<p>When I said “it is not like EA admission is easier”, I was talking about the decision process, not the amount of work you have to do for the application. But if you have no serious shot at EA, why delay doing part II of the application? And you always run the risk of being denied EA if your overall GPA is really low (and you have not given UGA a chance to look at first sem. senior grades). As for legacy, just because another SEC school is not honest about the process, it does not mean UGA is like that. When a school puts it down in writing (the Urban Legend site) and made it a policy 5 years ago (see <a href=“Proposal would ban legacy programs)-third%5B/url%5D”>Proposal would ban legacy programs)-third</a> of the way down along with Texas A&M, then I would generally believe it.</p>
<p>If you apply RD, you give yourself more time to complete the app, you give the school more information before an initial decision (first sem grades, later SAT/ACT), and you are being realistic. And while your SAT is strong, I believe that it is just under the average for this years admitted class at UGA.</p>