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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Vali Nasr discusses Iran's shifting grand strategy as the SFS announces the Iran Project.

As GU Prepares to Join Common App, Expect a Rise in Applications, Accessibility

By Evie Steele, Contributing Editor April 25, 2025

For current high school sophomores — potential members of Georgetown University’s Class of 2031 — becoming a Hoya may be more difficult than ever. These students will become the first with the...

FILE PHOTO: MOIRA RITTER FOR THE HOYA | Five Georgetown parents and a former GU tennis coach were implicated in a Tuesday indictment for falsely designating applicants as athletic recruits to secure admission.

GU Legacies’ Admission Rate Three Times Non-Legacy, According to Internal Presentation

By Evie Steele and Nora Toscano April 24, 2025

Children of Georgetown University graduates were nearly three times more likely to be admitted to the university’s entering class than applicants without parental connections to Georgetown, according...

Georgetown University administrators and a Federal Impact Working Group revealed plans to lessen the impacts of federal cuts to academic research funding through growing enrollment in master’s programs and conducting outreach to lawmakers at a March 13 town hall.

GU Community Reacts to University Joining Common App

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor March 28, 2025

Georgetown University community members expressed excitement, concern and indifference at the university’s announcement that it will join the Common Application. Georgetown will enter a three-year...

Following the Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action, Georgetown has begun considering Pell Grant eligibility in admissions.

GU to Join Common App on 3-Year Trial

By Maren Fagan, Executive Editor March 27, 2025

Georgetown University announced March 27 that it will join the Common Application on a three-year pilot program beginning in August 2026, confirming earlier reporting from The Hoya. Applicants to the...

Following the Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action, Georgetown has begun considering Pell Grant eligibility in admissions.

BREAKING: GU to Join Common App

By Evie Steele, Maren Fagan, and Aamir Jamil March 24, 2025

Georgetown University will begin accepting the Common Application in the fall 2026 application cycle, multiple sources familiar with the decision confirmed to The Hoya. The shift, which will begin with...

RAO: Defending DeGioia's Decisions

RAO: Defending DeGioia’s Decisions

By Saahil Rao February 21, 2025

Georgetown University’s primary responsibility in admissions should be to make entry into the university as meritocratic as possible, for as many people as possible, while sustaining itself as an institution....

Aisha Malhas/The Hoya | A federal judge in the D.C. federal court consolidated three graduates’ class action lawsuits, all associated with the data leak Nov. 13.

GU Early Action Admission Rate Increases Slightly for Class of 2029

By Patrick Clapsaddle, Executive Editor January 17, 2025

Georgetown University admitted 11% of early action first-year applicants to the Class of 2029, up from 10.3% the previous year.  The university admitted 917 of 8,254 early applicants, up from 881 of...

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Groves Talks Admissions Diversity, Financial Aid, GU Presidential Search

By Evie Steele, Editor in Chief January 17, 2025

Georgetown University Interim President Robert M. Groves and Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff Joseph A. Ferrara (GRD ’96) denied allegations that Georgetown illegally colluded with other universities...

VIEWPOINT: End Legacy, Donor Preference in GU Admissions

VIEWPOINT: End Legacy, Donor Preference in GU Admissions

By Asher Maxwell, Ethan Henshaw, Felix Rice, and Darius Wagner January 17, 2025

Every year, Georgetown University admits an incoming class of students who are wealthier than almost any other in the country. This overrepresentation of students from ultra-rich families stems from a...

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New Lawsuit Filing Lists Financial Aid Collusion Damages, Alleges Favoritism of Wealthy Students by University

By Aamir Jamil, Executive Editor December 19, 2024

Plaintiffs in an antitrust price-fixing lawsuit against 17 universities, including Georgetown University, claimed $685 million in damages, which could triple to more than $2 billion, in a Dec. 16 filing.  The...

Following the Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action, Georgetown has begun considering Pell Grant eligibility in admissions.

GU Admits Fewer Students of Color in First Post-Affirmative Action Class

By Evie Steele, Editor in Chief October 18, 2024

In the first class of Hoyas admitted without race-based affirmative action, Georgetown University enrolled fewer students of color than in previous classes, according to data from an Oct. 9 university...

Aisha Malhas/The Hoya | A federal judge in the D.C. federal court consolidated three graduates’ class action lawsuits, all associated with the data leak Nov. 13.

DEVELOPING: At GU, White, Asian, Hispanic Enrollment Rises After End of Race-Based Affirmative Action

By Evie Steele, Editor-in-Chief October 9, 2024

Georgetown University enrolled more white, Asian and Hispanic students in the undergraduate Class of 2028, the first class admitted without race-based affirmative action in place, than in previous classes,...

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