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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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States in dark green sent significantly more applications than last year, while those in light green registered a slight increase. States in red sent significantly fewer applications than last year, indicative of a larger trend of decreased applications from the Northeast.

Applications Hold Steady for 2019

By Kshithij Shrinath January 16, 2015

Application totals for the Class of 2019 remained nearly identical to the previous year, despite changing national trends regarding demographics and high school graduation rates. Regular decision...

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The Office of Undergraduate Admissions, housed in White-Gravenor Hall, accepted 13 percent of early applications for the Class of 2019

Early Admissions Rate Falls Slightly to 13%

By Kshithij Shrinath December 15, 2014

Georgetown University welcomed 13 percent of its early action applicants, a slightly smaller proportion than last year, into the Class of 2019 this past week. The university sent out acceptance...

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Early Applications See Demographic Shift

By Suzanne Monyak November 7, 2014

Early applicants to Georgetown’s Class of 2019 changed demographically along with national trends, while the competitiveness of the applicant pool increased and the breakdown of applications between...

More Than a Ranking

By The Editorial Board September 12, 2014

Georgetown fell a spot outside the top 20 in this year’s U.S. News and World Report college rankings, but another set of rankings released this week put the university far outside its top schools. The...

Common App, Common Sense

Common App, Common Sense

By Paul Healy August 22, 2014

As a new crop of freshmen arrives on the Hilltop next week and scores of overachieving high schoolers begin applying over the next few months, the time is right to reconsider our school’s application...

Waitlist Enrollment Completes Class of 2018

By Ian Tice July 15, 2014

Georgetown has now concluded the admissions period for the upcoming school year, with the addition of 110 students off the waitlist to the Class of 2018. The university offered spots to 140 of approximately...

Admissions Releases Transfer Decisions, Aims to Enroll 140

By Ian Tice June 5, 2014

Over the past three weeks, Georgetown notified 222 transfer applicants of their acceptance to the university. These 222 students were selected from an applicant pool of 1,964, indicating an admissions...

Admissions Yield Dips For 2018

By Ian Tice May 16, 2014

Georgetown saw a slight decline in its admissions yield this year, with 46 percent of students accepted to the Class of 2018 enrolling at Georgetown compared to last year’s rate of 47.4 percent. Of...

College Admissions Look to Socioeconomic Factors

By Suzanne Monyak May 16, 2014

On April 22, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold Michigan’s 2006 decision — which was supported by 58 percent of voters — to ban consideration of race or sex in public education and employment, a victory...

College Enrollment Dips Nationwide

By Kshithij Shrinath May 16, 2014

The percentage of students choosing to enroll in college from high school has steadily declined since the end of the recession in 2009, sparking concerns about demographic changes in the national student...

From Heartland to Hilltop

By The Editorial Board April 1, 2014

It is no surprise that Georgetown admits and enrolls more students from certain schools than others. In an interview for a news article earlier this month, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Charles Deacon...

16.6% Admitted to Class of 2018

16.6% Admitted to Class of 2018

By Maddy Moore April 1, 2014

Just as the university wrapped up its first GAAP Weekend for students through accepted early action Sunday, 2,277 high school seniors began receiving word of their regular decision admission to the Class...

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