2017 Freshman Final Decisions

  David Graves      March 13th, 2017

Yes, the question that all freshmen applicants (and their parents) have been asking again and again can finally be answered. Final decisions for freshman applicants are scheduled to be released on Friday, March 17 (unless something catastrophic occurs). Decisions will be available on the status page sometime in the late afternoon on Friday (no do […]

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Summer/Fall 2017 Transfer Reviews

  David Graves      February 21st, 2017

In mid-February, our office started reviewing Summer transfer applications, as well as a small number of fall transfer decisions.  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 you will hear a decision.  If […]

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Choices

  David Graves      June 15th, 2016

Act 1, Scene 1 of Deciding on Dinner. Setting is the family kitchen. Father, Mother, Son and Daughter are standing around the kitchen island: Dad:  “I have a great idea. Who wants to go out to eat tonight?” Son (looking up from his phone): “Sorry, did you say something?” Daughter (glaring at brother): “He said […]

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2016 Final Freshman Decisions are Available

  David Graves      March 18th, 2016

Final freshman decisions are now available online.  We had a very strong applicant pool this year! We had 23,000 applications, which was our largest applicant pool ever.  Here are a few notes about decisions: Please do not have multiple family members try to log onto the myStatus.  This will slow down our serves.  We suggest […]

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SAT Closings and Scores for Make-up Date of 2/20

  David Graves      January 22nd, 2016

A number of students will be taking the SAT on January 23, and if you take it on this date and you have already requested for the scores to be sent to UGA, we will be able to use these scores in our decision process for Fall 2016 applicants. For some students who have signed […]

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Early Action Decisions are Now Available

  David Graves      November 20th, 2015

Early Action decisions are now available online!  You can view the press release with some statistics about EA students who were admitted here.  For students who were deferred, please understand that this is not a denial decision.  We want to be able to have a more in-depth review of you, including short essays, activities, recommendations, […]

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2015 Denied Freshman Post

  David Graves      March 20th, 2015

We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available by no earlier than 7:30 PM EST today, March 20th.   Unfortunately, we were not able to admit a number of strong applicants as we are limited in the size of our freshman class.  We know that you have a number of other strong […]

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2015 Final Freshman Decisions

  David Graves      March 16th, 2015

Yes, the question that all freshmen applicants (and their parents) have been asking again and again can finally be answered. Final decisions for freshmen applicants are scheduled to be released on Friday, March 20 (unless something catastrophic occurs). We will open up the status check no earlier than 7:30 p.m. EST on Friday and applicants […]

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Now What?

  David Graves      January 13th, 2015

The RD application/Deferred EA part II deadline is just about to pass, and everyone now starts to get into the mindset of “Now what?”. Here are a few hints to get you through the next few weeks/months. Patience. Patience is key, as any deadline brings out a rush of supporting materials. We will receive tens […]

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Withdraw/Cancel your Application

  David Graves      December 17th, 2014

A number of colleges have just released their EA/ED decisions, and now comes the time when some of our applicants decide that another university is a better match for their needs as a college student. This is just fine, as we know that this will happen and we plan for this possibility in our admission […]

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