University of Georgia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This year they did give preference to instate. From admissions blog…
“ Due to UGA being the flagship university for the state of Georgia, we do have a goal of having our enrolling class (not accepted but enrolling) be roughly 80% in-state and 20% out-of-state, so it will be somewhat more challenging to be admitted as a non-GA resident.”

That said it’s getting tougher and tougher to get in UGA from OOS, and instate it’s a great deal with Hope she Zell scholarships.

Good, so it did change last year. It was ridiculous for UGA to not show preference for state residents. Georgia does not need to import talent like Alabama, Mississippi, & Arkansas because the state is overloaded with sophisticated, highly educated families.

There are some suburbs of Atlanta that have some good schools/strong students but I'm curious where else in GA you think this "overload" of highly-educated families are located. Columbus? Macon? Elberton? Bainbridge? Waycross? Do tell!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This year they did give preference to instate. From admissions blog…
“ Due to UGA being the flagship university for the state of Georgia, we do have a goal of having our enrolling class (not accepted but enrolling) be roughly 80% in-state and 20% out-of-state, so it will be somewhat more challenging to be admitted as a non-GA resident.”

That said it’s getting tougher and tougher to get in UGA from OOS, and instate it’s a great deal with Hope she Zell scholarships.

Good, so it did change last year. It was ridiculous for UGA to not show preference for state residents. Georgia does not need to import talent like Alabama, Mississippi, & Arkansas because the state is overloaded with sophisticated, highly educated families.

There are some suburbs of Atlanta that have some good schools/strong students but I'm curious where else in GA you think this "overload" of highly-educated families are located. Columbus? Macon? Elberton? Bainbridge? Waycross? Do tell!

Not that PP but it doesn't even matter how good the students are in the state. Universities that are supported by the taxpayers of a state should prefer the students of that state, because they're paying for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UGA is similar to UVA in the fact ismf you live in a good part of the state, in particular the high income areas of Atl, there's a quota on admissions and the competition is tough.

Unless this has changed over the last year or two, this is false--although it is a widespread rumor with many believers.

[Anonymous]

UGA is a high quality school that students can go to for free or nearly free.

Why are you concerned?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This year they did give preference to instate. From admissions blog…
“ Due to UGA being the flagship university for the state of Georgia, we do have a goal of having our enrolling class (not accepted but enrolling) be roughly 80% in-state and 20% out-of-state, so it will be somewhat more challenging to be admitted as a non-GA resident.”

That said it’s getting tougher and tougher to get in UGA from OOS, and instate it’s a great deal with Hope she Zell scholarships.

Good, so it did change last year. It was ridiculous for UGA to not show preference for state residents. Georgia does not need to import talent like Alabama, Mississippi, & Arkansas because the state is overloaded with sophisticated, highly educated families.

There are some suburbs of Atlanta that have some good schools/strong students but I'm curious where else in GA you think this "overload" of highly-educated families are located. Columbus? Macon? Elberton? Bainbridge? Waycross? Do tell!

Most of the state's population is concentrated in Metro Atlanta. I'm guessing the pp meant that the state's population is 'overloaded' with highly-educated families, not that the state, as a geographical entity, is overloaded with those families.

[Anonymous]

My child got into UGA a few years ago. Was the only one from their school. High GPA. Didn't send SAT scores because it was optional. Most students are in state and most go home on weekends, unless they are in greek life, like to party a lot, or it's a home football game. She did not have a great time and ended up leaving. Beautiful school and campus. Just wasn't the right fit. And shocking she has ended up in a "lesser" Virginia school and doing remarkably well haha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UGA is a high quality school that students can go to for free or nearly free.

Why are you concerned?

Not really concerned. But we fell for the "100% attend college" and when I saw most attended the same college, I wondered if we'd been had.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child got into UGA a few years ago. Was the only one from their school. High GPA. Didn't send SAT scores because it was optional. Most students are in state and most go home on weekends, unless they are in greek life, like to party a lot, or it's a home football game. She did not have a great time and ended up leaving. Beautiful school and campus. Just wasn't the right fit. And shocking she has ended up in a "lesser" Virginia school and doing remarkably well haha

Huh. My daughter is a freshman there, and that hasn't been her experience at all. She's not a big partier, and isn't in Greek life. But she's never bored on the weekends. We have visited twice and don't get "suitcase school" vibes at all.

But you did say it was a few years ago that your daughter went, and I understand the school has changed a lot in even just a few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UGA is a high quality school that students can go to for free or nearly free.

Why are you concerned?

Not really concerned. But we fell for the "100% attend college" and when I saw most attended the same college, I wondered if we'd been had.

Why would you have been "had"? What do you mean you "fell" for a statistic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UGA is a high quality school that students can go to for free or nearly free.

Why are you concerned?

Not really concerned. But we fell for the "100% attend college" and when I saw most attended the same college, I wondered if we'd been had.

Atlanta families are making the same calculation with respect to UGA that Northern Virginia families make about UVA - it's got great bang for the buck. Why go out of state when you have an excellent, affordable university in your state?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UGA is a high quality school that students can go to for free or nearly free.

Why are you concerned?

Not really concerned. But we fell for the "100% attend college" and when I saw most attended the same college, I wondered if we'd been had.

Atlanta families are making the same calculation with respect to UGA that Northern Virginia families make about UVA - it's got great bang for the buck. Why go out of state when you have an excellent, affordable university in your state?

Better yet, UGA is FREE for most kids there, versus having to pay approximately $160,000 to send your kid to UVA instate for four years. Crazy.

[Anonymous]

UGA has become quite popular among NoVa kids. I can imagine it's even more popular when you are in-state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UGA is a high quality school that students can go to for free or nearly free.

Why are you concerned?

Not really concerned. But we fell for the "100% attend college" and when I saw most attended the same college, I wondered if we'd been had.

Why would you have been "had"? What do you mean you "fell" for a statistic?

I just assumed it wasn't that selective if 85% of recent grades were attending, but the school bragged about it like it was. Like I said, we're not from Georgia, know nothing about the same, so it was just a bit confusing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UGA is a high quality school that students can go to for free or nearly free.

Why are you concerned?

Not really concerned. But we fell for the "100% attend college" and when I saw most attended the same college, I wondered if we'd been had.

Atlanta families are making the same calculation with respect to UGA that Northern Virginia families make about UVA - it's got great bang for the buck. Why go out of state when you have an excellent, affordable university in your state?

Fair enough. I just thought it was selective, and hearing that 85% number suggested it's not. Would you be happy if your private school bragged about 100% college attendance rate, then you learned 60% of those went to community college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UGA is a high quality school that students can go to for free or nearly free.

Why are you concerned?

Not really concerned. But we fell for the "100% attend college" and when I saw most attended the same college, I wondered if we'd been had.

Atlanta families are making the same calculation with respect to UGA that Northern Virginia families make about UVA - it's got great bang for the buck. Why go out of state when you have an excellent, affordable university in your state?

Fair enough. I just thought it was selective, and hearing that 85% number suggested it's not. Would you be happy if your private school bragged about 100% college attendance rate, then you learned 60% of those went to community college?

Sure, what's wrong with community college?