Does Georgetown want DMV students?

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Georgetown is a lot harder to get in. UVA has lower stats and all you need is a 3.4 from junior college. It’s a free for all.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we can all agree that Georgetown is one of the most overrated schools.

I agree. Good way to end the thread.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we can all agree that Georgetown is one of the most overrated schools.

I'm not sure overrated is the right term. I just don't think Georgetown will provide advantages over UVA or William and Mary to people in NOVA. Perhaps the biggest advantage would be internships in D.C. during the school year, but I believe both UVA and William and Mary have programs that enable this.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we can all agree that Georgetown is one of the most overrated schools.

I'm not sure overrated is the right term. I just don't think Georgetown will provide advantages over UVA or William and Mary to people in NOVA. Perhaps the biggest advantage would be internships in D.C. during the school year, but I believe both UVA and William and Mary have programs that enable this.

+100

If you want to be in DC, all three schools carry equal and considerable connections and weight. That Georgetown has more alums in high places in foreign governments is irrelevant. There is no reason for a NOVA kid to pay more than double for Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Anecdote-

I know 2 current undergraduate students at Georgetown --

One graduated from Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
One graduated from Georgetown Visitation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is a lot harder to get in. UVA has lower stats and all you need is a 3.4 from junior college. It’s a free for all.

You are wrong on both counts. It's very difficult to get into UVA. You now need to be top 6% of public high school class. My kid was valedictorian. Last year the 75th percentile of ENROLLED (not accepted, which is higher) was a 4.48 gpa, 4.34 median and 4.20 for the bottom 25th percentile of the class. SATs were 1490/1420/1330. ACT scores were 1490/1420/1330. But all of that has changed with covid and the only kids getting in are the tippy-top students. The rest are waitlisted. Go read UVA ED/EA 2025. And read the same on college confidential. Due to covid many families are reassessing their financial prospects and deciding that $80K a year in after tax dollars no longer makes sense for a private school. Plus students who could not get a test or chose not to are doing hail marys this year at the top schools, so UVA had a 37% increase in applications to almost 50,000 for 3,750 slots. 968 of those went to ED students. Of the 28,897 who have applied EA, 6,286 were offered slots. 692 first-generation students were offered admission ED or EA. Because this year is so bizarre, no one really can assess how many of the 6,286 EA students will accept for the roughly 2,700 slots left after ED. That's why there is so many applicants going to deferral and ultimately waitlist this year. On a related thread, someone here calculated there are only "possibly" (depending on return from EA class) a few hundred seats left for 38,000 applicants.

As to transfer, you need a 3.7 from Nova - which is a COLLEGE GPA not a high school GPA. That is not easy to obtain. And you need it in certain subjects. Only 30% are accepted and only about 600 show up junior year. The 3.5 figure is for other categories than unhooked from NOVA. The guaranteed transfer program is tough and hard to meet with a community college GPA. Here are the specifics per major. https://admission.virginia.edu/transfer/guaranteed-transfer-admission. It's an excellent program that allows some Virginians the chance to go to UVA (or the other virginia colleges) in a financially smart way.

There is nothing similar going on at Georgetown. Please stop making threads to bash schools

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Anonymous wrote:Is the above discussion for the DMV area? I've lived in several major cities and I have to say that Georgetown is known by the most people. They might have heard of UVA. Might. William and Mary would need some explaining. Maryland is seen as just another large state school such as is found in every state.

Just stop it. It's the University of Virginia. They may not know of its academic reputation, but they know the damn school. It won the NCAA basketball championship just a couple years ago. Nearly 50,000 students applied to UVA this year, the vast majority from out of state. If you truly lived in a "major" city -- NYC, Chicago, LA, San Francisco, Houston, you name it -- people know the damned school.

Agree. I live in a different region of country, our town public is always one of top 3 in state, and twice in last 10 years the valedictorian has gone to UVA. It’s national reputation is pretty solid I think.

The difference is that away from valedictorians and top public schools, Georgetown is better known.

Many European royals attend or have attended Georgetown and, of course, Bill Clinton.

It is very tough to get into.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is a lot harder to get in. UVA has lower stats and all you need is a 3.4 from junior college. It’s a free for all.

You are wrong on both counts. It's very difficult to get into UVA. You now need to be top 6% of public high school class. My kid was valedictorian. Last year the 75th percentile of ENROLLED (not accepted, which is higher) was a 4.48 gpa, 4.34 median and 4.20 for the bottom 25th percentile of the class. SATs were 1490/1420/1330. ACT scores were 1490/1420/1330. But all of that has changed with covid and the only kids getting in are the tippy-top students. The rest are waitlisted. Go read UVA ED/EA 2025. And read the same on college confidential. Due to covid many families are reassessing their financial prospects and deciding that $80K a year in after tax dollars no longer makes sense for a private school. Plus students who could not get a test or chose not to are doing hail marys this year at the top schools, so UVA had a 37% increase in applications to almost 50,000 for 3,750 slots. 968 of those went to ED students. Of the 28,897 who have applied EA, 6,286 were offered slots. 692 first-generation students were offered admission ED or EA. Because this year is so bizarre, no one really can assess how many of the 6,286 EA students will accept for the roughly 2,700 slots left after ED. That's why there is so many applicants going to deferral and ultimately waitlist this year. On a related thread, someone here calculated there are only "possibly" (depending on return from EA class) a few hundred seats left for 38,000 applicants.

As to transfer, you need a 3.7 from Nova - which is a COLLEGE GPA not a high school GPA. That is not easy to obtain. And you need it in certain subjects. Only 30% are accepted and only about 600 show up junior year. The 3.5 figure is for other categories than unhooked from NOVA. The guaranteed transfer program is tough and hard to meet with a community college GPA. Here are the specifics per major. https://admission.virginia.edu/transfer/guaranteed-transfer-admission. It's an excellent program that allows some Virginians the chance to go to UVA (or the other virginia colleges) in a financially smart way.

There is nothing similar going on at Georgetown. Please stop making threads to bash schools

Nope. Agreement on NVCC site says 3.4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is a lot harder to get in. UVA has lower stats and all you need is a 3.4 from junior college. It’s a free for all.

You are wrong on both counts. It's very difficult to get into UVA. You now need to be top 6% of public high school class. My kid was valedictorian. Last year the 75th percentile of ENROLLED (not accepted, which is higher) was a 4.48 gpa, 4.34 median and 4.20 for the bottom 25th percentile of the class. SATs were 1490/1420/1330. ACT scores were 1490/1420/1330. But all of that has changed with covid and the only kids getting in are the tippy-top students. The rest are waitlisted. Go read UVA ED/EA 2025. And read the same on college confidential. Due to covid many families are reassessing their financial prospects and deciding that $80K a year in after tax dollars no longer makes sense for a private school. Plus students who could not get a test or chose not to are doing hail marys this year at the top schools, so UVA had a 37% increase in applications to almost 50,000 for 3,750 slots. 968 of those went to ED students. Of the 28,897 who have applied EA, 6,286 were offered slots. 692 first-generation students were offered admission ED or EA. Because this year is so bizarre, no one really can assess how many of the 6,286 EA students will accept for the roughly 2,700 slots left after ED. That's why there is so many applicants going to deferral and ultimately waitlist this year. On a related thread, someone here calculated there are only "possibly" (depending on return from EA class) a few hundred seats left for 38,000 applicants.

As to transfer, you need a 3.7 from Nova - which is a COLLEGE GPA not a high school GPA. That is not easy to obtain. And you need it in certain subjects. Only 30% are accepted and only about 600 show up junior year. The 3.5 figure is for other categories than unhooked from NOVA. The guaranteed transfer program is tough and hard to meet with a community college GPA. Here are the specifics per major. https://admission.virginia.edu/transfer/guaranteed-transfer-admission. It's an excellent program that allows some Virginians the chance to go to UVA (or the other virginia colleges) in a financially smart way.

There is nothing similar going on at Georgetown. Please stop making threads to bash schools

Nope. Agreement on NVCC site says 3.4.

Every Virginia University has its own criteria for transfer. You need to read the informaiton page on the 4 year institution to which you are hoping to transfer. Your information is wrong or outdated.

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Anonymous wrote:Colleges like to boast that they have students from all across the country so is it harder to get into Georgetown if you’re from the DC area? I can see them wanting politicians’ kids or students related to influential DC power brokers but if you’re just an unconnected nobody does living here hurt your chances?

Anonymous wrote:My son loves Georgetown but didn't even apply because no one gets in from our NOVA public.

Didn't Tucker Carlson's son allegedly use Hunter Biden as a letter of rec for Georgetown, but then ended up at UVA? So even a multi-millionaire DC media personality couldn't get his kid in?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is a lot harder to get in. UVA has lower stats and all you need is a 3.4 from junior college. It’s a free for all.

You are wrong on both counts. It's very difficult to get into UVA. You now need to be top 6% of public high school class. My kid was valedictorian. Last year the 75th percentile of ENROLLED (not accepted, which is higher) was a 4.48 gpa, 4.34 median and 4.20 for the bottom 25th percentile of the class. SATs were 1490/1420/1330. ACT scores were 1490/1420/1330. But all of that has changed with covid and the only kids getting in are the tippy-top students. The rest are waitlisted. Go read UVA ED/EA 2025. And read the same on college confidential. Due to covid many families are reassessing their financial prospects and deciding that $80K a year in after tax dollars no longer makes sense for a private school. Plus students who could not get a test or chose not to are doing hail marys this year at the top schools, so UVA had a 37% increase in applications to almost 50,000 for 3,750 slots. 968 of those went to ED students. Of the 28,897 who have applied EA, 6,286 were offered slots. 692 first-generation students were offered admission ED or EA. Because this year is so bizarre, no one really can assess how many of the 6,286 EA students will accept for the roughly 2,700 slots left after ED. That's why there is so many applicants going to deferral and ultimately waitlist this year. On a related thread, someone here calculated there are only "possibly" (depending on return from EA class) a few hundred seats left for 38,000 applicants.

As to transfer, you need a 3.7 from Nova - which is a COLLEGE GPA not a high school GPA. That is not easy to obtain. And you need it in certain subjects. Only 30% are accepted and only about 600 show up junior year. The 3.5 figure is for other categories than unhooked from NOVA. The guaranteed transfer program is tough and hard to meet with a community college GPA. Here are the specifics per major. https://admission.virginia.edu/transfer/guaranteed-transfer-admission. It's an excellent program that allows some Virginians the chance to go to UVA (or the other virginia colleges) in a financially smart way.

There is nothing similar going on at Georgetown. Please stop making threads to bash schools

Nope. Agreement on NVCC site says 3.4.

Every Virginia University has its own criteria for transfer. You need to read the informaiton page on the 4 year institution to which you are hoping to transfer. Your information is wrong or outdated.

This is correct. NVCC is clear about this on their website. You must make the criteria set out by the institution you want to transfer to. They set forth rigorous, demanding courses. William & Mary's guaranteed GPA is a 3.6 BUT you have to also meet all the other criteria listed here. https://www.wm.edu/admission/undergraduateadmission/how-to-apply/transfers/vccs_students/guaranteed_admission/vccsagreement/index.php

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Anonymous wrote:I think we can all agree that Georgetown is one of the most overrated schools.

I'm not sure overrated is the right term. I just don't think Georgetown will provide advantages over UVA or William and Mary to people in NOVA. Perhaps the biggest advantage would be internships in D.C. during the school year, but I believe both UVA and William and Mary have programs that enable this.

+100

If you want to be in DC, all three schools carry equal and considerable connections and weight. That Georgetown has more alums in high places in foreign governments is irrelevant. There is no reason for a NOVA kid to pay more than double for Georgetown.

You UVA boosters are a pathetic bunch. Georgetown kids mix with far wealthier and more connected kids than the average UVA kid. Only if your kid is a shoo-in for a top tier sorority or fraternity in Charlottesville will they be in a similar orbit. Those connections last a lifetime. And will influence not only your kid's career but the social circle they meet their spouse in as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Colleges like to boast that they have students from all across the country so is it harder to get into Georgetown if you’re from the DC area? I can see them wanting politicians’ kids or students related to influential DC power brokers but if you’re just an unconnected nobody does living here hurt your chances?

Anonymous wrote:My son loves Georgetown but didn't even apply because no one gets in from our NOVA public.

Didn't Tucker Carlson's son allegedly use Hunter Biden as a letter of rec for Georgetown, but then ended up at UVA? So even a multi-millionaire DC media personality couldn't get his kid in?

OMG you actually believe something from 2014 in Neogaf? Amazing what you guys will believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we can all agree that Georgetown is one of the most overrated schools.

I'm not sure overrated is the right term. I just don't think Georgetown will provide advantages over UVA or William and Mary to people in NOVA. Perhaps the biggest advantage would be internships in D.C. during the school year, but I believe both UVA and William and Mary have programs that enable this.

+100

If you want to be in DC, all three schools carry equal and considerable connections and weight. That Georgetown has more alums in high places in foreign governments is irrelevant. There is no reason for a NOVA kid to pay more than double for Georgetown.

You UVA boosters are a pathetic bunch. Georgetown kids mix with far wealthier and more connected kids than the average UVA kid. Only if your kid is a shoo-in for a top tier sorority or fraternity in Charlottesville will they be in a similar orbit. Those connections last a lifetime. And will influence not only your kid's career but the social circle they meet their spouse in as well.

Funny, when it's a UVA detractor, UVA suddenly becomes poor, which is a negative compared (allegedly) to UVA. But when they want to detract from UVA then they claim falsely that it's a bunch of rich kids.

Nevertheless, for the Georgetown person who started this thread to bash on UVA, I think we get it. Sour grapes. I think you're done. Georgetown has been on a downward slope for some time. And why haven't you mentioned the slaves owned and sold by the Jesuits while we're at it? And the filthy dorms? And the costs?

UVA has plenty of kids from all walks of life which is why it is a great PUBLIC school. Georgetown is private and $77K a year. My sister went to Georgetown and the Law School. She didn't like it and thought it a huge waste of money but she lived in D.C. and didn't have good in-state options. Stop bashing UVA during a crisis year when many families are really really counting on getting into one of the top Virginia schools because they were financially slammed. You are coming off incredibly elitist and entitled.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is a lot harder to get in. UVA has lower stats and all you need is a 3.4 from junior college. It’s a free for all.

You are wrong on both counts. It's very difficult to get into UVA. You now need to be top 6% of public high school class. My kid was valedictorian. Last year the 75th percentile of ENROLLED (not accepted, which is higher) was a 4.48 gpa, 4.34 median and 4.20 for the bottom 25th percentile of the class. SATs were 1490/1420/1330. ACT scores were 1490/1420/1330. But all of that has changed with covid and the only kids getting in are the tippy-top students. The rest are waitlisted. Go read UVA ED/EA 2025. And read the same on college confidential. Due to covid many families are reassessing their financial prospects and deciding that $80K a year in after tax dollars no longer makes sense for a private school. Plus students who could not get a test or chose not to are doing hail marys this year at the top schools, so UVA had a 37% increase in applications to almost 50,000 for 3,750 slots. 968 of those went to ED students. Of the 28,897 who have applied EA, 6,286 were offered slots. 692 first-generation students were offered admission ED or EA. Because this year is so bizarre, no one really can assess how many of the 6,286 EA students will accept for the roughly 2,700 slots left after ED. That's why there is so many applicants going to deferral and ultimately waitlist this year. On a related thread, someone here calculated there are only "possibly" (depending on return from EA class) a few hundred seats left for 38,000 applicants.

As to transfer, you need a 3.7 from Nova - which is a COLLEGE GPA not a high school GPA. That is not easy to obtain. And you need it in certain subjects. Only 30% are accepted and only about 600 show up junior year. The 3.5 figure is for other categories than unhooked from NOVA. The guaranteed transfer program is tough and hard to meet with a community college GPA. Here are the specifics per major. https://admission.virginia.edu/transfer/guaranteed-transfer-admission. It's an excellent program that allows some Virginians the chance to go to UVA (or the other virginia colleges) in a financially smart way.

There is nothing similar going on at Georgetown. Please stop making threads to bash schools

That is not correct. The increase in all applications was 17%. Also, the VCCS agreement with the College of Arts and Sciences is a 3.4 GPA.