2011 Freshman Wait-list Applicants

  David Graves      March 25th, 2011

Later today, we will be making decisions available to students. For those of you who have been wait-listed by 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, throw fellow classmates under the bus, etc. These types of comments […]

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2011 Denied Freshman

  David Graves      March 25th, 2011

Later today, we will be making decisions available to students. For those of you who have been denied by 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, throw fellow classmates under the bus, etc. These types of comments […]

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Decision Day 2011

  David Graves      March 25th, 2011

Yes, today is the day that final decisions are available to freshman applicants. My estimation is that the myStatus page will be open sometime around 4:30 pm EST today, but I will be out of the office this afternoon and will not be able to post the usual announcement right after it goes live. I […]

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The Elephant Parable, 2011 version

  David Graves      March 24th, 2011

After decisions last year, there were a wave of unhappy comments about specific decisions and comparisons to other applicants, and I decided to write a post about the importance of knowing everything about a situation before judging it. I thought that with decisions being released tomorrow, it would be good to re-post this message a […]

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2011 Final Freshman Decisions

  David Graves      March 23rd, 2011

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 25 (unless something catastrophic occurs). As normal, we will open up the status check late afternoon on Friday (please do not ask […]

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myStatus Page Down

  David Graves      March 11th, 2011

In preparation for the Freshmen decisions that will be sent out in late March, the myStatus page will be temporarily closed to allow our office to begin the final stages of the decision process. We will still be making transfer decisions during this time, and these applicants will still be notified by mail. Please bear […]

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Early Action Decisions and Reactions

  David Graves      November 30th, 2010

Early Action decisions will be going out at the end of the week, so here are a few suggestions on how to react to the three different decisions: Admit: Celebrate with family, buy a lot of UGA gear to wear for the holiday season, but remember that not everyone has received a decision of admission, […]

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We Anticipate That EA Decisions Will Be Released on Dec. 3

  David Graves      November 19th, 2010

In the late afternoon of December 3, UGA anticipates that we will make the Early Action decisions available on the myStatus page. We say anticipate in case something unforeseen causes a delay (power outage, the Board of Regents making a change, office closing due to a blowout win by UGA over GA Tech in football, […]

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The Parable of the Elephant and the Six Blind Men

  David Graves      March 28th, 2010

In reading the different comments from students after decisions have gone out, I am reminded of the parable of the Elephant and the Six Blind Men: Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived six blind men. Each of them was very wise. Each of them had gone to school and read lots […]

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Status Check is now Open!

  David Graves      March 26th, 2010

The UGA status check page is now open and freshman applicants are now able to see our final decisions. Again, I will be putting up three different posts (UVA has done this very well, so I am using their great idea) concerning the three different decisions. I will not have data until early next week […]

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