Every year, UGA works with between 60,000 and 70,000 potential applicants to UGA. These students come to our attention through college fairs, emails and letters asking for information, SAT or ACT scores sent to UGA, visits to campus, etc. We receive information from students as early as 6th grade, but with a majority of the students being either a sophomore or junior. One of the first things you should know, though, is that we have to know about you before we can start to send you information about UGA! If you are not on our radar screen, there is nothing we can do. As well, the information a prospective student give us determines what information UGA will send out. For instance, if your SAT/ACT meets a certain level, we will send out information on Honors/Scholarship programs. In addition, UGA Admissions utilizes electronic communications, high school visits, on and off campus programs, and a large amount of mailings to communicate with students. Here is a short list of what happened during the 2008-2009 recruiting cycle:
489 High School visits
325 College Fairs
52,000 students seen on the road by UGA counselors
51,000 miles driven on personal vehicles
600 Information Sessions
38 on campus recruiting programs (by invitation)
27 special events off-campus (by invitation)
4,000 walk-in students seen by counselors at admissions
170 phone calls on average per day
18,000 email requests from prospective students
300,000+ pieces of mail sent out
Over 500,000 emails sent out to students and counselors
15 very exhausted UGA Admission Counselors
I hope this gives you at least a small glimpse into what our office does during the recruitment side of things during the year, and we hope to give you even more insight into the recruitment side of things at a later date.