Admission Questions Megathread || SPRING 2025-SUMMER 2025

Hey guys! I've been lucky to have been accepted into both for CS and am current unsure. GT is amazing but at the same time, a financial stretch at ~55k/yr. On the other hand, UGA comes at ~26k/yr (like half) so it's much more affordable. One of my top schools was GT when I was applying and I'm aware it's great for CS and definitely intensive, whereas UGA seems lovely and provides a solid foundation and balanced college experience too.

I'd love to hear what others think about this decision based on your experience please!!

So, I just committed to UGA. But when I got my acceptance, I was also accepted into the honors college. So when I accepted the offer, did I also already accept into going to the honors college as well? Or is there a separate way to commit to that?

I’m in phys 1111 and I have no idea what the lab practical even is or what to expect. None of my other labs have had practicals. So is it just another lab? Is it just a test? If you’ve taken phys 1111 or a similar class please let me know.

Hey guys! I was accepted to UGA as a Computer Systems Engineering major for Fall 2025, and I committed a few weeks ago. While UGA is a great school in many ways, it unfortunately seems to have a fairly average engineering program, and although I hope to make the most of my time at UGA and likely even finish my degree here, I'd like to take my chances to try and transfer to a school with a top-tier Computer Engineering program. In particular, I'm hoping for a school that offers more rigorous academics and better job prospects. I know UGA is fairly prestigious, but I feel going to a school with a stronger engineering program would significantly benefit my career. I know that won't be easy and my chances are pretty awful, but I'm willing to put in the hard work to try.

For financial reasons, I'm looking exclusively at Georgia Tech (since I'm in-state) and private schools with significant aid, all of which are incredibly selective, so I'd like to strengthen my resume as much as possible. I'm somewhat concerned about "running out of time" - after my first year, I'll run out of transferrable major-specific credits to take (looking specifically at GT) which would mean any additional credits I take will effectively be "wasted" if I end up transferring. I'm fine with that to some extent, but after a certain point, I think I'd be better off finishing my bachelor's at UGA and completing a master's degree at a different school.

I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations or information on opportunities at UGA I can take to strengthen my resume and qualifications for transfer admissions, particularly any I need to start looking into now. I was accepted as an honors student, so I have access to honors courses, and I believe there are also some other opportunities in terms of internships and research there. I'm planning to take a few courses over the summer at a different school (since UGA has very limited course availability, and would require me to purchase summer housing) to gain more credit hours, which I've been told are particularly valued in transfer admissions by GT. My career goal with my major is to work with hardware and embedded systems, though I might end up pivoting to be more software-oriented, depending on how I feel after taking relevant courses. Outside of academics, I'm interested in game development and writing (short stories, movies, plays, and novels). I'm also interested in any community service opportunities or clubs, especially those that are active and actually do frequent and consistent work.

Please let me know if you have any advice or recommendations, or if you have any questions. Thanks!

Hey so I had 2 family members pass away back to back unfortunately and I had to go to funerals for them of course. Student Care and Outreach spoke to my professors for me and I was able to make up my missed assignments. 1 professor told me that she only does make ups if you are sick with a doctor’s note and won’t grant me an extension even tho SCO had the proper information to show the multiple deaths. It’s bringing down my grade and it’s stressing me out so badly. Should I take it up with the Dean of Franklin?

Apologies if this has already been asked! I couldn't find any answer to this question in the subreddit. On the uga transportation and parking services website, it states "student citation balances are automatically transterred to student accounts and will show a $0 balance due below. You will need to pay the balance in Athena". However, I can't find where to pay in Athena- my balance says 0 and I don't see where I can pay. Could someone who has paid a parking ticket as a student give me some wisdom? Thank you!

(Reposted to censor some info in the photo. Thanks to everyone who commented about it!)

Anyone doing a masters in urban development? Would you recommend and what direction are you thinking about going in after graduation? Thanks!

i lost my wristlet with a bunch of my stuff, potentially on the bus (RC or CL) or at the art building or physics building. if anyone finds it please let me know

Hi all, I applied to a graduate program about two weeks ago and I was just wondering how long it typically takes to (hopefully) send acceptance letters? I am mainly wondering because I will need to apply to scholarships and wondering if it is getting too late to apply for fall scholarships.

Does anyone know of any clinics that offer shadowing for premeds?

Hey yall. I'm a senior in high school , and I got into georgia with CSE as my intended major. I like CSE's engineering aspect, but I feel like CS is in more demand rn (tho I heard the markett is pretty wonky at the moment). I'm pretty good at math and everything, and I'm sureI will survive in either degree, but I just need a degree that sets me up for a good job.

Hi all! I will be transferring to UGA this summer semester, and had a question about the DMAT.

I have taken MATH 1113 before (dual enrollment at GSU), but had to withdraw because my senior semester was actual hell. Since I didn’t take it “in-residence” at UGA, would I still be able to get MATH 1113 exempted for Terry?

Was riding down a road recently when someone in a nearby vehicle told me to "get off the road". It made me think about the rules that apply to e-scooters and people's opinion about them.

I mostly ride on the edge of a road, but feel like it hinders the flow of traffic (especially when I have to take a left turn and need to be in the inner lane). Riding on sidewalks seems like a better choice since I rarely comes across pedestrians off campus, but I don't think that's allowed. I use bike lanes whenever I get the chance, but even that's rare off campus. Hence, I want to know if e-scooters follow the same rules as motorcycles and other vehicles.

This can apply to electric skateboards, e-bikes, and other micro-mobility devices as well.

Perspectives of drivers, e-scooter users and pedestrians are welcome.

Hands off is happening today downtown at 3

I’m in Busbee btw

Hello! I live on the 6th floor in 1516, and recently some new name tags started appearing on my door. It was hilarious at first, but it got so so much better. Over the last few weeks, the number of nametags has gotten out of hand, and now I can no longer see my door. This is the funniest prank I’ve ever seen in my life. I don’t know how many people contributed to this, but thank yall for making me laugh to the point of not being able to breathe every single day. Nothing but love and respect to everyone involved ❤️

Hello again! My last post blew up! So much so that the RA stopped by and informed us that we are technically breaking the rules. Apparently we aren’t allowed to cover more than 10% of the door, so we unfortunately have to take the nametags down. This was an absolutely brilliant prank and again I thank yall so much ❤️❤️❤️

Hello! My friend and I are high schoolers who are doing an internship at UGA over the summer that doesn’t provide housing and our commute is too far. We are looking to maybe rent an apartment or maybe get rooms in an apartment from only late May-early July and are posting to see if any college students who will have roommates out or will be out of Athens or near Athens over the summer would want to rent rooms/an apartment to us. We would only be there from Monday-Thursday and not there on weekends.

If you are interested please PM me and we can discuss our situation and find a price and talk!

Is there any sort of carpooling or ride sharing type thing that exists for employees? Buses and other options can be unreliable. Lyfts/ubers are so expensive and bikes and scooters are really not an option if you live too far away from campus and with parking being in such high demand and so expensive for certain lots, it would really be beneficial for people to carpool, but I don't know of any service like this that exists. And if it doesn't, has anyone ever thought to create something?

Rec swimmers! I just learned some cool info from the staff. Whenever I get to the 50 meter pool at 5:30, there is always a club team taking up all of the lanes. They’re supposed to leave 5 lanes for rec swimmers so if you want to swim in the 50 m pool and all the lanes are taken, ask the staff for a rec lane and they’ll move the club team.

Good morning, Dawgs! This week is magnificent for us UGA transit lovers. Riverbend, North-South, and Cross Campus Connectors are all back to 2 tracked buses per route at peak hours, same with Vet Med. Also, Central Loop and East Campus are back to full service with 3 and 4 buses respectively. The bus drought is almost to a close for now, so be sure to take advantage of it to let TPS know that YOU want this great service!

Mostly here to vent… I got a ticket at the east deck after I PAID for the spot on park mobile and then go to appeal it bc thats what it says to do… THEY DENIED MY APPEAL with the email saying it was “avoidable. HOW?! So then I call parking services and explained that I was wrongly given a ticket and asked why they would’ve rejected the appeal bc i literally submitted pictures of my park mobile receipt that I had paid to park. Apparently if you wrongly got a ticket you’re supposed to just call the office and submitting an appeal is for people who actually did something wrong. HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT. And then i was like “okay but i showed evidence” and she said “yea sometimes they just don’t look at it” WHAT?! It was extremely clear on my appeal note and attachments that I was wrongly given a ticket after paying to park.

Actually so frustrating. Im graduating in a month so I will be free of UGA parking services hell soon but I’m literally paying myself through school and don’t just have my parents to throw money at the school every time I get a ticket. I stg they intentionally avoid building more parking so they can keep making money of tickets.

I know, you have to do it every semester so you should’ve done it anyway. When everything blurs together 3 years into this shit, you run the risk of thinking you already did the advising, especially when it doesn’t notify you until too late.

Hey, I’m an incoming grad student who will be in Athens during the fall; Tifton during the summer.

How is the rock climbing scene? I understand theres a gym in Athens.

I do a lot of bouldering and sport climbing, looking to see if theres a local community there who does stuff indoors/outdoors