We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available today, March 14th, at 4 PM ET. For those of you who have been admitted to UGA, here is a post for you and a chance to comment. Please remember that this is not a blog where you should post statistics or throw fellow students under the bus. These types of comments will be deleted.
Congratulations to all of the freshman who were admitted and we look forward to you becoming part of the Bulldog Nation. The next steps for a new student can be seen in the Next Steps portal on their status page or the flyer in your admission packet, so please go ahead and review what you need to do next. In addition, there will be a great deal of information you can access off of your Status page. When you have the time, please review this, as there is key information in the Next Step materials.
Here are some rough statistics on the Entire Freshman Admitted Class for 2025 – November and March waves, where we have admitted roughly 15,800+ students total, which is somewhat below last year’s offers of admission (I do not have separate data on just the final March group, sorry):
Total Applicants: Approximately 15,800+ Accepted for Fall out of roughly 47,860+ total applicants.
- UGA is the flagship institution for the state of Georgia, and as such our goal is to enroll a class that is roughly 80% Georgians. This is an enrollment number, not an admission offer number, but it does mean that our admission offers are more heavily Georgian than non-Georgian. Please remember that admitted student information is different from enrolled student information, and we know that a much larger percentage of Georgians will accept our offer than non-Georgians due to cost, distance, etc.
- I will not break down the academic data into GA/non-GA accepted students, because overall the academic information is similar. It is more difficult for out-of-state students to be admitted though due to the 80/20 split.
Core Academic Information: In looking at the academic data for our accepted applicants, over 91% of their core grades are A’s. In other words, our admitted students did extremely well in their core course grades.
- The mid 50% UGA GPA is 4.08 – 4.35, with a 4.22 average. Please remember this is not the GPA students see on their high school transcript, but rather the GPA that UGA recalculates for everyone based on the core academic courses taken in high school and looking at the actual grades posted on the transcripts.
Overall Core Course Rigor: In looking at the academic course data for our accepted applicants, a majority took the most rigorous coursework possible at their school, and almost all students took classes that were either very demanding or most demanding in their course selection. We determine academic rigor based on all core classes a student has taken (CP, Honors, Advanced, AP, IB, DE, etc.) as compared to what is offered in the school/community. This is not based simply on the number of AP/IB/DE courses, but instead we look at the overall coursework over four years in the core areas and the progression of rigor over the years.
- AP/IB/Dual Enrollment course mid-50% – 8-14 courses, average of 11+. The AP/IB/DE information is the most specific data I can give on it, but the numbers do not cover all of our curriculum review.
SAT Total mid-range for students: 1300-1470
- This data is based on admitted students where the SAT was the strongest score if both SAT and ACT were submitted or if the SAT was the only test taken and sent.
ACT Composite mid-range for students: 30-34
- Remember, UGA focuses on ACT E and M. For reporting purposes, we give out the best score overall ACT score, but the ACT E and M are very similar to the overall score.
- This data is based on admitted students where the ACT was the strongest score if both SAT and ACT were submitted or if the ACT was the only test taken and sent.
For the 2025 class, the biggest academic factors were still a student’s grades and course rigor, as these are the best indicators of future success in the UGA classroom. But in a competitive class review, all other factors are key.
Unlike in previous years, we will be admitting students to Spring 2026 when we go to the wait list and not today, as we expect to use the wait list for a fair number of admissions offers after seeing the deposit data after May 1.
The Housing and myID pages may need a few business days before your information will be available. Please be patient with these sites. I am guessing you will not be able to sign up for Housing until at least Monday. A majority of scholarships will also go out today, and we anticipate that the Office of Student Financial Aid will finish the scholarship awarding process in early April. When the scholarship awarding is finished, we will communicate by email that the process is done. During the final scholarship reviews and awards, scholarships will be offered to a wide range of students who have been admitted during any of our decision dates (November, December or March). In addition, the Honors College is releasing their final decisions today as well. I cannot answer questions about scholarships or the Honors College, as these are run by different offices.
We hope the next stage of the admission process is a little less nerve wracking than the decision process. As you celebrate, make sure to be considerate of others in your school who may not have been admitted.
Good luck in the next stage of the college admissions process. Go Dawgs!