From January 1 through January 22 we have received approximately 4,100 documents from Parchment/Docufide, 2,400 transcripts from GAcollege411 and 8,000 teacher recommendations and high school evaluations from our online forms. That’s 14,500 documents in 22 days! This does not include documents that were mailed in, emailed to admproc@uga.edu or emailed to individual counselors. […]
We are now a couple of days past the First Year application deadline, so here are a few updates on where we are in the process. Over the few days leading up to the deadline we had about 3,000 applications submitted. We must check all of the newly submitted applications against our holding file. If […]
The January 15 Regular Decision deadline is quickly approaching. This is a busy time in our office as we are receiving thousands of documents, both online and in the mail. Here are a few suggestions for you as the deadline nears: Do not wait until the deadline to do things. If you wait until the […]
Here are a few random thoughts and suggestions about UGA Admissions for December: When you are applying, please be sure you include the correct information in your application. Items are matched by name, social, date of birth, high school code, etc. If any of this information is incorrect it could prevent us from being able […]
We are now loading documents into our system following the release of Early Action decisions. Because electronic documents are received and processed much more quickly than paper, we are up-to-date with documents sent through GACollege411 and Docufide. If you have sent something online through either of these (and it was more than 2 business days […]
We are still at around 11,400 applications with about 1,100 of those incomplete. Only about 9% of applicants are incomplete, which means 91% of Early Action applicants are complete! If you are incomplete at this time, first check with the source. This means if you are missing a transcript or high school evaluation, check with […]
We are nearing the end of October, and we are finally able to see the light at the end of the tunnel as far as matching up recommendations, test scores, transcripts, etc. for Early Action. We just downloaded the October 6 SAT this afternoon (roughly 6,300 scores in all), and we will have a few […]
First, I will be out of the office for the next five days, so please hold off on any questions, or if you do submit them, be patient, as I will not be able to review any emails/blog comments until late next week. Second, February in Admissions means that our office is working on a […]
Our office is at the point where we have caught up with the mail, the electronic documents, and the checking of our holding files for other matching materials. Over the next week or so, we will continue to match up materials that have just come in with freshman files, as well as do a thorough […]
We are a few days out from the admissions deadlines, so I will try to give you an update on what is happening and where we are right now in the process. Over the long weekend, approximately 2,200 freshman applications were submitted, and we still have a few hundred more that we need to correct […]
