What Matters
David Graves June 19th, 2020
“Everything’s been said, but it needs saying again.” Ernest Gaines Everything in college admissions seems cyclical, with each new year seeming to be an updated version of the year before (except of course when Covid-19 throws a wrench into the system!). Admissions advice always seems to use similar themes and language from year to year, […]
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Tags: activities, file reading, freshman admission, holistic
Information on the UGA 2021 Application
David Graves May 7th, 2020
Big News!! For the UGA Freshman 2021 application, the UGA Admissions Office will accept the Common Application as an option for prospective student applicants. Okay, now that you have recovered from your shock (it only took us 10+ years to choose this option), here are the details for applying for next year. Applying UGA will […]
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Tags: application changes, applications, essays, freshman admission
2020 Wait List Update
David Graves April 30th, 2020
At this time, we are currently making a small number of decisions for students on the Wait List. Because of the unusual circumstances that we have seen this year, I cannot predict when we will complete our Wait List review, and I do not have an exact date for any future offers or when we […]
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Tags: decisions, waitlist
Admissions in a Changing World
David Graves March 18th, 2020
While this year in admissions and higher education started out as normal, it is going to end up as anything but normal. We are still in a state of unknown surrounding the actions that will need to be taken in response to the COVID-19 situation concerning admissions, so please take this as an initial post. […]
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Tags: admissions, campus visit, grades
2020 Freshman Final Admits
David Graves March 13th, 2020
We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available today, March 13th, in the late afternoon time frame. For those of you who have been admitted to 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 […]