<p>chimpchimpcheree -</p>
<p>I was under the impression that the statistical difference between College admission rate and SFS was like a percentage point or two. But what you fail to point out is that SFS is fantastically more self-selective than the College. The profile of the SFS acceptees is essentially in-line with Harvard with a mid-50% SAT verbal of 700-780 and I believe something like a mean class rank of 96 or 97%. Those, of course, are unpublished figures as far as I know. SFS also has a way higher yield rate than the other Georgetown schools (way over 50%). </p>
<p>My sister is an alumni interviewer and a graduate of the College and she put me getting into SFS on a completely different plane than her getting into the College. </p>
<p>My alumni interviewer was in SFS for his first two years and then he transferred to the College to graduate a year early and save some money. And he indicated the same thing. He told me there was a distinct cultural and work-ethic difference between most College majors and SFS, based on his experience as a student in both. SFS is unimpeachably the pinnacle of Georgetown, even if not its foundation, and to suggest otherwise borders on the absurd. </p>
<p>And that doesn't mean I'm knocking the other components of Georgetown. The College is obviously extremely strong--stronger than ever--and I know from my sister's experience GTown put her in an awesome place in terms of graduate school, and they all seemed to really love the massive thesis she was required to write in the college for her major. </p>
<p>Finally, to suggest that SFS students have no grasp of science does a disservice to the school. I, for one, have taken over four years of math and over four years of laboratory science in high school (1 year of chem & physics each, 2 of bio, 1 of environmental science), scored a five on the AP Biology exam, etc. Just because my passion is IR does not mean that I, or other SFS admitees/students, are not equally competent academically in math and science as we are in the social sciences and humanities. I</p>