No idea but it’s out of your control. You can ask them if you want.
One can over analyze but it won’t change anything.
Always be ready with plan B.
Yes, we were hoping for in-state tuition. He has free rides at USF, Bama and Tulsa, and in-state at Texas A&M, but none of them have a Cognitive Science program. We can afford in-state, just not out-of-state.
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I’m no expert but I think this is a new, flavor of the day major and you can do it anywhere - it just may not be called that. I’m sure a prof or advisor can steer kids into the right courses, even if it’s a create your own major pulling from different departments. And how do cognitive and neuro differ ? Bama has cognitive at the grad level, neuro undergrad.
I wouldn’t spend obscene thousands of dollars because the major in name isn’t there. They can help you overcome that.
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How should deferred students add a teacher recommendation? Will Admissions download it from the common app? I searched all of Mr. Graves blog posts & comments, the deferral letter, portal, etc. — just says “send us” without specific directions.
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OOS accepted EA!
4.3 UGA GPA
31 ACT
7 APs, 4 dual enrollment, all the rest core classes were honors
strong ECs but not really major or academic related: choir president, job, equestrian, theatre, class treasurer, math club VP
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Thank you, that’s very good feedback. I’ve always told my sons that the profession they ultimately pick may not yet exist. That was certainly the case with me when I was their age.
Cognitive Science is essentially brain studies from a learning, behavioral sense, instead of biological sense like Neuroscience. It combines Philosophy, Psychology, Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, Anthropology. The UGA flavor is unique due to its heavy reliance on AI.
So for example, teaching robots to be sympathetic to elderly humans in a nursing care or memory care environment (including telling white lies when appropriate) would likely fall under Cognitive Science.
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Last year there was a spot where the teacher could upload them directly. I remember it being somewhere in your kids portal. My son had a teacher do this and it was uploaded successfully
Daughter fortunate to get into Georgia and also considering A&M in-state for finance (already in Mays).
How difficult is it to get the finance major at Terry? From reading online, it seems a cryptic process where SAT/ACT considered as factor along with first year grades I think.
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Oh, heck, I’m a failed Syracuse journalist, have an MBA and i’m in a role that I didn’t know existed - although it did. And there are lots of roles that didn’t exist that do today - and that will continue to happen.
In fact, outcome wise, with an undergraduate degree in Neuro/Cog/Psych etc., I don’t know what you’d do.
Hello grad school.
But I’m confident all these schools could piece together through majors and minors a satisfactory curriculum to equal UGAs.
UGA Cognitive says this: spans a wide variety of standard disciplines including psychology, computer science, anthropology, linguistics, biology, and education.
Bama says the Neuroscience, BS is a multi-disciplinary major, offering training in different aspects of Neuroscience including social, cognitive, and affective neuroscience, cellular neuroscience, neuroanatomy, neurological and psychiatric disorders, and the neurobiological mechanisms of learning, memory and cognition.
When you look at the classes offered / required - psych, bio, anthro, philosophy, communicative disorders - and more.
I’m sure your in state schools have similar.
UGA is great - but it’s not great if not affordable and it’s not the only large, public out there. And please make sure your son understands the budget and that he has to choose a school that you can afford.
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We are in-state, so know a lot of kids who applied. Calculus seems to be a difference maker.
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That is really excellent feedback. My son asked me if he could go straight into graduate school LOL. I think he just needs to get a solid education at a good university. Love the school that loves you the most, is what I tell him. We’ll wait and see.
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Darla Moore School of Business is not at UGA? Was she accepted at UGA with $90k ?
The Foundation Fellow application was due November 1. It caught me off guard that it was due so early. There is another chance for it, but it’s during a student’s second year.
Thank you
I emailed about this during my research of the school. It is a 85% acceptance rate. If you do the things they tell you to do, you will get in. They do look at ACT/SAT, but if it was high enought to get you into UGA, it will be good enough for this. It’s just a way to filter out those who are not fully dedicated to finishing their degree at Terry.
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As stated before, your daughter has some impressive stats. EA has been very competitive the last few years at UGA. Especially for OOS applicants. I would be shocked if she is not admitted RD. Keep up the faith, it will work out in the end. I was in the same spot in '20 and '22 with my sons. My daughter fortunately was better off and got accepted EA. Good luck!
3 years ago my OOS son wasn’t given a scholarship with his acceptance decision but was awarded 1/2 in state tuition later in the spring
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3 years ago my son (also NMF) was not awarded any merit aid in his EA acceptance decision, but was later awarded 1/2 in state tuition in the spring.
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Thanks so much for feedback.
My advice would be to wait. I might be mistaken but I dont think they announced any OOS merit scholarships yet. My daughter was accepted to honors and invited for foundation during the In-state EA. No scholarships were mentioned. Her Stats were similar to your sons (4.0UW, 1530 SAT / 35 ACT, great EC’s etc.) and I actually think he has a good chance of getting a scholarship. He will be looked at for several in the next few months. So keep the faith and congratulations to you and your son.
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