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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kid will get into most of the schools in his mind's eye:

Clemson, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky or any of the confederate states.

Probably not UT-Austin or Vanderbilt.[/quote]

With those stats, a student can omit UGA and Clemson from your "confederate"  :roll: state schools. [/quote]
I know [b]students admitted to those schools with lower GPAs. [/b]

I don't understand the problem, unless OP is against the schools themselves. There is no reason to assume he would not be admitted to Ole Miss, LSU, Tenn, Kentucky, Alabama, or some schools in FL. [/quote]

I call BS (for UGA, at least).  UGA and Clemson are NOT easy to get into.  I get it, you hate red (confederate 🙄) states.

From UGA Admissions class of 2026 information;

Here are some rough statistics on the Entire Freshman Admitted Class of 2026-November, February and March waves, where we admitted 16,600+ students total, which is somewhat above last year’s offers of admission (I do not have separate data on just the final group, sorry):
UGA Calculated Grade Point Average mid-range/average:  4.00 – 4.30, with a 4.16 average
Please remember this is not the GPA students see on their high school transcript, but rather the GPA that UGA recalculates for everyone based on the core academic courses taken in high school and looking at the actual grades posted on the transcripts. Roughly 90% of the HS core grades were A’s, and 9+% were B’s, thus showing the academic strength of the accepted group.
AP/IB/Dual Enrollment course mid-range/average: 7-12 courses, average of 10
We determine academic rigor based on all core classes a student has taken (CP, Honors, Advanced, AP, IB, DE, etc.) as compared to what is offered in the school/community. This is not based simply on the number of AP/IB/DE courses, but instead we look at the overall coursework over four years in the core areas and the progression of rigor over the years. The AP/IB/DE information is the most specific data I can give on it, but the numbers do not cover all of our curriculum review.
SAT Total mid-range for students: 1350-1480
This data is based on admitted students where the SAT was the strongest score if both SAT and ACT were submitted or if the SAT was the only test taken and sent.
ACT Composite mid-range for students:  31-34
Remember, UGA focuses on ACT E and M. For reporting purposes, we give out the best score overall ACT score, but the ACT E and M are very similar to the overall score.
This data is based on admitted students where the ACT was the strongest score if both SAT and ACT were submitted or if the ACT was the only test taken and sent.
For the 2026 class, the biggest academic factors were still a student’s grades and course rigor, as these are the best indicators of future success @ UGA.[/quote]
You call BS that I know people were admitted to GA and Clemson with less than a 3.9? OK, I guess I imagined it. Lol. And for the record, I am not the poster who wrote "confederate states."[/quote]

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