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Southern Universities in 2026
Posted on 6/27/26 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 6/27/26 at 6:21 pm
Class of 2030 stats
UGA Incoming Class of 2030:
-- ACT range: 31-34
-- SAT range: 1360 - 1500
-- GPA range: 4.13 - 4.40
-- Acceptance rate: ~29%
It's safe to say I would be firmly rejected from my alma mater if I was applying in 2026. I'm sure others can sympathize with their respective alma maters - Southern schools have become incredibly competitive.
UGA Incoming Class of 2030:
-- ACT range: 31-34
-- SAT range: 1360 - 1500
-- GPA range: 4.13 - 4.40
-- Acceptance rate: ~29%
It's safe to say I would be firmly rejected from my alma mater if I was applying in 2026. I'm sure others can sympathize with their respective alma maters - Southern schools have become incredibly competitive.
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 6:28 pm to ClassicCityAlum
Wonder the range is for the football and basketball teams?
Posted on 6/27/26 at 6:30 pm to ClassicCityAlum
Perhaps, but remember there is a severe case of grade inflation and dumbing down of standardized tests over the last several decades. It wasn't even possible to get over a 4.0 when I graduated high school, and a 4.0 was very uncommon.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 6:59 pm to ClassicCityAlum
In my day (90s) you could get into Vanderbilt with a 3.5/28.
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 6/27/26 at 7:09 pm to ClassicCityAlum
Absolutely zero chance I could get into Texas now. Back when I applied, I was accepted because I was in the top 25% of my class. 
Posted on 6/27/26 at 7:17 pm to Parrish_Dawg
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remember there is a severe case of grade inflation
It's a massive problem. Walk into most private schools and not a single kid as under a 4.0 GPA despite the fact that half of them would t be able to pass a basic math class if their life depended on it.
It's a problem in public schools too, but not to the same extent. Public schools will give everyone a C to move them through. Private schools give everyone A's so the parents stay happy and keep paying that $50k a year in tuition.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 7:29 pm to STLDawg
NCAA minimum, I’d imagine…
Posted on 6/27/26 at 7:36 pm to OleVaught14
I presume other schools do like UGA does and track the performance of students from each high school. They know that a 4.0 from one school might be different than a 4.0 from another.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 7:39 pm to ClassicCityAlum
I didn’t even get accepted to UGA in 1988! I clowned my way through HS with a 2.8 and took the SAT still buzzing and no sleep from an all night drinking party. I had to spend a year at KSU and buckle down and get serious and then transfer in.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 7:46 pm to TX Tea
If you came thru with this generation you would ...
In 1993 65 kids got a 36 act.... This year just shy of 3000..... They have dumbed down GPAs and Standard test..
In 1993 65 kids got a 36 act.... This year just shy of 3000..... They have dumbed down GPAs and Standard test..
Posted on 6/27/26 at 8:01 pm to ClassicCityAlum
No lies detected.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 8:06 pm to Dr Rosenrosen
IIRC the scoring for these standardized tests has changed over the years.
A 28 ACT from the the 90s is probably worth more today.
A 28 ACT from the the 90s is probably worth more today.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 9:03 pm to ClassicCityAlum
quote:Same here, but there are far more AP courses high school kids have as options these days than I did. We only had four AP courses in the high school.
It's safe to say I would be firmly rejected from my alma mater if I was applying in 2026.
I know the SAT has gotten shorter since I took it. Not sure if it is easier because of that, but it is definitely shorter.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 9:06 pm to Murph4HOF
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but there are far more AP courses high school kids have as options these days than I did. We only had four AP courses in the high school.
Dual enrollment via online classes is huge now, too. Until GA changed the rules on how many college hours a student could get, students were graduating high school with associate degrees.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 9:08 pm to OleVaught14
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It's a massive problem. Walk into most private schools and not a single kid as under a 4.0 GPA despite the fact that half of them would t be able to pass a basic math class if their life depended on it.
It's a problem in public schools too, but not to the same extent. Public schools will give everyone a C to move them through. Private schools give everyone A's so the parents stay happy and keep paying that $50k a year in tuition.
This must be a Mississippi thing as the Texas privates are extremely rigorous. Most of the kids pay a penalty at the public college application level for opting into a serius grading environment. These kids all end up at great colleges but A&M and UT admissions policies regulated by the state legislature equate their legitimately challenging environments to the crappiest and most underfunded high schools in the Rio Grande Valley.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 9:09 pm to Windy City
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This must be a Mississippi thing as the Texas privates are extremely rigorous. Most of the kids pay a penalty at the public college application level for opting into a serius grading environment.
I live in Texas. I must be familiar with the wrong private schools in DFW.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 9:12 pm to AGGIES
Easy to get in anm just be a fruit..
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 6/27/26 at 9:16 pm to ClassicCityAlum
So these dudes driving 150 mph and killing people meet these standards?
Posted on 6/27/26 at 9:38 pm to Itsnotme
Who cares if it’s easy to get into… what are you, some kind of elitist?
Posted on 6/27/26 at 10:00 pm to Jack Daniel
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So these dudes driving 150 mph and killing people meet these standards?
Either you don't know the basic details of what happened, or you're taking some serious literary license. It doesn't really matter, because one way or the other you're a serious dumbass!
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