It seems like, after reading many acceptance threads, that GU has a pattern of not accepting over-qualified applicants? For example, one girl had amazing extracurriculars and grades, and another had ok grades and very little extracurriculars. The latter got in. I know that happens once in a while, but this seems to be quite often for GU.
Have any of you noticed the same thing?
Some top statted students treat Georgetown as a safety. They write a mediocre essay feeling that their stats alone will guarantee them admission. Also some “amazing extracurriculars” are puffery if not outright fabrications. Adcoms can se through that.
In addition, it’s hard to be “overqualified” for G’Town, especially for SFS which is like Harvard for poli sci/international relations.
Georgetown is a school where connections (and money) can help get a less than stellar applicant admitted. Of course this happens at all schools, but to a greater extent at G’town.
You’re kidding yourself if you think anyone is over-qualified for schools like Georgetown or other non-Ivy competitive schools. Besides, Georgetown’s admissions office is one of the few that includes seniors, and often they can see right through activities that are exaggerated because they know the relative rigor of these activities. Stats don’t mean everything.
I noticed this same thing when my D was applying. She was admitted EA last year. She had great creds in all areas but I remember looking through these threads worrying whether she would get in because I saw applicants who had even more impressive ECs who did not. Some of that might come down to essays and recs. But I also know all top-rated schools absolutely worry about their yield (the percentage of accepted applicants who attend), and I think it would make sense that Gtown and schools like it would try to weed out applicants who are qualified for an Ivy and would go that route if accepted to one.
Nope. Georgetown does not do this. Full stop.
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