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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone whose kid is a year away from starting the college application process, this is depressing as hell.

Why did so few kids apply to Georgetown compared to other area schools?[/quote]

My guess - cost.  And Georgetown doesn't give merit scholarships, it's all need based.  So the donut hole families don't want their children taking on massive student loan debt and won't pay $80000 a year.

[b]It looks like no students applied to GWU (George Washington U.) [/b] Their tuition is $62000 and the school doesn't have the reputation/rankings that Georgetown has.

Tuition costs for local schools:
Georgetown is $62000  - 
American University is $27,000 
Catholic University is $52000 - they will give generous merit aid if you have decent grades & they also have a "scholarship" for registered Catholics (those who regularly attend their home parish)
George Mason is $14000 in state
Howard is $30,000
Marymount is $34,000
Mary Washington is $14000
UMD is $40000 out of state[/quote]

My mistake - I do see that students applied to GWU.

The other thing I forgot to mention is Georgetown used to have extra application requirements which might deter some students.  For example, they still REQUIRED a subject test and or the essay (can't remember which one or both when my DS was considering applying) on the SAT when other schools would only consider the essay and tests if submitted.  Georgetown is still requiring the SAT or ACT and most other colleges are now test optional.  I don't know if they ever went test optional for the Class of '21 but I do know they were not one of the schools who announced test optional early in the fall of '20.[/quote]

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