We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available by no later than 7:30 PM
EST today, March 20th. For some students, you will be offered a place on our wait
list. Every year our office has to predict approximately how many
students we can admit in order to enroll our freshman class, but we can
never be sure how many students will enroll until after the May 1
commitment deposit deadline has passed. If the number of students who
say they will be attending UGA is lower than we expect, we may need to
go to our wait list group in order to get the size that we want for our
freshman class. Every year we have about 1,000 students on the wait
list. We carefully monitor the deposits coming into the University to
see where we are in comparison to the predicted freshman numbers.
For
those of you who have been wait-listed, here is a chance for you to
comment. Please remember that this is not a blog where you should post
statistics or throw fellow classmates under the bus. These types of
comments will be deleted.
The Wait List FAQ
can answer some questions, but the most important thing you need to do
is decide if you want to remain on the wait list. Follow the
instructions on the status check or wait list letter we mailed to let us
know if you want to stay on the wait list or if you want to decline
this option and move forward with admission at another college. If you
decide to stay on the wait list, you should still move forward with an
alternate college plan as we will not know about any wait list options
until May at the earliest. If you select to stay on the wait list, we
will know that you still want to attend UGA if an opportunity opens up.
The key word in wait list is wait as this is not a quick process. So
please be prepared to wait.
There are three
options for the wait list reply. You can say no, please do not consider
me for the wait list. The next option is to remain on the wait list,
but only if it is for the Fall term. The third option is to remain on
the wait list and be considered for both Fall and Spring terms. This is
so that if there is space available for the Fall term, we will look at
all of the students who have asked to remain on the wait list. If the
only space available is for Spring term, we will only look at students
who said Fall or Spring. Once you select an option, you cannot change
it so be sure to think about your decision before you make your
selection.
We will not know details about the wait list
until after May 15, and it may be well after that. Please be patient
with our office and read the FAQ before asking questions as it can give
you a great deal of information. If you do not feel like you can wait
until mid-May through mid-June for a decision, it may be that the wait
list option is not for you.