Early Action Decisions and Reactions

  David Graves      November 30th, 2010

Early Action decisions will be going out at the end of the week, so here are a few suggestions on how to react to the three different decisions: Admit: Celebrate with family, buy a lot of UGA gear to wear for the holiday season, but remember that not everyone has received a decision of admission, […]

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We Anticipate That EA Decisions Will Be Released on Dec. 3

  David Graves      November 19th, 2010

In the late afternoon of December 3, UGA anticipates that we will make the Early Action decisions available on the myStatus page. We say anticipate in case something unforeseen causes a delay (power outage, the Board of Regents making a change, office closing due to a blowout win by UGA over GA Tech in football, […]

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The Parable of the Elephant and the Six Blind Men

  David Graves      March 28th, 2010

In reading the different comments from students after decisions have gone out, I am reminded of the parable of the Elephant and the Six Blind Men: Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived six blind men. Each of them was very wise. Each of them had gone to school and read lots […]

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Status Check is now Open!

  David Graves      March 26th, 2010

The UGA status check page is now open and freshman applicants are now able to see our final decisions. Again, I will be putting up three different posts (UVA has done this very well, so I am using their great idea) concerning the three different decisions. I will not have data until early next week […]

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The Big Day!

  David Graves      March 26th, 2010

Later today, we will be opening up the status check so that all final decisions, and I will give you a heads up when it goes live. Before it happens, though, I wanted to let all the followers of this blog know that I appreciate all of the kind words you have written, and I […]

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February Wave of Admits

  David Graves      February 26th, 2010

Later this afternoon (Friday, 2/26), we will be releasing acceptance letters for a small group of freshman applicants. These admits, who are primarily Regular Decision (RD) applicants, are students who meet the criteria that UGA admissions used for Early Action (EA) admits. Whenever we release these late February decisions, we always get questions, ranging from […]

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Early Action and Regular Decision – The Director’s Cut

  David Graves      September 23rd, 2009

Since the deadline for Early Action is quickly approaching (and everyone seems to be asking the question “should I apply Early Action (EA) or Regular Decision (RD)”, we thought we would re-post this information (it is not really a sequel, but more like a directors cut with additional footage). Sorry if you have read it […]

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Volunteering and Admissions

  David Graves      September 8th, 2009

Well, the votes are in (at least about what readers want more information on), and you have stated that you would like to learn more about what things play a factor in admissions.Today, I would like to focus on how we look at students giving back to their community. And for student’s who are looking […]

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Spring 2010 Transfer Decisions

  David Graves      July 23rd, 2009

Just a quick heads-up to any and all transfer students who applied for Spring 2010. We have started reviewing these files, and as of 7/22, we have begun to send out decisions. Unlike freshman decisions, where there are three specific dates where we send out decisions, transfer decisions go out on a rolling basis and […]

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