Will it be harder to get into Georgetown University next year when they start accepting the Common Application?

[Anonymous]

My high school junior has Georgetown on the list of schools she is considering applying to for admission in fall 2027.

Starting next year, Georgetown will accept the Common Application. Until now, you had to apply specifically using the application on Georgetown's web site.

I have to think the number of applications will go up considerably next year, lowering the university's acceptance rate and making it appear even more selective than it already is.

My question is whether it will also make it HARDER to get accepted -- i.e., will the test scores of admitted students (Georgetown requires applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores) go up, will the GPA go up, will you need even more impressive extracurriculars, etc?

Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

yes.

unless you go to a good jesuit hs. then you can pretty much walk in.

[Anonymous]

Of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:yes.

unless you go to a good jesuit hs. then you can pretty much walk in.

Well, if you go to a good Jesuit high school, are in the top 20% of the class, and have SATs above 1500 (maybe slightly lower for Jesuit HS grads, but not much lower if you judge by my kids' school).

[Anonymous]

Yes, I think the admit rate will go way down, but they'll have a very hard time predicting yield so the waitlist % will go way up. And they may go to the waitlist earlier and pull more . . . .

[Anonymous]

yes, but it's not as good as it once was anyway. school spirit is lackluster, student body is competitive and self-oriented, community vibe is low, lots of old building in bad repair, too many rats, etc.

[Anonymous]

Georgetown moving to the Common App is odd. Why did the school do it? The Georgetown app seemed to provide the school with the kinds of applicants it wanted, while weeding out kids it didn’t want.

Now, the school will be getting thousands of more applications, but to what end? Are there applicants it wanted, but wasn’t getting? If so, who are they? And will the school get them?

It is possible that the admit rate will fall, but that the impact upon the kind of high stats applicant that Georgetown wants will be slight.

[Anonymous]

My Jesuit HS senior with 1560, good gpa and ECs wasn’t resolved on Georgetown’s fit.

He would’ve applied and further explored fit if it wasn’t for the extra hurdle of their application.

Safe to say they will get many more applicants like him next year.

[Anonymous]

Well, you have to factor in that it is already a tougher admit than its current admit rate would make it appear.

[Anonymous]

Clemson's acceptance rate was halved with after just two cycles of common app so yes, it will be significantly more competitive. Rutgers had a similar reduction.

[Anonymous]

Yes, having had a kid who ran the gauntlet of the Georgetown application. If it hadn't been his first choice, no way would he have applied. Our Texas public school only has 6 or 7 apps to Georgetown and over 60 to UNC, UVA, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame etc.

[Anonymous]

It will get more but I had two kids who applied to Georgetown and I dont understand that "gauntlet" idea. It's a separate app, but it's easy enough to trip your 650 word essay to their 600 word prompt - or have Chat do it for you - and then do their prompts which are not dissimilar to any others. The interviews are scheduled quickly. Even apps on common app like Yale and Princeton were much harder. UChicago - you can't recycle anything for Chicago.

If you're applying to ND and/or BC along with GU, half your prompts are done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:yes.

unless you go to a good jesuit hs. then you can pretty much walk in.

AMDG

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown moving to the Common App is odd. Why did the school do it? The Georgetown app seemed to provide the school with the kinds of applicants it wanted, while weeding out kids it didn’t want.

Now, the school will be getting thousands of more applications, but to what end? Are there applicants it wanted, but wasn’t getting? If so, who are they? And will the school get them?

It is possible that the admit rate will fall, but that the impact upon the kind of high stats applicant that Georgetown wants will be slight.

They needed to switch to the Common App. I have two kids who applied to Georgetown and their application is terrible. It is glitchy, doesn't load very quickly, you cannot "preview" a section until you've finished the whole thing, when you preview it, the checkmarks are on the wrong categories but it's just a glitchy thing, etc.

Importantly, it took up way more time to add all of the demographic info and to input essays. If I'm remembering correctly, they allow you to include only 6 activities (instead of Common App's 10) and have different word counts than the Common App. As another poster noted, it would not be worth the hassle if my kids didn't consider Georgetown one of the schools they really wanted to attend.

Just like all of the top schools, Georgetown wants more applicants so that they can show a lower acceptance rate and these days people want their kids to get into the most selective schools. Also, there is no reason they need a special app - they are a liberal arts school not MIT.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, forgot to answer the OP's question: yes, for sure it will increase the number of applications, especially if they keep their later deadline for submission. After awhile, high stats kids who are nervous about "how far they'll fall," especially after an ED deferral or rejection, are just throwing in another application because "why not" and removing the barrier of a different app will make Georgetown an even more popular choice.