Maybe 15 years ago Michigan was a harder admit, but not in the year 2025. The sheer increase in volume of in state and out of state applicants is mind-boggling. Being test mandatory, there is no hiding poor performing applicants like test optional.

Very hard admit from my kid’s DC private that has no AP or IB curriculum. They were told directly by CCO that Georgia is a MUCH harder admit than Michigan for this school. The reason why is UGA does not weight for honors when they recalculate their GPA, so there is no way to get above a 4.0 in their system for any kid at this HS. And without a GPA above a 4.0, OOS admission is virtually impossible. I don’t even think they make it to the next round.

My kid had 1 B+ in a rigorous school honors class (and had several honors classes each year) but that can't compete with kids who take a ton of AP or IB and therefore end up with a higher weighted GPA with many more Bs. They also take a much higher percentage in-state than Michigan or Wisconsin.

But in a school with AP/IB, I can see it being pretty equal to Michigan or Wisconsin - though Michigan ED will change the ballgame. Also, Georgia is very transparent about their admissions standards in their website if anyone wants more info.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a tough admit OOS but it’s also become a lot tougher for in-state kids.

lol

+1
Talk to me when its median SAT crosses Wisconsin's

UGA is test required. Wisconsin is TO. Go DAWGS!

+100 Are people really this stupid? Seriously. I am a huge Wisconsin fan, but don’t brag about Wisconsins median SAT when half the kids went test optional. UGA is test required. Come back and brag when Wisconsin requires test scores.

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Anonymous wrote:UGA is a harder admit than most other public flagship. I know our school it's harder to get into than Florida, Michigan, Clemson. It is hot.

Florida and Michigan?!? C'mon man. Evidence please.

Different poster here. It's a harder admit than Michigan from my senior's school too.
Michigan is great but it's not a particularly difficult admit from some schools.

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Anonymous wrote:UGA is a harder admit than most other public flagship. I know our school it's harder to get into than Florida, Michigan, Clemson. It is hot.

Interesting that there were no early in-state admits from 30 of Georgia's 159 counties.

If you've been to Georgia you know there are a lot of poor counties with poor school systems. And unlike NC, they don't guarantee admission to the top student(s) in each county.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a tough admit OOS but it’s also become a lot tougher for in-state kids.

lol

+1
Talk to me when its median SAT crosses Wisconsin's

UGA is test required. Wisconsin is TO. Go DAWGS!

Anonymous wrote:UGA is a harder admit than most other public flagship. I know our school it's harder to get into than Florida, Michigan, Clemson. It is hot.

Florida and Michigan?!? C'mon man. Evidence please.

Anonymous wrote:UGA is a harder admit than most other public flagship. I know our school it's harder to get into than Florida, Michigan, Clemson. It is hot.

Interesting that there were no early in-state admits from 30 of Georgia's 159 counties.

UGA is a harder admit than most other public flagship. I know our school it's harder to get into than Florida, Michigan, Clemson. It is hot.

Anonymous wrote:It’s a tough admit OOS but it’s also become a lot tougher for in-state kids.

Looks like 2026 in-state EA acceptance was 46%
13,530 in-state EA applications
6,100 EA in-state offers of admission

https://www.admissions.uga.edu/blog/2026-ea-in-state-decisions/

This is actually a higher acceptance rate EA in-state than last cycle 2025
42%
12,860 EA in-state applicants
5,350 EA in-state offers of admission

https://www.admissions.uga.edu/blog/2025-in-state-ea-decision-information/

Most of us are in the DC area here. UGA was in state only yesterday. The UGA admissions blog posts the admissions stats for this round, if you haven’t seen them. The admitted student stats are sky high, especially when you consider that they are test required.

OOS is mid Dec

It’s a tough admit OOS but it’s also become a lot tougher for in-state kids.

In-state decisions came out yesterday.

1st "big" EA drop this year and was curious if there were any tea leaf reading.
I know UGA is Hot