The Holiday break is coming up, which means a large number of students will be completing their application (or part II of their deferred EA application). Here are some suggestions for Regular Decision and Deferred Early Action applicants to review. Read More >
Archive for 2016
November 19, 2016 |
Early Action Decisions are Available
Early Action decisions are now available online! For students who were deferred, please understand that this is not a denial decision. We want to be able to have a more in-depth review of you, including short essays, activities, recommendations, etc. Read More >
November 18, 2016 |
UGA Admissions – The Long Journey
In the past, I have used the image of a long cross country trip when looking at the Admissions process, and how we would not know the exact arrival time until we were almost to the destination. Now picture the Read More >
November 3, 2016 |
Over the past 5 years, UGA has had a huge jump in the number of students submitting ACT scores. UGA treats the ACT in the same way that we do the SAT (neither one is better or worse, easier or Read More >
October 26, 2016 |
With the Early Action deadline hitting about 10 days ago, here are a few updates about the process: Total EA Applications (7% increase over last year): 15,560 (submitted and fee paid) Complete Early Action Applications as of today: 13, 850 (89% of Read More >
October 10, 2016 |
We are within a week of the EA deadline, so here are some updates about the process so far. Currently, we have roughly 10,200 EA applications submitted as of right now (3;12 pm on 10/10). We expect a jump in Read More >
September 12, 2016 |
Random Admission Thoughts, September 2016 Verson
It is September, which means that we are wrapping up Spring transfer decisions while at the same time we are almost 2 weeks into the freshman application (in a new system). As such, here are some quick notes on what Read More >
September 1, 2016 |
2017 Freshman Application is Open
The 2017 Freshman application is now open! Here are a few key steps about what to do after you submit an application. A short while after you apply, we will load your application into our system. You will then be Read More >
August 8, 2016 |
The 2017 Freshman application will open up on September 1, so here are a few things to help prepare for this process. Always take care of things well before a deadline. A student who applies and submits all documents well before Read More >
July 21, 2016 |
Test Score Deadline for 2017 RD and Deferred EA applicants
It seems like everything is changing for the freshmen who will be applying for Summer/Fall of 2017. The FAFSA date is changing to take into account tax/financial information from two years prior to their entry term (some are calling this Read More >
July 5, 2016 |
Today, our office started reviewing Spring 2017 transfer applications. This is earlier than I expected, but we are way ahead of the timelines we have predicted for Fall transfers files and final HS transcripts for freshmen. The 8/15 application deadline Read More >
June 24, 2016 |
It is that time of year again, when I will be away from the blog for a week while I volunteer at Camp Sunshine, a camp for children with cancer. This will be my 21st year volunteering for the summer Read More >
June 21, 2016 |
Unofficial/Rough 2016 UGA Freshman Data
When you look at a college’s Admission page, most of the time you will see a profile of the entering freshman class from the year prior. Many times, this data will have enrollment numbers, mid-50% ranges for GPA’s and test Read More >
June 15, 2016 |
Act 1, Scene 1 of Deciding on Dinner. Setting is the family kitchen. Father, Mother, Son and Daughter are standing around the kitchen island: Dad: “I have a great idea. Who wants to go out to eat tonight?” Son (looking Read More >
June 13, 2016 |
2017 Short Essay Questions (for RD and Deferred EA applicants only)
Every year, our office reviews the freshman application for changes that we would like to see for the next year. During this review, we also look at the short essay questions that are required for First Year applicants who apply Read More >
June 2, 2016 |
Summer is upon us, and that means one thing (at least in admissions that is): Orientation! If you are a new student to UGA, you are required to attend an Orientation session (and you get to meet the Orientation Leaders Read More >
May 12, 2016 |
As everyone probably knows, the College Board started offering the newly redesigned SAT test in March of 2016, and the Essay portion is now optional. This new SAT (which I am calling the SAT R for now), will impact freshman Read More >
May 12, 2016 |
We have started offering admission to a small group of students from the Wait List, with a large majority of these being for the Spring 2017 term. Due to the fact that our deposit numbers are at the level that Read More >
April 14, 2016 |
The review of the 2016 Fall transfer applications is our key focus at this time, and we continue to diligently work on these files. At this time, we have made roughly 1,100 decisions of the 2500 applications we received this Read More >
April 12, 2016 |
First Year Academic Merit Scholarships have been Awarded
Over the last several months the Admissions staff has carefully reviewed all our newly admitted First Year students to consider them for University of Georgia academic merit scholarships. (See the list and our discussion of merit and need-based aid at Read More >
April 2, 2016 |
April 1 Random Admission Thoughts
It is April 1, so we are juggling a wide range of things at this time. We are working with freshmen, transfers, deposits, recruiting future classes, orientation planning, etc. I am also in the middle of a large installation of Read More >
March 19, 2016 |
2016 Final Freshman Decisions are Available
Final freshman decisions are now available online. We had a very strong applicant pool this year! We had 23,000 applications, which was our largest applicant pool ever. Here are a few notes about decisions: Please do not have multiple family Read More >
March 18, 2016 |
We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available late afternoon today, March 18th. For those of you who have been admitted to UGA, here is a post for you and a chance to comment. Please remember that Read More >
March 18, 2016 |
We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available late afternoon today, March 18th. For some students, you will be offered a place on our wait list. Every year our office has to predict approximately how many Read More >
March 18, 2016 |
We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available late afternoon today, March 18th. Unfortunately, we were not able to admit a number of strong applicants as we are limited in the size of our freshman class. Read More >
March 14, 2016 |
Yes, the question that all freshmen applicants (and their parents) have been asking again and again can finally be answered. Final decisions for freshmen applicants are scheduled to be released on Friday, March 18 (unless something catastrophic occurs). We will Read More >
March 7, 2016 |
On Tuesday, March 8, our office will start reviewing Fall transfer applications. We are finishing up the last of the summer applications now, so that will allow us to start with Fall transfers. The deadline for Fall has not passed Read More >
February 27, 2016 |
The February freshman admission offers are now available on the myStatus page. This afternoon, UGA offered admission to a group of roughly 1,600 freshman applicants. This group of decisions is made up of only offers of admission, and if you Read More >
February 22, 2016 |
Late afternoon on Friday, February 26, we will be releasing a small wave of First Year admission offers. These admitted students, who are primarily Regular Decision (RD) applicants, are applicants who meet the criteria that UGA admissions used for Early Read More >
February 11, 2016 |
Summer/Fall 2016 Transfer Consideration Level Update
When the Summer/Fall Transfer application opened up a few weeks ago, the consideration level for admission for applicants with 60 or more hours was changed from a 2.80 to a 3.00 GPA. This was done in an effort to make Read More >
February 10, 2016 |
2016 Transfer Admission Update
On Monday, February 8, our office started reviewing Summer transfer applications. The deadline for summer has not passed and we are still receiving applications and documents, so we cannot say how long it will take us to finish or guess Read More >
January 27, 2016 |
Summer/Fall 2016 Transfer Application
The Summer/Fall transfer application will open on Thursday, January 28. While the application will open tomorrow, please take your time completing it. Make sure you are applying for the correct program, the correct campus, the correct term, etc. Here are Read More >
January 23, 2016 |
SAT Closings and Scores for Make-up Date of 2/20
A number of students will be taking the SAT on January 23, and if you take it on this date and you have already requested for the scores to be sent to UGA, we will be able to use these Read More >
January 12, 2016 |
We are about to hit the RD application/Deferred EA part II deadline, and everyone now starts to get into the mindset of “Now what?”. Here are a few hints to get you through the next few weeks/months. Patience. Patience is Read More >