2021 Denial Decisions
David Graves March 19th, 2021
We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available today, March 19th in the late afternoon time frame. We received almost 40,000 applicants, thus making decisions even more challenging this year. Unfortunately, we are not able to admit a number of strong applicants as we are limited in the size of our freshman […]
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Tags: denial, file reading, freshman admission
Admissions Causation and Correlation
David Graves March 5th, 2021
Fifteen plus years ago, I did a presentation at a local library just north of Atlanta for a parent group, talking about admissions in general but also going into detail about the UGA admissions process. The room was full of eager parents waiting for a glimpse behind the curtain of admissions (not exactly my plan, […]
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Tags: decisions, file reading, final decisions, freshman admission, myths
2021 Transfer Admission Update
David Graves February 22nd, 2021
While the focus this time of year seems to be all about freshman admission, February is the time of year when we receive a majority of our transfer applications and our Evaluation Team begins to work on our transfer reviews, posting credit for work and helping students with any transfer issues. As such, here is […]
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Tags: timelines, transfer admissions
UGA Decision Dates for 2021
David Graves January 25th, 2021
The final two decision dates for UGA freshman applicants are now set (unless some major issue impacts our office), with the smaller February wave of decisions will be released on Friday, February 12, while the final decisions in March will be released on Friday, March 19. Decisions are all released in the late afternoon, but […]
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Tags: file reading, final decisions, freshman admission, Regular Decision, transfer admissions
January 2021 Admission Thoughts
David Graves January 21st, 2021
January in Admissions means two things: Exhausted admission counselors reading files, and nervous applicants waiting for a decision. I can’t do much about the first one (especially with almost 40,000 applications), but I can try to help with the second one. As such, here are suggestions on what to do and not do from now […]