Posts Tagged ‘academic’

2020 Freshman Final Admits

  We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available today, March 13th, in the late afternoon time frame. For those of you who have been admitted to UGA, here is a post for you and a chance Read More >

2020 Early Action Update

This morning the UGA Admissions Office announced that our Early Action decision release date would be Friday, November 22 in the late afternoon. If you have been following my blog for a while, you will know not to ask when Read More >

The Holistic Review Process-Beyond the Numbers

It is December, which means our holistic file reading process will begin soon. Instead of giving you a nice “slice of life” story which then transitions into our reason for reading files, I will just go straight into the process Read More >

The Importance of Depth

For the last fifteen years or so, my family has made an intentional decision to try and have birthday events and gifts be focused on an activity. We have planned scavenger hunts, rafter down several Tennessee rivers, hit the ski Read More >

Said No Admission Counselor Ever-2016 Version

In the UGA Admissions Office, there are some things we will never say no matter what. Some people will ask questions hoping for one of these answers, but you will not hear us give an answer (at least not the Read More >

File Reading Part II – Academics and Strength of Curriculum

From January through mid-March, the admissions staff will hide out in our offices and read files during our holistic file reading process. There are six main areas that we look at in our file reading process, and this post covers Read More >

First Year Academic Merit Scholarships Awarded

 Over the last several weeks 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 >

Anatomy of an Admission Decision

Charles submitted an Early Action application in September of his senior year, one of about 11,500 EA applicants to UGA. If you gave a quick glance at his academic profile, you would see that he is a strong overall student, Read More >

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