University of Georgia

[Anonymous]

daughter rejected: 4.0 GPA, 1360 SAT, Hospital Volunteer, etc.

No feedback on why she was rejected.
My impression of UGA is that her grades/scores would have more than gained her entry a few years ago.
My brother went pre-med there and my sister did graduate accounting there. Neither of them had a 4.0 or that high an SAT so I don't understand what has changed.

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Anonymous wrote:Most public universities won’t lower themselves by offering ED.
Of course UVA is an exception

But UVA is better than GT and UGA.

It is absolutely not better than GT. You all seriously underestimate these schools.

GT is only good at engineering and some STEM. UVA is better for almost everything else.

GT doesn’t offer “everything else” and they are better at everything they do offer. UVA is a great school but no one can seriously claim that it’s “better than GT.” They are different kinds of schools and GT is one of the best at what they do.

As a UVA grad I completely agree. GT is one of the absolute best for CS and Engineering.

But not for liberal arts and humanities which is the largest College (population of students) at UVA so you are comparing apples to oranges

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the folks on here bashing Georgia have kids that didn't get in.

It is hard to get into, It's a great school, it's the second best college town next to Boulder.

Go Dawgs

Great college town. Blows away College Park and Charlottesville in that category.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the folks on here bashing Georgia have kids that didn't get in.

It is hard to get into, It's a great school, it's the second best college town next to Boulder.
Go Dawgs

Great college town. Blows away College Park and Charlottesville in that category.

Love Athens. Love Boulder. Like Charlottesville a lot. Madison crushes them all, though. (I can see a skier preferring Boulder, of course, but town-for-town, it's no contest.)

[Anonymous]

Ew, no

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Anonymous wrote:Why must Emory supporters infiltrate every thread and try to make it about them? It’s so tiresome.

half the people who say they go to Emory are actually at the Oxford Campus.

That would be because they are. Oxford College and Emory College are both campuses of Emory University.

Oxford is a 2-year college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:daughter rejected: 4.0 GPA, 1360 SAT, Hospital Volunteer, etc.

No feedback on why she was rejected.
My impression of UGA is that her grades/scores would have more than gained her entry a few years ago.
My brother went pre-med there and my sister did graduate accounting there. Neither of them had a 4.0 or that high an SAT so I don't understand what has changed.

What has changed is top students now want large flagships in addition to or in place of traditionally popular privates, probably for the rah rah experience. Also there has been a shift in more students wanting to go south. So, places like UGA now attract a completely different student.

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Anonymous wrote:Most public universities won’t lower themselves by offering ED.
Of course UVA is an exception

But UVA is better than GT and UGA.

It is absolutely not better than GT. You all seriously underestimate these schools.

GT is only good at engineering and some STEM. UVA is better for almost everything else.

GT doesn’t offer “everything else” and they are better at everything they do offer. UVA is a great school but no one can seriously claim that it’s “better than GT.” They are different kinds of schools and GT is one of the best at what they do.

As a UVA grad I completely agree. GT is one of the absolute best for CS and Engineering.

But not for liberal arts and humanities which is the largest College (population of students) at UVA so you are comparing apples to oranges

I was agreeing with the PPs statement: “They are different kinds of schools and GT is one of the best at what they do.” They’re both excellent schools with different focuses.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most public universities won’t lower themselves by offering ED.
Of course UVA is an exception

But UVA is better than GT and UGA.

It is absolutely not better than GT. You all seriously underestimate these schools.

GT is only good at engineering and some STEM. UVA is better for almost everything else.

GT doesn’t offer “everything else” and they are better at everything they do offer. UVA is a great school but no one can seriously claim that it’s “better than GT.” They are different kinds of schools and GT is one of the best at what they do.

As a UVA grad I completely agree. GT is one of the absolute best for CS and Engineering.

But not for liberal arts and humanities which is the largest College (population of students) at UVA so you are comparing apples to oranges

An apple is better than an orange if yo want an apple. GT is better at everything it emphasizes than UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:daughter rejected: 4.0 GPA, 1360 SAT, Hospital Volunteer, etc.

No feedback on why she was rejected.
My impression of UGA is that her grades/scores would have more than gained her entry a few years ago.
My brother went pre-med there and my sister did graduate accounting there. Neither of them had a 4.0 or that high an SAT so I don't understand what has changed.

One big change is Hope and Zell scholarships keep high performing kids instate. That has raised the bar for acceptance and also the caliber of students applying, just makes it a more difficult admit.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the folks on here bashing Georgia have kids that didn't get in.

It is hard to get into, It's a great school, it's the second best college town next to Boulder.
Go Dawgs

Great college town. Blows away College Park and Charlottesville in that category.

Love Athens. Love Boulder. Like Charlottesville a lot. Madison crushes them all, though. (I can see a skier preferring Boulder, of course, but town-for-town, it's no contest.)

You're reminding me that my nephew was rejected at top choice W and heading to UGA (and trying to convince himself that Athens will be ok, even though he loved Madison).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:daughter rejected: 4.0 GPA, 1360 SAT, Hospital Volunteer, etc.

No feedback on why she was rejected.
My impression of UGA is that her grades/scores would have more than gained her entry a few years ago.
My brother went pre-med there and my sister did graduate accounting there. Neither of them had a 4.0 or that high an SAT so I don't understand what has changed.

One big change is Hope and Zell scholarships keep high performing kids instate. That has raised the bar for acceptance and also the caliber of students applying, just makes it a more difficult admit.

And easier grading in high school so that Georgia residents qualify under the state scholarship programs open to all who attain a certain minimum GPA.

[Anonymous]

I gotta think that being two-time NCAA football national champions boosted their popularity a lot.
And it has been coming up in the rankings.
Lovely campus and, as mentioned, a great college town also helps.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the folks on here bashing Georgia have kids that didn't get in.

It is hard to get into, It's a great school, it's the second best college town next to Boulder.
Go Dawgs

Great college town. Blows away College Park and Charlottesville in that category.

Love Athens. Love Boulder. Like Charlottesville a lot. Madison crushes them all, though. (I can see a skier preferring Boulder, of course, but town-for-town, it's no contest.)

You're reminding me that my nephew was rejected at top choice W and heading to UGA (and trying to convince himself that Athens will be ok, even though he loved Madison).

He'll love Athens and UGA, no doubt. Don't even sweat that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the folks on here bashing Georgia have kids that didn't get in.

It is hard to get into, It's a great school, it's the second best college town next to Boulder.
Go Dawgs

Great college town. Blows away College Park and Charlottesville in that category.

Love Athens. Love Boulder. Like Charlottesville a lot. Madison crushes them all, though. (I can see a skier preferring Boulder, of course, but town-for-town, it's no contest.)

Madison is awesome.