Test Score Deadline for 2017 RD and Deferred EA applicants

  David Graves      July 20th, 2016

It seems like everything is changing for the freshmen who will be applying for Summer/Fall of 2017. The FAFSA date is changing to take into account tax/financial information from two years prior to their entry term (some are calling this Prior-Prior Year FAFSA), the SAT has changed, the ACT essay has changed, and the Coalition […]

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2017 Short Essay Questions (for RD and Deferred EA applicants only)

  David Graves      June 13th, 2016

Every year, our office reviews the freshman application for changes that we would like to see for the next year. During this review, we also look at the short essay questions that are required for First Year applicants who apply Regular Decision or are deferred Early Action (Early Action applicants do not submit essays unless […]

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2016 Final Freshman Decisions are Available

  David Graves      March 18th, 2016

Final freshman decisions are now available online.  We had a very strong applicant pool this year! We had 23,000 applications, which was our largest applicant pool ever.  Here are a few notes about decisions: Please do not have multiple family members try to log onto the myStatus.  This will slow down our serves.  We suggest […]

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2016 Freshman Denials

  David Graves      March 18th, 2016

We plan to make the final wave of freshman decisions available late afternoon today, March 18th.   Unfortunately, we were not able to admit a number of strong applicants as we are limited in the size of our freshman class.  We know that you have a number of other strong college options and suggest you […]

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2016 Final Freshman Decisions

  David Graves      March 14th, 2016

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 18 (unless something catastrophic occurs). We will open up the status check sometime in the late afternoon on Friday (no do not […]

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Ok…So What Happens Now?

  David Graves      January 12th, 2016

We are about to hit the RD application/Deferred EA part II deadline, and everyone now starts to get into the mindset of “Now what?”. Here are a few hints to get you through the next few weeks/months. Patience. Patience is key, as any deadline brings out a rush of supporting materials. We will receive tens […]

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2016 Freshman Essay Questions (RD and Deferred EA only)

  David Graves      July 6th, 2015

Every year, our office reviews the freshman application for changes that we would like to see for the next year. During this review, we also look at the short essay questions that are required for First Year applicants who apply Regular Decision or are deferred Early Action (Early Action applicants do not submit essays unless […]

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Now What?

  David Graves      January 13th, 2015

The RD application/Deferred EA part II deadline is just about to pass, and everyone now starts to get into the mindset of “Now what?”. Here are a few hints to get you through the next few weeks/months. Patience. Patience is key, as any deadline brings out a rush of supporting materials. We will receive tens […]

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January 2015 Update

  David Graves      January 7th, 2015

We are just over one week from the Regular Decision deadline today, and I am guessing that thousands of students are finishing up the final pieces of the application. As you can see from the projected weather for the next few days, you never know when something odd might cause a delay in taking care […]

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November 2014 Admissions Thoughts

  David Graves      November 19th, 2014

We have made it past the Early Action decisions, and we are now at the next stages of the admission cycle. With that in mind, here are a few thoughts about what happens in Admissions and UGA from November to late March. Scholarships-We are working on the review of files for scholarships, but as of […]

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