Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 12:14     Subject: UGA EA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:From social media, sounds like 20k+ OOS apps with 4600 admits. 32-25 ACT/1400-1510 SAT and 4.18-4.43 recalculated core GPA.


Those averages will generally come down after Regular Admission admits as EA admits will have the highest mean stats. Also, from total early action both in-state and OOS - 34,280 Applied and 10,760 were accepted. Acceptance rate for all EA is 31.3 %.


Yes, but overall acceptance rate is not that helpful. I wish all the big public flagships would break it down instate/oos. Not helpful for a kid to see a 31% total acceptance rate when it is closer to 21%.



IvyWise has a helpful chart of acceptance and yield rates for schools over the last few years and it includes in state and OOS rates for many publics.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 10:25     Subject: UGA EA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This board is funny. Are you really splitting hairs over whether the OOS EA acceptance rate is “closer to 21%” vs 22.4%? That is a distinction without a difference in my book.

Congrats to the kids headed to Georgia next year. It seems like a fun place to get a degree!


Yeah because being accurate in admission stats is not that important. :/


21% and 22.4% are not statistically different. Sorry UGA lives rent free in your head.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 10:16     Subject: UGA EA
Anonymous wrote:This board is funny. Are you really splitting hairs over whether the OOS EA acceptance rate is “closer to 21%” vs 22.4%? That is a distinction without a difference in my book.

Congrats to the kids headed to Georgia next year. It seems like a fun place to get a degree!


Yeah because being accurate in admission stats is not that important. :/
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 10:15     Subject: Re:UGA EA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They’re not accepting your over qualified kids because they’re assuming they can do much better (and they can).
This makes no sense, if anyone here was overqualified, theywwould be getting the big merit scholarships like city scholars


yeah because they just hand those out like candy, right? C'mon now.


Wrong again. What’s your problem and why won’t you stop repeating misinformation? If you’re overqualified they will give you a scholarship or honors.

We see this with VT too. Some parents just refuse to accept that their kid didn’t get in therefore it must be yield protection. It’s pathetic, really. But that argument fails when you remember truly overqualified kids are admitted AND given an incentive to attend.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 10:13     Subject: UGA EA
This board is funny. Are you really splitting hairs over whether the OOS EA acceptance rate is “closer to 21%” vs 22.4%? That is a distinction without a difference in my book.

Congrats to the kids headed to Georgia next year. It seems like a fun place to get a degree!
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 09:31     Subject: Re:UGA EA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They’re not accepting your over qualified kids because they’re assuming they can do much better (and they can).
This makes no sense, if anyone here was overqualified, theywwould be getting the big merit scholarships like city scholars


yeah because they just hand those out like candy, right? C'mon now.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 08:28     Subject: Re:UGA EA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They’re not accepting your over qualified kids because they’re assuming they can do much better (and they can).
This makes no sense, if anyone here was overqualified, theywwould be getting the big merit scholarships like city scholars


+100
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 22:36     Subject: Re:UGA EA
Anonymous wrote:They’re not accepting your over qualified kids because they’re assuming they can do much better (and they can).
This makes no sense, if anyone here was overqualified, theywwould be getting the big merit scholarships like city scholars
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 21:43     Subject: UGA EA
20,730 out of state apps, accepted 4,600 is the 22%
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 21:39     Subject: UGA EA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:From social media, sounds like 20k+ OOS apps with 4600 admits. 32-25 ACT/1400-1510 SAT and 4.18-4.43 recalculated core GPA.


Those averages will generally come down after Regular Admission admits as EA admits will have the highest mean stats. Also, from total early action both in-state and OOS - 34,280 Applied and 10,760 were accepted. Acceptance rate for all EA is 31.3 %.


Yes, but overall acceptance rate is not that helpful. I wish all the big public flagships would break it down instate/oos. Not helpful for a kid to see a 31% total acceptance rate when it is closer to 21%.



it's higher than 21%


They give you the numbers. You just have to do a little math. It's 22.4%
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 21:16     Subject: UGA EA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:From social media, sounds like 20k+ OOS apps with 4600 admits. 32-25 ACT/1400-1510 SAT and 4.18-4.43 recalculated core GPA.


Those averages will generally come down after Regular Admission admits as EA admits will have the highest mean stats. Also, from total early action both in-state and OOS - 34,280 Applied and 10,760 were accepted. Acceptance rate for all EA is 31.3 %.


Yes, but overall acceptance rate is not that helpful. I wish all the big public flagships would break it down instate/oos. Not helpful for a kid to see a 31% total acceptance rate when it is closer to 21%.



it's higher than 21%
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 18:19     Subject: UGA EA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did Georgia say how many OOS were deferred vs. rejected? We were surprised by the deferral. 12 APs, high GPA, 35 ACT not superscored.


With those stats I'm guessing deferment is sort of a yield protect in the sense to see if at regular admission you are still really interested and committed to going to UGA or they will know if you have moved on to better options for your kid and UGA wasn't your #1.


How many times do people have to explain that UGA doesn’t yield protect.


No kidding, but they do realize an applicant with those stats is more likely than not to be heading elsewhere and UGA is not their dream school. So defer it down the road and see if they are still truly interested.


How would they manage this for 50k apps? Just defer thousands of kids? What about legacy kids or those really high stat kids that do want to attend? What about things like scholarships and honors offers that increase yield for high stat kids? You really think they just defer all those kids? Come on, stop spreading misinformation and use your head a little.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 16:44     Subject: UGA EA
Longtime GA resident here (moved from DMV). Congrats to all your kids who got in EA and fingers crossed for the ones who were deferred. Great school and Athens is a fun college town- during all my time here, I’ve only met one person who did not enjoy their time or value their experience at UGA.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 15:39     Subject: UGA EA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:From social media, sounds like 20k+ OOS apps with 4600 admits. 32-25 ACT/1400-1510 SAT and 4.18-4.43 recalculated core GPA.


Those averages will generally come down after Regular Admission admits as EA admits will have the highest mean stats. Also, from total early action both in-state and OOS - 34,280 Applied and 10,760 were accepted. Acceptance rate for all EA is 31.3 %.


Yes, but overall acceptance rate is not that helpful. I wish all the big public flagships would break it down instate/oos. Not helpful for a kid to see a 31% total acceptance rate when it is closer to 21%.

Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 14:54     Subject: UGA EA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did Georgia say how many OOS were deferred vs. rejected? We were surprised by the deferral. 12 APs, high GPA, 35 ACT not superscored.


With those stats I'm guessing deferment is sort of a yield protect in the sense to see if at regular admission you are still really interested and committed to going to UGA or they will know if you have moved on to better options for your kid and UGA wasn't your #1.


How many times do people have to explain that UGA doesn’t yield protect.


They don't yield protect. I would take the deferral as something like - we really like you but don't have enough space to keep the in state out of state balance until we start hearing back from others. I would think chances are good that they will eventually get in.

Sorry for the deferral, it stinks to not know. Mine got in yesterday but then also got in to their ED as well. I suspect there are many others like this.


Agreed