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Columns::August 12, 2002
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Provost named new president of Ohio State University
Forest resources dean will serve as interim provost
Former governor gives $1 million to create faculty chair
Tom Lauth, political science head, is appointed dean of new school
Gift honors former prof by endowing new professorship in family and child welfare
Business manager named Employee of the Year
The picture of health
Campus News
Admissions plan for fall 2003 emphasizes academic record
By Tom Jackson
tjackson@uga.edu
The University of Georgia fall 2003 admissions decisions will emphasize applicants’ academic achievement, with some modifications from the fall 2002 process.
The fall 2002 plan was adopted after a court rejected a prior plan that considered an applicant’s race for the final 15 percent of admissions decisions. In that rejected approach, about a dozen factors received extra weight for that final portion of the class, including race, being the child of alumni and participation in extracurricular activities.
Under revisions for the coming year, an applicant’s academic record will undergo an initial screening that classifies it as “academically superior,” “academically competitive” or “not competitive.” Applicants will receive a complete academic review, with high school grade point average and rigor of high school curriculum the dominant factors. Also considered will be SAT or ACT scores, satisfaction of core curriculum and any negative indicators, such as D or F grades or a negative recommendation. The number of applicants rated “academically superior” is expected to fill approximately 75 percent to 80 percent of the class.
Applicant files rated “not competitive” will undergo a second reading by faculty reviewers to confirm that there is no exceptional circumstance that would justify further consideration. Barring such a finding, those students will be denied admission.
Further evaluation of the “academically competitive” group then will be used to complete the class, with an eye toward students who exhibit characteristics, such as intellectual curiosity, integrity, personal maturity, creativity, commitment to service and citizenship, ability to overcome hardship and a respect for cultural differences.
The application deadline for the regular admission process will be Feb. 1, 2003, with notifications beginning during February. The university will institute a formal early-action process for the first time, with an application deadline of Nov. 1, 2002. Students entering the early-action process will be notified of acceptance, denial or deferral in December.
“Critical to this admission process is that each application file will have a full academic review, and any file facing denial will have at least two reviews before a decision is final,” says Delmer D. Dunn, vice president for instruction. “The approximately 3,000 applicants comprising the ‘academically competitive’ category will receive a second review for characteristics identified as valuable by our faculty task force on admissions.”
One result of the task force’s work will be a revised application form, which will be available electronically later this month and on paper in September. It will elicit information demonstrating the desired characteristics, will require a recommendation from an applicant’s teacher in an academic subject in the junior or senior year of high school and, among other changes, will include a restructured form for evaluation by the high school.
The work of the task force is not complete, Dunn says. It will continue to investigate additional means of making admissions decisions and will seek the advice of consultants in developing a long-term plan for admissions. |
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