Letting Them Drive Alone
David Graves May 8th, 2017
I can still remember one of the most terrifying moments in life as a parent, the day my son turned 16 and received his official driver’s license. We could handle the learner’s permit, as we could sit in the passenger’s seat and at least feel like we had some control of the situation. But when […]
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Tags: new freshman, orientation, parents
2017 UGA Merit Based Scholarships have been Awarded
David Graves April 10th, 2017
Over the last several months the Admissions staff has carefully reviewed all our newly admitted First Year students to consider them for University of Georgia academic merit scholarships. (See the list and our discussion of merit and need-based aid at our website, https://admissions.uga.edu/article/scholarships-at-uga.html.) All scholarships available through Admissions have now been awarded, and we have contacted […]
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Tags: scholarships
Admissions and Forrest Gump’s Box of Chocolates
David Graves March 21st, 2017
As Forrest Gump says, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you will get.” Undergraduate Admissions, especially during decision time, has some real connections to this this quote. Our post-decision interactions (mostly with denied students and families) many times involves an attempt to compare their own student with other admitted students […]
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Tags: decisions, file reading, freshman admission
2017 Freshman Admits
David Graves March 17th, 2017
We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available late afternoon on March 17th. 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 or throw fellow students under […]
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Tags: final decisions, freshman admission
2017 Freshman Denials
David Graves March 17th, 2017
We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available late afternoon on March 17th. Unfortunately, we were not able to admit a number of strong applicants as we are limited in the size of our freshman class. We know that you have a number of other strong college options and suggest you […]