georgia, do a wide range of kids get accepted or only the kids that reach the averaged numbers for SATS and GPAs which is a 3.8 and an 1800 SAT?
Most of the students accepted were at or above the average numbers for ACT/SAT, GPA, and class rigor. Really, the only students below that are students with a significant upward trend in grades, extenuating circumstances, amazing essays, or some other unique factor that UGA needs/wants in their community.
It’s always best to shoot for above average on all of the statistics for the best chance at an acceptance. That being said, never be discouraged from applying somewhere you want to go to!
All colleges and universities accept a wide range of students. And I mean all of them. Even Harvard accepts students who don’t have 4.0 GPAs and 2400 SAT scores, and may even be in the 2100-2300 range; my friend was one of them.
Unless stated otherwise, colleges will evaluate you holistically. This means that, while your GPA and test scores are significant considerations to the admissions team, they will consider other pertinent aspects about you - ranging from your background, extracurriculars, and personal essays.
And be aware that plenty of kids who are above XX college’s average GPA/SAT/ACT scores do get dropped. They can’t accept them all.
It’s not just a numbers game. Colleges want a diverse student body. You are not guaranteed to be rejected/accepted simply from GPA or test scores.
@camover : By statistical definition of mean and median, that just simply isn’t true. It would be more precise to say that: “admit stats are higher than those who end up enrolling”. This means OP would need to go find out if they are near the mean/median of those who are admitted. If that is the case, they will be more likely to be admitted because usually it is “admit high”, enroll lower (because of competition and other things) and this often means that the range of enrollees can be bigger than the range of admits.
Anyway: A 1900 is more competitive for admission:https://www.admissions.uga.edu/prospective-students/first-year/fy-profile
But there is hope as UGA definitely seems more GPA sensitive. I question if those are unweighted GPA’s because by that measure, those students are better at getting grades than those at Emory (actually, not a relevant comparison, since most here come from out of state schools, often from public and private schools much more rigorous than those in Georgia) and Tech for example, but are not quite there in terms of taking the tests. I suspect that grades reported are some sort of re-weighted grades, but anything is possible. Georgia High Schools can be on the easy side (grew up in this state)
I am well aware of the competitiveness of the school and the statistical averages they display on their website. I am not sure if you would be able to answer this question but do you know of anyone that has gotten into UGA that didn’t have these requirements? Although I do not have the “requirements” at the moment, I am still staying positive about applying even though it may have negative results…
Recruited Athletes!
Come on…by definition of how statistics work and the numbers being reported (an interquartile range)The people in the 25% (have below 1800, and like 50% have below 1900)…which is not all comprised of URMs and recruited athletes (though plenty will be hooked no doubt). The fact that the enrolled class numbers are so much lower suggest that plenty of people were below them ( I am willing to bet that since what is reported on the admissions website is not what is reported to common data set/government, that it may potentially exclude the scores of recruits. They can report those numbers however they want to portray the school as long as it is within reason. Also, GPA is usually taken in the context of the school you went to, the state one comes from, and the courseload rigor. The high GPA of UGA suggests that high schools in Georgia are grade inflated/easy. This is definitely valid considering that more selective schools score wise have similar GPA ranges when you weight and unweight the GPAs. Often such schools are getting a much more select group of schools and get many more students from “harder” high schools (as would Emory and Georgia Tech for example) whereas UGA gets solid students that have much more variation in terms of HS background which makes sense because that is kind of the mission of the state flagship.