Why does Georgetown have so many more applicants?
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:41 am
I came across this list: http://www.usnews.com/education/best-gr ... int=963108
GULC stands out as having way more applicants than any other law school. No other school gets close to the number of applications that GULC get. GULC received 7,793 applications (just for the full-time program) while NYU, the next closest school received 6,193 applications. It seems that most of the other top schools are in the 5,000 - 6,000 applicant range while GULC is closer to 8,000 (it probably comes in over 8,000 once you factor in part-time applications). I was just curious as to why there is such a large discrepancy between GULC and the other schools in number of applicants?
Obviously it's a T14 and a great school so it makes sense that it attracts a lot of applicants, but I don't understand why they are attracting that many more applicants than the next school down. Based on my admissions cycle, GULC is not very aggressive on recruiting applicants to apply with mailings, emails, fee waivers, etc. I actually didn't receive anything like that from GULC even though I got a lot of those kind of communications from other schools.
GULC obviously has a larger class size than just about everywhere else, but I don't know how/why a large class size would influence more applicants to apply who are not otherwise interested? The larger class size would be more of a function of getting so many applicants, not so much the other way around. A candidate's perceived odds of admission may influence their willingness to apply (i.e., a lot of kids probably don't apply to Yale just because they think they have no shot) but GULC admissions standards are comparable to other lower T14 schools and strong regional schools like Vandy/Texas/UCLA and none of those other schools are pulling in as many applicants either.
The most distinguishing factor between GULC and the other schools, imo, is location. GULC would get a lot of applicants who want to be in DC. But are there really that many more applicants who are applying because they want to be in DC for law school?
What are your guys' thoughts on why GULC gets so many more applicants than other law schools?
GULC stands out as having way more applicants than any other law school. No other school gets close to the number of applications that GULC get. GULC received 7,793 applications (just for the full-time program) while NYU, the next closest school received 6,193 applications. It seems that most of the other top schools are in the 5,000 - 6,000 applicant range while GULC is closer to 8,000 (it probably comes in over 8,000 once you factor in part-time applications). I was just curious as to why there is such a large discrepancy between GULC and the other schools in number of applicants?
Obviously it's a T14 and a great school so it makes sense that it attracts a lot of applicants, but I don't understand why they are attracting that many more applicants than the next school down. Based on my admissions cycle, GULC is not very aggressive on recruiting applicants to apply with mailings, emails, fee waivers, etc. I actually didn't receive anything like that from GULC even though I got a lot of those kind of communications from other schools.
GULC obviously has a larger class size than just about everywhere else, but I don't know how/why a large class size would influence more applicants to apply who are not otherwise interested? The larger class size would be more of a function of getting so many applicants, not so much the other way around. A candidate's perceived odds of admission may influence their willingness to apply (i.e., a lot of kids probably don't apply to Yale just because they think they have no shot) but GULC admissions standards are comparable to other lower T14 schools and strong regional schools like Vandy/Texas/UCLA and none of those other schools are pulling in as many applicants either.
The most distinguishing factor between GULC and the other schools, imo, is location. GULC would get a lot of applicants who want to be in DC. But are there really that many more applicants who are applying because they want to be in DC for law school?
What are your guys' thoughts on why GULC gets so many more applicants than other law schools?