UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

JANUARY 9, 2025

The applications are all in for the 2025 UGA Regular Decision group of students, so here is some detailed information on the total UGA freshman applicant pool for Fall 2025 (EA and RD). The total application numbers (EA and RD) are roughly 47,850 , which is up approximately 12% from last year.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In the college application process, there are a lot of pieces you will likely start and finish within your senior year—writing essays, gathering documents, synthesizing your resume of activities—these are just a few. We are considering the whole pie, which is made up of many parts, when we read your application. Welcome, Danielle!

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College Planner Pro

AUGUST 5, 2024

However, many institutions recognize that personal character qualities are equally important and are looking for evidence of character and values in college applications. Attributes such as resilience, integrity, empathy, and leadership, which can often be overlooked in the traditional metrics of grades and test scores.

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North Star Admissions Consulting

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Why Campus Visits Matter On November 1st, the majority of early action and early decision college applications are due. For the next four weeks I will share college application tips to help the whole process run smoothly. Next Friday, more college application tips – Interviews.

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Admissions.Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

The University of Texas at Austin had promised its first cohort of Early Action applicants – students who were required to apply by the very early date of October 15, 2024 – an admissions decision by January 15, 2025. The majority of Early Action applicants have no admissions decision.

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North Star Admissions Consulting

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

College Application Tips: What to do After You Submit Your College Applications On November 1st, the majority of early action and early decision college applications are due. Leading up to this deadline, I have been sharing college application tips to help the whole process run smoothly. Happy November 1 st !

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 2, 2025

For many students, later college application deadlines can offer a second chance and even more opportunities for success. If youve had a change of heart about where you want to attend school or if you didnt get into your top choice in an earlier application cycle, late deadlines give you the flexibility to reevaluate your college list.

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Great College Advice

DECEMBER 8, 2024

By being deferred, the college is telling you that it has been unable to make a final decision on your application. The school is essentially holding onto your application to see how you will compare to its regular decision applications. You may be within its profile of admitted students but not near the top.

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College Wise

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Explore how intersectionality and identity shape the college application process. By understanding their identities, students can find colleges that offer the right academic and emotional support.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In 2024, applications to MBA programs have skyrocketed , reaching levels not seen in over a decade. According to the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), MBA applications rose 12% overall, with full-time, in-person programs seeing a 32% surge. WHY ARE MBA APPLICATIONS INCREASING?

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

What does a competitive student look like? What is a good essay topic? What clubs are the best? What summer activity looks better to you? What are you looking for in an applicant? Each time I hear a “what” question, I also hear the unspoken stress behind it. I doubt you do. Do not despair!

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Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

applicants, all of which are ranked highly on the international stage. C ollege Private Counseling Develop an organized and effective application strategy that leverages your academic and extracurricular experience to stand out. Applicants appeared first on Top Tier Admissions.

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Discovery College Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2025

Many colleges, especially the most selective ones, have reported record numbers of applications year after year. But since most of these schools have not increased the size of their freshman class, more applications have resulted in more denials and higher selectivity. Last spring, Forbes reported that as of March 1, 2024, more than 1.3

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ACM College Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

High school juniors are at a pivotal stage in the college application process. Build Strong Relationships with Teachers Letters of recommendation will most likely be a necessary part of your application. Review the past Common Application essay prompts and think about what topics may be good fits for you.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The early admissions landscape for the 20242025 application cycle has been marked by notable shifts in applicant behavior, evolving institutional priorities, and regional dynamics. EARLY COLLEGE APPLICATION TRENDS: CLASS OF 2029 Record-High Applicant Numbers Signal Increased Competition (Yet again!)

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road2college

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The post Dear Roadie: How Will a Tragic Accident That Caused My Daughter’s Grades to Plummet Impact Her College Applications? Dear Roadie, While in high school, my daughter was involved in a tragic accident that nearly killed her. appeared first on Road2College.

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Solomon Admissions

DECEMBER 13, 2024

One of the most common questions higher education professionals receive is, How can I improve my college application in a very competitive and saturated academic environment? appeared first on Solomon Admissions Consulting.

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Discovery College Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2025

At Discovery College Consulting, we aim to give our students significant control over the college search and application process. Once students have finalized their college list, we turn our focus to applications and essays. Ultimately, though, it is up to the student (and tangentially, their parents) to decide where to apply.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 15, 2025

A lower GPA can negatively affect your college applications by signaling to admissions officers potential challenges with meeting the academic rigor of their institution. It can make it harder for you to stand out among a pool of highly qualified applicants with higher GPAs. to receive financial aid. But thats okay!

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Ivy Central

MARCH 29, 2023

How to Apply Application deadlines change from year to year but for students applying for summer 2023, applications opened late in 2022 with a single deadline of 18th January for the application to be received. The application is not completed until this is received by the university.

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Ivy Central

MARCH 30, 2023

Entry Requirements and Cost Applicants must be in their Junior year at the time of applying and are currently enrolled in high school in the United States or its territories, or who are US citizens studying abroad. The program has a limited number of spots available, and only the most qualified applicants are accepted.

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Ivy Central

DECEMBER 21, 2022

When you apply to your top choice college in the early application round you will get one of three responses, accepted (yippee), rejected (boo) or deferred (what?). While being deferred is a disappointment it is also an opportunity to provide the admissions team with additional information that will strengthen your application.

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Ivy Central

MAY 17, 2023

The university received 10,512 applications and accepted 3091 students. Regular Decision may be right for you if you need more time to get your application ready. Application Components Complete the online application The students can complete the application using the Wake Forest Application, the Coalition, or the Common Application.

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Ivy Central

MARCH 13, 2023

Many Universities in the US are remaining Test-Optional for the upcoming application season (2023-24). On the other hand, if you have a lower score you should work hard to enhance your profile with good quality extra-curricular activities, recommendation letters, college application essays, and your school GPA.

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road2college

DECEMBER 14, 2024

The post Dear Roadie: My Son and His Girlfriend Broke Up, and He Can’t Focus on College Applications appeared first on Road2College. Dear Roadie, My senior son and his long-term girlfriend just broke up, and he can’t focus on anything else. He’s.

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College Planner Pro

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As an IEC, I find myself battling an endless mental checklist of things I've asked my rising seniors to take care of from mid-summer to late fall each year. Did Samantha fill out her brag sheet for teacher letters of recommendation? When is Johnny's Michigan essay draft due to me, again? Has Molly finished up her arts supplement?

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Spark Admissions

JUNE 30, 2023

Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts opined that in both cases, colleges had used race-conscious admissions policies not to promote diversity on campus, as precedent had deemed acceptable, but to discriminate against certain candidates on the basis of race, particularly Asian-American applicants, through racial stereotyping.

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Grown & Flown

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The eagle has landed as my youngest child has submitted her final college application. I will never again be the next of kin to a childs college application process. Hallelujah! I’m respecting my daughter’s privacy by not revealing what colleges she has applied to.

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Ivy Central

MARCH 29, 2023

Entry Requirements and Cost The entry requirements are fairly minimal, applicants must be at least 14 and have completed 9th grade or its equivalent and so have done at least one year of high school maths, but not have started at college or university. The PROMYS application requires an appreciable amount of work.

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Ivy Central

MARCH 22, 2023

Admission Acceptance Rate Columbia is known for its highly selective admissions process for the Class of 2025, Columbia received a record-high 60,551 applications and admitted 2,214 students for an acceptance rate of 3.6% Columbia students are not much bothered about sports or cheering on their team.

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Grown & Flown

OCTOBER 14, 2024

I suffered in silence for the better part of a year because, you see, I let my son take charge of the entire college application process. To the untrained eye (mine) it appeared the college application process would be a manageable effort for my organized self-starter. I know my parents didn’t think twice about college applications.

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Ivy Central

JANUARY 14, 2023

Sometimes, students are concerned that a spike may make their application uni-dimensional and this may not appeal to the admissions officers. When I meet with students to review their extracurricular activities for the first time, many are curious about whether or not they should focus on a single activity until they apply to college.

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Ruffaloni

MARCH 30, 2023

Imagine how easy our lives in higher education enrollment would be if students submitted an RFI form, submitted an application, and then enrolled on the timeline that works best for us. The “abandon” rate on complicated and complex applications is something that you will want to evaluate. It would be great if this were true.

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Spark Admissions

APRIL 24, 2023

In particular, because ChatGPT is proving to be a surprisingly effective writer, everyone who relies on essays and other written materials to evaluate students, job seekers, or other applicants for positions now needs to be on the lookout for AI-generated text. What is ChatGPT, exactly? What does all this mean for you?

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Ruffaloni

MAY 11, 2023

Rejection is a natural part of any application process. Offer feedback: Providing specific feedback on why a student was not accepted can help them understand what areas they need to work on and improve for future applications. Plenty of schools accept applications well into the summer—do high school counselors know about those?

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Ruffaloni

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

That means that we optimize and focus our strategy on getting you inquiries that match your ideal applicants. Our enrollment team touts a 30-day qualified inquiry-to-application submit window with 45 percent of inquiries submitting and application, and 70 percent of those applicants completing their application process.

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Admissions Mom

DECEMBER 22, 2024

If youre a procrastinator like me, you might have put off starting your applications until now. Overall Last Minute Application Guide Look for schools with Jan 5 or later deadlines: You can sort by that on the Common App. The essay needs to be about inner you the you they cant get to know anywhere else in your application.

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