2012 Early Action Decision Reactions
David Graves November 17th, 2011
Since Early Action decisions will be going out in the late afternoon on Friday, November 18, here are a few suggestions on how to react to the four different decisions: Admit: Celebrate with family, buy a lot of UGA gear to wear for the Thanksgiving break, but remember that not everyone has received a decision […]
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Tags: decisions, Early Action, freshman admission, timelines
Half-Baked Reactions, 2012 Edition
David Graves November 15th, 2011
Last year, I wrote a post shortly after the EA decisions were released, and I thought it would be a good post to revamp and have out prior to the 2012 EA decisions going out. Here it is: Last night, my son wanted his favorite meal for dinner, fettucini alfredo with chicken. We pulled together […]
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Tags: defer, Early Action, Regular Decision
2012 Early Action Decision Release Date
David Graves November 11th, 2011
For all of you who are waiting anxiously by your computer/mailbox, nervous about your Early Action decision, here is some good news. UGA is planning on releasing the EA decisions on the myStatus page on Friday, November 18 in the late afternoon (unless some serious problem arises, which I do not expect). We are excited […]
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Tags: decisions, Early Action, timelines
UGA and the ACT
David Graves November 8th, 2011
Over the past 8-10 years, UGA has had a huge jump in the number of students submitting ACT scores. UGA treats the ACT in the same way that we do the SAT (neither one is better or worse, easier or harder, etc.), but there still seems to be a great deal of mystery about how […]
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Tags: ACT, freshman admission, test scores
1 Million Pageviews!
David Graves November 4th, 2011
Sometime late last night/early this morning, a prospective student (most parents are asleep before 2 a.m.) viewed a page of the blog, and the UGA Admissions blog officially had its 1 millionth pageview!! No, I cannot track down this visitor, and no gifts or prizes will be given out. But I am excited that a […]