Georgetown Deadline

Transfer Students
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<p>to all who are applying:</p>

<p>do you have your apps in yet, when are you planning on getting them in?</p>

<p>the application says "March 1: deadline for the receipt of transfer application forms...etc" </p>

<p>do they really mean they want the application there on their desks by march 1 (that is what they say afterall) or is it enough to have it postmarked by that date, it was my understanding that that was what most colleges meant by the deadline (yale for instance specifically says it must be postmarked by march1)</p>

<p>thanks to everyone who has any idea and responds
i know it sounds a bit frantic--which i am! less than a week to go and i still have to do my essays! good luck to everyone applying!</p>

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<p>Additionally, for the essays, how much did you write. It asks for "two brief essays (approximately one page each)". did you take this to mean one page double or single spaced? I think I'm going to go for single spaced, i guess 500 words is generally standard right?</p>

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<p>I mailed in all my forms two weeks ago. My essays were both one page and single spaced, but I shifted the margins to the extreme.</p>

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<p>I just sent in two pages for each essay but then I had a lot of explaining to do, like my bad grades, taking time off from college and why I'm so awesome that they must accept me.</p>

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<p>Mine were both a page and a half</p>

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<p>My essays were both single spaced and a little over a page..ok ok so I switched to 11pt font as well. eh, the college of nusing is competitive, so i put 2.5 cents in rather than 2. :)</p>

<p>So now..we just wait. This is annoying! What majors are you guys applying for? Other colleges?</p>

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<p>Arabic major....Georgetown college</p>

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<p>International Political Economy at SFS
Interview scheduled for March 10, 2005
Stats: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=23401&page=1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=23401&page=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I kept my essays to one page except the personal (creative) essay which was 1.5 pages. :) </p>

<p>Helen</p>

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<p>^I haven't been contacted for the interview yet. They're suppose to send that out when they received Part 1 of the application right?</p>

<p>I'd say your as good as in with your work experience</p>

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<p>Due to the record-influx of freshman applicants, interviews for transfers will start later than usual; I sent in Part I in late November and Part II more than one month ago and I have yet to receive any details about it.</p>

<p>My stats on this forum are incomplete and outdated, if any of you are curious, I can send them to you in a private message of some sort.</p>

<p>I am applying for a major in Philosophy.</p>

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I'd say your as good as in with your work experience

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<p>It is best not to give false hopes of such nature; with a roughly 30% admit-rate, it is difficult to predict who will be admitted. If you check the stats of those accepted/rejected/deferred in the Georgetown forum, you will understand why my point must be taken seriously.</p>

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<p>Yeah...Nspeds is right..GU is highly competitive, and while that 30% acceptance rate may seem higher than some, it's still not all that promising. Some majors are much more competitive than others. I can really only speak for myself asI'm applying for nursing, and with the shortage and everything, one would think nursing programs are easy to get into..haha not so much. Last year I think 100 something applied as transfers and only 8 were accepted. Eek!</p>

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<p>oh i have a question..does anyone know where the majority of trasfers get housing? are we all spread out, or do they generally keep us together? someone on another boards said copley, but im just trying to get other opionins?</p>

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<p>yeah i was wondering why theyre taking so long with the interviews- i guess record high number of apps would cause a delay.</p>

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<p>i take it back- i just got an email about my interview. woo hoo!</p>

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<p>hmm has anyone had their interview yet? mine was s'posed to be last tuesday but i umm..fell in the snow monday and messed up my ankle so i had to reschedule for this wed...i wonder what they will ask us..</p>

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<p>I am still waiting for my notification.</p>

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<p>Well..what happens is, GU sends the interview cards to the alumni rep. in your area...Then the rep. sends them out to the students. So, the further your rep is from the school, and the further they are from you the longer it takes. I live in Baltimore, mail gets to us from DC in a day, and the alumnus I'm speaking to is a lawyer in the city, so his secretary sent them all out nearly as soon as she got them, as she was surprised I contacted her so quickly. I got it the day after she mailed it..so..I wouldn't worry about it yet, besides, interviews have little factor for us I don't think..def not going to break you.</p>

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besides, interviews have little factor for us I don't think..def not going to break you.

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<p>The website says that not having an interview will not have any "adverse" factors on our admissions; the statement itself is ambiguous (intentionally?).</p>

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<p>well, it means it wont DIRECTLY hurt you to not have one. but, obviously, if it can help you to have one, a person who does not get one is indirectly hurt by the lack of an opportunity to be helped by one</p>