2016 Freshman Application FAQ
David Graves June 30th, 2015
It’s mid summer, and questions are beginning to flood in about UGA’s First Year admission process. Here are answers to some of our more frequently asked ones. When can I apply? There is early, and then there is late. The 2016 First Year application first becomes available on September 2. Please know that, while there […]
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Camp Sunshine 2015
David Graves June 20th, 2015
It is that time of year again, when I will be away from the blog for a week while I volunteer at Camp Sunshine, a camp for children with cancer. This will be my 20th year volunteering for the summer camp part of Camp Sunshine, and I have had a wonderful time over the years […]
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Tags: camp
Spring 2016 Decisions
David Graves June 11th, 2015
Next week, our office started reviewing Spring 2016 transfer applications. This is much earlier than I expected, but we are way ahead of the timelines we have predicted for Fall transfers files and final HS transcripts for freshmen. The 8/15 application deadline for spring has not passed and we are still receiving applications and documents, […]
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Tags: spring, transfer, transfer admissions
Updated AP/IB grade Weighting for 2016
David Graves June 10th, 2015
Ever since I have been at UGA (18 years or so), we have added .5 to every AP or IB grade during the calculation of the UGA GPA (excluding schools who add points to actual teacher grades on the transcript). In a review of the weighting practices of a large number of high schools with […]
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Tags: GPA, grades, rigor
2016 Redesigned SAT
David Graves June 1st, 2015
In the Spring of 2016, the College Board will release their newly redesigned SAT test, and the Essay portion will be optional. This will not have an impact on freshmen starting in Summer/Fall of 2016 (due to our freshman deadlines), but this will impact students starting in the Summer/Fall of 2017 and beyond. As such, […]