My wife and my daughter are big fans of the Bachelor/Bachelorette shows, so much so that even though my daughter has moved to Arizona, there is a pact between them to not communicate about the show until they Read More >
Posts Tagged ‘activities’
June 19, 2020 |
“Everything’s been said, but it needs saying again.” Ernest Gaines Everything in college admissions seems cyclical, with each new year seeming to be an updated version of the year before (except of course when Covid-19 throws a wrench into the Read More >
March 4, 2020 |
Admissions Urban Legends and Conspiracy Theories-the 2020 version
For some reason, people love an urban legend or conspiracy theory. Are there really aliens being kept at Area 51? Do Bigfoot and the Lock Ness Monster really exist? Was there really a second shooter on the grassy knoll? When Read More >
July 9, 2019 |
Last week, I volunteered for my 23rd year as a cabin counselor at Camp Sunshine, a camp for children with cancer. The campers during my week range from 7-12 years of age, and there is a wide range of situations Read More >
April 9, 2018 |
Freshman Denies – A Post Mortem
My wife loves Grey’s Anatomy. She is a nurse, and can handle seeing blood spurt out, people impaled on poles, and limbs sticking out at seriously wrong angles. Me, I can’t even handle the site of the scalpel cutting into 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 >
December 2, 2014 |
File Reading Part I – Activities, Writing and Creativity
From January through mid-March, the admissions staff will hide out in our offices and read files during our holistic file reading process. And when I say read files, I mean lots of files (I am guessing I will read over Read More >
May 26, 2010 |
Freshman Application Changes Part III
In reviewing the UGA admissions process and the information that we ask for on the application, we started looking at Part I and Part II of the application more closely. While the separation into two parts has worked well for Read More >
February 2, 2010 |
Last week, I said I would write about file reading, and I will break it up into six areas. The first thing we generally see during the review of the files is how a student spends their time outside of Read More >
September 9, 2009 |
Well, the votes are in (at least about what readers want more information on), and you have stated that you would like to learn more about what things play a factor in admissions.Today, I would like to focus on how 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 >