2025 Freshman Admits

  David Graves      March 14th, 2025

We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available today, March 14th, at 4 PM ET. For those of you who have been admitted to UGA, here is a post for you and a chance to comment.  Please remember that this is not a blog where you should post statistics or throw fellow […]

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2025 First-Year and Transfer Final Decision Timelines

  David Graves      February 26th, 2025

Let’s make this short and sweet! Currently, we are finishing up our review season, where we are looking at both our First Year applicants for Final Decisions and our Transfer applicants for Summer/Fall 2025. The good news is that we are at the point where we can let everyone know when we will be releasing […]

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UGA 2025 EA Numbers and Information

  David Graves      October 25th, 2024

UGA Overall EA Admissions Over the last decade, the UGA applicant pool has grown at a substantial rate. If you look at the number of applicants over the past 10 years, you will see tremendous growth in our applicant pool both in size and in academic strength. We have gone from roughly 11,000 EA applicants […]

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Depth and Admissions

  David Graves      September 3rd, 2024

    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 are sure the other one has watched it, and that they will reach out on […]

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What to expect when Applying

  David Graves      July 29th, 2024

Senior year of high school is about to start, and UGA is on the list of schools you are considering. But what now? How do you make sure you are giving us the information we want, and how will UGA review your file? Over the last 15 years, I have shared a great deal of […]

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Self-Advocacy and Admissions

  David Graves      June 7th, 2024

When I was six weeks old, my mother passed away due to complications from a blood clot. Several years later my family grew, mirroring the 70’s sitcom of the Brady Bunch, with two widowed parents with three children each finding love and marrying each other. During that gap of time though, my two older sisters […]

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Fall 2025 UGA Essay Questions

  David Graves      May 22nd, 2024

For First Year students applying to UGA for Fall 2025, we will keep the same longer personal essay (250-650 words) as before, using the essay prompts from the Common App. The shorter UGA specific essay (200-300 words suggested) topic will also remain the same as last year, with the following essay prompt: “The transition from […]

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2024 Wait List Planning

  David Graves      April 29th, 2024

Due to the challenges that every college is facing because of the delay in FAFSA data being sent to colleges (including UGA), the 2024 Wait List process will be different from prior years. First, the deposit deadline for International and Out-of-State students will be May 1, but for In-State students, who are more impacted by […]

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Admissions Advice for Parents

  David Graves      November 27th, 2023

Parents – I have been where you are. I have survived the late night feedings, the endless soccer/swimming/dance/whatever else events, the lengthy “discussions” about cleaning their rooms, and teaching them how to drive a car. Don’t even get me started on driving lessons. And I have also survived the college search process for both of […]

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New Information for 2024 First Year Applicants

  David Graves      May 26th, 2023

For the Fall 2024 First-Year applicant group, there are three updates the UGA Admissions Office wants to make known when students are preparing to apply to UGA. We will be exclusively using the Common App for our First-Year applicants. We will still use our in-house application for non First-Year applicants such as transfer students, but […]

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