Your kid will need top grades, test scores, and ECs. Legacy status is helpful as long as you went there for undergrad not grad.

Kid should apply early. Good luck.

Anonymous wrote:I think if parent works at GU the child goes tuition free.

So it is assumed the child will go there whether they like it or not.

Dh is a physician at Georgetown and is considered a professor at the med school. He was told our kids get no tuition at Georgetown or any other schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I think if parent works at GU the child goes tuition free.

So it is assumed the child will go there whether they like it or not.

No, it’s 2/3 off tuition, not free (except for people who have worked at Georgetown for a very long time and are grandfathered into the old tuition assistance program, which is free).

Georgetown provides the equivalent of 1/3 of tuition to use at any other school, which makes state schools as cheap as if not cheaper than Georgetown for employees.

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It is never assumed a child will attend, because the applicant, no matter what - has to qualify for admittance, first and foremost. AND the tuition benefit is only for full time employees that have worked at GU a very long time (many years).

Each university is different, so people sometimes try to apply a different university's policy, one that might be very generous, to GU.

It’s five years of full-time service to get the full (2/3 to Georgetown, 1/3 to put toward another school) benefit.

And faculty kids, like legacy, get a huge bump. Much easier for them to get admitted. Don't know about staff, but faculty, definitely.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if parent works at GU the child goes tuition free.

So it is assumed the child will go there whether they like it or not.

No, it’s 2/3 off tuition, not free (except for people who have worked at Georgetown for a very long time and are grandfathered into the old tuition assistance program, which is free).

Georgetown provides the equivalent of 1/3 of tuition to use at any other school, which makes state schools as cheap as if not cheaper than Georgetown for employees.

+1

It is never assumed a child will attend, because the applicant, no matter what - has to qualify for admittance, first and foremost. AND the tuition benefit is only for full time employees that have worked at GU a very long time (many years).

Each university is different, so people sometimes try to apply a different university's policy, one that might be very generous, to GU.

It’s five years of full-time service to get the full (2/3 to Georgetown, 1/3 to put toward another school) benefit.

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Anonymous wrote:I think if parent works at GU the child goes tuition free.

So it is assumed the child will go there whether they like it or not.

No, it’s 2/3 off tuition, not free (except for people who have worked at Georgetown for a very long time and are grandfathered into the old tuition assistance program, which is free).

Georgetown provides the equivalent of 1/3 of tuition to use at any other school, which makes state schools as cheap as if not cheaper than Georgetown for employees.

+1

It is never assumed a child will attend, because the applicant, no matter what - has to qualify for admittance, first and foremost. AND the tuition benefit is only for full time employees that have worked at GU a very long time (many years).

Each university is different, so people sometimes try to apply a different university's policy, one that might be very generous, to GU.

Anonymous wrote:I think if parent works at GU the child goes tuition free.

So it is assumed the child will go there whether they like it or not.

No, it’s 2/3 off tuition, not free (except for people who have worked at Georgetown for a very long time and are grandfathered into the old tuition assistance program, which is free).

Georgetown provides the equivalent of 1/3 of tuition to use at any other school, which makes state schools as cheap as if not cheaper than Georgetown for employees.

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown only wants so many homegrown students.

Not true. That is what they want with a splash of diversity (Asian).

I think if parent works at GU the child goes tuition free.

So it is assumed the child will go there whether they like it or not.

Georgetown does consider legacy status in admissions. So that will help your child if they are otherwise qualified.

Being Catholic. Having the backing of our Catholic community and that community has connections.

A friend's daughter (Asian) got in. She goes to a good public high school, has excellent ECs, high SAT, and I assume decent GPA. She is well spoken, and extremely passionate about her chosen field, which her ECs and accomplishments there also tie into. She's not going there, however.

Georgetown only wants so many homegrown students.

Anonymous wrote:People always say Georgetown is an undeclared Ivy

"Always"? I'm in the field and I've NEVER heard ANYONE say that. Bwahahah!

Anonymous wrote:People always say Georgetown is an undeclared Ivy

I don't think so. What people? What even is an "undeclared Ivy"?

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Anonymous wrote:My husband had a perfect score on the SATs back in the day and was rejected. He got into Hopkins and Duke.

My niece a top student-UVA grad, medical school residency at Hopkins was rejected at Georgetown.

It’s tough to get into. Send your kid to a Jesuit high school if you want a little bump, still not anywhere near a guarantee unless very top of the class.

I graduated with honors from Jesuit HS and still got rejected.

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You, and most applicants.