The University of Georgia announced Tuesday the addition of $7.3 million in new campus safety measures
The measures include a 20% increase in the police department’s budget to recruit and retain officers through more competitive pay.
More security cameras and additional lighting are included in the package along with license plate readers and the installation of a blue light call system. The RideSmart program, which provides a 50% discount on Lyft rides for UGA students, will be extended to the hours of 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day, according to the release.
Officials also noted the UGA Safe App, which is able to call police and share the user’s location in real time, has a feature that can share a student’s location with select friends, and a chat feature that allows a student to immediately report a concern to police.
What else is included in the new UGA safety measures
Additional safety and personnel at sites where students congregate at night such as libraries, learning centers, and the Tate Student Center.
Limiting access to libraries during evening hours to students, faculty and staff.
Creating more crosswalks, especially near residence halls.
Converting nearly 400 lights on campus to LED technology to produce brighter light.
Adding more cameras to an already extensive network of security cameras and placing license plate readers in strategic locations.
Erecting perimeter fencing in several areas with signs warning that the campus is protected by a network of security cameras.
Athens itself has some additional measures coming as well:
The new spending will go towards expanding the county’s Real Time Crime Center, adding two mobile surveillance trailers for large events, extra cameras, and all-terrain vehicles for the county’s trail network.
I just came across this blog. I hate how schools create this level of anxiety and misinformation. My D got in EA in-state with stats at the lower end of the “middle 50%” that they publish. What people don’t understand is that these stats are for admitted students not the ones that actually enroll at UGA. Stats for who actually enroll are in the Common Data Set. Also, of all the in-state accepted students only 55% of them actually enroll. Way less % for OOS. So if they only offered admission to the students with those “admitted student” stats then they would never be able to fill an entering class. Also, most students who have these ridiculous stats like 4.0UW and 14 APs and 1500 SAT are not looking to go to UGA. They are looking at Vanderbilt, Duke, UNC, Wake Forest, and UVA.
Depends on where they come from. The programs that Florida and Georgia offer their “top” kids - are very compelling - and the stats you just mentioned don’t provide assurance of admission either academically or affordabilty.
You have TONS of kids at UGA who got into the schools you just listed.
At a much smaller %. The top 20% of my daughter’s school who obviously got into UGA EA never had any real intention of going and are going to way more prestigious schools.
I really dislike this type of discussion. My kid is a very high stats kid and he is very seriously considering UGA. These schools mentioned that all “the top 20%” are considering are very expensive - we are full pay, but it is not nothing to us to pay $80k+ at these other schools - and beyond the money, with respect to a couple of schools you mentioned my kid had no interest in applying to them as he always thought UGA was a much better school for him. And this “prestige” issue versus the actual experience he might have and wants (he now also a very compelling scholarship at UGA) is a little hard for him to keep out of his head thanks to others around him thinking “obviously” he should pick another school. There is no “obviously”!
Every person values different things. I keep telling him to tune out these type of statements from others. And btw my older kid is at a T10 school, and he realizes all the reasons UGA might be compelling to my younger kid and is very supportive of him picking that if that is what he does.
Both my kids are what you describe STAT wise- one went to Alabama - @Ilovepasta noted - kids have reasons. My son’s - his own room.
The other went to College of Charleston - #16 of #17 admits. I knew the day we visited Junior year she was going there. She didn’t…but I did. Her bff there got into Vandy, Rice, and Penn.
Everyone is different and with grade inflation, etc. there is far more accomplished kids in many places than you realize. I can’t speak for your daughter’s school - maybe it’s private - but at a public school, no way that % of kids are going to the elite of the elite - unless you’re in an uber wealthy area - and even then, they’re not.
Your complaint can be applied to most any school at this stage. The only stats available are for Admitted students. There are no stats for enrolled students until after May 1… they will be available then either by the school media or later in the CDS. That is simply the nature of college admissions.
To keep this specifically to UGA, the residents of GA are lucky to have free tuition through Hope/Zell. For some families financial considerations are a priority… whether it’s due to budget constraints or because the student has post-grad aspirations they want to fund. Georgia is a big state so using your personal experience and kids’ school is anecdote not data.
Additionally, UGA does have respected programs for “top” students… Foundation Fellows, CURO, Honors College, etc. Those programs attract both in-state and OOS kids with the resources they provide.
Bottom line, no school is a fit for every kid. But when it is, those kids should be supported and congratulated on finding their school. I fail to see how the negative comments in your post serve any constructive purpose in this particular thread.
ETA: if UGA’s in-state yield is 55% (I’ll trust your number), compare it to Wake’s 35%, Vandy’s 57%, Mich 47% and other schools you mentioned. I don’t think that’s a negative at all, especially for a public univ.
my kid is another one who chose UGA over more prestigious places (UCLA, Emory…). Partly this was the fair price, partly because the honors college seemed like a good opportunity, but mostly because she just liked the place and the people. she has ZERO regrets.
I’m sure for many kids there it was not their 1st choice, but that’s true almost everywhere. you don’t think Michigan, UVA, even Vanderbilt and Cornell, aren’t full of kids who wanted to go to Harvard, Yale, Stanford…? Who cares. what matters now is what they do and accomplish where they are, and UGA or any other public flagship won’t be what holds them back.
On another note, I know my kid’s classmates who ended up at places like Penn, Vanderbilt, Emory, Cornell…by and large it is not an inspiring bunch. they played the game and got the prestige they wanted.
Agree completely. Our daughter has received offers from some great places, but the price tags are prohibitive and without throwing shade on any specific schools, they seem a bit over-hyped for what they offer. We are traveling to New Dawgs on Monday - looking forward to seeing the campus in person and really impressed with the interactions from the people and the caliber of the research happening there…and everyone who goes there, seems to like it a LOT.
To that point, any suggestions from those who’ve been on what to focus on when we visit for New Dawgs? She’s admitted to Honors College and interviewing for CURO in a few weeks.
Me again, different topic. I know Honors and RD announcements are slated for 4PM today.
Any insight on whether merit will also be awarded today to those who didn’t receive it with admission decision? TIA and good luck to those waiting for updates
Yes I believe so.
Our daughter emailed some weeks ago and admissions told her additional HC decisions will be released today, along with RD decisions at 4PM. My daughter had already been admitted EA in December and was wondering if she was still in the running for Honors. Hers came out of cycle I think because of CURO but we expected to hear today.
I was under the impression if you weren’t auto admitted with EA you could only get in today if you did the application that was due in January. I hope I’m wrong, though, because my kid was all essay-ed out in January and didn’t do it (and really wants the honors dorm because it’s close to the music school)
Not true at our school at all - competitive in state private. Most students would not qualify for aid and the calculus is different when you are talking about full pay. Many students are in the honors program, and several are foundation fellows, CURO research fellows etc. Of the top 15 kids in the class they’re always several that go to UGA. These kids get in to the schools mentioned as well as others including Ivy League.
