Silent Suggestions for HS juniors (and below)
David Graves March 13th, 2012
While a number of admissions offices (including UGA) are using videos more and more in their recruitment of students, here is a different take on the standard “admissions suggestions” videos (and our tribute to the Oscar winning film “The Artist”). Thanks go out to Lindsey Whittaker for her acting abilities, and to Morgan Cogswell for […]
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Tags: freshman admission, myths
Interesting Items from the 2012 File Reading
David Graves March 9th, 2012
We are still deep into reading freshman files, but here are a few interesting items about some of our applicants that we have learned from their files: Second place winner in a national texting tournament (over 500,000 participants), and was a part of a texting documentary National Bowling Champion (for age group) Numerous mascots for […]
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Tags: file reading, freshman admission
Essay examples, 2012
David Graves March 7th, 2012
While we are still in full swing reading freshman files, I thought I would share a few essay examples from this year that I think are impressive. Please understand that while some people believe that great essays should have as many impressive words as possible, or flow like a poem cascading through the mind (okay […]
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Tags: applications, essays, freshman admission
2012 Transfer Update, 3/2/2012
David Graves March 2nd, 2012
While yesterday was the Summer Transfer deadline, and we will still be receiving materials for this group for the next week or two, we have now also started to review Fall Transfer files. We will be shifting back and forth between Summer and Fall transfer applicants as materials come in, and we will be starting […]
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Tags: timelines, transfer, transfer admissions
2/23/2012 Update on Transfers
David Graves February 23rd, 2012
Here is a quick update on the Transfer Applicants for Summer and Fall of 2012. Please remember that the Summer deadline is still a week away, and the Fall deadline is still over a month away, so all numbers are based only on today’s date. So far, about 450 students have applied as Summer 2012 […]