Georgetown c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013) Forum

[alwayssunnyinfl]

You can say "all y'all" though, but DC is technically upper south, and "all y'all" is more of a deep south thing.

"All y'alls" is not a deep south thing, it's a trailer trash thing. There's a big difference.

[zestylemon]

Dinged which with 164/3.5 I can't be surprised but still hurts a bit :/

Sorry. It's always a bummer, even if it was a reach.

Thanks, we'll see how the rest of the cycle goes... if I end up not doing as well as I'd like I'd consider a transfer (obviously depends on how I like where I end up) just because I really did like GULC, oh well, best of luck to those who go and those waiting!

[Rlabo]

Participated in a group interview today, and it was surprisingly pleasant and enjoyable. I doubt anyone in the room did anything but benefit their chances. I'd advise anyone considering doing one to do it; it was an interesting experience.

Details? I'm participating in one next week

[boblawlob]

Ding'd

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FML

[GoldHattedGatsby]

Participated in a group interview today, and it was surprisingly pleasant and enjoyable. I doubt anyone in the room did anything but benefit their chances. I'd advise anyone considering doing one to do it; it was an interesting experience.

Details? I'm participating in one next week

I think ours was a bit of an aberration from the norm since we only had 5 people and the dean said it's usually in the range of 8-16, so he modified the structure a bit. But generally it's a role playing situation where you are the Georgetown admissions committee and you debate the merits and weights of various application aspects and make mock-decisions on real anonymous applicants. Not really anything you can prepare for.

[Rlabo]

Participated in a group interview today, and it was surprisingly pleasant and enjoyable. I doubt anyone in the room did anything but benefit their chances. I'd advise anyone considering doing one to do it; it was an interesting experience.

Details? I'm participating in one next week

I think ours was a bit of an aberration from the norm since we only had 5 people and the dean said it's usually in the range of 8-16, so he modified the structure a bit. But generally it's a role playing situation where you are the Georgetown admissions committee and you debate the merits and weights of various application aspects and make mock-decisions on real anonymous applicants. Not really anything you can prepare for.

That's been the general consensus of what I've read here. Thanks for the update though. I'm looking forward to it as I've been put on the preferred waitlist so maybe this will help. Did people stick to business casual or suit/tie etc?

[GoldHattedGatsby]

Participated in a group interview today, and it was surprisingly pleasant and enjoyable. I doubt anyone in the room did anything but benefit their chances. I'd advise anyone considering doing one to do it; it was an interesting experience.

Details? I'm participating in one next week

I think ours was a bit of an aberration from the norm since we only had 5 people and the dean said it's usually in the range of 8-16, so he modified the structure a bit. But generally it's a role playing situation where you are the Georgetown admissions committee and you debate the merits and weights of various application aspects and make mock-decisions on real anonymous applicants. Not really anything you can prepare for.

That's been the general consensus of what I've read here. Thanks for the update though. I'm looking forward to it as I've been put on the preferred waitlist so maybe this will help. Did people stick to business casual or suit/tie etc?

Out of the five of us (all gentledudes) one went full suit, two went shirt and tie, one went blazer and no tie, one went shirt no tie.

[superhopefulwoo]

Preferred wait list. Only had one update after interview and interview went really well. Maybe I should wrote a LOCI? 164/3.67 non URM hispanic

[GoldHattedGatsby]

Preferred wait list. Only had one update after interview and interview went really well. Maybe I should wrote a LOCI? 164/3.67 non URM hispanic

Was it a group interview or one-on-one?

[curious66]

Preferred wait list. Only had one update after interview and interview went really well. Maybe I should wrote a LOCI? 164/3.67 non URM hispanic

Do it!!

[Rlabo]

Participated in a group interview today, and it was surprisingly pleasant and enjoyable. I doubt anyone in the room did anything but benefit their chances. I'd advise anyone considering doing one to do it; it was an interesting experience.

Details? I'm participating in one next week

I think ours was a bit of an aberration from the norm since we only had 5 people and the dean said it's usually in the range of 8-16, so he modified the structure a bit. But generally it's a role playing situation where you are the Georgetown admissions committee and you debate the merits and weights of various application aspects and make mock-decisions on real anonymous applicants. Not really anything you can prepare for.

That's been the general consensus of what I've read here. Thanks for the update though. I'm looking forward to it as I've been put on the preferred waitlist so maybe this will help. Did people stick to business casual or suit/tie etc?

Out of the five of us (all gentledudes) one went full suit, two went shirt and tie, one went blazer and no tie, one went shirt no tie.[/quote]

Good to know, thanks for that.

[superhopefulwoo]

Preferred wait list. Only had one update after interview and interview went really well. Maybe I should wrote a LOCI? 164/3.67 non URM hispanic

Was it a group interview or one-on-one?

Alumni so one on one. I've kept in touch with her as well. She did promise to really advocate for me so I guess with my below median numbers I'm in a better position than I should be. How long should I wait to write it?

[lampshade0520]

4 updates, no interview, regular waitlisted. i even made a video/song for you, georgetown..

any LOCIs people want to share with me? feel free to PM. this blows but probably expected

165/3.75

[HankBashir]

You can say "all y'all" though, but DC is technically upper south, and "all y'all" is more of a deep south thing.

"All y'alls" is not a deep south thing, it's a trailer trash thing. There's a big difference.

"all y'all" is common in non-rural Georgia/Alabama outside of trailer parks though. I'll be honest and say I've never heard "all y'alls"

[Aawaldrop]

Got my acceptance letter today (deceptively small letter)!

[cheymao]

WL via email today (non-priority)

[LRGhost]

Woooooohooo my umpteenth waitlist. 176/3.36

wtf you should be an auto admit

[MacB]

Woooooohooo my umpteenth waitlist. 176/3.36

wtf you should be an auto admit

...why?

[LRGhost]

GULC takes those numbers with increasing regularity.

[Crowing]

Woooooohooo my umpteenth waitlist. 176/3.36

wtf you should be an auto admit

yeah that's kinda surprising but not totally unprecedented for a WL

[KingFish]

Woooooohooo my umpteenth waitlist. 176/3.36

wtf you should be an auto admit

yeah that's kinda surprising but not totally unprecedented for a WL

WL here too

[StillIll]

Woooooohooo my umpteenth waitlist. 176/3.36

wtf you should be an auto admit

Well that's what I was told prior to applying. But I've gotten waitlisted at every T-14 I've heard from so far (Virginia, Duke, held at NW)... well except Berkeley who flat out said no (but that was basically expected). Best school I've gotten into is Vanderbilt (whom I lukewarm on applying to but now I'm really glad I did, and would not attend begrudgingly). I suspect I have a scarlet letter on my application somewhere, whether it be past arrests (but not convictions) for marijuana or a mediocre PS.

But enough with my whining! I'll have a positive attitude wherever I end up... just excited to let it all begin and have this awful cloud of uncertainty gone from over my ahead. Congrats to all the admits.

[jvincent11]

It would be an upset for a 176 3.3 in this cycle not to get into a T14. Although I have no idea how admissions offices view arrests and things like that.

[Bfalcon]

You can say "all y'all" though, but DC is technically upper south, and "all y'all" is more of a deep south thing.

"All y'alls" is not a deep south thing, it's a trailer trash thing. There's a big difference.

"all y'all" is common in non-rural Georgia/Alabama outside of trailer parks though. I'll be honest and say I've never heard "all y'alls"

I stand corrected. So pretty much it's "y'all" - 'll have to work on that I think I've been watching too much Justified or something, go figure that not everyone in the south says all y'alls. Just like not everyone in Canada lives in an igloo (only about half the population...and those guys are just plain weirdos)

[Crowing]

Woooooohooo my umpteenth waitlist. 176/3.36

wtf you should be an auto admit

Well that's what I was told prior to applying. But I've gotten waitlisted at every T-14 I've heard from so far (Virginia, Duke, held at NW)... well except Berkeley who flat out said no (but that was basically expected). Best school I've gotten into is Vanderbilt (whom I lukewarm on applying to but now I'm really glad I did, and would not attend begrudgingly). I suspect I have a scarlet letter on my application somewhere, whether it be past arrests (but not convictions) for marijuana or a mediocre PS.

But enough with my whining! I'll have a positive attitude wherever I end up... just excited to let it all begin and have this awful cloud of uncertainty gone from over my ahead. Congrats to all the admits.

Looking at the past 5 years or so you had like an 80% chance of getting in - so your odds were really good but it wasn't automatic. Your GPA is still below the 25%... If you had like a 3.45 we could probably say with 95%+ confidence that you're in, but with the way things stand, it looks like you just got super unlucky for some reason.