Today's Acceptances - which schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown decisions are in the portal (Sunday afternoon)

From what others wrote about acceptance letter, 8700 apps, 11% accepted. That's about a 19% increase in apps.

That amount of increase is surprising to me, for a school that, unlike other top schools, is not really test-optional and doesn't seem to be planning in-person classes anytime soon.

It is test-optional. Kids are just throwing in their applications anywhere. https://georgetownvoice.com/2020/09/27/georgetown-instates-test-optional-policy-for-2020-21-application-season/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown decisions are in the portal (Sunday afternoon)

From what others wrote about acceptance letter, 8700 apps, 11% accepted. That's about a 19% increase in apps.

That amount of increase is surprising to me, for a school that, unlike other top schools, is not really test-optional and doesn't seem to be planning in-person classes anytime soon.

Probably the most selective school that offers EA so maybe kids who weren’t ready to try ED anywhere because of inability to visit went ahead and put in an EA app to Georgetown

Will be interesting to see app trends when ED schools start to release that info

Harvard and Yale offer EA. [/quote]


Harvard and Yale have SCEA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown decisions are in the portal (Sunday afternoon)

From what others wrote about acceptance letter, 8700 apps, 11% accepted. That's about a 19% increase in apps.

That amount of increase is surprising to me, for a school that, unlike other top schools, is not really test-optional and doesn't seem to be planning in-person classes anytime soon.

It is test-optional. Kids are just throwing in their applications anywhere. https://georgetownvoice.com/2020/09/27/georgetown-instates-test-optional-policy-for-2020-21-application-season/

The initial announcement was misinterpreted widely. Georgetown is test-flexible. Students can apply and be accepted without test scores if they did not take the test. However, applicants were still required to submit all SAT/ACT sittings and all subject tests ever taken.

Would not surprise me if some significant fraction of the Georgetown app pool doesn't quite realize this, although the portal indicted this in bold and required non-score-submitters to complete a form explaining their inability to test.

[Anonymous]

University of Rochester's ED decisions are out. DD's best friend got in! Found out on Friday.

[Anonymous]

Son’s friend got in at Indiana

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown decisions are in the portal (Sunday afternoon)

From what others wrote about acceptance letter, 8700 apps, 11% accepted. That's about a 19% increase in apps.

That amount of increase is surprising to me, for a school that, unlike other top schools, is not really test-optional and doesn't seem to be planning in-person classes anytime soon.

It is test-optional. Kids are just throwing in their applications anywhere. https://georgetownvoice.com/2020/09/27/georgetown-instates-test-optional-policy-for-2020-21-application-season/

The initial announcement was misinterpreted widely. Georgetown is test-flexible. Students can apply and be accepted without test scores if they did not take the test. However, applicants were still required to submit all SAT/ACT sittings and all subject tests ever taken.

Would not surprise me if some significant fraction of the Georgetown app pool doesn't quite realize this, although the portal indicted this in bold and required non-score-submitters to complete a form explaining their inability to test.

Not an applicant, but I don't see anywhere a requirement of explanation as to why tests weren't taken. https://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/flexible-testing-requirements/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown decisions are in the portal (Sunday afternoon)

From what others wrote about acceptance letter, 8700 apps, 11% accepted. That's about a 19% increase in apps.

That amount of increase is surprising to me, for a school that, unlike other top schools, is not really test-optional and doesn't seem to be planning in-person classes anytime soon.

It is test-optional. Kids are just throwing in their applications anywhere. https://georgetownvoice.com/2020/09/27/georgetown-instates-test-optional-policy-for-2020-21-application-season/

The initial announcement was misinterpreted widely. Georgetown is test-flexible. Students can apply and be accepted without test scores if they did not take the test. However, applicants were still required to submit all SAT/ACT sittings and all subject tests ever taken.

Would not surprise me if some significant fraction of the Georgetown app pool doesn't quite realize this, although the portal indicted this in bold and required non-score-submitters to complete a form explaining their inability to test.

Not an applicant, but I don't see anywhere a requirement of explanation as to why tests weren't taken. https://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/flexible-testing-requirements/

It was in the portal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown decisions are in the portal (Sunday afternoon)

From what others wrote about acceptance letter, 8700 apps, 11% accepted. That's about a 19% increase in apps.

That amount of increase is surprising to me, for a school that, unlike other top schools, is not really test-optional and doesn't seem to be planning in-person classes anytime soon.

It is test-optional. Kids are just throwing in their applications anywhere. https://georgetownvoice.com/2020/09/27/georgetown-instates-test-optional-policy-for-2020-21-application-season/

The initial announcement was misinterpreted widely. Georgetown is test-flexible. Students can apply and be accepted without test scores if they did not take the test. However, applicants were still required to submit all SAT/ACT sittings and all subject tests ever taken.

Would not surprise me if some significant fraction of the Georgetown app pool doesn't quite realize this, although the portal indicted this in bold and required non-score-submitters to complete a form explaining their inability to test.

Not an applicant, but I don't see anywhere a requirement of explanation as to why tests weren't taken. https://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/flexible-testing-requirements/

It was in the portal.

PP's right. And for those deferred (like my son) they are encouraging the submission of scores--meaning, if there's a test anywhere near you in the coming months, you better have a very good reason why you didn't take it. My husband is still holding out hope for RD for our son, and I don't want him to go there at all! He only took SAT once, last Nov, did not break 1400. Had it canceled 4 times since then, plus subject tests also canceled, and we gave up. I am not scrambling now to get tests in. Son just doesn't care enough about Georgetown to make this happen either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown decisions are in the portal (Sunday afternoon)

From what others wrote about acceptance letter, 8700 apps, 11% accepted. That's about a 19% increase in apps.

That amount of increase is surprising to me, for a school that, unlike other top schools, is not really test-optional and doesn't seem to be planning in-person classes anytime soon.

It is test-optional. Kids are just throwing in their applications anywhere. https://georgetownvoice.com/2020/09/27/georgetown-instates-test-optional-policy-for-2020-21-application-season/

The initial announcement was misinterpreted widely. Georgetown is test-flexible. Students can apply and be accepted without test scores if they did not take the test. However, applicants were still required to submit all SAT/ACT sittings and all subject tests ever taken.

Would not surprise me if some significant fraction of the Georgetown app pool doesn't quite realize this, although the portal indicted this in bold and required non-score-submitters to complete a form explaining their inability to test.

I know it's a great and well respected institution, but Georgetown is so obnoxious about tests. This was true pre-Covid but especially so now.


Not an applicant, but I don't see anywhere a requirement of explanation as to why tests weren't taken. https://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/flexible-testing-requirements/

It was in the portal.

PP's right. And for those deferred (like my son) they are encouraging the submission of scores--meaning, if there's a test anywhere near you in the coming months, you better have a very good reason why you didn't take it. My husband is still holding out hope for RD for our son, and I don't want him to go there at all! He only took SAT once, last Nov, did not break 1400. Had it canceled 4 times since then, plus subject tests also canceled, and we gave up. I am not scrambling now to get tests in. Son just doesn't care enough about Georgetown to make this happen either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown decisions are in the portal (Sunday afternoon)

From what others wrote about acceptance letter, 8700 apps, 11% accepted. That's about a 19% increase in apps.

That amount of increase is surprising to me, for a school that, unlike other top schools, is not really test-optional and doesn't seem to be planning in-person classes anytime soon.

It is test-optional. Kids are just throwing in their applications anywhere. https://georgetownvoice.com/2020/09/27/georgetown-instates-test-optional-policy-for-2020-21-application-season/

The initial announcement was misinterpreted widely. Georgetown is test-flexible. Students can apply and be accepted without test scores if they did not take the test. However, applicants were still required to submit all SAT/ACT sittings and all subject tests ever taken.

Would not surprise me if some significant fraction of the Georgetown app pool doesn't quite realize this, although the portal indicted this in bold and required non-score-submitters to complete a form explaining their inability to test.

Not an applicant, but I don't see anywhere a requirement of explanation as to why tests weren't taken. https://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/flexible-testing-requirements/

It was in the portal.

PP's right. And for those deferred (like my son) they are encouraging the submission of scores--meaning, if there's a test anywhere near you in the coming months, you better have a very good reason why you didn't take it. My husband is still holding out hope for RD for our son, and I don't want him to go there at all! He only took SAT once, last Nov, did not break 1400. Had it canceled 4 times since then, plus subject tests also canceled, and we gave up. I am not scrambling now to get tests in. Son just doesn't care enough about Georgetown to make this happen either.

I know it's a great and well respected institution, but Georgetown is so obnoxious about tests. This was true pre-Covid but especially so now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know it's a great and well respected institution, but Georgetown is so obnoxious about tests. This was true pre-Covid but especially so now.

Agreed. And last night I read over at CC a poster saying they called admissions, and admissions said they didn't have to submit their ACT, which was lower than their SAT. I don't know if that person is being truthful, but if so, Georgetown isn't being fair.

(NP. My kid submitted a high SAT and low ACT, ACT taken cold only because the high school required all students to take it. My kid was deferred. There are a million reasons why she may have been deferred, especially with an 11% acceptance rate, but it makes one wonder.)

[Anonymous]

A couple friends' kids announced ED admission to VA Tech.

[Anonymous]

EA Caltech came out. Mine got rejected. It’s what it is

[Anonymous]

Can anyone comment on accepted or denied EA students to Stanford? What kinds of high schools and stats?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone comment on accepted or denied EA students to Stanford? What kinds of high schools and stats?

I know one from public HS. Perfect stats (literally 4.0 and 36). Impressive ECs but nothing super unique. POC. I’m sure they had outstanding essays cause they’re very smart and creative.