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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GU is TR. I dont think apps will rise much. Any additional applications will  e from those not really serious about GU, without ED theres less room to yeild them out. Expect anywhere from 5-10k more applicants. So from 27k to about 35k applications. However yeild will drop. They accept around 3200 at about 50% yeild. If yeild drops to 40% they'll accept 4000. 4000/35000 is 11.4% pretty much the same as before. I could be wrong but I dont think much will change selectivity wise. [/quote]

I think the yield changes are very hard to predict here.

Traditionally, Georgetown hasn't been super sensitive to yeild in admissions: they don't seem very concerned about demonstrated interest, and they seem to understand that they -- for a LOT of applicants -- are a backup for HYPMS (and, for some, other T20s too). That they don't lock students in with ED is a testament to this.

I think that when HYPMS moved to single choice early action (about 15 years ago) it really hurt Georgetown.  Georgetown was always the 'lock one it early' school for top tier aspirants -- the Pitt for potential Ivy leaguers, if you will -- and SCEA precluded that.

With Georgetown on the common app and places like CMU, Tufts, and Emory so sensitive to yield, Georgetown will get a lot more applications from students who view it as a target (or, erroneously, as a safety).  Those students won't be super-enthusiastic about Georgetown, but it's a school that has a LOT to offer to a kid who missed out on T10.  Such kids will look seriously at Georgetown.

Georgetown will need to improve their accepted student events if they want to keep their yield up, though. [/quote]
Georgetown is more niche than Emory, ie [b]people interested in medicine, nursing, tech arent going to apply. [/b]Emory also has better financial aid, Emory received 38k apps last year and will likely receive even more this year due to 200k tuition thing. In other words GU wont receive more apps than its level/tier in the market. Apps doubling to 50k+ means GU is closer to Northwestern or Duke level and its not. It will receive the same amount of apps as its peers. [/quote]
You do not know Georgetown.[/quote]

Agree with this.  Georgetown is great for pre-med - my kid's dorm is literally across the street from the hospital and there's a huge student-run EMT group that provides first responder services to the entire university.  Georgetown also has a well-respected nursing school.  Emory is no longer need-blind(!)  My kids would pick Georgetown over Emory in a heartbeat.[/quote]
What does need blind have to do with application numbers? Every school has an EMT group. [/quote]

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