Fall Transfer Update Part III

  David Graves      May 7th, 2010

Here is my weekly update on the Fall Transfer process, and how the general timeline is looking for this group. Our evaluation team is moving along at a very strong pace, as almost 900 admit decisions have gone out, and almost 1,400 decisions as a whole have been made (admit and deny). Taking into account […]

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Fall Transfer Update Part II

  David Graves      April 29th, 2010

As I stated last week, I will try to post a weekly update about Fall transfers and how the process is going. Since tomorrow is a furlough day, I will be out of the office an unable to see what is going on with the numbers, and our evaluation team will also be out. As […]

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Fall Transfer Update

  David Graves      April 23rd, 2010

Although I cannot give daily updates on what is happening with Fall transfer decisions, I will try to post a weekly update either on Thursday or Friday about the progress our office has made in reviewing Fall files. I will not be able to tell you when your file will be reviewed, what date is […]

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Fall Transfer Decisions!

  David Graves      April 12th, 2010

After a review of the application numbers, the projected enrollment numbers for the overall student body next year, along with discussions about future budget issues, the University of Georgia will move forward with Fall transfer admission decisions based upon the review criteria that is already in place. Please remember that this is not a quick […]

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Freshman February Wave of Admits

  David Graves      February 26th, 2010

The status check is now back and open for viewing, and the small wave of freshman February admit decisions that I discussed earlier are now showing up on the site. Please remember that this is a small group of admits who meet the EA criteria used in our December admits (and are mainly RD applicants […]

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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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Summer and Fall Transfer Decisions

  David Graves      February 18th, 2010

As our review of the freshman transcripts (just the transcripts, not the entire file!) comes to an end, we are now starting up our transfer reviews. The transfer decision process is very different from the freshman process, so please take note. While the freshman decisions go out at three times during the year (December, late […]

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The Magic Eight Ball of Admissions

  David Graves      January 21st, 2010

Every once in a while, I will receive an email or a response to this blog asking “I have X GPA, X SAT’s, …, so what are my chances for admission at UGA?” While it may sound like an easy question, unless the student is at the very top or very bottom on everything from […]

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2010 Transfer Applicant Update

  David Graves      January 11th, 2010

Although most of the focus will be on Freshman applicants for the next month or so, I did not want to leave out our transfer students. While our evaluation team will be reviewing a large number of freshman files through the month of January, I expect that we will begin the transfer review process in […]

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Admission Plans – Forrest Gump style

  David Graves      August 19th, 2009

In one scene in the movie Forrest Gump, the character Bubba Blue is sitting next to Forrest on a transport bus talking about shrimp. “Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. […]

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