University of Georgia

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Anonymous wrote:UGA and FLA are hard to get into, so don't treat them as a likely or a safe school.

FL is difficult for Florida residents to get into.

Many end up attending community college first and then transferring into FL.

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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.

UGA is on par with UVA

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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.

UGA is on par with UVA

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Anonymous wrote:Ga Tech waitlisted a NMF and UGA only accepted a kid with a 4.7 from our oos school. Anyone who dismisses these schools as easy admits has no idea what they’re talking about and is just prejudiced because they’re southern schools. Suggesting these as “safeties” is setting your kid up for a real blow to their ego.

GA Tech is a safety school for MIT.

It’s not a safety for anyone.

Exactly, Gatech had a 10 percent oos acceptance rate for EA this year, RD will be lower.

EA is GTs harderst round, so RD won't be lower. Emory's overall acceptance rate is typically lower as GT hardest EA round. Last year GTs EA2 round was 13%. Emorys overall rate last year was 11% and its RD rare was 9% .

Emory takes well over 30 percent of the kids who apply ED1.

Private schools typically have ED while public schools EA. Elite privates do that because they can get strong students to apply and commit early. If UGA or GATech switched EA to ED would the caliber of students that apply early remain the same for them? Seems as if UGA and GT don't think so or they would offer ED by now. Emorys tests scores are higher even before test optional, with ED and without engineering.

ED is the easiest way for schools to maintain yield. I think it’s commendable that top public universities don’t offer ED for the most part.

Emory also has one of the highest percentages of international students. They definitely utilize all the “cook the books” tricks to preserve their ranking.

On the positive side, they also take a large number of Questbridge students.

Wait how is this a bad thing? Aren't internationals full pay?

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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.

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OP, there’s a show on CNN about the Murdocks and Lafittes in South Carolina. These are the circles you’re talking about.

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, there’s a show on CNN about the Murdocks and Lafittes in South Carolina. These are the circles you’re talking about.

Sorry- wrong thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Ga Tech waitlisted a NMF and UGA only accepted a kid with a 4.7 from our oos school. Anyone who dismisses these schools as easy admits has no idea what they’re talking about and is just prejudiced because they’re southern schools. Suggesting these as “safeties” is setting your kid up for a real blow to their ego.

GA Tech is a safety school for MIT.

It’s not a safety for anyone.

Exactly, Gatech had a 10 percent oos acceptance rate for EA this year, RD will be lower.

EA is GTs harderst round, so RD won't be lower. Emory's overall acceptance rate is typically lower as GT hardest EA round. Last year GTs EA2 round was 13%. Emorys overall rate last year was 11% and its RD rare was 9% .

Emory takes well over 30 percent of the kids who apply ED1.

Private schools typically have ED while public schools EA. Elite privates do that because they can get strong students to apply and commit early. If UGA or GATech switched EA to ED would the caliber of students that apply early remain the same for them? Seems as if UGA and GT don't think so or they would offer ED by now. Emorys tests scores are higher even before test optional, with ED and without engineering.

ED is the easiest way for schools to maintain yield. I think it’s commendable that top public universities don’t offer ED for the most part.

Emory also has one of the highest percentages of international students. They definitely utilize all the “cook the books” tricks to preserve their ranking.

On the positive side, they also take a large number of Questbridge students.

Wait how is this a bad thing? Aren't internationals full pay?

It compensates for lower interest from domestic students.

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My cousins daughter (GA resident) was accepted to Emory with a scholarship but waitlisted at UGA. Do with that information what you will. Because of UGAs football team this year being #1 as silly as it sounds is going to be very competitive to get into UGA.

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Anonymous wrote:My cousins daughter (GA resident) was accepted to Emory with a scholarship but waitlisted at UGA. Do with that information what you will. Because of UGAs football team this year being #1 as silly as it sounds is going to be very competitive to get into UGA.

That’s only because she’s a GA resident and everyone in Georgia wants to attend in-state schools because it’s free. Emory is not. Also Emory is considered more of a grad school for Georgia residents and is not a place that your average HS grad wants to attend. It’s jokingly called “long island university of Atlanta.” I attended a large HS with grads going to schools all over the country. I don’t know anyone who went to Emory for undergrad.

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Anonymous wrote:My cousins daughter (GA resident) was accepted to Emory with a scholarship but waitlisted at UGA. Do with that information what you will. Because of UGAs football team this year being #1 as silly as it sounds is going to be very competitive to get into UGA.

That’s only because she’s a GA resident and everyone in Georgia wants to attend in-state schools because it’s free. Emory is not. Also Emory is considered more of a grad school for Georgia residents and is not a place that your average HS grad wants to attend. It’s jokingly called “long island university of Atlanta.” I attended a large HS with grads going to schools all over the country. I don’t know anyone who went to Emory for undergrad.

It's even harder to be admitted to Georgia OOS.

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Anonymous wrote:UGA and FLA are hard to get into, so don't treat them as a likely or a safe school.

FL is difficult for Florida residents to get into.

Many end up attending community college first and then transferring into FL.

Umm yes FL is hard to get into for FL residents but it is also hard to get into OOS. They do love DMV kids but still difficult. Last year OOS admission was mid 20’s and this year likely to be under 20% and high average SATs—no test optional. The think about UF is if you want to go, there are several pathways, including community college and summer admissions, etc but straight Fall admission is very competitive to get in.

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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 is what it is, and it is better than UVA in almost all significant shared fields of study.

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Anonymous wrote:Ga Tech waitlisted a NMF and UGA only accepted a kid with a 4.7 from our oos school. Anyone who dismisses these schools as easy admits has no idea what they’re talking about and is just prejudiced because they’re southern schools. Suggesting these as “safeties” is setting your kid up for a real blow to their ego.

GA Tech is a safety school for MIT.

It’s not a safety for anyone.

Exactly, Gatech had a 10 percent oos acceptance rate for EA this year, RD will be lower.

EA is GTs harderst round, so RD won't be lower. Emory's overall acceptance rate is typically lower as GT hardest EA round. Last year GTs EA2 round was 13%. Emorys overall rate last year was 11% and its RD rare was 9% .

Emory takes well over 30 percent of the kids who apply ED1.

Private schools typically have ED while public schools EA. Elite privates do that because they can get strong students to apply and commit early. If UGA or GATech switched EA to ED would the caliber of students that apply early remain the same for them? Seems as if UGA and GT don't think so or they would offer ED by now. Emorys tests scores are higher even before test optional, with ED and without engineering.

ED is the easiest way for schools to maintain yield. I think it’s commendable that top public universities don’t offer ED for the most part.

Emory also has one of the highest percentages of international students. They definitely utilize all the “cook the books” tricks to preserve their ranking.

On the positive side, they also take a large number of Questbridge students.

Wait how is this a bad thing? Aren't internationals full pay?

It compensates for lower interest from domestic students.

You think internationals students would know more about Emory than domestics? This logic sounds very flawed to me. Seems obvious Emory just wants more full pay students.