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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...

Digital Decisions

By The Editorial Board April 5, 2013

As Georgetown continues its push to become more tech savvy, the university should consider developing an online application to match. Although Georgetown abstains from the Common Application in order...

Bucknell Inflation Announcement Indicates Nationwide Pattern

By Elaina Koros February 9, 2013

Bucknell University announced Jan. 25 that its admissions department had misreported SAT and ACT scores between 2006 and 2012, following a pattern among universities of inflating students’ test scores. “The...

Regular Decision Applications Plateau

By Michael Donnay February 5, 2013

Georgetown’s regular decision undergraduate applicant pool for the Class of 2017 was almost identical to that of the previous year, which bucks a trend of application growth in previous years. A total...

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...

Early Applications Hit Record High

By Michael Donnay November 15, 2012

After delaying its early action deadline by a week in the midst of Hurricane Sandy, Georgetown saw a record number of early applications this admissions cycle, with 37 more applicants than last year. This...

Foreign Enrollment Levels Off

By Abbey McNaughton September 28, 2012

While annual international undergraduate application totals have grown significantly since the turn of the millennium, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions intends to keep the proportion of international...

GU Jumps to No. 21 in Rankings

By Sarah Patrick September 14, 2012

Georgetown University and the McDonough School of Business each moved up in the U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 college rankings, which were announced Tuesday. Georgetown rose one spot to No. 21...

Yield Hits 47% in Return to Norm

By Adrianna Smith May 20, 2012

Georgetown saw a 47 percent yield rate for the 2012 admissions cycle, a 1.5 percent drop from last year’s record high of 48.5 percent. Of 3,317 accepted students, about 1,565 have submitted deposits...

Uncommon Approach

By The Editorial Board April 17, 2012

As prospective students swarm to campus for accepted student weekends, it’s worth considering the process that selected them. With the university reporting record-low acceptance rates, the Office...

Colleges Weigh Common Assessments

By Zosia Dunn April 17, 2012

Amid a growing movement for colleges to undergo national standardized assessments, Georgetown officials have said such efforts are misleading and narrow in scope. In the past five years, a number of...

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...

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