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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why there are Georgetown hater on this board.

Georgetown is one of the rare universities not to play the rankings game. They don't even want the Common App, and as a result, go down in the rankings because their applicant numbers aren't artificially boosted. They ask for 4 essays, require ALL SAT or ACT scores (only college in the US to require this with MIT), and encourage submission of AP scores. They only want genuinely interested students to apply, clearly.

They don't deserve to be dumped on.[/quote]

The number of applicants (or the acceptance rate) is NOT a factor in calculating the rankings.  So the fact that they require 4 essays, all scores and don't use the common app have no impact on anything other than the number of applicants.[/quote]

Acceptance rate, however, does factor in, and when there are thousands of potential applicants who pass because GU doesn't take the common app, that does impact the overall rankings.[/quote]

No it doesn't.  USNWR does not utilize data on acceptance rate to come up with rankings.  See earlier comment.[/quote]

Are you the one calling people dumbass because they said acceptance rate doesn't factor into rankings? Here's the thing: the heaviest weighted criterion is "reputation." And acceptance rate factors heavily into every single reviewers perception of reputation. So yes, acceptance rate has a major influence on the USNWR rankings.[/quote]

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