Scoop on Georgetown?
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Anonymous
| We are a NYC family. Visited GU last week and it seemed great. Super social but not frat heavy, which would suit my DS. He'd love a midsize school in or near an East Coast city. Probable major is social sciences. We can pay in full and DS has a strong SAT score (1530/1540 from March/May). Any reason not to REA? Downsides that weren't obvious? I figure GU is a known quantity on this forum! |
Anonymous
You figger correct. |
Anonymous
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Hard to get in REA. There's actually no real measurable bump. Think RD admit rate is higher than REA.
Do some research on that. Also check your school's data. GU likes high schools that it likes. |
Anonymous
| According to US News it is not a top 20, so maybe you should aim higher? |
Anonymous
This is definitely true. Check with your school to see how students from your child's HS fare with Georgetown. I also think it's not a big bump for REA. |
Anonymous
NP. From what I have found, this is true on a surface level, with acceptance rates for REA and RD being similar. However, about 10% (roughly) of deferred REA apps get in RD. That effectively doubles the acceptance rate for REA applicants. This varies by school, but generally puts the overall rate for REA applicants somewhere around 18 to 20%. |
Anonymous
| Forgot to add, all apps not accepted early are deferred to RD |
Anonymous
From our DMV private Georgetown REA helps a little for the very top kids who would otherwise ED/Rea an ivy/T10: based on scoir Gtown REA is a higher percent acceptance than the same tier of students in RD, tho it is close. RD seems to indicate a slight yield protection issue with the very top students in that top group. Lower ivies do that too though, the WL as YP of the very top Val/sal kids, when higher ivies let them in RD. If the student is not in the top ivy-competitive group, Georgetown REA vs RD is not different. The downside is your student misses the chance to ED to another T15 type school. Everyone seems to want a midsized school near an east coast city. Best of luck! The scores will help a lot since Georgetown sees them all and values them highly |
Anonymous
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Forgot to say - our DC is happy there. Accepted RD and from a school that GU seems to be very happy with.
Add BC to your list for midsize school that isn't frat heavy. It'll be more social and have better fan sports experience but is slightly less pointy elbowed. But education is still great and Boston is too. If you want more the pointy feel for classmates - then Tufts for Boston - but kids seem less happy there than either Georgetown or BC. And Johns Hopkins in Baltimore is midsized without fratty but clearly a rough admit. Smaller town consider William and Mary - which is excellent for social sciences. |
Anonymous
+1 very important detail there |
Anonymous
| It's a great school that ticks a lot of boxes. Biggest negative/deal breaker by far for people here is that it's too close to home. |
Anonymous
And too expensive. |
Anonymous
| Georgetown Admissions specifically stated on our tour that REA application confers no advantage. Just prepare your DC not to be too disappointed if deferred to RD. As noted, doesn't necessarily mean anything. |
Anonymous
US News last year is a one -off. The aggregate data from the previous few years(*accounting for Columbia's deserved drop for their falsification of data) indicates Georgetown is solid 14-20, on par with WashU and Rice, but different feel/vibe given the DC setting. DCUM seems to bash Georgetown a lot but it remains a top school, T20 by rankings that account for student intelligence and small classes, the rest. Besides they get huge props for never jumping on the TO bandwagon which proved to be disastrous. No I am not a Georgetown booster --mine is at an ivy--but they loved Georgetown and have many friends who love it. We toured almost every t40 private and Georgetown is a t20 for sure |
Anonymous
this stats could also means that REA pool has stronger candidates |