<p>Knowing that Georgetown is quite selective and wildly popular, how much does it hurt my RD chances if two of my classmates have already gotten in EA? For a little more perspective, I go to a private school, good but not elite, senior class of around 260 people. Won't get into too many stats, but I have a 4.0 unweighted GPA with a total of 7 AP classes (almost the maximum possible, but I don't know of anyone who's taken more), a 2320 composite on the SAT, and a 34 on the ACT. I know three people who applied EA to Georgetown. One with similar stats was accepted, one with lower stats was accepted, and one with lower stats was deferred. I applied to Nursing and Health Sciences, while my classmates both applied to the College. </p>
<p>I realize that there's no hard and fast answer here, I just want to get a feel for how optimistic I should be given the previous acceptances. </p>
<p>Georgetown admissions is done by undergraduate school at Georgetown–so you will be competing with other students applying to NHS, not to the College. Admission officers read applications by high school and then send qualified applicants to the various admissions committees of each undergraduate school for review–when an application is reviewed by an admissions committee, the number of applicants coming from that applicant’s particular high school has no significance (and is not even brought to the attention of the admissions committee members).</p>
<p>Yeah Boston College and Georgetown are my reaches! I hope I get in when I apply this fall, I’m just not sure if I should apply Early or Regular Decision?!</p>
<p>Completely anecdotal, but my guidance counselor, when I was applying, said that she was told by her admissions contact at GT that they <em>do</em> consider whether they have already accepted students from a school during EA when they look at those they Deferred (as I was) and so it is harder to get accepted from the Deferred list if an EA from your school already got accepted … I was lucky that I did get accepted off of Deferral, since they had in fact taken another kid from my school on EA. But the story was different for RD, where she was told that EA activity has no bearing on RD. If you feel you are a strong candidate then you are coming into this with a clean slate and good chances, she was told. Now, this was in 2009, so take this with a huge grain of salt. Also, it may have been complete BS by the admissions person or by my GC, so there’s that to consider too. No matter what, you’ll know if a couple of weeks. Good luck.</p>
<p>** P.S. – I chose BC in the end and could not be happier with my decision.</p>
<p>^Absolutely NOT the case in terms of determining/considering admissions based on whether people were admitted from the high school in EA–your GC was not truthful as this is not the case and no one associated with admissions would ever suggest it. In most admissions committees and years at Georgetown, it is always an advantage to have applied early and been deferred when the application is being reviewed in the regular decision cycle. And you are one of the 10% of students who choose BC over Georgetown–a select group!</p>
<p>TheDukeofEarl -
BC over GU? Really? Was it based on a preference for Boston over D.C. (which I could understand), or something else, because personally (and I acknowledge that these things are pretty subjective) I just don’t see it.</p>
<p>First , to the original point: @medman, thanks for clarifying on the effects of a peer from the same school being accepted EA, I am glad you have some data or inside info that you can base this on, since all I had was what I got told by my GC. I have no reason to believe my GC lied, but she quite possibly misunderstood or got it wrong. Or I did at the time. Thanks for clarifying for the OP.</p>
<p>Now, to both @medman and @WCASParent: I didn’t mean to disrupt your universe by saying I chose BC over GT, although I do kind of get a chuckle out of the short list of schools on CC where responders’ first reaction to someone saying they chose to go elsewhere is usually “Really? You chose someplace else instead of here? What’s wrong with you?”, but I do appreciate that you acknowledge that there may be good reasons for someone to not fall in love with the same school that you happened to fall in love with, and it is a very subjective decision. I chose BC somewhat based on location, but more on the campus vibe (BC definitely felt better to me), I did overnight visits at both schools; the program I wanted (well-developed Honors program and a very strong Math Dept focused on an area of particular interest to me) struck a chord with me at BC, and a vibrant sports scene in all areas was something I also wanted (well, let’s leave hoop out of it this year). </p>
<p>I brought up BC in this thread, not to disparage GT, but because the OP was thinking of both schools, and I was in a position to speak to having been accepted by both. My results do not guarantee good results for others, for sure, but that is the same everywhere, including GT. Two different schools, and both with a lot to offer IMO. But if you’re looking for me to say I would have been better off at GT, or if you wish to put forth to high school kids reading here that GT is the only generic decision for anyone when confronted with a choice between GT and <insert name="" of="" school="" somewhat="" lower="" in="" a="" national="" magazine’s="" ranking="" system="">, then I think no way. That is a simplistic analysis based on perceived ‘status’. It is a matter of personal fit and personal choice, as you said, @WCASParent.</insert></p>
<p>^All I said is that you are among very few students who choose BC over GU…it’s just a fact that 90%+ of students choose Georgetown over BC–you are the one with all of the interpretations.</p>
<p>my freshman year, i was one of eleven kids coming to georgetown from my high school. to be fair, i went to an elite boarding school. but if eleven is just the ones that went (and many more got in and chose other schools), i don’t think they’re too terribly concerned about the number of kids they take from a given school.</p>
<p>I’d like to hear more about your comparison of GT and BC. A friend of mine had sons at both. These issues are always complex, but the BC son had a great college experience while the GT son did not. He thought his profs were brilliant, had good friends, but the overall experience was not as positive. She described BC as much more “student friendly.” Since my daughter is interested in GT, I’d love to know more about people’s experiences and assessments.</p>