The factual info is this then- on her PUBLIC Twitter account , the daughter indicates she was accepted to UGa and seems happy about that. A few months later, on March 22 , she says she will know “tomorrow” where she will be going to school. In 2012, UVa released decisions on March 23rd. She either did get in and chose not to attend (although there was no comment after that about an acceptance as there had been after the UGa acceptance,) or she was denied admission. My guess would be it is the latter but that is speculation. I have followed the UVa admissions blog and it took me two seconds to find out when decisions were released as I knew immediately where to look. I am not 100% sure she was referring to UVa in terms of first year admission but it seems very likely she was. She has since transferred to UVa and that is a matter of public record.
Thank you, sevmom. That was factual and non judgmental.
She commented in early January that she was sent a UGA class of 2016 tshirt. Then In Feb. she tweeted that her dad was surprising her mom with a new car.
And if she knew by early Jan that she was in UGA, she applied EA.
jym, She tweeted she was sent a UGA t shirt, not a UVa t shirt! Big difference in terms of this story.
OK, I see you corrected the UVa t shirt thing. And yes, she must have applied EA to UGA.
Yes-- that was a typo. I caught/fixed it before I saw your post # 85. Thanks.
She committed to UGA in early April. She also referenced “national stalking day” in late April, with plans to look on facebook, LOL. Kinda ironic… Am surprised she hasnt closed public access to these things.
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I am also very surprised she hasn’t closed public access to these things. Her exact tweet on March 22 in the year she started UGA was “This is the last day before I know where I’m going to college.” #itsabouttime
I wonder how much stuff from Facebook and Twitter can be used by law enforcement? The family seems to have gone to great lengths to get instate residency for Georgia, despite -all their public media stuff clearly showing she went to high school in Virginia, the parents were together, etc.
@BobWallace - It is crazy that one has to file FAFSA to get the Hope or Zell Miller since it is no longer need based. At least there is an alternative to using the FAFSA in GA.
^ I wonder why it is crazy? If the student is eligible for a Pell Grant that shows that. Also, what’s the alternative to FAFSA in GA? Thanks
Filing FAFSA is not req’d to get HOPE or Zell Miller. It is one of two options. The other option is a form that doesn’t ask for any financial info.
The new form as a substitute for FAFSA is a fairly new thing. It still asks for extensive family information, and it does ask one “sort of” financial question about whether student was claimed on parents’ tax forms.
The Georgia form used to ask for financial info. They keep threatening at least yearly to change the HOPE/Zell to be for only people making under a certain income limit (under $60,000 has been mentioned before). I believe at some point they will make it so most kids will no longer be eligible for Hope/Zell and it will no longer be merit based. My current college Junior has it but I doubt that it will still be available for my High school freshman.
Are you guys referring to the GSFAPPS form (Ga student finance commission)? I think its been around for 10 years, since the fact sheet I just looked at is dated 2005!
Some of you guys in states with good public schools that seem to give aid regardless of income are lucky (and I may be misunderstanding how that even works)… I am always confused about how these things work ( Hope, Bright Futures, etc), We are in Virginia and most aid was/is need based for top students. If you are instate and your kid wants to go to UVa or VT or W & M (quite common) , you will most likely be full pay if you have a decent income. UVa for instance has about 30 Jefferson Scholars a year ( everything free ) but that program is administered by the private Jefferson Foundation, not by the University. The Honors Programs at UVa have no money attached. Maryland has Honors Programs as well but they seem to be more inclined to attach money to it ( at least it seems that way as a family member seems to be getting book money, scholarship money, despite her parents being well off). But I am not a Maryland resident so I am sure those from Maryland have a more accurate idea of how all of that works.
I certainly agree! My son just started at Georgia Tech today, and he is getting free tuition via the Zell Miller scholarship. He has to maintain a 3.3 GPA to retain that.
Most in-state students at GT will at least start out with free tuition, because the Zell Miller requirements (3.7 GPA, 26 ACT) are below the average for GT admission. And the benefits are awarded regardless of income. (When HOPE was initiated, incomes over $100,000 were excluded, but that restriction was lifted soon after the program started.)
HOPE covers about 80% of tuition, and for that you only need 3.0 GPA. Students who don’t qualify out of high school can go to Community College and qualify by getting a 3.0 there.
The HOPE and Zell MIller scholarships (which also has a course rigor requirement in addition to the GPA/standardized test score requirement, but is automatic for vals/sals, IIRC) is funded by the lottery, so does not come out of tax dollars per se. Since the intent was to keep intellectual talent in GA, the income cap, that was initially in place when the HOPE began in 1993, was eliminated in 1995. Funding has had its challenges over the years, so changes were made over time (eg eliminating covering books and fees, capping the # of hours it will pay (127) and length of time it can be used (up to 7 years after HS graduation). Then with the establishment of the Zell Miller in 2011 which had more stringent requirements (3.7 GPA and 1200 SAT/26 ACT plus rigor ; it now paid the 100% tuition, lowering the HOPE to approx 80-88% of tuition, depending on the institution). It is a great resource, and in real dollars its currently about a maximum of $6,900-9,800/year (depending on the scholarship, number of units taken, and school).
In the interests of (somewhat) civil discourse, I won’t directly answer this question.
Never mind 
@dadof1, you have to admit he has a point.
Sad that someone who is undocumented to live in Georgia is having these issues. I thought people were more open minded than this.