I know that this has been posted before, but I think it is very interesting

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>From The Hoya:</p>

<p>"Early applications to the School of Nursing and Health Studies more than doubled this year, driving a nearly 10 percent overall increase from last year in early applications to Georgetown. </p>

<p>Overall, more than 4,500 students have applied early to Georgetown between the four schools, compared to 4,051 last year, Charles Deacon, dean of undergraduate admissions, said. He said that this number may increase in the next few days as applications continue to trickle in. Applications had to be postmarked by Nov. 1.</p>

<p>The NHS, which received 156 early applications in 2005, has received 316 this year, Deacon said. He said that the school’s health studies major has become increasingly visible, which may have led to the jump in applications.</p>

<p>Deacon said that 2,587 students have submitted applications for the College, up from 2,326 in 2004. The number of applications to the McDonough School of Business and the School of Foreign Service have remained roughly steady since last year, he said."</p>

<p>Why have more people applied to NHS? Is it really because the Gtown nursing school has gained more notoriety? Or is it for <em>another</em> reason? I also wonder if this article will affect anyone's decision on where to apply to (not me, certainly, because I already applied). For instance, someone who was originally applying to the College may now apply to the business school or SFS. What are your thoughts?</p>

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<p>Well, the NHS has really expanded the scope of study and sort of been revitalized in general over the past decade or so. It's gone from just having the nursing program to having now four programs and a very strong international health program. The fact that NHS has also been consolidated into one totally renovated building with state-of-the-art facilities in the past few years has also definitely helped it. </p>

<p>It's really just indicative of the amount of changes going on in general at Georgetown now, though. Georgetown has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in the past few years with the construction of six new buildings and the renovation/restoration of just about every other facility on campus and will have a new unified building for the MSB and new chemistry and biology laboratories constructed by 2011...along with spending about $500mil on increasing financial aid, faculty compensation, and expanding the faculty over the next ten years or so. So I think all of this will be boosting applicant numbers across the board. NHS was one of the first schools to really benefit from the renewal taking place at Gtown.</p>