The blog is written and monitored by David Graves, Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions. David has been the primary author for more than 15 years, sharing insights, timelines, decision explanations, and behind‑the‑scenes perspectives on UGA’s admissions process.
June 1, 2015 |
In the Spring of 2016, the College Board will release their newly redesigned SAT test, and the Essay portion will be optional. This will not have an impact on freshmen starting in Summer/Fall of 2016 (due to our freshman deadlines), Read More >
May 18, 2015 |
Writing Great Short Response Essays
As most college students and HS seniors can attest to, one of the most stressful times of the admission process is writing admissions essays. While UGA’s “essays” are actually short responses, we still see a great deal of angst and Read More >
May 8, 2015 |
Today we offered admission to about 90 or so students from the Wait List. We admitted a small number of students for Fall admission, but the majority of students admitted off the Wait List were offered admission for the Spring Read More >
April 29, 2015 |
For the next few weeks, the group that will be the most anxious about our process will be the students who are on the Wait List. Right now, we cannot give out any specific information, as we will not know Read More >
April 20, 2015 |
Updated Fall 2015 Transfer Information
The review of the 2015 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 1,500 decisions of the 2700 applications we received this Read More >
March 31, 2015 |
We are continuing to focus as much time as possible to review the 2015 Fall transfer applications. At this time, we have made roughly 750 decisions of the 2550 applications we received so far this year (I project about 2,700 Read More >
March 25, 2015 |
Unofficial 2015 Admitted Freshman Stats
UGA once again attracted an exceptionally strong applicant pool this year. Competition for admission was stronger than ever. Over 22,200 applications made for an increase over last year’s numbers, and our target goal for the freshman class is 5,200 students. Read More >
March 21, 2015 |
2015 Final Freshman Decisions are Now Available
Final freshman decisions are now available online. We had a very strong applicant pool this year! We had just over 22,200 applications, which was our largest applicant pool ever. Here are a few notes about decisions: Please do not have Read More >
March 20, 2015 |
We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available by no earlier than 7:30 PM EST today, March 20th. For those of you who have been admitted to UGA, here is a post for you and a chance Read More >
March 20, 2015 |
2015 Wait Listed Freshman Post
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 Read More >