2015-2016 Georgetown University Application Thread

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So whats the percentage of those accepted after interviewing here anyway?
 
musicalfeet said:
They review in groups of 80. Out of the 80, 20 are accepted, 40 waitlisted, and 20 rejected.
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They do review in groups of 80 but at my interview day it was stated that they do not reject 20/80. They don't like to reject their interviewees and only do so when warranted, not to meet a quota.
 
Anyone interview already that would like to share how the day went and what their interview was like? Interview scheduled for 10/28
 
Irish16 said:
Anyone interview already that would like to share how the day went and what their interview was like? Interview scheduled for 10/28
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Yes! Before interviewing, Georgetown was one of my top choices. I did extensive research on this school prior to interviewing because it was the first II I received. After interviewing here and multiple other places, I feel like I can accurately compare this school to others, and Georgetown is now easily my top choice school. The day looked like this:
- All interviewees hang out in a room together and chat until a dean comes in. They try to have a different dean speak each interview day, so I don't know who you'll have. Our was hilarious and gave us a lot of important information to consider, which really shined Georgetown in a nice light.
- Ms. Sullivan will come in and give an intensely compassionate speech. She will point blank tell you not to come to Georgetown if you don't believe in their philosophy. There is nothing wrong with not fitting with Georgetown, and she'll tell you that, but you should go to a school where you do fit. Otherwise, you'll either change to fit their philosophy (which you may not like) or you'll begrudge it your entire four years.
- I think we went on a tour afterwards? I don't remember exactly because my interview was a few weeks ago. The tour was fine. They know their buildings are older but you have all the necessities. After hearing about their match list and step 1 scores, I don't care about how new their walls are (plus I scoped out the undergrad campus the night before and they had some nice study spaces you could always snatch haha).
- The tour concludes with lunch. Lunch was AMAZING. The best I've had so far. You have lunch with 3rd year medicals students who also lead the tour. Ours were awesome. They answered all of our questions and were happy to do so. They are not involved in admissions, so you can ask them anything.
- Then we went to interviews! I loved my interviewer. I could tell she was a bit nervous too, but we seemed to have a lot in common.

Everyone at Georgetown genuinely wants you to have a good experience there, even if you don't matriculate. They don't believe in high-stress interviews! In fact, Ms. Sullivan told us in the morning exactly what questions our interviewers would ask us that afternoon. They just want to make sure you are who you say you are and to see if you are someone who fits with their school.
 
Just got an interview invite, scheduled for November. Was this an accident?? Either way, I'm excited.

Edit: Complete on 8/5, II on 10/1
 
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rachiie01 said:
Yes! Before interviewing, Georgetown was one of my top choices. I did extensive research on this school prior to interviewing because it was the first II I received. After interviewing here and multiple other places, I feel like I can accurately compare this school to others, and Georgetown is now easily my top choice school. The day looked like this:
- All interviewees hang out in a room together and chat until a dean comes in. They try to have a different dean speak each interview day, so I don't know who you'll have. Our was hilarious and gave us a lot of important information to consider, which really shined Georgetown in a nice light.
- Ms. Sullivan will come in and give an intensely compassionate speech. She will point blank tell you not to come to Georgetown if you don't believe in their philosophy. There is nothing wrong with not fitting with Georgetown, and she'll tell you that, but you should go to a school where you do fit. Otherwise, you'll either change to fit their philosophy (which you may not like) or you'll begrudge it your entire four years.
- I think we went on a tour afterwards? I don't remember exactly because my interview was a few weeks ago. The tour was fine. They know their buildings are older but you have all the necessities. After hearing about their match list and step 1 scores, I don't care about how new their walls are (plus I scoped out the undergrad campus the night before and they had some nice study spaces you could always snatch haha).
- The tour concludes with lunch. Lunch was AMAZING. The best I've had so far. You have lunch with 3rd year medicals students who also lead the tour. Ours were awesome. They answered all of our questions and were happy to do so. They are not involved in admissions, so you can ask them anything.
- Then we went to interviews! I loved my interviewer. I could tell she was a bit nervous too, but we seemed to have a lot in common.

Everyone at Georgetown genuinely wants you to have a good experience there, even if you don't matriculate. They don't believe in high-stress interviews! In fact, Ms. Sullivan told us in the morning exactly what questions our interviewers would ask us that afternoon. They just want to make sure you are who you say you are and to see if you are someone who fits with their school.
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Awesome! Thanks for the info!
 
Looking at last years thread this time last year and went through Nov..seems like alot of II's were given out all through Oct and Nov..keep the faith!
 
When's the first day acceptances can go out? Is it October 15th?
 
Rejected 10/6, complete 7/31. Good luck to everyone else!
 
rachiie01 said:
Yes! Before interviewing, Georgetown was one of my top choices. I did extensive research on this school prior to interviewing because it was the first II I received. After interviewing here and multiple other places, I feel like I can accurately compare this school to others, and Georgetown is now easily my top choice school. The day looked like this:
- All interviewees hang out in a room together and chat until a dean comes in. They try to have a different dean speak each interview day, so I don't know who you'll have. Our was hilarious and gave us a lot of important information to consider, which really shined Georgetown in a nice light.
- Ms. Sullivan will come in and give an intensely compassionate speech. She will point blank tell you not to come to Georgetown if you don't believe in their philosophy. There is nothing wrong with not fitting with Georgetown, and she'll tell you that, but you should go to a school where you do fit. Otherwise, you'll either change to fit their philosophy (which you may not like) or you'll begrudge it your entire four years.
- I think we went on a tour afterwards? I don't remember exactly because my interview was a few weeks ago. The tour was fine. They know their buildings are older but you have all the necessities. After hearing about their match list and step 1 scores, I don't care about how new their walls are (plus I scoped out the undergrad campus the night before and they had some nice study spaces you could always snatch haha).
- The tour concludes with lunch. Lunch was AMAZING. The best I've had so far. You have lunch with 3rd year medicals students who also lead the tour. Ours were awesome. They answered all of our questions and were happy to do so. They are not involved in admissions, so you can ask them anything.
- Then we went to interviews! I loved my interviewer. I could tell she was a bit nervous too, but we seemed to have a lot in common.

Everyone at Georgetown genuinely wants you to have a good experience there, even if you don't matriculate. They don't believe in high-stress interviews! In fact, Ms. Sullivan told us in the morning exactly what questions our interviewers would ask us that afternoon. They just want to make sure you are who you say you are and to see if you are someone who fits with their school.
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Maybe we'll both be Hoyas! If I get an acceptance from GT in the next few days then I'll be withdrawing my applications from the vast majority of schools I applied to I interviewed at other schools during the 2011-2012 cycle, so I also have more schools to compare 🙂

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Rescheduled my interview date. My date for this Thursday just opened (10.15.15). Double check with admissions if that date is still available before dropping the date you already have.
 
Wondering if mid/late September interviewees will hear about acceptance/WL/reject this Thursday... anyone remember when the interviews began? I think there were typically 10-15 interviewees per day, and I know they review in batches of 80

Edit: pretty sure decisions go out via supplemental application beginning at the end of this month. I remember their team said "within 8-10 weeks", so we'll see!
 
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HybridEarth said:
Wondering if mid/late September interviewees will hear about acceptance/WL/reject this Thursday... anyone remember when the interviews began? I think there were typically 10-15 interviewees per day, and I know they review in batches of 80

Edit: pretty sure decisions go out via supplemental application beginning at the end of this month. I remember their team said "within 8-10 weeks", so we'll see!
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I interviewed mid/late September and was told they wouldn't have decisions for us until the end of October/early November
 
Just got the ax, complete 8/29. Guess they didn't like that my reasoning for choosing their school was their powderpuff football league. Not too bummed about saving money on a flight to DC since I already have 3 OOS interviews. Good luck to those still in the running!
 
Kylie317 said:
Just got the ax, complete 8/29. Guess they didn't like that my reasoning for choosing their school was their powderpuff football league. Not too bummed about saving money on a flight to DC since I already have 3 OOS interviews. Good luck to those still in the running!
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LizzyM?
 
Could any locals in the DC area please let me know if it's possible to catch a 5:15pm flight at BWI coming straight from Georgetown after the interview (~2:30-3pm)? How bad does the traffic get in the afternoon hours heading that way?
 
Falcons93 said:
Could any locals in the DC area please let me know if it's possible to catch a 5:15pm flight at BWI coming straight from Georgetown after the interview (~2:30-3pm)? How bad does the traffic get in the afternoon hours heading that way?
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I don't live in the area but have traveled there enough to tell you if you leave Gtown right at 2:30 and everything goes perfect then you're fine. Perfect conditions in any major metro area is not guaranteed. I'm a 1.5 - 2 hour type for arriving at airport. Anything after 2:30 would be high risk in my estimation
 
Has anybody sent updates to Georgetown? Is it literally just typing in those characters into that box on the secondary application? I *think* I counted 128 characters that could fit in the box, but I could be crazy....also, 128 characters per submission just seems ridiculously short. Thoughts???
 
Falcons93 said:
Could any locals in the DC area please let me know if it's possible to catch a 5:15pm flight at BWI coming straight from Georgetown after the interview (~2:30-3pm)? How bad does the traffic get in the afternoon hours heading that way?
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Are you driving or taking public transport? If doing public transport, I would suggest looking into the MARC train which is about $6 from Union Station to BWI and is very reliable. You can take the GUTS to Dupont Circle and take the red line to Union Station relatively easily.
 
Falcons93 said:
Could any locals in the DC area please let me know if it's possible to catch a 5:15pm flight at BWI coming straight from Georgetown after the interview (~2:30-3pm)? How bad does the traffic get in the afternoon hours heading that way?
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I live in the area and my gut reaction is that that would be cutting it very close, especially if your flight leaves at 5:15 - and that's if you're driving. If you just need to be at the airport by then, you'll be fine! But things get dicey with after-school traffic around 3 PM coupled with TSA wait time, etc.
 
Falcons93 said:
Could any locals in the DC area please let me know if it's possible to catch a 5:15pm flight at BWI coming straight from Georgetown after the interview (~2:30-3pm)? How bad does the traffic get in the afternoon hours heading that way?
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If there is any way you could fly out of Reagan, that would be more feasible.
 
If I remember right from the interview day it seemed that everyone should know within 8 weeks of their interview whether they have been rejected, accepted, or wait-listed, right? Does anyone know whether it is email, snail mail, or phone call?
 
Just got the acceptance email today. I did the early assurance program, but they told us they would accept us at the same time as the traditional students. So I am assuming today is the first day acceptances were sent out
 
Anyone that was not early assurance receive a notification (acceptance, wait list, or reject) yet?
 
random9488 said:
Anyone that was not early assurance receive a notification (acceptance, wait list, or reject) yet?
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I interviewed in mid-September and they told us not to expect a decision until the third/fourth week of October, at the earliest. Current students told us they take forever to release decisions so don't be surprised if you're waiting until November.
 
And for the record, it's a known fact that they waitlist a massive percentage of people.
 
candielike said:
I live in the area and my gut reaction is that that would be cutting it very close, especially if your flight leaves at 5:15 - and that's if you're driving. If you just need to be at the airport by then, you'll be fine! But things get dicey with after-school traffic around 3 PM coupled with TSA wait time, etc.
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This was my first thought. I also live in the area and I think this plans sounds hella risky. If the flight leaves at 5:15, you'd ideally want to get there by like 4:15 to check in and get through security, etc. If you leave Georgetown at 3 PM, it will take at least an hour to get there with zero traffic. There is never zero traffic in the DMV area. Never. Especially not in the afternoon. It once took me 4 hours to drive from Foggy Bottom to Baltimore on a weekday afternoon. Don't risk it.
 
No, I interviewed in mid September and haven't heard. It looks like last year acceptances started getting sent out Oct. 24th. So maybe the end of this week or next week is my guess.
 
futuredoctor2010 said:
No, I interviewed in mid September and haven't heard. It looks like last year acceptances started getting sent out Oct. 24th. So maybe the end of this week or next week is my guess.
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So nerve-wracking, haha. I interviewed August 25th, so today was my 8-week mark.
 
Also rejected today! Secondary submitted 09/22--LizzieM of 72.8, good EC's. 🙁
 
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