Has anyone else had it with Georgetown?

[Anonymous]

It's just not an impressive school, with the exception of the SFS. I don't understand what all the hubbub is about.

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Anonymous wrote:Eh, we toured and found the campus to be dreadful and in serious disrepair. So little greenspace and dated facilities. No interest amongst any of my children.

How long ago was that? We were there last weekend and everything was pristine. We had also visited St. John's the week before and that was dilapidated, weeds growing out of walls etc.

6 years but I doubt they’ve managed to solve their lack of greenspace

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Anonymous wrote:Both GT and ND were safety schools back in the day. Has it really come to this??

No they weren't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's just not an impressive school, with the exception of the SFS. I don't understand what all the hubbub is about.

It's business school is also a high target.

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Anonymous wrote:Eh, we toured and found the campus to be dreadful and in serious disrepair. So little greenspace and dated facilities. No interest amongst any of my children.

How long ago was that? We were there last weekend and everything was pristine. We had also visited St. John's the week before and that was dilapidated, weeds growing out of walls etc.

6 years but I doubt they’ve managed to solve their lack of greenspace

There is plenty of green space, you do realise Georgetown is in a CITY right?

If you want open fields go to Iowa.

[Anonymous]

It's interesting how people on this board just love to hate on certain schools. UVA and Georgetown get a lot of these comments. UMD practically never. My oldest is applying to college this year, but I certainly don't go into this process with value judgments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's just not an impressive school, with the exception of the SFS. I don't understand what all the hubbub is about.

The many thousands of applicants who apply to the school, the large majority of who are rejected, obviously think differently.

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I agree with you that REA is a positive. It gives students the opportunity for an early answer without having to commit so that they can compare FA packages or change their mind or still take a chance on applying to schools with a low likelihood of admission. But, you are wrong about ND. There is no advantage for REA and they report that it is slightly harder. It is essentially the same as Georgetown. In terms of not restricting the student, both are better than ED and even better than SCEA.

Notre Dame does indeed give an advantage to its REA applicants: EA acceptance rate for Class of 2026 is 17%.

https://admissions.nd.edu/visit-engage/stories-news/university-of-notre-dame-reviews-a-record-number-of-9-689-restrictive-early-action-applications-for-the-class-of-2026/

Overall admissions rate for the Class of 2026 is 8%.

https://admissions.nd.edu/admitted-students/

Please refrain from saying something is wrong before you have looked it up. Georgetown is really acting against its admissions interest here, in favor of its moral interest – so kudos to Georgetown. Notre Dame should follow Georgetown’s lead, especially given that it seems to have rolled out REA in concert with Georgetown.

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Anonymous wrote:
I agree with you that REA is a positive. It gives students the opportunity for an early answer without having to commit so that they can compare FA packages or change their mind or still take a chance on applying to schools with a low likelihood of admission. But, you are wrong about ND. There is no advantage for REA and they report that it is slightly harder. It is essentially the same as Georgetown. In terms of not restricting the student, both are better than ED and even better than SCEA.

Notre Dame does indeed give an advantage to its REA applicants: EA acceptance rate for Class of 2026 is 17%.

https://admissions.nd.edu/visit-engage/stories-news/university-of-notre-dame-reviews-a-record-number-of-9-689-restrictive-early-action-applications-for-the-class-of-2026/

Overall admissions rate for the Class of 2026 is 8%.

https://admissions.nd.edu/admitted-students/

Please refrain from saying something is wrong before you have looked it up. Georgetown is really acting against its admissions interest here, in favor of its moral interest – so kudos to Georgetown. Notre Dame should follow Georgetown’s lead, especially given that it seems to have rolled out REA in concert with Georgetown.

ND acceptance rate is 13%, GU is 12%. Both schools are overrated but ND moreso. ND isn't good for anything but business and catholic connections.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course it's a great school, in a great location - yes. But it is not QUITE the amazing educational experience that their demanding standards would seem to indicate.
Mine would have loved to apply. But between the restrictive application policy (which is truly awful given the very difficult cycles these kids are facing) and their demands for all test scores - my kids have had it. Both have what it takes to succeed there. But my first and now my second are not willing to ruin what was left of HS to get there. Straight As in AP courses not enough for you? Opting for mental health over College Board nonsense by skipping a few AP exams? Please. My next one feels the same way. These two are great students - never had anything less than an A or A-, fantastic ECs that reflect their commitment to serving others for years, stellar LORs, tons of the R word - RIGOR. Not pointy for Ivies. But they are out - of the G-town rat race. And no - that's not a Georgetown troll talking - it's an honest frustration for their policies.

Georgetown makes it impossible to apply and get in, for good reason, OP. My kids felt the same way. GU's strict and overly rigorous application policy weeds out most high ranked applicants on purpose. Which is fine, because ANY school only wants you there if you are willing and able to do all the work needed for their particular school. It's not for everyone, and that is perfectly okay. My kids feel the same.

My kid applied and got it, so it isn't impossible.

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Anonymous wrote:If Georgetown is your thing….look at Notre Dame. Better education and your child would actually go away to college.

Unless you work at GU. Poor kid.

But everyone will think DC just didn’t get in to GT. Yes, we known ND has higher scores thresholds. Still doesn’t matter

What? Who picks Georgetown over ND?

If you are specifically interested in the foreign service field, otherwise
ND >> GT

DC>>>>>>>>>>>>South Bend

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh, we toured and found the campus to be dreadful and in serious disrepair. So little greenspace and dated facilities. No interest amongst any of my children.

You have all of Glover Archibald Park to the west, all of the Potomac River to the south, the Mall to the east and Rock Creek to the northeast. How much green space does an urban campus need?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If Georgetown is your thing….look at Notre Dame. Better education and your child would actually go away to college.

Unless you work at GU. Poor kid.

But everyone will think DC just didn’t get in to GT. Yes, we known ND has higher scores thresholds. Still doesn’t matter

What? Who picks Georgetown over ND?

My kid, after visiting both admitted students weekends.

[Anonymous]

My bad: the Notre Dame RD rate for Class of 2026 is actually 10% (EA is still significantly higher).

If you are actually following the admissions rate discussion, you would recognize that both Georgetown (especially) and Notre Dame (somewhat) would actually have a lower admissions rate if they were playing the ED game. In that sense, both are underrated. Factoring in Georgetown’s roughly equivalent admissions rate for EA and RD (unique amongst competitive private colleges?), and the self-selection Georgetown requires to even submit a completed application, Georgetown is extremely underrated. To be sure, Georgetown could snap its fingers and cut its admissions rate nearly in 1/2 by going EA, ED1, ED2 (like Chicago) and accepting the common app. But it won’t — and that’s a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not unique to Georgetown. Sounds like your child should be applying to lower rated schools. Not sure what it has to do with Georgetown.

+1. Princeton and Chicago take a lot of time, too