On UGA, Georgia Tech, and Bands From the 1990's

 

Has anyone from the Class of 2013 heard of this band?

 

On Tuesday, Mrs. Maglio and I attended a counselor breakfast with representatives from Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia. We learned some fun and important facts about each school, and appreciated their Southern hospitality in treating us to a lovely breakfast!

Georgia Tech

·         Forty percent of their states hail from out of state.

·         They were recently rated the second “greenest” campus in the US.

·        They have six different colleges to which you can apply and 12,000 undergraduates in total. Note than two-thirds of their undergraduates are in the School of Engineering.

·         They graduate the most female engineers in the country!

·        The factors that they consider when reviewing your application are your GPA, standardized test scores, extracurriculars and essay (NOT RECOMMENDATIONS!)

·        Their mid range test scores are 1960-2160 and they will superscore both your SAT and ACT. Actually, they used the word "superduperscore" (a new word in college admissions) to highlight the fact that they will combine SAT and ACT subscores if that helps a student in the process.

·        Last year they received 14,731 applications and aditted 54.5% of the applicants. Deadlines: Early Action by October 15^th or Regular Decision by January 10th.

 

 University of Georgia

·         They have 17 undergraduate schools and 170 different majors.

·         In total, they have 35,000 students of which 26,000 are undergraduates.

·        Don't panic about the size because the average class size is 39 students and 80 percent of classes have 40 or fewer students

·         Athens is a huge music town- the bands REM and the B-52s (do high school students know who these bands are?) got their start in Athens and they approximate that 1 out of every 5 students at UGA is in a band!

·         They have a new program called First Year Odyssey where all first year students take a small seminar class.

·        Factors for the Early Action review process are your GPA, academic rigor and standardized test scores (recommendations, essays, and activities are not considered for Early Action but students should still fill out the activity section of the application carefully because it will be reviewed for scholarship and honors consideration later).

·         Last year UGA received 18, 954 applications and accepted 10, 454 students. Deadlines: Early Action is October 15^th or Regular Decision is January 15th.

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