Georgetown if you are from DMV

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Can anyone tell us what is was like for your child to go to Georgetown if you are from this area?

[Anonymous]

Would love to hear about this as well. DS is considering and we're less than 2 miles from campus. Its been his dream school pretty much his whole life and was accepted yesterday.

[Anonymous]

+1

Our kid was admitted yesterday as well. The only reason it wasn't a higher priority application was due to the idea of getting out of the area and a new part of the country. Does it feel confining at all to never really leave DC?

(we live a just a few miles from campus as well)

[Anonymous]

Congrats to the admitted students! Can you please share what kind of profile your child has to be admitted as a local? My junior would love to go: 32 ACT, 5 on AP exams, 4.67 weighted gpa but no extra curriculars or volunteering at all. He has a job as a dog walker.

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I have a high school junior who is considering GT. We are lucky that I have a cousin who I am very close with who is there now. He is from a local MoCo high school. We have asked this question.

He may go home for long weekends but other than that is on campus. Even through COVID / remote year he got a local apartment so that he could hang and have the typical college experience.

He has a close friend who grew up in Cathedral Heights, I asked her as someone who grew up in DC really close to GT what it was like and she shared that she is always on campus. Yes - it is nice to have easier access to a car - but for the most part she is always on campus and doing what all the other students are.

Both my cousin and his friend said that other than it being easier to move-in and move-out they think it is no different.

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Anonymous wrote:
Congrats to the admitted students! Can you please share what kind of profile your child has to be admitted as a local? My junior would love to go: 32 ACT, 5 on AP exams, 4.67 weighted gpa but no extra curriculars or volunteering at all. He has a job as a dog walker.

My best advice (similar kid just admitted to top 10 school): invest time and money into bumping that score up to a 34. It is very very doable for a kid who already has a 32. ECs? Don’t sweat it. Instead, reframe that dog walking and personal hobbies/interests into a coherent story. For my kid, we reframed his eccentric hobbies and interests into a story that showed him as a funny, interesting guy who has strong interests and passions. He is not a joiner of clubs and activities, but this worked for him. GL!

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Anonymous wrote:Would love to hear about this as well. DS is considering and we're less than 2 miles from campus. Its been his dream school pretty much his whole life and was accepted yesterday.

Stop with the whole "dream" school nonsense - it sets you and your kid up for disappointment.

[Anonymous]

Lots of kids from New England attend.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Congrats to the admitted students! Can you please share what kind of profile your child has to be admitted as a local? My junior would love to go: 32 ACT, 5 on AP exams, 4.67 weighted gpa but no extra curriculars or volunteering at all. He has a job as a dog walker.

My best advice (similar kid just admitted to top 10 school): invest time and money into bumping that score up to a 34. It is very very doable for a kid who already has a 32. ECs? Don’t sweat it. Instead, reframe that dog walking and personal hobbies/interests into a coherent story. For my kid, we reframed his eccentric hobbies and interests into a story that showed him as a funny, interesting guy who has strong interests and passions. He is not a joiner of clubs and activities, but this worked for him. GL!

Please share more about your journey...how did bumping up to a 34 change things for your DC?

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Back to the OP's question -- while I did not attend Georgetown I did attend college in the same city/metro area where I grew up. Campus was within 5 miles of my parents home. Now that I have a senior going off to college -- I realize now how hard my parents "worked" to make sure that if I went to college 5 miles away -- they gave me the same space to grow and breathe - as my siblings who went to college hundred's of miles away. I was busy and wrapped up in my own experiences. As I settled into my activities and friend group, I realized i had the benefits of a monthly night out to dinner with my Dad, "conveniently" running into my mom at the grocery store (and she would end up paying) or while out with my friends, running into my parents at the pizza shop and them picking up the tab for our entire table. I also had to live by "Mom's rules" -- just because you are 5 miles away, you can't bring your laundry home

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Congrats to the admitted students! Can you please share what kind of profile your child has to be admitted as a local? My junior would love to go: 32 ACT, 5 on AP exams, 4.67 weighted gpa but no extra curriculars or volunteering at all. He has a job as a dog walker.

My best advice (similar kid just admitted to top 10 school): invest time and money into bumping that score up to a 34. It is very very doable for a kid who already has a 32. ECs? Don’t sweat it. Instead, reframe that dog walking and personal hobbies/interests into a coherent story. For my kid, we reframed his eccentric hobbies and interests into a story that showed him as a funny, interesting guy who has strong interests and passions. He is not a joiner of clubs and activities, but this worked for him. GL!

Please share more about your journey...how did bumping up to a 34 change things for your DC?

Not the PP, but figure out what questions missed, if a theme, etc. then work on those while keeping pace when studying for the other sections. For example, my DS had consistently high verbal/reading/science scores, so he just put more time into the math. Some tutor programs want the student to balance across all four sections while his program was devote time to where needed, not to what you've already mastered.

A 34 just moves you closer to the sweet spot of the pile of 35/36 where reviewers just then pivot and focus on other parts of your application.

GL to your DC!

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of kids from New England attend.

Georgetown has a high population of international students, and students from almost everywhere, OP. My friend's daughter goes to GU and my friend hardly ever sees her - just holidays.

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Anonymous wrote:Would love to hear about this as well. DS is considering and we're less than 2 miles from campus. Its been his dream school pretty much his whole life and was accepted yesterday.

Stop with the whole "dream" school nonsense - it sets you and your kid up for disappointment.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1

Our kid was admitted yesterday as well. The only reason it wasn't a higher priority application was due to the idea of getting out of the area and a new part of the country. Does it feel confining at all to never really leave DC?

(we live a just a few miles from campus as well)

Never?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a high school junior who is considering GT. We are lucky that I have a cousin who I am very close with who is there now. He is from a local MoCo high school. We have asked this question.

He may go home for long weekends but other than that is on campus. Even through COVID / remote year he got a local apartment so that he could hang and have the typical college experience.

He has a close friend who grew up in Cathedral Heights, I asked her as someone who grew up in DC really close to GT what it was like and she shared that she is always on campus. Yes - it is nice to have easier access to a car - but for the most part she is always on campus and doing what all the other students are.

Both my cousin and his friend said that other than it being easier to move-in and move-out they think it is no different.

Wow.