Reply to Georgetown RD

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Georgetown RD"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, the days of legacy admission are fully over.

My DD was denied yesterday, despite both parents and one grandparent graduating undergrad.

One parent also got an MBA there, one grandparent got their JD there and one grandparent taught there for 15 years.

What's that, 6 hooks?

Stats weren't perfect (obviously), but were on par for a gimme admission.

She wasn't going to go even if she got in but I have to admit to being shocked.[/quote]

This. My kid is a legacy + more than two decades as a professor. [/quote]

Well I guess there were kids more qualified---better scores, grades, ECs and essays.  Maybe the tide is changing and GU is backing off its really ridiculous stance on legacy where any distant connection--a grad or law or whatever was considered enough to propel someone over a candidate that had no hooks.[/quote]

My kid had very high stats and I thought a great package but you’re right- for whatever reason, kid was rejected. Legacy didn’t matter nor was it a crappy package and we were relying on legacy to push it thru. [/quote]

This happened to my kid with Hopkins (2 parent alums). He was above the threshhold on SCOIR and perfectGPA,top scores (near perfect), great ECs, etc.  Frankly, he mentioned the legacy in the supplemental and I actually think that hurt him.  They don't like his kind (DEI email blast) and they don't like legacy there anymore. They actively publish how the legacy admits have dropped--so letting one in would mess with the stats.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics