We have successfully made it through Year 1 of our new student system, and we have a great class of freshman coming in for orientation, and our Fall transfer decisions are at the end of the process. We just finished a meeting to discuss the changes for next year’s freshman application, and orientation seems to […]
We will be sending out an email later today to First Year applicants with incomplete files. If you receive this email, please log in to your myStatus to see what you are missing, and then take care of the issue ASAP. Remember, we are going to accept the January SAT and you do not need […]
We are just over one week from the Regular Decision deadline today, and I am guessing that thousands of students are finishing up the final pieces of the application. As you can see from the last few winter weather days, you never know when something odd might cause a delay in taking care of your […]
The Early Action deadline is approaching, so here are a few suggestions as we approach the deadline: Don’t wait until the last minute. Even though the deadline is October 15, you should not wait until the last minute to submit your application. We do not hold it against you if you wait until 11:59PM on […]
UGA once again attracted an exceptionally strong applicant pool this year. Competition for admission was stronger than ever. Our 21,000 applications were a significant increase over last year, but it was unfortunately not balanced with an equivalent increase in the number of possible spaces for enrolled freshmen, around 5,200. This goal still allowed us to […]
Here are a few random thoughts and suggestions about UGA Admissions for December: When you are applying, please be sure you include the correct information in your application. Items are matched by name, social, date of birth, high school code, etc. If any of this information is incorrect it could prevent us from being able […]
We are now loading documents into our system following the release of Early Action decisions. Because electronic documents are received and processed much more quickly than paper, we are up-to-date with documents sent through GACollege411 and Docufide. If you have sent something online through either of these (and it was more than 2 business days […]
We are nearing the end of October, and we are finally able to see the light at the end of the tunnel as far as matching up recommendations, test scores, transcripts, etc. for Early Action. We just downloaded the October 6 SAT this afternoon (roughly 6,300 scores in all), and we will have a few […]
With the Early Action deadline passing, here are a few updates about the process: Total Early Action Applications: Approximately 11,400 Complete Early Action Applications: Approximately 5,600 Number of Early Action Applicants Applying on the Deadline: Approximately 2,100 As you can see, about half of all Early Action applications are not complete. Additionally, almost a fifth […]
Below are some of the questions that we have been getting on the phones, by email and on the blog lately: I applied as a transfer student for Spring, when will I have a decision? We cannot guess when an applicant will have a decision as this depends on many factors. We generally process transfer applications […]
