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Early Admissions Rate Remains Stable

By Madison Ashley December 20, 2013

Georgetown’s Class of 2018 accepted 14 percent of early applicants this past week, an acceptance number that remains largely unchanged from years past. Of the 6,734 applicants who applied early action,...

Our Worthy Gatekeeper

By The Editorial Board October 25, 2013

As college admissions reach dizzying levels of competitiveness, it is heartening to hear University President John J. DeGioia call Georgetown’s Office of Admissions the most ethical in the country...

Admissions Dean Talks Staying Competitive

By Danny Funt October 20, 2013

Charles Deacon (CAS ’64, GRD ’69) has served as dean of undergraduate admissions for four decades. In that time, Deacon, a first-generation college graduate, has helped transform Georgetown...

A Major Pay-Off

By The Editorial Board April 9, 2013

For the first time ever, the McDonough School of Business was Georgetown’s most selective undergraduate school, accepting only 15.9 percent of its applicants for the Class of 2017, down from 16.8 percent...

Admit Rate Hovers at 16%

By Madison Ashley April 5, 2013

There was fortunately no April Fools’ prank awaiting 2,413 students who received regular decision letters of acceptance to the Georgetown Class of 2017, a record portion of whom identify as racial...

Early Admissions Rate Declines to Record 13%

By Hiromi Oka January 2, 2013

With a 13 percent admission rate, Georgetown accepted the lowest-ever number of early action applicants for the Class of 2017, in a year with a record number of students applying early. Of the 6,850...

In College Admissions, Facebook Now a Factor

By Ted Murphy October 16, 2012

Admissions officers are checking Facebook pages and Google search results of potential applicants with higher frequency than ever previously reported. A Kaplan Test Prep survey released Oct. 4 found...

Acceptance Rate Hits Record Low

By Adrianna Smith April 13, 2012

Georgetown broke several records this admissions cycle, receiving an all-time high number of applications and recording an all-time low acceptance rate of 16.5 percent. According to Dean of Undergraduate...

Early Acceptance Rate Drops to 16.9%

By Mariah Byrne December 13, 2010

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...

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