<p>S was deferred from Georgetown EA. We live in a rural state where he goes to a public HS of 1000. No one from his school has ever applied to GT. He has top 1% act/sat scores, top 4% in his class, 3.9 UW gpa taking most of the AP classes offered. He has many EC's with leadership positions, local and state awards for academics and sports. I'm wondering how much an unknown HS in the middle of the country hurt his chances. His counselor suggested calling and talking to the admissions counselor about providing any other information that could possibly help them in evaluating him for RD. Is this a bad idea? If so any suggestions for improving on his RD chances? I have heard at GT there is less than 10% of deferred EA that get in RD. THis is our first child to go throught this stressful process!! He has been admitted to several state schools but his dream is GT. Just can't believe his chances are that low!</p>
<p>Hello. My s was also deferred, later accepted and graduated 2007. I think it would be fine if your son called admissions and spoke to someone there. I would then have him follow up with a letter, thanking that person for taking the time, but also include any additional information that might help in the next round. If Georgetown is his first choice, tell them that in the letter. I always found the people I spoke to at Georgetown to be genuinely helpful and interested in assisting students and future students. BTW, what school did he apply? Good luck. It really is an exceptional school. My s loved his time there.</p>
<p>My S applied to the college. Hopefully this will work out. GT is definately his first choice. Since he received the deferral letter and it stated less than 10% would be admitted RD, he has felt pretty down. Just second guessing why and what he could have done better. Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>Sounds to me like with his record he should apply to some OTHER elite schools. How about some Ivies, the University of Chicago, Amherst, Bowdoin, et al? Georgetown seems to have rather erratic admissions, judging by what I've seen</p>
<p>CollegeKid, </p>
<p>I agree with Consolation and think your son should consider some additional schools. Our experience with Georgetown is that their process is a bit erratic and admissions to some schools (esp foreign service) are harder than others. From what I've seen, the relationship with the high school and class rank are important. I would expect that your son would have a harder sell because he's from an unknown school-- so I would call and provide them with additional information. </p>
<p>Here are some articles about Georgetown admissions. They may be quite old (so I would ignore admissions numbers) but they may provide you some info on what the school thinks is important. </p>
<p>ABC</a> News: Inside Georgetown's Admissions Deliberations</p>
<p>Inside</a> the admissions committee - News</p>
<p>Getting</a> In To Top Schools - Work & Education (washingtonian.com)</p>
<p>Usually when you are deferred from a college, you would send another updated packet to the school. It would include updated transcript, another recommendation letter (maybe even another writeup from the GC), and a short letter from the applicant. My daughter's school usually sends in a profile of her high school - how many APs and Honors are offered, distribution of grades for each course, what colleges students attend, % of students graduate and attend 4 year college. The profile gives adcoms an idea on how competitive the HS is and where the student stands relative his peers.</p>
<p>I think both the GC and your son (maybe even you) should call GT. Adcom maybe more honest with the GC on what's lacking in your son's application or their concerns. Your GC may tell GT that this is the first time anyone from the HS is applying, they would like to promote GT more within the school (invite adcom to come visit next time they are doing HS tour), and how your son is a top student...Your GC could also take the opportunity to sell the school to GT.</p>
<p>What's your ability to pay? Would your son adjust well going to a school so far away? How supportive are you for him to go to a school like GT? These are soft issues, but often that's how people decide if they would go to a college or not. My daughter was waitlisted at 2 schools because they didn't think she would go. They told our GC if she was interested they would reconsider. She is currently at one of those schools now.</p>
<p>CollegeKid, I feel your pain on this one. My D was also deferred with very similar stats. She also attends a lesser known HS. It's hard to tell the rhyme and reason with them- but our focus has moved on to other schools. GT was my D's first choice- but as she put it, they may know something about why GT isn't the great fit for her she thought it was. I don't see anything wrong with both the student and GC reaching out to GT- but don't put all your eggs in that basket!</p>
<p>Thank you all for your advice!!</p>
<p>My D (from a low-profile, rural public HS in the South) was deferred a year ago, didn't do anything further, didn't hear another word from Gtown for four months, and then was accepted on March 31. But it certainly couldn't hurt to contact Admissions or write a note indicating a strong interest.</p>
<p>gadad:
What were your D's stats? Did she decide to attend GT and if so how does she like it??</p>