Relatively speaking, was it difficult to get into Georgetown in the 80s?

Starting in the mid-80s, once the basketball program became really huge (Patrick Ewing era), it became a lot more difficult. I didn't get in in '92, despite being a legacy, National Merit Finalist and top 10% of my class.

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09/20/2016 20:40

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I got rejected from Gtown (Foreign Service school) in 1986 and accepted at Penn, which is where I went. At the time I was crushed but it was the best thing that could have happened to me.

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09/20/2016 20:41

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09/20/2016 20:43

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Anonymous wrote:Starting in the mid-80s, once the basketball program became really huge (Patrick Ewing era), it became a lot more difficult. I didn't get in in '92, despite being a legacy, National Merit Finalist and top 10% of my class.

Interesting. Where did you go to school? 1080 SATs was in the 50th percentile in my class with a 3.3 GPA and I got in for 1993.

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09/20/2016 20:50

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Starting in the mid-80s, once the basketball program became really huge (Patrick Ewing era), it became a lot more difficult. I didn't get in in '92, despite being a legacy, National Merit Finalist and top 10% of my class.

Interesting. Where did you go to school? 1080 SATs was in the 50th percentile in my class with a 3.3 GPA and I got in for 1993.

Typo?

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09/20/2016 20:59

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Starting in the mid-80s, once the basketball program became really huge (Patrick Ewing era), it became a lot more difficult. I didn't get in in '92, despite being a legacy, National Merit Finalist and top 10% of my class.

Interesting. Where did you go to school? 1080 SATs was in the 50th percentile in my class with a 3.3 GPA and I got in for 1993.

1080? Really? I got rejected with a 1490 the year before!

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09/20/2016 21:47

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Starting in the mid-80s, once the basketball program became really huge (Patrick Ewing era), it became a lot more difficult. I didn't get in in '92, despite being a legacy, National Merit Finalist and top 10% of my class.

Interesting. Where did you go to school? 1080 SATs was in the 50th percentile in my class with a 3.3 GPA and I got in for 1993.

1080? Really? I got rejected with a 1490 the year before!

Waitlisted in 1986 with a 1380 SAT and 34 ACT but only top 25% for class rank from DC private all-girls school. Did move off of the wait list but had already decided upon another school.

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09/20/2016 22:07

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Was being Catholic a more important factor in the 80s?

One of my relatives went to Georgetown in an earlier generation. Changed his mind about the college he'd enrolled in. Applied in August for that fall. Got in and went.