College admission timelines in Georgia

Students will learn over the coming months whether they were accepted by the college of their choice, with early admission decisions due in coming weeks and regular admission decisions announced early next year.

Here’s a timeline for the applications and processes at select Georgia colleges and universities.

University of Georgia

Dec. 15: the formal date for release of admission decisions for early-action applicants (though a UGA blog says the results may be posted as early as Nov. 18)
Jan. 15: deadline for regular decision applicants
March 15: deadline for submission of priority consideration financial aid applications
April 1: admission decisions release for regular decision applicants

Details: https://www.admissions.uga.edu/prospective-students/first-year/fy-application-steps

Georgia Tech

Dec. 1: document deadline for early-action applicants who applied by the Oct. 15 deadline
Jan. 1: application deadline for regular decision applicants
Sometime in January: admission decisions release for early-action applicants
Feb. 1: document deadline for regular decision applicants who applied by the Jan. 1 deadline
Sometime in March: admission decisions release for regular decision applicants

Details: http://admission.gatech.edu/freshman/freshman-deadlines-fees

Emory University

Dec. 15: notification of admission decisions for early-decision phase one applicants
Jan. 1: deadlines to apply for both early decision phase two and regular decision
Feb. 15: notification of admission decisions for early-decision phase two applicants
April 1: notification of admission decisions for regular decision applicants

Details: http://apply.emory.edu/apply/plans.php

Georgia State University

Dec. 15 to Jan. 30: notification of admission decisions for early-action applicants for fall 2017
March 1: deadline for regular decision applicants
March 1 to June 1: notification of admission decisions for regular-decision applicants for fall 2017

Details: http://admissions.gsu.edu/how-do-i-apply/deadlines/

Kennesaw State University

May 5: final application deadline for admission for fall 2017

Details: http://admissions.kennesaw.edu/deadlines.php

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