Also eager to find out when the admitted students days are. Are there multiple to choose from? Are they after RD? My DD was admitted EA OOS and we want to visit but would prefer to visit when there is a formal program for admitted students.
Weâre in state and we can register for âNew Dawgsâ and âAdmitted Student Campus Visit Experienceâ. The Admitted Student invitation is in the next steps portal. If we select Still Deciding, thereâs a link. There are many slots from Jan-May, all Tue-Thu, and itâs a 2 hour tour. The New Dawgs email came middle of Dec. Thatâs an all day event (8:30-5:00) according to the sample agenda. Our portal shows these are offered 1/29 and 3/1. Maybe OOS invitations are coming soon?
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My friendâs daughter was rejected from Northeastern last year but got into MIT, Harvard and U MichiganâŠsometimes it just doesnât make any sense.
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It makes a lot of sense. If the daughter had been accepted at Northeastern would she have attended instead of Harvard or MIT? Doubtful. It would have been a wasted acceptance. It is called yield protection.
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Yeah, but Northeastern would have no idea if she even got into Harvard or Yale.
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Yield protection happens all the time. Admissions offices have plenty of data to know which students are most likely to accept.
Surprisingly their yield is great. Over 40%. Like schools - BU is 31%. CWRU is less than half that. Rochester 21%. So Iâd agree - they have it down to a science vs others.
ED likely plays a large part.
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Superior stats, excellent ECâs, didnât apply ED. Northeastern made an educated guessâŠand they were right!
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I know I am late to the party but very excited to get an acceptance mid December with a nice scholarhsip (Presidential Leadership) as well as an admission to the honors college. He is starting to see himself there and so am I. We discussed money a little bit and have a hard time thinking some higher ranked colleges are worth 250K more than UGA.
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Congrats. Expense is personal. Some feel this way as you stated. Some donât.
Fit is more important than rank. Wherever you have to go you are there four years, day after day.
Rank doesnât get you a career. Grit and hustle do.
Best of luck whatever you all decide. .
It is indeed a fabulous deal (my D24 is in-state, which means almost no tuition to pay). My H86 (shouldnât we all have our high school graduation years? 
) and I would like to see her go up north, especially if the presidential election does not swing our wayâbut we wonât know that by decision time. However, because D24 must go to grad school in her field, it might be worth it to save all the money for 4 years. Weâll see which school fits best.
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Of course fit is most important. We are not looking at final cost as the determining factor but for us with 3 more kids coming up next, it has a seat at the table when deciding. He has already lost interest in two colleges that would be less expensive. I just wanted him to have options when deciding and am glad that will be the case.
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that is a lot of $! nice work!
whatâs he thinking of studying?
He is thinking business; possibly finance. I would probably take the field when deciding whether he attends UGA but am glad it is a good option.
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Are his interests IB or otherwise ? Terry is excellent in general.
business/finance is prob the ONLY field I would consider turning down UGA for- not because Terry business isnât good (it is!), but just because those high pay Wall Street jobs (if thatâs what he wants) prob do look at undergrad prestige (stupid system and may be changing, but it is what it is). If the plan is an MBA or any grad school then I would say undergrad hardly matters and itâs the prestige of the grad school you care about- UGA is certainly good enough to get you into any grad school. and if he thinks heâd want to stay in Atlanta or the South to work, UGA is as good as any place.
NYC is just snobby.
again- this is a LOT of $!
So Presidential is OOS waiver and $3K - correct? Itâs great but still leaves a somewhat substantial cost - which is relative.
I will say - schools like UGA, Bama ARE placing people in IB. Not to the level of others of course- but they are getting to Wall Street and other banks both in NYC and otherwise.
Either way congrats to your son. Great opportunity.
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Correct on scholarship level. Hoping to get their Foundation Fellowship which would make it really, really hard to turn down. The cost is still substantial and we will likely get no aid but we have a lot to think about. Donât want to handcuff his opportunities at the highest levels of IB but we have until May 1 to decide.
Top schools give no guarantees but yes have pipelines.
You can go on linked in - Bama, UGA, Florida - all these schools place in IB and yea at the GS level - if a kid really wants that in four years.
Itâs the trade off - big savings, gotta work harder but for a grinder itâs possible.
And it may be less competitive to get into clubs like this.
Student Managed Investment Fund - Terry College of Business - UGA.
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We are in state for UGA and got deferred from UGA. Accepted to Auburn, Clemson, U of Tenn and Mercer. She withdrew from UGA as she felt it was too big. And she has since officially committed to Clemson. Auburn only looks at test scores and gpa so we were surprised Auburn accepted her but UGA deferred esp since we are in GA.
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