2015 Essay Questions
David Graves July 2nd, 2014
Every Spring, our office reviews the freshman application for changes that we would like to see for the next year. During this review, we also look at the short essay questions that are required for First Year applicants who apply Regular Decision or are deferred Early Action (Early Action applicants do not submit essays unless […]
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Tags: application changes, essays, freshman admission
Away from the Office
David Graves June 18th, 2014
Starting tomorrow, I will be away from the UGA admissions office for almost two weeks, as I will be volunteering on a mission trip to Slovakia. During this time away, I will not be able to answer any questions on the blog, as I will be without internet access for a majority of my trip. […]
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Changing your Major
David Graves June 16th, 2014
As everyone most likely knows, UGA implemented a new student system this year, and one of the things we have been waiting on is the method for enrolling students (and current students) to be able to change their major. This process has now been thoroughly tested, and the first few freshman orientation sessions have been […]
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Tags: freshman admission, majors, transfer admissions
Random Admission Thoughts June 2014
David Graves June 11th, 2014
We have successfully made it through Year 1 of our new student system, and we have a great class of freshman coming in for orientation, and our Fall transfer decisions are at the end of the process. We just finished a meeting to discuss the changes for next year’s freshman application, and orientation seems to […]
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Tags: applications, deadlines, freshman admission, self-reported grades, test scores, transfer admissions
Fall 2014 Transfer Update
David Graves May 19th, 2014
At this time, we have made decisions on roughly 80% of the Fall transfer applications that are complete and ready for review. This leaves us with about 400 or so files to still review for admissions, along with the checking of incomplete files for any missing documents/unusual circumstances. Starting today, we will be taking a […]