Emory vs Georgetown

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Anonymous wrote:Well if they want international relations/politics, Georgetown is the best.

What are they planning to study?

He's undecided by either business or CS. Or a mix of both for quant.

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Anonymous wrote:Very different schools. Anyway, all EA to Georgetown gets you is two bites at the apple, Georgetown makes sure to keep acceptance rate the same between EA and RD. It's going to be a very tough year for Georgetown acceptance given this is their first year on the common app. Expect already low acceptance rate to plummet.

ED2 at Emory doesn't provide much of an advantage, but ED1 has close to a 30 percent aceeptance rate.

If one is going on strategy alone, the easy choice is to ED1 Emory. Probably three to four times liklihood of acceptance of Georgetown EA.

Emory and Georgetown are sister schools really. At least when it comes to campus culture and student body. Emory is Georgetown for minorities.

No, they are not.

At Georgetown, everyone submits a standardized test score.

At Emory, half go test optional.

Only 32% are TO at Emory, but what does that have to do with student culture?

More than 40% enrolled freshmen did not submit a standardized test score. The ACT and SAT submission rate are double counted if one submit both, which historically 15% do.

No that's not how that works, schools only take/report the highest score for any student. Its called score choice. And you made that 15% up out of thin air. Emory had 68% of all students report test scores in 2025. The percent submitting is likely even higher this recent cycle and will be even higher than that, this upcoming cycle.

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Anonymous wrote:Gtown name means much more to employers and grad schools.

For government. A wash on business. But for everything else, Emory is the better comprehensive school.

For whatever reason, Georgetown doesn't really do science, tech, engineering, cs and so on. Plus Georgetown is much more a rich kid school these days. It's limiting.

is this why most would pick georgetown over emory?

https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Emory+University&with=Georgetown+University
Most dont pick Georgetown over Emory, its fairly even.

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A 1470 is avg for GU and a bit low for Emory, so keep that in mind. I dont see a 1470 getting into Emory ED2 or RD, ED1 has a slight chance but still a reach.

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Anonymous wrote:Very different schools. Anyway, all EA to Georgetown gets you is two bites at the apple, Georgetown makes sure to keep acceptance rate the same between EA and RD. It's going to be a very tough year for Georgetown acceptance given this is their first year on the common app. Expect already low acceptance rate to plummet.

ED2 at Emory doesn't provide much of an advantage, but ED1 has close to a 30 percent aceeptance rate.

If one is going on strategy alone, the easy choice is to ED1 Emory. Probably three to four times liklihood of acceptance of Georgetown EA.

Emory and Georgetown are sister schools really. At least when it comes to campus culture and student body. Emory is Georgetown for minorities.

No, they are not.

At Georgetown, everyone submits a standardized test score.

At Emory, half go test optional.

Only 32% are TO at Emory, but what does that have to do with student culture?

More than 40% enrolled freshmen did not submit a standardized test score. The ACT and SAT submission rate are double counted if one submit both, which historically 15% do.

No that's not how that works, schools only take/report the highest score for any student. Its called score choice. And you made that 15% up out of thin air. Emory had 68% of all students report test scores in 2025. The percent submitting is likely even higher this recent cycle and will be even higher than that, this upcoming cycle.

BS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 1470 is avg for GU and a bit low for Emory, so keep that in mind. I dont see a 1470 getting into Emory ED2 or RD, ED1 has a slight chance but still a reach.

low for Emory? lol how do you know that when well over 30% don't even submit scores and are below the reported medians. Stop the nonsense.

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Anonymous wrote:Gtown name means much more to employers and grad schools.

For government. A wash on business. But for everything else, Emory is the better comprehensive school.

For whatever reason, Georgetown doesn't really do science, tech, engineering, cs and so on. Plus Georgetown is much more a rich kid school these days. It's limiting.

is this why most would pick georgetown over emory?

https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Emory+University&with=Georgetown+University
Most dont pick Georgetown over Emory, its fairly even.

Umm...that's not even.

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Anonymous wrote:Very different schools. Anyway, all EA to Georgetown gets you is two bites at the apple, Georgetown makes sure to keep acceptance rate the same between EA and RD. It's going to be a very tough year for Georgetown acceptance given this is their first year on the common app. Expect already low acceptance rate to plummet.

ED2 at Emory doesn't provide much of an advantage, but ED1 has close to a 30 percent aceeptance rate.

If one is going on strategy alone, the easy choice is to ED1 Emory. Probably three to four times liklihood of acceptance of Georgetown EA.

Emory and Georgetown are sister schools really. At least when it comes to campus culture and student body. Emory is Georgetown for minorities.

No, they are not.

At Georgetown, everyone submits a standardized test score.

At Emory, half go test optional.

Only 32% are TO at Emory, but what does that have to do with student culture?

More than 40% enrolled freshmen did not submit a standardized test score. The ACT and SAT submission rate are double counted if one submit both, which historically 15% do.

No that's not how that works, schools only take/report the highest score for any student. Its called score choice. And you made that 15% up out of thin air. Emory had 68% of all students report test scores in 2025. The percent submitting is likely even higher this recent cycle and will be even higher than that, this upcoming cycle.

68% is wildly different from 100%. And athletes (D1 sports-basketball, etc are included in GU test score averages). Emory is a d3 school so they can keep those lower scores out if their averages. To have an average ACT of 34-35 l/equivalent SAT when you have 100% (every single student reporting is impressive).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Gtown name means much more to employers and grad schools.

For government. A wash on business. But for everything else, Emory is the better comprehensive school.

For whatever reason, Georgetown doesn't really do science, tech, engineering, cs and so on. Plus Georgetown is much more a rich kid school these days. It's limiting.

is this why most would pick georgetown over emory?

McDonough (GU) is a very well regarded business school in the Northeast. Great placements. If you want to work in NYC, DC, Boston, etc much better

Not much better. More like a wash in NYC. You can't go wromng with either. What does your kid like? I do not think they are alike at all in terms of culture.

GU has one of the best placement into banking, Wall Street, IBD across the board. It’s ranked #6 Emory isn’t in any of the lists which only go up to 30 ranked.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A 1470 is avg for GU and a bit low for Emory, so keep that in mind. I dont see a 1470 getting into Emory ED2 or RD, ED1 has a slight chance but still a reach.

low for Emory? lol how do you know that when well over 30% don't even submit scores and are below the reported medians. Stop the nonsense.

Emorys median is 1510, 1470 is good for GU. Because so many submit at Emory the median is set and wont change when they go TO. Also a 1470 is lower than Emorys median when they were TR. GU is a gpa school, Emory prefers higher test scores.

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Anonymous wrote:Gtown name means much more to employers and grad schools.

For government. A wash on business. But for everything else, Emory is the better comprehensive school.

For whatever reason, Georgetown doesn't really do science, tech, engineering, cs and so on. Plus Georgetown is much more a rich kid school these days. It's limiting.

is this why most would pick georgetown over emory?

https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Emory+University&with=Georgetown+University
Most dont pick Georgetown over Emory, its fairly even.

Umm...that's not even.

Fairly even? Ie close to even?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well if they want international relations/politics, Georgetown is the best.

What are they planning to study?

He's undecided by either business or CS. Or a mix of both for quant.

If you really want CS, go to a school with engineering. Georgetown does not have engineering.

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Anonymous wrote:Gtown name means much more to employers and grad schools.

For government. A wash on business. But for everything else, Emory is the better comprehensive school.

For whatever reason, Georgetown doesn't really do science, tech, engineering, cs and so on. Plus Georgetown is much more a rich kid school these days. It's limiting.

is this why most would pick georgetown over emory?

McDonough (GU) is a very well regarded business school in the Northeast. Great placements. If you want to work in NYC, DC, Boston, etc much better

Not much better. More like a wash in NYC. You can't go wromng with either. What does your kid like? I do not think they are alike at all in terms of culture.

DP: Georgetown is a high target school for IB and low target school consulting. Emory is a semi-target school for both.

Personally, I don't want my kid to become a finance bro, so that's not a concern for me. But I don't think it's accurate to say that Georgetown doesn't have a measureable edge over Emory for NYC business jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:A 1470 is avg for GU and a bit low for Emory, so keep that in mind. I dont see a 1470 getting into Emory ED2 or RD, ED1 has a slight chance but still a reach.

low for Emory? lol how do you know that when well over 30% don't even submit scores and are below the reported medians. Stop the nonsense.

Emorys median is 1510, 1470 is good for GU. Because so many submit at Emory the median is set and wont change when they go TO. Also a 1470 is lower than Emorys median when they were TR. GU is a gpa school, Emory prefers higher test scores.

<60% is “so many”? Median won’t change?

Your math ain’t mathing.

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Anonymous wrote:A 1470 is avg for GU and a bit low for Emory, so keep that in mind. I dont see a 1470 getting into Emory ED2 or RD, ED1 has a slight chance but still a reach.

low for Emory? lol how do you know that when well over 30% don't even submit scores and are below the reported medians. Stop the nonsense.

Emorys median is 1510, 1470 is good for GU. Because so many submit at Emory the median is set and wont change when they go TO. Also a 1470 is lower than Emorys median when they were TR. GU is a gpa school, Emory prefers higher test scores.

Please please stop already. That is not the true median for Emory. Does not include the well over 30-40% that don't submit their low scores.