Q re Georgetown
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
|
Hi all,
I'm new at this because my kid is only going to be a sophomore. But I'm curious so maybe you can inform me a little. When my kid was in elementary, we used to live in NoVA and we went to Georgetown for sports events. Now we live across the country, but she still thinks fondly about GT and last week I overheard her say it's where she would like to go to college. I know it's too soon for all this and her views may change. (But assuming they don't, for purposes of this post) what is the best strategy for her to get in? She's unhooked in every way, so I was thinking ED/EA, but someone told me that Georgetown isn't really into ED, so it would be "wasting her ED shot," so she should apply ED instead to a college that likes ED, and just apply to GT as regular admission. Anyone know about this? (or where do I research this?) Thank you in advance! |
Anonymous
|
Except if she gets into her ED school, she has to go there and can't go to GU.
Don't overthink it. |
Anonymous
GT has EA and RD only (no ED). So there is nothing to think about except you can't apply ED anywhere else if you want to go to GT (assuming you will get in). |
Anonymous
|
OP here. Thank you for the clarification that GT has no ED.
So I guess what I'm asking is, how do I find out if GT (or any college, for that matter) pulls a lot of admits from their EA, or doesn't? |
Anonymous
| Look at Georgetown's "Common Data Set." It is a standardized set of disclosures that will have that information. |
Anonymous
Look at the Common Data Set -- its an annual set of data many top colleges release - it has set information about admissions including admits and GPA, and testing scores. It wont have early data. For elite colleges, you can usually find early data in a press releases sent in mid december or college newspaper articles covering admissions. Then you compare the number admitted early to the number ultimately admitted overall. Colleges dont always disclose admissions rate in the early round. |
Anonymous
|
This chart shows the EA acceptance rate at Georgetown to be 17.9%, while the RD decision rate was 14.4%. So there's a little bit of a difference, but not as much of a difference as there is for some schools. If your child really wants to go to Georgetown, I would use that as the carrot on the stick to motivate her to take hard classes and do well in them. I would encourage her to take service seriously, as it is really important to the Jesuit ethos of the school. She may want to consider some other Jesuit schools such as Boston College and Holy Cross. Just encourage her to find out more about colleges in general.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/early-actiondecision-vs-regular-decision-admission-rates/ |
Anonymous
| Have you seen the Instagram about how bad housing is? |
Anonymous
| They want top test scores, lots of high level classes with top grades and you should be a practicing Catholic. You don’t need to be a practicing Catholic, but your odds increase greatly if you are. |
Anonymous
How do they know if you are practicing Catholic? Is it because they take from Catholic High Schools, or because the student self-reports? |
Anonymous
Nonsense. |
Anonymous
+1 religious affiliation is not considered per the CDS. I just looked it up. |
Anonymous
| Also look into whether they offer programs that are of interest to her. College choice should not rest on fond childhood memories of sporting events. |
Anonymous
| Maybe take a look at some of the problems they have in their facilities and think twice. https://www.instagram.com/georgetown.hotmess/?hl=en |
Anonymous
They absolutely take from Catholic schools. Out of a class of 90 at the local Catholic HS (a rigorous one), they take 8-10 a year. If your child doesn’t go to a Catholic high school you’d have to find some other way to express that - regularly teaching CCD? Catholic volunteer work? |