The 2027 Fall Freshman application will be available shortly, and I wanted to go over two big changes for the upcoming admissions season. You might have already seen this, but we have done away with the UGA supplemental essay question. Read More >
Posts Tagged ‘academic’
May 28, 2026 |
Spring 2027 Transfer Admissions Review
The Spring Admission application opens on May 31, and we plan on releasing the Spring Transfer decisions in mid to late August. For both freshman and transfer admission, UGA has specific enrollment goals for new students to ensure that they Read More >
March 13, 2020 |
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 >
November 1, 2019 |
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 >
December 12, 2017 |
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 >
January 31, 2017 |
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 >
August 20, 2015 |
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 >
December 2, 2014 |
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 >
April 23, 2013 |
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 >
January 1, 1970 |
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 >