UGA Holiday Break
David Graves December 23rd, 2013
Our office will be closed for the holiday break from late December 24 through January 1, and we will then open back up on January 2. This means we will not open mail, answer emails, phones calls, voice mails, respond to blog posts, etc. until our office reopens in January. Please be patient with us when […]
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Tags: documents, orientation
Transfer Applicants for 2014
David Graves December 16th, 2013
Sometime this week, our office will open up the Summer Transfer application, and the Fall Transfer application will open up in late January/mid February. Here are a few notes for students who are considering applying as transfer applicants. If you have been following this blog for the past few months, you know that we are […]
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Tags: deadlines, transfer, transfer admissions
Random Admissions Thoughts December 2013 Edition
David Graves December 4th, 2013
We have made it past the Early Action decisions, and we are now at the next stages of the admission cycle. With that in mind, here are a few thoughts about what happens in Admissions and UGA from December to late March. Scholarships-We are working on the review of files for scholarships, but as of […]
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Tags: file reading, freshman admission, honors, scholarships
EA Decisions are now on myStatus
David Graves November 22nd, 2013
Early Action decisions are now available online! You can view the press release with some statistics about EA students who were admitted here. For students who were deferred, please understand that this is not a denial decision. We want to be able to have a more in-depth review of you, including short essays, activities, recommendations, […]
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Tags: deferal, Early Action, freshman admission
Part Way Home in Admissions
David Graves November 22nd, 2013
Earlier this fall, I used the image of a long cross country trip when looking at the Admissions process, and how we would not know the exact arrival time until we were almost to the destination. Now picture the Admissions process as a road trip with three legs to the journey. The first leg is […]