It is April 1, so we are juggling a wide range of things at this time. We are working with freshmen, transfers, deposits, recruiting future classes, orientation planning, etc. I am also in the middle of a large installation of a new recruitment system (which is going great), but it is eating up most of my time right now. As such, here are a few notes about what is happening:
- Transfer applicants: We are well into reviewing transfer
files, but each ones takes time, as we have to determine how your courses transfer into UGA, calculate an overall transfer GPA, determine hours, etc. Transfer decisions go
out daily once we start the review process, and we are averaging roughly 50 files reviewed per day, M-F. I cannot guess when an
applicant will hear a decision, as it depends on the number of
applicants, when a file is complete, how complex the files is, etc. I am
an admissions officer, not a fortune teller who can predict the future. - Documents: Transfers, please remember to give us 10 business
days from the day a transcript is sent OR you submit your application,
whichever is last. It is a mostly manual process to match college
transcripts, so it takes a while. If you left a college off the application this will cause problems, as we need official transcripts from every college you attended as an Undergraduate. - Timelines: The Timelines page
at under the blog header is the best place to understand more about
when you will hear a decision. Remember, though, that the Timelines page
has projected dates, and so these are not exact due to many factors
that impact our reviews. I expect over 2,500 Fall transfer applicants, and while we are going through them as quickly as possible, over 1,000 students had applied by mid-February, over 1,500 had applied by the beginning of March, etc. In other words, patience is key. - Admitted Freshman: Do not forget to decide on a college by May 1 and submit a deposit! We wish you well in this choice and want you to find the best possible match, but we do not want to hear from you on May 3rd saying “I forgot to submit my deposit”.
- HS Junior Parents: This is the time of year when HS juniors
visit campuses for the first time and are looking at planning out their
senior schedules. We are thrilled to have visitors to our campus, just
make sure to schedule your visit early, as April tours and
information sessions fill up quickly due to Spring Breaks and lots of
interest in UGA. As well, our office is not the best group to suggest
what a student should take during their senior year. We suggest your
family sits down with your HS counselor to see what the options are, and
how your student can challenge themselves yet still be successful in
HS. We also get a large number of questions about AP vs DE (dual
enrollment) courses, and which is the best option. Since we do not know
all the details of the situation or all the options, I suggest you
review a past AP vs. DE blog post on this issue and then work with your HS counselor. In addition, we do not make suggestions on what elementary schools applicants for Fall 2029 should attend. - Scholarships: We will be awarding scholarships through about
mid-April, but again, this takes a great deal of time to review files
and make decisions, so we ask for your patience. We have made a large number of scholarship offers already, but we have a few offers still to make. Please remember that our office is limited in
scholarship funding and we have a large number of strong/wonderful
admitted students. In addition, we are not able to “match” scholarship
offers from other colleges, as each institution has their own method and
funding for scholarships.
I hope this helps, and Go Dawgs!