<p>Other things:</p>
<p>Definitely recommend applying EA. It saves a lot of time and effort and is relatively painless. Use that time to work hard on the fellowship application, since it also serves as an application to the honors program and the other university-wide scholarships they offer. From just the stats, it looks like your daughters would certainly be competitive for the fellowship, but as mentioned above it’s a highly competitive process- out of 800 applicants, only 60-70 get invited to interview and out of those only 25 or so are awarded the fellowship. But the benefits are certainly worth it: full ride plus $9k travel stipend, plus all-expense paid spring break trips like a cruise through the Galapagos Islands, a week at a remote Buddhist monestary in South Korea, or a trip down the Nile in Egypt, plus numerous dinner seminars and discussion groups, plus additional funding for research and conferences, among other perks. So it would definitely be worth your while to give it a shot, although the Honors College also offers many of the same opportunities afforded to fellows, albeit with much more limited funding (i.e. there are study abroad scholarships and research fellowships available via honors, but they’re all around 3k to 5k and are one-time only). </p>
<p>Being OOS can’t hurt, especially since I’ve only met one other person at UGA who hails from MO. If you get a Charter Scholarship from OOS, you also get an out-of-state tuition waiver, which is a nice touch. Some people also try to transfer their residencies to GA so they can take advantage of the HOPE scholarship for tuition halfway through their time here, but I’m not sure about all the legalities of that. </p>
<p>Feel free to ask any more questions if I didn’t cover something. I’m not all that familiar with Greek Life, but it’s certainly strong.</p>