I’m not following the logic. If Georgetown is your number one choice and the reason for REA, and a deferral is highly, highly likely, why would you then ED2 somewhere else before you have a final Georgetown decision?
Most colleges btw stress there is very little if any difference between ED1 and ED2 admissions chances. Both bind you to the college and both get you looked at before the RD pool.
@SJ2727 Georgetown is saying that the REA decisions come out December 15th, and most every ED II deadlines are January 1. That’s the logical progression… i would have 2 weeks to decide where/if to ED 2
I understand the timing, I don’t understand why (you would restrict yourself to Georgetown in the early round for no gain, in fact a smaller chance of a yes, yet you are ready to immediately commit somewhere else when you get deferred.)
I mean the reasoning in applying REA is I would possibly get in, but the likelihood I get in is slim I understand… where else could I ED that I would have a shot at?? As mentioned much earlier on I am thinking BC but if I can get in there RD or ED II then I might want to use ED I on more of a reach… any thoughts?
what do you really want from a college? If this is a straight up trying to game it for a “better” (aka one you see as more…prestigious?)
@evergreen5, I agree: if the OP was clear that Georgetown was the definite 1st choice, then going for it REA makes sense. I just don’t get that impression from the various posts.
A lot of students get caught up in ‘how high can I go?’- with “high” being defined as what your peers (and/or parents) see as the “best” names. But you are the one who is going to be there for 4 years (you hope!)- and your HS classmates are not going to be there. So, what is important to you besides the ‘reachiest’ name? What about Georgetown makes it your first choice? What about BC makes it your (current) 2nd choice? It’s time to move college-choosing out of the parlor-game arena and into a serious conversation.
If many top-tier students are applying to Ivy League schools as their single early choice, wouldn’t that provide some advantage for those applying early to Georgetown? In other words, many Ivy hopefuls would not be part of the REA pool.
What kind of qualifications would an unhooked student need for a REA application to make sense? This is a school my D22 is researching.
From a concrete perspective, I really like Georgetown’s urban (but not city building location like an NYU) / suburban feel, size, D1 sports, business school, and overall campus vibe. I also like (but not as important) the no frat aspect. This being said, all of these things I felt the same about BC, but Georgetown being “Georgetown” and has the name brand and is why I am perhaps gravitating towards it more.
So, what other colleges fit this type of vibe, if any, that are ranked “higher” than BC or same tier? Asking as I might be able to see a few schools before Nov. 1
From a non-Catholic angle, at varying levels of selectivity, maybe Northwestern, Rice , Wake, Tulane, U Miami. (NU and Rice may not have the major you are looking for)
If you are drawn to BC but are chasing the prestige of MSB over CSOM, look closer at that comparison specifically and what you really want.
If you commit ED (1 or 2, they’re both binding) you should be 100% certain that you want to attend that college. I strongly advise against using it as some kind of strategic method to try get as high in the rankings as you can.
Eh. There are many more top tier students than places at the ivies, and REA at Georgetown does not work like ED elsewhere or EA most places. It is not competition against the rest of the REA pool only, but against the best of the students they expect to admit. If there was any advantage to applying REA at Georgetown, it would be shown in the REA admit rate being higher than RD. It is always lower. (And that lower number should be taken in context of a generally self selecting pool for REA too.)
One thing that surprised me for Georgetown (maybe just because I was naive) was how advantageous being legacy was. I don’t recall the exact numbers now, but I think legacy is something like 3 times as likely to be admitted.