<p>I’ve heard that colleges will waitlist students so as to not offend relatives who are alums or work at the college, etc. Might Georgetown waitlist someone as a courtesy to an alumni interviewer?</p>
<p>My interviewer, who went to Georgetown for grad school, I believe, advocated strongly for me. (We are not related).</p>
<p>all interviewers are alumni</p>
<p>^ Your post doesn’t have anything to do with my question.</p>
<p>yes it does … everyone gets an interview for an alumnus, so if they waitlisted you out of courtesy of that alumnus, theyd have to do it for everyone</p>
<p>^ My alumnus told me he advocated very strongly for me. I do not believe he would do that for everyone, nor would alumni in general do that. It defeats the purpose. Again–“all interviewers are alumni” (of course)–you did not answer my question.</p>
<p>your question may not have been directly answered, but it was pointed out that “alumni interviewer” is redundant, as all interviewers are alums </p>
<p>the responses are given to be helpful, so please be kind in you response</p>
<p>^ A) The query was not answered in any shape or form; it has been ignored by both responders and B) Pointing out a redundancy does not help me in any form. OMG, she said “alumni interviewer”! What scandal!</p>
<p>I am not going to be politically correct or tip-toe. What’s wrong with telling someone they didn’t answer my question? There is nothing unkind about stating a fact; if you do not have anything to contribute to the question, don’t contribute at all.</p>
<p>To respond to your OP, I don’t believe that Georgetown is worried about ‘offending’ an alumnus/ae by deferring a candidate even though the alumnus strongly recommended that said candidate for admission. To answer your question, I believe that Georgetown tries not to reject an applicant who is related to an prominent alum. In that situation, the alumnus would be sincerely interested in the applicant’s admissions decision in comparison to ‘random’ alumnus/ae interviewer. That is just my take</p>
<p>The point they’re trying to make is that your question is framed in a way that doesn’t make sense. You originally ask it as though the fact that your interviewer was an alumni is somehow unique, and it’s not.</p>
<p>The answer to your question is: It’s unlikely. There are plenty of people who have great interviews, but rarely do they ever make or break an application. I doubt very seriously your interviewer would be offended in some way if you didn’t get in just because you had a good interview.</p>
<p>If you were put on the waitlist, it’s most likely because of your own merits.</p>
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<p>Mine did too!
And I got in, would you look at that.</p>
<p>Thanks for your responses. I wanted to put in effort to get off the waitlist, but since I’m so busy with IB exams, and I don’t feel my application was that strong (as in, they lost my essays, did not receive all of my extracurricular information, etc.), I wanted to get some opinions as to whether or not I was not a courtesy waitlist.</p>
<p>Probably not, though we never will actually know. Georgetown does waitlist a lot of people for whatever reason. My family has a good friend who is a very active alumni in the Los Angeles area (as in he still has season basketball tickets in DC) and has been the head of the regional interview committee for a very long time. I chose not to tell him I was applying because I really wanted to get in without using that kind of family connection. One of the accepted students receptions was held at his house and at the party we were talking about everything. He said he was surprised that I hadn’t contacted him about an interview because most people would have. I asked if it would have made a difference. He said an interviewer putting in a extra word even a really strong extra word, for this or that applicant happens all the time, so much so that the committee almost expects it of competitive applicants and that really it is the very negative reports that are much more influential in the outcome. There are a lot of Georgetown alumni interviewers and if each one of them was allowed that much pull it would create quite a problem. He also made it very clear that they don’t rank the interviewees. So from that I would have to say, probably not.</p>
<p>^ Thanks for the information, I’m glad it doesn’t seem like a courtesy waitlist because then I actually have (however small of) a chance of getting off.</p>
<p>Are you aggressively pursuing admission or sitting back? If you really want to get in, I strongly recommend that you be aggressive in marketing yourself.</p>
<p>^ Oh, I have spoken to my interviewer about it. I am writing a letter reiterating my interest, updating them on awards I have received, and I have decided to submit my Extended Essay as a writing sample (My advisor, who is one of the two IB counselors at my school, told my IB counselor that it was the best EE she had ever read). </p>
<p>Of course, I’m not sure if my EE will ever be read; but I do believe it is on an interesting topic and, at the worst, it demonstrates that I am serious about Georgetown. It is an examination of the US Government’s use of private military contractors in Iraq from 2003 to 2008, an IB Politics EE although, admittedly, not in the collegial sense of “politics,” more international relations-government.</p>
<p>Does this sound appropriate, boofreeresponse, or is there something else or more I should do?</p>
<p>Edit: Basically the “updates” will be in the letter, but I am also submitting an updated version of my “brag sheet,” mainly because I do not believe Georgetown ever received my original one, unless my interviewer submitted the one I gave him. </p>
<p>Also, I know Georgetown does not really care about awards, but mine are on a national level and from reputable organizations; I figure TMI is better than holding back.</p>
<p>Again, I appreciate all relevant comments.</p>
<p>You’re taking good steps, but I also suggest discovering who your specific admissions officer is and having a telephone conversation with them about your application if possible. Don’t push if you get resistance, though.</p>
<p>^ I know his name and phone humber but am reluctant to call. Thank you for the suggestion, though. Do you have suggestions as to what I would talk about?</p>
<p>Just be very cordial and ask to talk about why you were waitlisted, what they considered the strengths of your app to be, and what they considered to be weaknesses or areas that you need to provide further explanation or more information about. Ask them what they thought was missing that would have qualified you for admission, and reaffirm your interest in the strongest terms that you feel comfortable with.</p>
<p>^ Thank you for your advice! I will probably call tomorrow or Wednesday.</p>
<p>it doesn’t matter. i am a double legacy and have alumn connections with board members and big donors and courtside basketball tickets. i have straight As, good ecs, okay test scores. i was rejected. it doesn’t matter.</p>