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‘UK at the Half’: Join the #BBN for Fall 2025

Carter Skaggs | UK Photo
Carter Skaggs | UK Photo

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 25, 2024) — With the early action deadline right around the corner the University of Kentucky is excited to accept new Wildcats for the Fall 2025 semester.    

For this “UK at the Half,” Taylor Blair, acting senior executive director for enrollment management, and Sarah Ballard, the acting senior executive director for strategic enrollment, explain the importance of applying early. 

High school seniors now have two online application options to begin their UK journey. Future Wildcats can apply using either the UK Application or the Common App

Students who want to be considered for competitive and academic scholarships and the Lewis Honors College should apply by the Early Action Deadline. With Dec. 1 falling on a weekend, the deadline is extended until 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, Dec. 2. The regular decision deadline is Feb. 15. 

“UK at the Half” airs during halftime of each UK football and basketball game broadcast on radio and is hosted by UK Public Relations and Marketing. To hear the “UK at the Half” interview, click on the play button above. 

As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.   

In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.