UGA EA Stats and decisions dates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:30 years ago who would have thought that UGA would be as (if not more) competitive as Emory, if not more so. The Zell Scholarship was such a brilliant idea!

It's interesting to note that the HOPE scholarship program (the precursor to the Zell Scholarship) barely passed when voters approved it 51% to 49% in 1992.

HOPE also had income caps for its first two years ($66k and $100k) before the state removed the caps. Within the first few years of creating HOPE, the state began awarding merit-based scholarships to the children of very wealthy Georgia residents. It's a fascinating program on many levels.

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/hope-scholarship/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:30 years ago who would have thought that UGA would be as (if not more) competitive as Emory, if not more so. The Zell Scholarship was such a brilliant idea!

I don’t quite understand the comment…in state UGA acceptance is like 50%.

It is a much tougher admit coming from the stronger public high schools and top private schools in state, because so many kids are applying due to HOPE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30 years ago who would have thought that UGA would be as (if not more) competitive as Emory, if not more so. The Zell Scholarship was such a brilliant idea!

I don’t quite understand the comment…in state UGA acceptance is like 50%.

It is a much tougher admit coming from the stronger public high schools and top private schools in state, because so many kids are applying due to HOPE.

Ok, I guess. Is it just free tuition? Is $10k for an instate kid from a top private particularly meaningful?

I mean, if I am paying $40k to send them to an Atlanta private, then for some reason avoiding $10k for instate tuition is meaningful?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30 years ago who would have thought that UGA would be as (if not more) competitive as Emory, if not more so. The Zell Scholarship was such a brilliant idea!

I don’t quite understand the comment…in state UGA acceptance is like 50%.

It is a much tougher admit coming from the stronger public high schools and top private schools in state, because so many kids are applying due to HOPE.

Ok, I guess. Is it just free tuition? Is $10k for an instate kid from a top private particularly meaningful?

I mean, if I am paying $40k to send them to an Atlanta private, then for some reason avoiding $10k for instate tuition is meaningful?

Parents are starting to realize that attending private schools like Lovett, Woodward, St. Pius, etc., can actually have a negative impact when applying to UGA and GT, as well as prominent out-of-state institutions. Many have moved their students to public high schools where they face less competition from achieving students.

[Anonymous]

Congrats everyone! If there’s any chance your kid will go, pay the security deposit $35? $50? on Monday morning. Be ready to go at your computer (or tell your kid) by 5:30 am.., speed through the prompts and pay deposit to get your priority. Your kid will probably get an email this weekend- make sure they have everything you/they need to do this.
Housing priority is no joke.
5:30 am is too early but they won’t tell you exactly when it opens. So best be ready. And hit refresh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congrats everyone! If there’s any chance your kid will go, pay the security deposit $35? $50? on Monday morning. Be ready to go at your computer (or tell your kid) by 5:30 am.., speed through the prompts and pay deposit to get your priority. Your kid will probably get an email this weekend- make sure they have everything you/they need to do this.
Housing priority is no joke.
5:30 am is too early but they won’t tell you exactly when it opens. So best be ready. And hit refresh.

It’s sad what you public school parents have to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:deferred. 10 ap- rest honors if available. FCPS. UGA gpa 4.0

one of her recs i saw, amazing, the book essay was really good too.

hoping for a march yes.

Test score?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30 years ago who would have thought that UGA would be as (if not more) competitive as Emory, if not more so. The Zell Scholarship was such a brilliant idea!

I don’t quite understand the comment…in state UGA acceptance is like 50%.

It is a much tougher admit coming from the stronger public high schools and top private schools in state, because so many kids are applying due to HOPE.

Ok, I guess. Is it just free tuition? Is $10k for an instate kid from a top private particularly meaningful?

I mean, if I am paying $40k to send them to an Atlanta private, then for some reason avoiding $10k for instate tuition is meaningful?

I'm the PP you're responding to, and that is definitely a fair point! I think it's that they're avoiding $80k+ for a private college or $65k+ for out of state public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats everyone! If there’s any chance your kid will go, pay the security deposit $35? $50? on Monday morning. Be ready to go at your computer (or tell your kid) by 5:30 am.., speed through the prompts and pay deposit to get your priority. Your kid will probably get an email this weekend- make sure they have everything you/they need to do this.
Housing priority is no joke.
5:30 am is too early but they won’t tell you exactly when it opens. So best be ready. And hit refresh.

It’s sad what you public school parents have to do.

Are you here to add anything or just troll? So weird. Move along to the private school boards then. Why waste your time here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30 years ago who would have thought that UGA would be as (if not more) competitive as Emory, if not more so. The Zell Scholarship was such a brilliant idea!

I don’t quite understand the comment…in state UGA acceptance is like 50%.

It is a much tougher admit coming from the stronger public high schools and top private schools in state, because so many kids are applying due to HOPE.

It is no where close to an Emory admit. That's what pp is saying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30 years ago who would have thought that UGA would be as (if not more) competitive as Emory, if not more so. The Zell Scholarship was such a brilliant idea!

I don’t quite understand the comment…in state UGA acceptance is like 50%.

It is a much tougher admit coming from the stronger public high schools and top private schools in state, because so many kids are applying due to HOPE.

Ok, I guess. Is it just free tuition? Is $10k for an instate kid from a top private particularly meaningful?

I mean, if I am paying $40k to send them to an Atlanta private, then for some reason avoiding $10k for instate tuition is meaningful?

Parents are starting to realize that attending private schools like Lovett, Woodward, St. Pius, etc., can actually have a negative impact when applying to UGA and GT, as well as prominent out-of-state institutions. Many have moved their students to public high schools where they face less competition from achieving students.

Paying for Lovett or Woodward just to get into UGA doesn't make much sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30 years ago who would have thought that UGA would be as (if not more) competitive as Emory, if not more so. The Zell Scholarship was such a brilliant idea!

I don’t quite understand the comment…in state UGA acceptance is like 50%.

It is a much tougher admit coming from the stronger public high schools and top private schools in state, because so many kids are applying due to HOPE.

Ok, I guess. Is it just free tuition? Is $10k for an instate kid from a top private particularly meaningful?

I mean, if I am paying $40k to send them to an Atlanta private, then for some reason avoiding $10k for instate tuition is meaningful?

Parents are starting to realize that attending private schools like Lovett, Woodward, St. Pius, etc., can actually have a negative impact when applying to UGA and GT, as well as prominent out-of-state institutions. Many have moved their students to public high schools where they face less competition from achieving students.

Paying for Lovett or Woodward just to get into UGA doesn't make much sense.

Perhaps not to you, but many parents choose private K-12 for reasons other than college admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30 years ago who would have thought that UGA would be as (if not more) competitive as Emory, if not more so. The Zell Scholarship was such a brilliant idea!

I don’t quite understand the comment…in state UGA acceptance is like 50%.

It is a much tougher admit coming from the stronger public high schools and top private schools in state, because so many kids are applying due to HOPE.

It is no where close to an Emory admit. That's what pp is saying.

I wasn't trying to say it is the same as Emory, but it's also no where close to 50% for kids applying from top publics (i.e. Northview, Walton, Lambert, etc.) or top privates. I don't live in Virginia, but based on comments here, it seems similar to the experience kids have graduating from TJ. I know UVA's acceptance rate is lower.

[Anonymous]

Are you guys going to start treating uga like you do wake?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30 years ago who would have thought that UGA would be as (if not more) competitive as Emory, if not more so. The Zell Scholarship was such a brilliant idea!

I don’t quite understand the comment…in state UGA acceptance is like 50%.

It is a much tougher admit coming from the stronger public high schools and top private schools in state, because so many kids are applying due to HOPE.

Ok, I guess. Is it just free tuition? Is $10k for an instate kid from a top private particularly meaningful?

I mean, if I am paying $40k to send them to an Atlanta private, then for some reason avoiding $10k for instate tuition is meaningful?

I'm the PP you're responding to, and that is definitely a fair point! I think it's that they're avoiding $80k+ for a private college or $65k+ for out of state public.

Except it’s not like someone that sends their kid to Sidwell and lives in MD cares much about paying $85k for Harvard, so they aren’t even probably applying to UMD even though that’s only $27k in state.

I guess I’m trying to understand the psychology at play…perhaps the acceptable options within say 500 miles just aren’t there?