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<p>This one is really the straw that broke the camel’s back for me.</p>
<p>Not liking Asian people isn’t a very strong reason for them to deny you. If anything, they’d want to increase their diversity. Maybe your teachers saw your unwillingness to accept their decisions, your arrogance, your pomposity, and honestly wrote about it. Maybe your essays rightly portrayed you as a self-entitled teenager. As a possible member of the class of 2014 with a 4.0+, six AP classes, and a 32 ACT score, and several extra curricular activities, I feel like I earned my admission. When you say “I dont think anyone will ever know for sure what uga admissions was looking for in this class besides significantly lower sat scores, less ap and honors classes, and less ec’s but congrats to those who got in - really happy for you” it really belittles all of the things I’ve worked for these past four years. You just weren’t what Georgia wanted. That’s it. </p>
<p>Plus, you’re totally doing the sour grapes thing right now. I’m sure before you saw your admissions decision, you thought UGA was a fine institution, or else you wouldn’t have applied. Now, you’re saying that UGA bashing is “well deserved.” Gee, it makes a lot of sense that you would apply to such a terrible, backwards university. </p>
<p>On a slightly less critical note, I’ll just post here what I posted on the admissions blog-</p>
<p>In regard to Edward and some of the other upset folks:</p>
<p>Sometimes a denial isn’t just about GPA or SAT scores. The admission committee also looks at who they think will fit in at the school the best, the kids who have personalities and goals that coincide with what the school is looking for. Maybe your teacher recommendations hit on some personality points that didn’t match up with what UGA is looking for, or maybe your essays just didn’t convey that certain something that fits in with the general atmosphere UGA is trying to foster. That isn’t a personal condemnation, it just means that a year down the road, you’ll probably realize that you fit in wonderfully at your current school and that the seemingly insurmountable mountain of a denial was really just a molehill.</p>
<p>I know that it stings to be told no (I’ve been rejected once already, and there are probably three more on the way), and for many people this is the first time where it feels like someone is passing judgment on them and responding with an unsatisfactory answer. Know that it’s not meant to be a personal attack- half of the applicant pool received a denial right along with you. Know that several clever, hardworking seniors were denied along with you, so you’re obviously not unworthy, you just weren’t the right fit.</p>
<p>I’m sure that all of you have wonderful schools that you were accepted to, and I’m sure that you’ll flourish wherever you end up.</p>