<p>During my tour of Georgetown it was said that one had an equal opportunity at getting in SFS and the regualr college (both accepting around 20%) is this true?
i thought i was possible that SFS draws potential students in higher standing compared to the regular school and subsequently rejects a similar percentage of students who are smarter than those applying to the college of arts and sciences.</p>
<p>Yes, that is true, but the difference isn't that big. Apply to which ever one you want. Don't apply to the college and then transfer to SFS because you think it will be easier.</p>
<p>The admission rates are similar. But the SFS applicant pool is smaller and more self-selective, and hence has slightly higher SAT scores and a higher class rank percentile than the College. In other words, it is more difficult to get into the SFS regardless of the percentages.</p>
<p>Not that I'm doubting you Copley, but is there any link to some statistics that support that assertion. Thanks.</p>
<p>P.S. Why is internal transferring at Georgetown made out to be such a big deal? SFS accepted/current students seem to get very offended when one asks if it would be possible to transfer into SFS from another school. It's not as if the people in SFS are WAY Smarter than people in the other schools, nor is there any way to prove that majors in SFS are more rigorous than ALL majors in other schools. I'm not encouraging applying to an "easier" school to get into if you want to go to SFS, I'm just saying that I think there are many, many extremely smart people in the other schools and if they were to transfer into SFS students in SFS shouldn't be all "Oh he/she had that planned all along....I guess he couldn't cut it in the applicant pool." Sorry if this post offends anyone but its kind of getting on my nerves and is somewhat turning me away from Georgetown if everyone in SFS has this "I'm smarter than everyone here" attitude.</p>