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The Black, Single Father

By Jasmine White September 12, 2014

I am a black female who was raised by a single father, and there has never been a time when he wasn’t in my life. He is and has always been everything. When I was little, he let me put barrettes in...

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...

Amid TV and Politics, Called to the Classroom

By Donna Brazile April 15, 2014

In just a few days, I will deliver my final lecture of the semester in my “Women in American Politics” class here at Georgetown. Of all the lectures I give annually on campuses across the country,...

Through Campus Groups, Diversity is Celebrated

By Eng Gin Moe April 11, 2014

I have always been used to diversity and difference. In Myanmar, I attended an international school where my classmates were the children of foreign diplomats from all over the world. I attended high school...

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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Feeder Schools Deliver Diversity

By Laura Owsiany March 28, 2014

By early next week, thousands of high school seniors across the country will have come home from school to frighteningly small envelopes in their mailbox, containing either an acceptance or a rejection...

Diversity for Georgetown Talks

By Kshithij Shrinath March 21, 2014

Under the vision of A.J. Serlemitsos (COL ’17), the new organization Georgetown Talks aims to encourage students to talk about their personal experience at Georgetown and foster conversations on campus...

This GUSA Race Is Madness!

This GUSA Race Is Madness!

By D.J. Angelini and D.J. Angelini February 24, 2014

The past few weeks have been a storm of information about the upcoming GUSA elections. We have watched the campaign videos, played the drinking games and dissected each campaign's graphic design skills....

Diversity Lacking in Exec Race

By Matt Gregory February 21, 2014

While over 54 percent of Georgetown students are female and less than half of the student body identifies itself as white, only one out of eight candidates running for Georgetown University Student Association...

#BBGU Prompts Discussion

By Suzanne Monyak December 6, 2013

“Having an academic advisor who acts really surprised when you excel in your classes.” “When everyone looks at you when the word ‘slavery’ is brought up in discussion.” “No black hairdressers...

Early Applications Stable, Diversity Up

By Molly Simio November 8, 2013

The early action applicant pool for the Class of 2018 is more diverse than in years past, with white applicants dropping from 59 percent in 2011 to 56 percent this year. According to Dean of Undergraduate...

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