In its ongoing efforts to make the college application process easier, UT Knoxville has joined Common Application, a service that allows students to fill out a single document to apply for admission at more than 450 public and private universities across the United States. First-time entering freshmen applying for admission to UT for the fall
UT Knoxville’s regular application deadline for the 2012-2013 academic year is December 1, less than two weeks away. The priority admissions deadline—which incoming freshmen had to meet to be considered for competitive scholarships and the Chancellor’s Honors Program—was November 1.
Eighty students attended this year’s UT LEAD Summer Institute, a free five-week program that brought a select group of freshman Promise Scholarship recipients to college for the second summer session. The Summer Institute is a component of the UT LEAD program, which provides academic-year support for all Promise and Pledge recipients. This is the fourth
Seventy-five freshmen are now studying at UT Knoxville as part of the new dual-enrollment program with Pellissippi State Community College. Guided by advisers on both campuses, these Bridge Program students are attending the second summer session at UT and taking a set of credit courses to help them adjust to college life and get a
Starting this summer, a pilot group of students will be dually enrolled at UT Knoxville and Pellissippi State Community College (PSCC). This new bridge program — the type of partnership required by the 2010 Complete College Act of Tennessee — will allow some students who are wait-listed for admission at UT to tackle initial program
UT Knoxville faculty and staff are invited to an informational program on Oct. 19 to learn about benefits their children can receive if they choose to attend the University of Tennessee. The program, “Just for You,” will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 pm at the UT Visitors Center.
UT Knoxville’s priority application deadline — which incoming freshmen for the 2011-2012 academic year must meet to be considered for competitive scholarships and the Chancellor’s Honors Program — is Nov. 1, less than a month away. The regular admissions deadline of Dec. 1 is also just around the corner.
When UT Knoxville Undergraduate Admissions Director Vern Granger moved to town and went house hunting, HGTV’s popular show “House Hunters” went along.
Starting this week, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will take its “Orange and White Tour” across the state to help prospective students and their parents learn more about UT Knoxville. In addition, an open house for high school seniors and their families will be held on the Knoxville campus on Oct. 16.
More than 200 UT staff members are volunteering across campus today and tomorrow as part of the ASK ME! welcome program. From Circle Park to the Hill to Joe Johnson Drive on the agriculture campus, representatives from the Division of Student Affairs and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and will be helping students find their
The 4,200 freshmen who will begin classes at UT Knoxville on Aug. 17 once again comprise one of the most academically accomplished classes the university has ever welcomed.
Vern Granger, undergraduate admissions director for UT Knoxville, has been named president-elect of the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling. His nomination was approved by the membership on April 20.