<p>So I took the SAT's my junior year and did alright, lower than I wanted- 720 CR and 640 M. However, I retook the SAT's in October and did much better- 800 CR and 650 M. I rushed my October scores to Georgetown about 3-4 days before the EA deadline, so theoretically, they should have made it in time. </p>
<p>My question is, assuming that my October scores arrived on schedule, would Georgetown still consider them? What if they were 1-2 days late?</p>
<p>Check with collegeboard.com and see when they said they were to arrive at GU. If you can't find it on their site, call them! You paid good money for those tests and you deserve to have them counted. If you have to, call GU It would be totally lame if college board screwed it up!</p>
<p>Georgetown accepts scores through November so you're fine with the October thing. I think I do remember them saying they didn't want rushed scores though...call and double check with them?</p>
<p>What I would tell you is, even if they didn't get there on time, they would for sure have them for regular decisions, so if you got deferred (which I guarantee you wouldn't solely because of those scores, which are better than mine were) they would have the new, improved information for spring decisions.</p>
<p>Yeah, but aren't recycled EA applications shoved to the bottom of the pile? I heard that even if you were just on the edge during the EA pool, your chances go down drastically for RD.</p>
<p>I'm also really nervous about my involvement and EC's. I have good EC's that are varied and in-depth, but the only ones I have that are even remotely related to the SFS are Model UN, Students for a Free Tibet, and Speech and Debate. I live on an island in Maine, so the options aren't enormous, but still, what would you guys think if you were an admissions officer?</p>
<p>I recall reading on here that rushed scores are a pain for the college because then someone has to sign for the delivery, etc. Or handle the FAX retrieval, etc.. not sure what the mechanism is, but I'd imagine that could get tiriing if there are dozens of rushed scores arriving per day. I think most admissions websites actually say explicitly to not rush them. It is possible that rushed scores is simply a money-making service that the College Board is happy to sell anxious students.</p>
<p>I just called Georgetown and they said that they do accept rushed scores, but they try and discourage students from sending them. </p>
<p>Oh, and yes Gabba, I totally believe it's a money-making scheme, I still am kind of shocked that they want $50 for a few sheets of paper to be run through a computer....Oh well.</p>
<p>simpson: about deferrals, that's totally untrue. Plenty of people get deferred and then get in RD.</p>
<p>tlesc01:
What is the main difference in stats of EA admits and EA deferred who get in RD??</p>
<p>Well I know it's possible to get in after a deferral, but Georgetown says that they admit "applicants who they feel they would also admit RD", so if you aren't accepted EA, I'm supposing that your relative chances of being admitted RD are lower. I've heard 5% thrown around as the number of deferrals who are later admitted, that's 13% below the EA yield.</p>
<p>Actually, I have heard 15% and that was straight from Georgetown. The reason is not that your app is thrown to the bottom of the pile, but rather, if you weren't good enough the first time around it's going to take some convincing to be good enough the second time around, if that makes any sense?</p>
<p>ccsbm: I really don't know as I'm only a student and not an admissions person, but I would say that the competition is stiffer among EA applicants, so it may be that you're just being judged against a different crowd when it comes to RD time. Also, you may have gotten in better scores in the mean time or sent additional materials to make your case more convincing (I've heard it's good to write a letter of interest, send another rec letter, etc. to show your'e still interested.) Some people also update the college with awards/positions since they sent their app.</p>
<p>Right, well whatever the reason, ones chances are reduced, although I'm glad to hear the number is so high!</p>
<p>I don't want to wait until RD to find out if I got into GU. By then I've had to mentally prepare myself about attending another school, sending more essays, visiting campuses, etc. I applied EA to GU because that is the school I wanted, simple as that. But if they don't want me...</p>