<p>I’ve emailed twice requesting early reads and haven’t yet heard anything, which is strange. I got into Yale, so I mostly just want to know if I need to decide between the two. Originally emailed when I got into UNC-CH and requested knowing by May 15, got no response, then emailed again when I got into Yale and asked to know by May 28…so we’ll see. I don’t know how I’m feeling about my chances, but we’ll see. Obviously, I’ll be happy to go to Yale- I just want to know!</p>
<p>I haven’t heard anything yet regarding my early read request either, I am getting so nervous! :/</p>
<p>@brigitr are you honestly having to bite your fingers over gtown and Yale? </p>
<p>@GunninMed it might have to do with financial aid, so you never know.</p>
<p>Regardless, that’s a nice position to be in</p>
<p>Transferring to Yale is nearly impossible… So if you were admitted there I’m sure you have a good chance at Georgetown.</p>
<p>@brigitr I’m actually really surprised you got rejected from Duke, but accepted to Yale. Goes to show that anything can happen in undergrad admissions, because it’s all so subjective. To everyone who deserves to get into their top schools but gets rejected, know that you can always apply to grad school. Grad schools at elite institutions are more fair, and their acceptances depend more on merit than subjective personality. Keep your GPA and extracurriculars up, and you’ll surely get what you deserve someday 
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<p>Bite my fingers over Georgetown and Yale? No, but I am trying to truly make the best decision possible for myself and my education. Georgetown is the school that inspired me to transfer, because I fell completely in love, so I’m still giving Georgetown a chance- however, Yale was entirely unexpected, so it’s a decision I didn’t expect to have to make. I also have to consider the way my credits transfer, while I won’t refuse to transfer over losing enough credits to graduate a year late…I’d rather not, if possible.
More related to this thread, I also received an email back from Georgetown today and was ACCEPTED! :)</p>
<p>And @cali2387, I am too…a lot of my decisions didn’t make sense. I’ve been accepted into Yale, Wake Forest, and Georgetown- but rejected from UCSB and UCSD. Which is just odd to me, even more surprising than the Duke rejection. Admissions are truly a random and subjective thing.</p>
<p>@brigitr congrats! I was accepted to Cornell but rejected from WashU, so I kind of know what you mean. And Yale>Georgetown, no doubt about it. don’t pass this once in a lifetime opportunity up if you don’t have to. </p>
<p>Congrats to those who got in, I’m planning on transferring next year as a junior and I’m in sort of a predicament I’ve posted onto the transfer forum but no one has replied, I remember seeing an ex-georgetown admissions officer in one of the transfer threads, hope that person can help me, but can anyone help me out?
<a href=“Summer Courses? - Transfer Students - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/1648666-summer-courses.html</a></p>
<p>@brigitr stats? </p>
<p>Prefacing this with: AGAIN, I have NO CLUE how I got into Yale or Georgetown with these stats. Legitimately every time I check my email I’m afraid I’m going to have an email from Yale telling me they made a mistake…even with admissions packet in hand. </p>
<p>Transferring from: West Coast large, public research university (Public Ivy). In the Honors Program
Entering as: Junior
Major: Political Economy at Georgetown (Poli sci/politics elsewhere)
HS GPA: Somewhere around 3.9-4.0. I was not a traditional high school student for jr/sr years and my overall GPA is not listed anywhere and I’ve never bothered calculating it now that I’ve finished 2 years of college.
ACT: 32 (didn’t take the SAT, had really high science and reading scores)
College GPA: 3.6 (3.0 first quarter, 3.8 or 3.7 ever since and no one at my school has a 4.0. Literally, not 1 person)
Extracurriculars:
-Extremely involved in student government (committee chair in our Senate, planning student government elections, lots of committees, vice chair of a transportation committee that manages at $19 million contract)
-Tour guide
-Taught a class of 15 Honors freshmen in the fall of this year
-Interned in the Senate for my Senator last summer
-Row club crew/triathlons/running a marathon
-Competitive equestrian (especially in high school, I was a varsity athlete and worked full time for a horse trainer)
-Several other nonprofit political organization internships
-Tutored in a low-income elementary school, teaching 2-4th graders how to read (remedial reading classroom)
Essays: Public service/athletics focused
Interview: Went very well! My interviewer was a triathlete who transferred from the same school I’m transferring from so we had a lot in common and a lot to talk about. </p>
<p>Awesome extracurriculars and interning experience seems to be the common theme to those accepted to gtown… Sadly I didn’t do anything my freshman year at U of Maryland since I disliked it so much</p>
<p>You have a lot of really impressive extracurriculars! Congrats on getting into Yale and Georgetown! Wherever you go, I’m sure you’ll be great!</p>
<p>@brigitr While ordinarily it’d be a cold day in hell that I’d tell someone to pick Georgetown over Yale, I think that for PolySci, Georgetown would be the better pick. I know that PolySci at Yale is really popular and I’m sure they have a great program, but if it were me I’d probably pick the slightly less prestigious Georgetown, just because it’s in DC. Because DC and polysci students are like white on rice; the amount of internships and practical experience you could get for your major is much greater than it would be at Yale (because let’s be honest, how many government organizations are in New Haven?). If, at the end of the day, a human resources person had to pick between a Yale kid with little real-world experience and a Georgetown kid with oodles of it, they’d probably go with the Georgetown kid (especially since Yale and Georgetown are upper-echelon enough that HR guy will know you’re smart as a whip in any case). </p>
<p>The only thing it might come down to is alumni networks; but Georgetown has an absolutely stupid amount of people in government (one of the rare fields that a non-Ivy can hold its own in in terms of connections)</p>
<p>I agree with @ArchibaldTuttle above. It comes down to do you think the name alone, Yale, will be enough to set you apart, or a lesser impact value name, but the potential for great experience with big name politicians though internships etc.</p>
<p>On another note I’m having a strange day. My admissions officer requested some updated info from me and I finally received the docs she requested and tried to send them over, only to receive an auto-email staying she no longer worked for Gtown. Then I send the email to a diff AO, one that represents my state, and again said he doesn’t work there as of march. So called admissions and they gave me a tired email to contact. No auto email this far… Geez </p>
<p>I’m a bit bummed because my first AO got to know me pretty well.</p>
<p>Accepted today!!! </p>
<p>@abear congrats! can you tell how you heard and your stats please!</p>
<p>@abear19 did they notify you by email or mail? </p>