<p>is anyone familiar with uga admissions bc it's been so strange the last few years. They've been deferring people with stats that could get them into ivy type schools and accepting those with much more inferior credentials. I mean, i know someone who had a 2340 sat, an almost perfect gpa, all the ec's, and was hispanic who got deferred!!! for me, this is very discouraging news as i have pretty average(maybe a little above avg) resume for uga. I'm seriously starting to think they either pull names out of a hat or throw darts at a wall with a bunch of applicant's names on it. I've also heard a theory(does not make much sense to me) that some colleges dont accept applicants with superior stats that are far above the university's expectations and standards for applicants bc they believe those kinds of students are better than that school and should be applying to and attending way better schools.</p>
<p>I doubt that somebody with a 2340 got deffered</p>
<p>that’s the thing…she did! that’s why it’s so bizarre</p>
<p>My opinion is not official, and maybe completely wrong, but…</p>
<p>Someone with such high stats is probably shooting higher than UGA and is applying to UGA as a safety. UGA needs to give admissions to those who have good applications AND are likely to go there. Why give an admission to someone who probably won’t go? They were probably deferred (I’m assuming from EA) to see whether they’re actually interested.</p>
<p>Many schools may sometimes defer or deny admission to students which they strongly believe will matriculate elsewhere (because they want a lower admission rate to create a perception of selectivity, but they still want to admit only those that might enroll. Yield rate also plays into things such as U.S. Newsweek rankings.) This is said to even occur at some of the top institutions which are considered Ivy peers. The whole yield thing may be a reason why Emory, for example, has kept its admission rate roughly the same (as opposed to our peers whose rates have dropped quite a bit, Vandy as an example) over the past 3 years. It’s a balancing act. In our case, it’s the opposite of what I am trying to say about UGA. Our rate has not dropped off precipitously because we might be afraid to given our current yield rate of only like 30%, which is why Emory’s admits like 4,000 per class, even though it only has room for 1300 or so. If we try to push it closer to that 1300 (with most being in the regular decision pool), with admission of only the most selective, there is a high chance that those may actually matriculate at a peer. There is always risk involved in that process. Point is, schools who want higher ranks want: lower admission rate(with higher stats of course), but higher matriculation rates. It can be tough to get this done based upon what I just explained.</p>
<p>Jenmarie, you beat me to it lol :).</p>
<p>yeah, that makes a lot of sense. I guess that good news for me then:)</p>
<p>It might be the rigor of the classes, UGA likes to see you have taken the hardest classes
available. Most students have done IB or some AP. From what I have seen, they are very
fair.</p>
<p>eddyatl4evr: I am guessing that someone has the incorrect information about the situation, as UGA does not look at the desire of a student to attend or not in their admission review. What I am guessing happened (and this is just a guess) is that the student did not complete their file, so there was no way for UGA to make a decision. Any incomplete applicants are then deferred automatically to give them a chance to complete their file. I can not see any other way that this would have happened, unless she had major conduct issues or some serious D or F grades. I would suggest she contact the admissions office at UGA to understand the situation.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the yield theory though…</p>
<p>I have a high ACT and GPA, but I was accepted. And I’m oos, so one would think that even lessens the yield of me attending…</p>
<p>I agree with the OP. College admissions are a bizarre entity.</p>
<p>I’m actually pretty confused about their admissions as well. My GPA is pretty good (3.8), but I didn’t take any AP’s at all until the 2 that I’m taking as a senior… and my SAT was super average (1260/1600, 1930/2400) but I was accepted early! I’m even listed as out-of-state, because I haven’t lived in Georgia for a full year yet… which is supposed to be harder for me to get in. I don’t know why I was accepted–I know a lot of SMART people who were deferred. I guess it might be because I’m multiracial and because I let them know that the school I used to go to before I moved here was pretty hard (regular classes could be compared to honors-level here, I’d say)…? Ah well, the only thing that matters is that I got in :)</p>
<p>agree with jenmarie</p>