<p>You certainly have great credentials - better than my son, who was also just deferred at Georgetown. EA at Georgetown is designed to only admit the students who were “definite yes” for admittance. They then compare and discuss all of the remaining competitive applications together to decide the regular decision admits. </p>
<p>It is common for Georgetown to not accept a number of students each year with near perfect scores and GPA. I guess there are just too many of them who are not minorities, athletes, legacies or royalty.</p>
<p>Part of the problem is that Georgetown makes it hard to apply, so that a high majority of the applicants are highly qualified and highly motivated. The acceptance rate would probably be 10% if Georgetown accepted the common app, allowed 2 sat IIs, and made the interview optional.</p>
<p>There is still time to apply to other great colleges to have plenty of options. Also, last year Georgetown did accept a number of students from the waiting list.</p>
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<p>From the Georgetown Hoya:</p>
<p>"Early Acceptance Rate Drops to 16.9%
By Mariah Byrne | Dec 13 2010 | Admissions |
Georgetown accepted 16.9 percent of its early action applicants for the Class of 2015, down over two percentage points from last year’s early acceptance rate of 19.1 percent. The decrease in offers of admission follows a 9 percent rise in the number of early applicants.</p>
<p>Overall, 1,122 of 6,654 candidates will receive offers of admission this week. In November, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Charles Deacon had estimated that 19 percent of applicants would be admitted early this admissions cycle.</p>
<p>The number of applicants the university accepts in the early pool is based on how many admissions offers the university plans to issue over the course of both the early and regular cycles, Deacon said.</p>
<p>According to Deacon, Georgetown always admits the same percentage or lower during the early action pool as in the regular admission pool. The university will admit approximately 20 percent of applicants in total. About 15 percent of those deferred during the early action process will ultimately be accepted for the 2010-2011 school year, he said.</p>
<p>The School of Foreign Service admitted the highest percentage of applicants with 19.4 percent, while the College was the only undergraduate school to admit less than the university average with 15.9 percent. The School of Nursing and Health Studies admitted 18.2 percent of applicants and the McDonough School of Business admitted 16.9 percent."</p>