“It definitely factored into me going there,” Weske said of the Dawgs. and wanted to attend a school with big-time sports programs. George Weske was drawn to Athens in large part by football and still speaks fondly of his UGA experience. The last time UGA won the football championship, the 1980 season, undergraduate enrollment increased by about 12%. Students considering enrolling at the University of Georgia tour a building on the Athens campus. The university accepted about 41% of those applications. UGA saw a record pool of about 21,500 early admissions applicants who hoped to get accepted for the fall 2022 semester.
The acceptance rate fell below 50% for the first time in recent memory in 2018, and has remained so each subsequent year. It has gotten tougher to get into the University of Georgia in recent years. In the first seven days following the game, the UGA bookstore sold more than $1 million worth of branded apparel and gifts, a record. Explore Part 4: National champion Bulldogs more powerful on recruiting trailįor now, UGA officials said they’ve seen a rush for Georgia gear. New Year’s Day was the deadline for most students hoping to enroll at UGA this fall. Georgia admissions officials said it’s too early to discuss the potential impact. Also, applications to some colleges have soared in recent years because students can apply to more schools through the Common App.
One paper found enrollment increases at colleges that won a championship are less than other schools. Researchers have studied whether there’s a positive effect and the findings are mixed. One phrase that has caught on to explain the impact from such exposure is “the Flutie Effect.” Applications to Boston College surged after quarterback Doug Flutie hurled a successful “Hail Mary” pass to beat Miami in 1984, one of the most memorable plays in college football history. Boston College saw an enrollment surge afterwards, which some call "the Flutie effect." PHOTO CREDIT: MIAMI HERALD.
Doug Flutie celebrates after his "Hail Mary" pass is caught for the game-winning touchdown for Boston College against the Miami Hurricanes in 1984.
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