Changes
David Graves September 17th, 2018
Changes. They happen all the time in all areas of life. David Bowie even has a song about it. It is a fact of life, an Admissions Offices are no different. Every year we look at what has happened over the past year, what has worked and what needs fine tuning and what we need […]
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Tags: Early Action, file reading, freshman admission, holistic
The Language of Admissions
David Graves September 6th, 2018
My daughter, who is a sophomore International Affairs major at UGA, probably thinks she can hold her own in a hospital operating room. Why? Because being a Grey’s Anatomy fangirl has taught her all the medical lingo she would ever need in this life. Fourteen seasons and 317 episodes of the life of Meredith Grey, […]
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Tags: deferal, deposit, Early Action, file reading, freshman admission, Regular Decision, test scores
Admissions Checklist
David Graves August 22nd, 2018
I will tell you right now, I love the podcast for NPR’s “Hidden Brain” by Shankar Vedantam. I hope that one day I might be a part of a story about college admissions on this podcast (I know, keep dreaming). And one of my favorite episodes on this program is “Check Yourself”, a podcast about […]
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Tags: applications, documents, essays, freshman admission
What should I take? – Course rigor and a balanced life
David Graves August 10th, 2018
In College Admissions, there is an ongoing struggle with trying to relay information concerning a high school applicant’s course selection. How do you relay the idea to students that colleges want you to challenge yourself in preparation for college classes, but not overdo their coursework load to the detriment of their work/play balance and overall […]
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Tags: freshman admission, rigor
Senior Year Do’s and Don’ts
David Graves August 3rd, 2018
It is that time of year again, when K-12 schools are starting back, students (and teachers) groan and parents quietly celebrate. Colleges are beginning to open their applications for the Class of 2023 (UGA’s app will open on September 1), and the college admissions process suddenly gets real. With the flip of the proverbial switch, […]