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 >
Posts Tagged ‘transcripts’
July 19, 2022 |
Fulton County Students & New Material
As a part of the admissions review at UGA, our team recalculates a GPA for all freshman applicants using core course grades and any additional AP/IB non-core grades. We do this in large part because every school or school district Read More >
January 26, 2017 |
Summer/Fall 2017 Transfer/Transient Applications are Open
The Summer/Fall transfer and transient applications opened on Tuesday, January 24. While the application is now open, please take your time completing it. Again, please take your time, as it is much easier to submit a correct application than fix Read More >
June 2, 2016 |
Summer is upon us, and that means one thing (at least in admissions that is): Orientation! If you are a new student to UGA, you are required to attend an Orientation session (and you get to meet the Orientation Leaders Read More >
March 7, 2016 |
On Tuesday, March 8, our office will start reviewing Fall transfer applications. We are finishing up the last of the summer applications now, so that will allow us to start with Fall transfers. The deadline for Fall has not passed Read More >
October 8, 2015 |
2016 EA Deadline is Approaching
The Early Action deadline is almost here, and the two weeks surrounding the deadline are similar to Atlanta during 5:00 p.m. rush hour traffic (on a Friday). Our office typically receives 4,000+ applications within the last few days, has a Read More >
February 16, 2015 |
Today (February 16), our office started reviewing Summer transfer applications. The deadline for summer has not passed and we are still receiving applications and documents, so we cannot say how long it will take us to finish or guess when Read More >
August 6, 2014 |
Spring 2015 Transfer Decisions
This week, our office started reviewing Spring 2015 transfer applications. The deadline for spring has not passed and we are still receiving applications and documents, so we cannot say how long it will take us to finish or guess when Read More >
February 10, 2014 |
Late last week, our office started reviewing Summer transfer applications. The deadline for summer has not passed and we are still receiving applications and documents, so we cannot say how long it will take us to finish or guess when Read More >
June 7, 2013 |
Updates and Reminders for Transfer and First Year Students
The majority of Fall transfer decisions have been made. We should be able to complete the handful of remaining decisions by mid-June. If you have been admitted for Fall and completed coursework this past Spring, please be sure to send Read More >
March 20, 2013 |
Updates on the Transfer Review Process for Fall and Summer
We have started reviewing Fall transfer applications. With the exception of a few oddities, we are finished with almost all Summer transfers. The myStatus is currently down and will not be accessible until First Year decisions are released. Letters are Read More >
January 24, 2013 |
From January 1 through January 22 we have received approximately 4,100 documents from Parchment/Docufide, 2,400 transcripts from GAcollege411 and 8,000 teacher recommendations and high school evaluations from our online forms. That’s 14,500 documents in 22 days! This does not Read More >
June 21, 2012 |
We have had several students inquire about final coursework being posted, so here is an update. Our evaluators are processing 1000+ final high school transcripts and 400+ college transcripts for incoming and returning students (and about 100 Pharmacy student transcripts). Read More >
April 19, 2012 |
April 2012 Updates for Freshman and Transfers
It is mid-April, and life is still fairly hectic in our office. Freshman decisions are out, but we are still in the thick of reviewing transfer files, monitoring commitment deposits for the freshman class, traveling, hosting accepted student events on Read More >
March 29, 2012 |
Here is a quick update for Fall transfer applicants, as the deadline is approaching. At this time, we are moving along at a steady clip in reviewing files, and over 600 decisions have already gone out (as compared to last Read More >
February 23, 2012 |
Here is a quick update on the Transfer Applicants for Summer and Fall of 2012. Please remember that the Summer deadline is still a week away, and the Fall deadline is still over a month away, so all numbers are Read More >
February 3, 2012 |
Summer/Fall 2012 Transfer Admission
As our review of the freshman transcripts (just the transcripts, not the entire file!) comes to an end, we will now starting up our transfer reviews. The transfer decision process is very different from the freshman process, so please take Read More >
January 31, 2012 |
Our office is at the point where we have caught up with the mail, the electronic documents, and the checking of our holding files for other matching materials. Over the next week or so, we will continue to match up Read More >
December 29, 2011 |
As some of you may have noticed, there is an issue with the myStatus page displaying transcripts as received. I have communicated with the head of our technology team, and for some reason, the transcript database for the myStatus page Read More >
July 13, 2011 |
Spring 2012 Transfer Decisions
In early July, the UGA Admissions office began reviewing Spring 2012 transfer applications and making admission decisions on files that were complete. We are still working with incoming freshman concerning final HS transcripts, and we are still posting updated transfer Read More >
June 1, 2011 |
Now that most of the incoming freshmen and transfers are done with their Spring terms (or at least about to be done), it is time for a few reminders about a few last items before you enroll. All incoming freshmen Read More >
February 11, 2011 |
Summer/Fall Transfer Decisions
Our evaluation team is finally at the end of checking high school transcripts (no, this does not mean we are done with freshman reviews, only the HS transcript reviews), so starting next week, we will be able to begin the Read More >
December 24, 2010 |
Common Questions (and Answers) While UGA is Closed
UGA will be closed from late afternoon on December 24 through January 3, and as such, we will not be available to answer many questions. Like many of you, I will also be unavailable at times during the break, so Read More >
December 7, 2010 |
Admissions – After the EA Decisions are Out
Now that Early Action decisions have been made, here are a few items of note of what will be going on over the next few weeks in Admissions: Starting today (Monday, 12/6), we will begin to enter in the materials Read More >
November 24, 2010 |
At this point in time, UGA has received approximately 100 summer transfer applications and 200 fall transfer applications. While our principle focus is on freshman at this time, especially on Early Action decisions, we have been able to review a Read More >
August 25, 2010 |
Self-Reported Grades, HS Transcripts, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
I was recently at a fast food restaurant , and they had new, larger cups for their sweet tea (the greatest beverage ever invented!), with a new logo on the side and a cool new dispenser. Life was great, as Read More >