2026 EA In-State Decisions

  David Graves      November 21st, 2025

In-State Early Action decisions will be released at 4 pm EST today, so here are some details about the In-State EA applicant and admitted groups. When you log into your status page, you will see a “View Update” link under the Status Update, and that is where you will see your decision. About 20 minutes […]

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UGA 2026 EA Early Numbers

  David Graves      October 17th, 2025

UGA Overall EA Admissions Over the last decade, the UGA applicant pool has grown at a substantial rate. If you look at the number of applicants over the past 10 years, you will see tremendous growth in our applicant pool both in size and in academic strength. We have gone from roughly 11,000 EA applicants […]

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Spring 2026 Transfer Process

  David Graves      August 5th, 2025

  The Spring Admission application opened on May 31, and we plan on releasing the Spring Transfer decisions on Friday, August 15 at 4 pm. For both freshman and transfer admission, UGA has specific enrollment goals for new students to ensure that they have access to the resources needed to have a successful academic career. […]

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2026 Freshman Admission Notes

  David Graves      July 11th, 2025

  The UGA 2026 First Year application will be opening up on August 1 on the Common App, so here are a few things to know prior to it going live: Should a student apply Early Action (EA) or Regular Decision (RD)?: Ultimately, this question needs to be answered by you, the student/applicant. We treat […]

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Fall 2026 Essay Questions

  David Graves      May 29th, 2025

  For First Year students applying to UGA for Fall 2026, we will keep the same longer personal essay (250-650 words) as before, using the essay prompts from the Common App. The shorter UGA specific essay (200-300 words suggested) topic will also remain the same as last year, with the following essay prompt: “The transition […]

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2025 Freshman Admits

  David Graves      March 14th, 2025

We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available today, March 14th, at 4 PM ET. For those of you who have been admitted to UGA, here is a post for you and a chance to comment.  Please remember that this is not a blog where you should post statistics or throw fellow […]

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2025 UGA Overall EA Admissions

  David Graves      December 6th, 2024

Out-of-State Early Action decisions will be released at 4 pm EST today, so here are some details about the overall EA applicant and admitted groups. When you log into your status page, you will see a “View Update” link under the Status Update, and that is where you will see your decision. About 20 minutes […]

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2025 In-State EA Decision Information

  David Graves      November 22nd, 2024

In-State Early Action decisions will be released at 4 pm EST today, so here are some details about the In-State EA applicant and admitted groups. When you log into your status page, you will see a “View Update” link under the Status Update, and that is where you will see your decision. About 20 minutes […]

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UGA 2025 EA Numbers and Information

  David Graves      October 25th, 2024

UGA Overall EA Admissions Over the last decade, the UGA applicant pool has grown at a substantial rate. If you look at the number of applicants over the past 10 years, you will see tremendous growth in our applicant pool both in size and in academic strength. We have gone from roughly 11,000 EA applicants […]

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Depth and Admissions

  David Graves      September 3rd, 2024

    My wife and my daughter are big fans of the Bachelor/Bachelorette shows, so much so that even though my daughter has moved to Arizona, there is a pact between them to not communicate about the show until they are sure the other one has watched it, and that they will reach out on […]

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