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Mar
31
Summary of Admission to the University of Georgia First Year Class
March 28, 2008
Applications increased again this year, the third year of record number of applications. The Office of Admissions has continued its commitment to provide a full and equitable review of all applicants and to make the best possible admission decisions for the University and for the [...]
Mar
31
College and Scholarship Map
March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Don’t you want to let everyone know where you’re going to college? The guidance office is working with some of the wonderful Art department students to create a map that will display where each senior will be going after high school. If you want to have your name added along with the college you’re planning on [...]
Mar
17
What’s the Benefit of AP Courses?
March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
One of the largest studies ever to have been done on AP courses has shown that students who take AP courses do better in college. Of course, this makes perfect sense when you think about it. Students who take these challenging courses learn how to write more effectively, analyze content and synthesize it with what [...]
Mar
10
Beware Senioritis
March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This is the time of year that our 12th graders develop the very hazardous characteristic called “senioritis.” Some may have caught it as early as the fall and, frighteningly enough, as we are working on meeting with our juniors for advisement, there are even some 11th graders who exhibit early signs. It is a classic occurrence among students [...]
Feb
7
Parental anxiety over college-bound kiddies
February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
It can be a very difficult time for parents and students alike when the time to head to college draws near. This is, for many, the biggest step in independence their kids have taken, and it can be an exciting, scary, stressful, and emotional process, all rolled into one. Because most parents aren’t really eager, no matter how [...]
