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.
September 12, 2023 |
Updated Transfer Consideration Levels for Spring 2025
In admissions, our role is not just to admit students, but also to analyze enrollment numbers, review UGA student success using academic data for admission decisions, and to work with our campus partners to help develop a strong UGA community. Read More >
July 19, 2023 |
As fall approaches and conversations about colleges enter your home, I want to share some tips from a parent’s perspective. I am a dad. I am not saying I’m a good dad, a bad dad, or whatever, but I have Read More >
May 26, 2023 |
New Information for 2024 First Year Applicants
For the Fall 2024 First-Year applicant group, there are three updates the UGA Admissions Office wants to make known when students are preparing to apply to UGA. We will be exclusively using the Common App for our First-Year applicants. We Read More >
May 4, 2023 |
In reviewing the deposits we received as of May 1, we are close to but under the number of students we plan to enroll for Fall 2023 (the projected new freshmen number is 6,200 students), so we will be admitting Read More >
March 17, 2023 |
We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available today, March 17th, at 4 PM EST. For those of you who have been admitted to UGA, here is a post for you and a chance to comment. Please Read More >
March 17, 2023 |
We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available today, March 17th, at 4 pm EST. For some students, you will be offered a place on our wait list. Every year our office has to predict approximately Read More >
March 17, 2023 |
We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available today, March 17th at 4 pm EST. We received roughly 43,700 applicants, thus making decisions very challenging this year. Unfortunately, we are not able to admit a number of Read More >
February 23, 2023 |
2023 Transfer Admission Update
While the focus this time of year seems to be all about freshman admission, February is the time of year when we receive a majority of our transfer applications and our Evaluation Team begins to work on our transfer reviews, Read More >
February 6, 2023 |
UGA 2023 Freshman Applicant Pool
The applications are all in for the UGA Regular Decision group of students, so here is some information on the total UGA freshman applicant pool for Fall 2023. The total application numbers (EA and RD) are roughly 43,600, which is Read More >
January 13, 2023 |
Defer Decision – Myths and Reality
Defer: For many applicants, this tiny little five letter word should be added to the long list of swear words. It is never fun to be told to wait and see, from having to go standby for an airline flight Read More >