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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We all know that Georgetown takes a significantly higher percentage of students from Catholic schools.

On the other hand, in their Common Data Set, they say religious affiliation is "not considered."

With that in mind: my son has been a longtime member of the youth group at our Catholic church. He is an involved member (weekly meetings, frequent volunteer projects). The group does not have officers or awards or anything. He has never been an altar server.

Would you use one of the six activity slots to mention this? He has other activities that are far more impressive. (E.g., on the Common App activities list, he's not mentioning this for schools that aren't Catholic.)

Thank you.[/quote]

I would. Unless by "fare more impressive" you mean a lot far more. but an activity he's done for 10+ years is impressive.

I think Georgetown takes a lot kids from CERTAIN Catholic high schools. Top Jesuits HSs in NYC yes.  Our Lady of Iowa City not so much.  I find their entire admissions ops very old fashioned and relationship based on the higher level.  Not saying it's harder for your kid, just saying it is easier for connected feeder school kids. [/quote]

Thanks. I guess I just don't feel like this is an "impressive" activity in that there's no "leadership" by him (the leader of the group is an adult), he didn't do anything extraordinary (racked up a lot of community service hours, sure - but doing things like stuffing backpacks, parish beautification projects, etc.), ad it doesn't show evidence for his major or any particular skill/talent/interest.[/quote]

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