UGA 2025 EA Numbers and Information
David Graves October 25th, 2024
UGA Overall EA Admissions Over the last decade, the UGA applicant pool has grown at a substantial rate. If you look at the number of applicants over the past 10 years, you will see tremendous growth in our applicant pool both in size and in academic strength. We have gone from roughly 11,000 EA applicants […]
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Tags: admissions, Early Action, file reading, freshman admission, GPA, test scores, timelines
Early Action Update: Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Seth Filkins October 9th, 2024
Hi Everyone! My name is Seth Filkins, Senior Associate Director of Admissions Operations. I have been with Undergraduate Admissions at UGA for over 13 years and have held behind-the-scenes roles in the office during this time. However, David Graves has asked me to compose this blog post regarding our response to the numerous tragedies that […]
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Depth and Admissions
David Graves September 3rd, 2024
My wife and my daughter are big fans of the Bachelor/Bachelorette shows, so much so that even though my daughter has moved to Arizona, there is a pact between them to not communicate about the show until they are sure the other one has watched it, and that they will reach out on […]
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Tags: activities, admissions, file reading, freshman admission
What to expect when Applying
David Graves July 29th, 2024
Senior year of high school is about to start, and UGA is on the list of schools you are considering. But what now? How do you make sure you are giving us the information we want, and how will UGA review your file? Over the last 15 years, I have shared a great deal of […]
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Tags: admissions, file reading, freshman admission, GPA
Self-Advocacy and Admissions
David Graves June 7th, 2024
When I was six weeks old, my mother passed away due to complications from a blood clot. Several years later my family grew, mirroring the 70’s sitcom of the Brady Bunch, with two widowed parents with three children each finding love and marrying each other. During that gap of time though, my two older sisters […]