The Office of Admissions and Recruitment has started transitioning to reviewing applications for the coming admissions cycle. Remote readers began three weeks of application review training the week of September 19. Admissions counselors and returning remote readers spent two more intensive days in training in mid-October, ahead of the first-year Early Action deadline of November …
This fall, the Office of Admissions and Recruitment (OAR) hosted a number of events to engage with high school counselors. In Illinois, OAR hosted four events that included counselor breakfasts in Oak Brook and Skokie and a more focused breakfast for counselors who serve students in the south suburbs of Chicago. OAR also offered a …
After two years, our Experience Wisconsin Open Houses—the largest undergraduate prospective student events we host on campus—are back! On Friday, October 14 and Friday, October 21, we will welcome future Badgers and their families to campus for a full day of discovery and exploration. Guests will fully customize their experience by choosing from a variety …
Conversations were ebbing and flowing, excitement was in the air, chairs were filled and people were being turned away because capacity was reached so quickly; the room for this session at the Women and Leadership Symposium was full of anticipation and an innate sense of comradery and connection. The presentation, “Wonder Women: There is more …
On Friday, March 11, the Office of Admissions and Recruitment hosted our first Your UW Day of the year. This was our first large in-person admitted student event in two years. We saw 655 attendees, including 268 admitted students. Students and families were able to choose from a variety of afternoon academic and optional sessions, …
On Wednesday, February 23rd, Ally Bartelme (RO), Nicole Kaforski (OAR), and Devin Deegan (OSFA) presented at the UW–Madison Advising & Career Services Conference. Their presentation, Leveraging Student Employment to Impact Sense of Belonging on Campus, explored how academic advisors and career services professionals can advocate for student experiences that promote a sense of belonging on …
On Friday, January 28, we released all first-year Early Action decisions. This release was our largest yet at 36,800 decisions sent to students. These decisions included nearly 19,500 admits, just over 12,000 defer decisions, and around 5,200 deny decisions. Students were notified via email when their decision was available in their MyUW Student Center, with …
This spring, the Office of Admissions and Recruitment, schools, colleges, and offices across the university will offer a full suite of in-person and virtual events to admitted and prospective students. This year’s admitted student events include three in-person Your UW Days for freshmen, held in March and April, as well as an array of programming …
Freshman students who applied by our Early Action deadline for the Fall 2022 term will be receiving their decision at the end of this month. With our Early Action decision release right around the corner, you may find yourself getting questions from applicants and their families (whether work-related or not), so we want to provide …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will continue to be test-optional for students applying for admission through the spring 2025 term, extending the previous suspension of the test-score requirement. This means ACT and SAT test scores are optional for students applying for fall 2022, spring 2023, fall 2023, spring 2024, fall 2024, and spring 2025. This decision …