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

[Anonymous]

Seems like it will be. Most colleges see a jump in applications when they join the common app.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

So Georgetown is going from a school with self-selecting applicants to one that the Common App will enable kids to use as a backup?

Another Emory?

Sounds like a lower acceptance rate but a lower yield rate with more kids off the waitlist. Not sure how that helps Georgetown. But I can see why the school would have decided to go to the Common App instead of investing in improvements to the current application.

[Anonymous]

I predict the acceptance rate would be 7% or lower. Literally lower than some ivy like Cornell.

[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.

New President. It was the former President that said they’d never go to common app,

[Anonymous]

Apps generate money too ..say 50k apps at $85 a pop…$4,250,000 million

It’s why other schools like U Chicago and Northeastern try to get as many apps as possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Agree, the "separate app" thing seems antiquated and exclusionary. Nothing that special about Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

So Georgetown is going from a school with self-selecting applicants to one that the Common App will enable kids to use as a backup?

Another Emory?

Sounds like a lower acceptance rate but a lower yield rate with more kids off the waitlist. Not sure how that helps Georgetown. But I can see why the school would have decided to go to the Common App instead of investing in improvements to the current application.

More application fees. A selectivity percentage that aligns with peer institutions (i.e., less than 10%). They can adjust for the lower yield rate. They are currently an outlier with requiring all test scores, a special application, and no ED (and higher acceptance rate in RD than EA, which makes no sense).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

New President. It was the former President that said they’d never go to common app,

You mean dean of admissions. He's finally retiring.

The cost of building an maintaining a standalone application probably got prohibitive and pp said that their app was glitchy. It makes sense to use Common App, which handles all the technical aspects of applying and just sends the data to the colleges. It's probably less expensive and doesn't require as many people from the college's side.

If they have lots of essays, that will weed out some of the applicants who just want to apply to the 20 colleges Common App allows.

[Anonymous]

What about legacies?

[Anonymous]

Why does no one say it will turn in her test scores, gpa, class rank, rigor, etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does no one say it will turn in her test scores, gpa, class rank, rigor, etc?

Is there a typo in this question? Wondering what it means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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?

Anything on this thread here from 2025?:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/1265335.page#29746303

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

Anything on this thread here from 2025?:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/1265335.page#29746303

And another one about Georgetown moving to common app. They didn't move fmfor 25-26:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1283154.page#30420504

[Anonymous]

GU is TR. I dont think apps will rise much. Any additional applications will e from those not really serious about GU, without ED theres less room to yeild them out. Expect anywhere from 5-10k more applicants. So from 27k to about 35k applications. However yeild will drop. They accept around 3200 at about 50% yeild. If yeild drops to 40% they'll accept 4000. 4000/35000 is 11.4% pretty much the same as before. I could be wrong but I dont think much will change selectivity wise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GU is TR. I dont think apps will rise much. Any additional applications will e from those not really serious about GU, without ED theres less room to yeild them out. Expect anywhere from 5-10k more applicants. So from 27k to about 35k applications. However yeild will drop. They accept around 3200 at about 50% yeild. If yeild drops to 40% they'll accept 4000. 4000/35000 is 11.4% pretty much the same as before. I could be wrong but I dont think much will change selectivity wise.

I think the yield changes are very hard to predict here.

Traditionally, Georgetown hasn't been super sensitive to yeild in admissions: they don't seem very concerned about demonstrated interest, and they seem to understand that they -- for a LOT of applicants -- are a backup for HYPMS (and, for some, other T20s too). That they don't lock students in with ED is a testament to this.

I think that when HYPMS moved to single choice early action (about 15 years ago) it really hurt Georgetown. Georgetown was always the 'lock one it early' school for top tier aspirants -- the Pitt for potential Ivy leaguers, if you will -- and SCEA precluded that.

With Georgetown on the common app and places like CMU, Tufts, and Emory so sensitive to yield, Georgetown will get a lot more applications from students who view it as a target (or, erroneously, as a safety). Those students won't be super-enthusiastic about Georgetown, but it's a school that has a LOT to offer to a kid who missed out on T10. Such kids will look seriously at Georgetown.

Georgetown will need to improve their accepted student events if they want to keep their yield up, though.