"Georgetown University’s undergraduate first year acceptance rate rose to 15% this admissions season, an increase from last year’s record low of 14%.
A total of 3,309 applicants were admitted to the Class of 2024 from a pool of 21,318 first-year applicants. The increased acceptance rate came after the pool of first-year applicants to Georgetown decreased by 3%. The university admissions also decided to accept about 100 more students than originally planned in anticipation of a low yield rate from the Class of 2024, according to Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Charles Deacon (CAS ’64, GRD ’69).
The admissions committee offered more acceptances this year to take into account mounting financial burdens on admitted students amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The admissions committee similarly increased acceptance rate in 2009 after expecting that the 2008 recession would lower yield rates, according to Deacon.
High tuition costs may be the largest factor for high school students to choose not to attend Georgetown, Deacon wrote." …
https://thehoya.com/gu-sees-rise-in-acceptance-rate-for-class-of-2024/