High School Class of 2023 Acceptances

High School Class of 2023 Acceptances

Congrats to all of our seniors!

Arizona State*
Bard*
Barnard
Baylor
Boston College
Boston U
Butler
CalPoly SLO*
Case Western*
Chapman*
Clemson*
College of Charleston*
Colorado College
Cornell*
Drexel*
Duke
Elon*
Fairfield*
Florida Gulf Coast*
Florida State
Fordham*
Georgetown*
Georgia Tech*
Haverford
Holy Cross
Indiana University + Kelley School of Business*
JMU*
Lehigh*
Loyola Marymount
Loyola MD*
LSU
Mary Washington
Miami Ohio*
Michigan State*
NJIT
Northeastern*
NYU*
Ohio State*
Penn State*
Providence College*
Purdue
Quinnipiac
Reed*
Rice*
Santa Clara*
Sarah Lawrence*
Scripps
SDSU*
Seton Hall
Southern Methodist University*
St. Johns
SUNY Binghamton*
SUNY Buffalo*
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY Stony Brook*
Syracuse*
Tampa*
TCU
Towson
Tulane*
University of Alabama*
University of Arizona*
University of California, Berkeley*
University of California, Davis*
University of California, Irvine*
University of California, Santa Barbara*
University of California, Santa Cruz*
University of California, San Diego*
University of Colorado, Boulder*
University of Connecticut
University of Delaware*
University of Denver
University of Illinois
University of Florida*
University of Illinois*
University of Maryland*
University of Massachusetts, Amherst*
University of Miami*
University of Michigan*
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill*
University of Oregon
University of Pittsburgh*
University of Rhode Island
University of Richmond*
University of Rochester*
University of South Carolina*
University of Southern California*
University of Tampa*
University of Texas, Austin* (including Plan II Honors)
University of Texas, Dallas
University of Vermont*
University of Washington*
University of Wisconsin*
Vanderbilt*
Villanova*
WashU*
Wellesley

and probably a few more (not all students report full results)!

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Public Flagships Are Hard to Get Into!

Public Flagships Are Hard to Get Into!

UGA continued to serve up a competitive EA round, especially for out-of-staters. Look for other public flagships to do the same again this year (we’re looking at you UF, UNC, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and of course the more selective UCs). 

The UGA admissions blog is a must-follow, but if you want to make even more sense out of data they shared, head to Edison Prep’s website.

It is crucial for students to maintain excellent grades in rigorous classes, raise their GPA if possible, and consider the impact of test scores; at schools like UGA, and we would argue MANY other schools—even those that are test-optional—they matter.

Academic rigor continues to be far more important than extracurricular activities, with the average EA applicant (not admitted student!) having 9+ AP/IB classes by graduation. 
Senior Associate Director of UGA Admissions David Graves posted a quote on the UGA Blog that we still sincerely wish were included at the top of every UGA mailer: “When parents or students say that their schedule is already so busy with other activities that it is tough to handle challenging courses…instead of dropping rigorous courses, maybe an activity could be dropped.” We tell students daily that no one has ever been ever rejected for having too low of a “play practice score,” but millions of applications are rejected each year for low GPA, low rigor, and/or low SAT/ACT scores. Activities matter if and once your core academic metrics are in the right ballpark.

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