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

[Anonymous]

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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

I was unaware of both of these threads because we didn't start focusing on the college search until recently. Thanks for re-upping them. And thanks to everyone who has shared their thoughts about what accepting the common app will mean for the admissions picture at Georgetown. It's definitely on the list for DD.

-- OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Totally agree

[Anonymous]

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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.

Georgetown is more niche than Emory, ie people interested in medicine, nursing, tech arent going to apply. Emory also has better financial aid, Emory received 38k apps last year and will likely receive even more this year due to 200k tuition thing. In other words GU wont receive more apps than its level/tier in the market. Apps doubling to 50k+ means GU is closer to Northwestern or Duke level and its not. It will receive the same amount of apps as its peers.

[Anonymous]

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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.

The accepted student day for EA last year was phenomenal. Talked to numerous other parents and they agreed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

The accepted student day for EA last year was phenomenal. Talked to numerous other parents and they agreed.

I was at the RD one last spring and it was blah. It was a lot like the tour but with some free hot dogs. It was actually same day/space as a bunch of tours so all the kids sort of ran into each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Georgetown is more niche than Emory, ie people interested in medicine, nursing, tech arent going to apply. Emory also has better financial aid, Emory received 38k apps last year and will likely receive even more this year due to 200k tuition thing. In other words GU wont receive more apps than its level/tier in the market. Apps doubling to 50k+ means GU is closer to Northwestern or Duke level and its not. It will receive the same amount of apps as its peers.

You do not know Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Georgetown is more niche than Emory, ie people interested in medicine, nursing, tech arent going to apply. Emory also has better financial aid, Emory received 38k apps last year and will likely receive even more this year due to 200k tuition thing. In other words GU wont receive more apps than its level/tier in the market. Apps doubling to 50k+ means GU is closer to Northwestern or Duke level and its not. It will receive the same amount of apps as its peers.

You do not know Georgetown.

Agree with this. Georgetown is great for pre-med - my kid's dorm is literally across the street from the hospital and there's a huge student-run EMT group that provides first responder services to the entire university. Georgetown also has a well-respected nursing school. Emory is no longer need-blind(!) My kids would pick Georgetown over Emory in a heartbeat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Georgetown is more niche than Emory, ie people interested in medicine, nursing, tech arent going to apply. Emory also has better financial aid, Emory received 38k apps last year and will likely receive even more this year due to 200k tuition thing. In other words GU wont receive more apps than its level/tier in the market. Apps doubling to 50k+ means GU is closer to Northwestern or Duke level and its not. It will receive the same amount of apps as its peers.

You are completely full of sht.

[Anonymous]

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

Why would it be lower? There is nothing special about Georgetown. And even the school of international service is seeming increasingly irrelevant with geopolitics these days

[Anonymous]

Not sure why people are trying to fight logic here.

Application numbers will go up as it did for every school that switched to the common app. As the number of available slots for admitted students will not rise, the acceptance rate will drop.

You can argue if the yield rate will fluctuate. But the acceptance rate will certainly be lower than it has been.

Not that complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Georgetown is more niche than Emory, ie people interested in medicine, nursing, tech arent going to apply. Emory also has better financial aid, Emory received 38k apps last year and will likely receive even more this year due to 200k tuition thing. In other words GU wont receive more apps than its level/tier in the market. Apps doubling to 50k+ means GU is closer to Northwestern or Duke level and its not. It will receive the same amount of apps as its peers.

Georgetown has strong premed and nursing. But not tech.

[Anonymous]

Its still going to be the 2nd best Catholic school in the country.

[Anonymous]

Where is the strong premed or nursing you guys are talking about. Georgetown nursing school is unranked??!Georgetown isnt known for premed either. Apps for GU will increase but not by much, GU financial aid is atrocious, and with the general population decline anything over 40k apps (which is way to generous) is delusional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Georgetown is more niche than Emory, ie people interested in medicine, nursing, tech arent going to apply. Emory also has better financial aid, Emory received 38k apps last year and will likely receive even more this year due to 200k tuition thing. In other words GU wont receive more apps than its level/tier in the market. Apps doubling to 50k+ means GU is closer to Northwestern or Duke level and its not. It will receive the same amount of apps as its peers.

You do not know Georgetown.

Agree with this. Georgetown is great for pre-med - my kid's dorm is literally across the street from the hospital and there's a huge student-run EMT group that provides first responder services to the entire university. Georgetown also has a well-respected nursing school. Emory is no longer need-blind(!) My kids would pick Georgetown over Emory in a heartbeat.

What does need blind have to do with application numbers? Every school has an EMT group.

[Anonymous]

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