<p>My point in raising the question about whether the other students from the same high school were Catholic was not to suggest that Georgetown should be “reserved” for the Catholic students–it should not be, and clearly Georgetown does not intend that. It is a very interesting place, especially for anyone with a long term interest in government or foreign relations.</p>
<p>I agree that DragonMagic44 should go ahead and apply. I don’t think there is any need to worry about less effort being put into the recommendations. Most recommenders would simply cut-and-paste from the letters already written. Filling out extra check-boxes takes a negligible amount of added work.</p>
<p>My point was instead this: DragonMagic44 felt that Georgetown was a possibility, but a bit of a stretch, based on the admissions results from the local school. If Georgetown gives a small extra boost to Catholics (I don’t know, but wouldn’t be surprised if there was a little boost), and if the admitted students from the local school were Catholic, then maybe Georgetown is a bigger stretch than it appeared to be, based on the Naviance scattergram. Still, the OP should go ahead and apply, if it is of interest.</p>