Georgetown’s acceptance rate dropped slightly to reach an all-time low of 16.5 percent this admissions cycle, after a year in which a record number of applications were received. Of the 20,111 total...

Bucking a nationwide trend of declining interest in master of business administration degrees, applications to Georgetown’s MBA program have increased in recent years. A 2011 survey released by the...

For members of the admissions review committees, the last few weeks of March are among the busiest of the year. And with a record 20,050 applications received this year, committee members have more work...

For many transfer students, their college experience will always be shaped by their path to the Hilltop. “[The fact that I transferred] comes up once a day, from someone. It’s not like it’s ever...

After a four-year hiatus, Harvard University and Princeton University reinstated an early action admissions option Thursday. Both schools' early action applications are non-binding but require that students...

For college applicants, the hours spent calculating the likelihood of getting into college may soon come to a close, as a new Facebook application will estimate the odds within minutes. AdmissionSplash,...

A record high of 19,300 students have applied for admission to Georgetown's Class of 2015, signaling a 6.8 percent jump from last year's 18,070 applicants, according to Dean of Undergraduate Admissions...

Georgetown accepted 16.9 percent of its early action applicants for the Class of 2015, down over two percentage points from last year's early acceptance rate of 19.1 percent. The decrease in offers of...

The acceptance rate for legacy students is significantly lower at Georgetown University compared to peer universities, though legacy students still gain a 10 percentage-point boost in the admissions proceedings...

University administrators expected the Class of 2014's yield to be higher than that of previous years, but a lack of funds available for financial aid packages caused the rate to remain at last year's...

Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Charles Deacon may be on to something. Recently he commented on Georgetown's selectivity numbers, saying "we do not want more applicants." Bucking the nationwide trend...

Georgetown does not plan to alter its recruiting efforts, despite relative stagnancy in its admissions statistics over the last year and mounting selectivity and application numbers at peer universities...