Fall Transfer Updates
David Graves March 29th, 2012
Here is a quick update for Fall transfer applicants, as the deadline is approaching. At this time, we are moving along at a steady clip in reviewing files, and over 600 decisions have already gone out (as compared to last year on April 1 when about 200 fall decisions had been made). Because of the […]
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Tags: transcripts, transfer, transfer admissions
The Elephant Parable, 2012 edition
David Graves March 23rd, 2012
Every year after decisions, there are a wave of unhappy comments about specific decisions and comparisons to other applicants, and so several years ago I decided to write a post about the importance of knowing everything about a situation before judging it. I thought that with decisions being released next week, it would be good […]
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Tags: decisions, file reading, freshman admission
Final Decision Day 2012
David Graves March 21st, 2012
Yes, the question that all freshmen applicants (and their parents) have been asking again and again can finally be answered. Final decisions for freshmen applicants are scheduled to be released on Friday, March 30 (unless something catastrophic occurs). As normal, we will open up the status check sometime in the afternoon on Friday (please do […]
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Tags: decisions, freshman admission
Are We There Yet?
David Graves March 16th, 2012
This past weekend, I drove a 15 seat bus down to Saint Simons Island (and then back to Athens) with a group of teenagers. I am guessing that over the course of the 7 hour drive, I was asked at least twenty times each way “are we almost there”, “how much farther”, and the famous […]
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Tags: freshman admission, timelines, transfer admissions
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 […]