UGA Introduces iPhone App
Posted on Mar 30, 2010 by Whistlebury Properties
Technology is certainly prevalent on the UGA campus. Anywhere you look you can find students using wireless laptops, having conversations on their cell phones, tweeting, updating Facebook, etc. And now, UGA even has it’s own iPhone app.
The app was introduced by the University’s undergraduate admissions office created a free iPhone and iPod application to help incoming students, and already-enrolled students, with the ins and outs of campus.
Features include:
- Application Status Check: UGA applicants who have submitted an application form and paid the application fee can use this utility to check on the status of their application, to make sure their transcripts, test scores, and other application materials have been received, and to find out their Admissions Decision once all applications have been process. Applicants are encouraged to check their statuses frequently during the admissions process.
- Transfer Equivalency: This utility allows prospective transfer applicants find out what course credits will transfer over from other institutions. If you’re curious about which courses you will already have credit for when you come to UGA, look up your current school using the Transfer Equivalency Search.
- Campus Map: By entering the name of a building on campus, or the four-digit building code, you can find out where the building is on the UGA residential campus in Athens, Georgia. If your iPhone has GPS-capability, you will also be able to see where you are in relation to the building, and to get directions to the building using Google Maps.
- Admissions News: Find out about application deadlines, required materials, and when application forms are available, and what special UGA Admissions Events are taking place on campus.
- UGA News: Keep track of the latest events, activities, and alerts for the University of Georgia community.
- UGA Sports News: Find out game times, scores, and updates for all your favorite UGA sports, teams, and events.
- People Search: Look up contact information for UGA faculty, staff, or students.
The app runs on the iPod touch or iPhone with the required operating system of 3.1.3 or later. You can find the app in the education category in iTunes.
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