<p>“The only other elite institution with a school-wide grading policy is Wellesley College, which instituted its stipulation that median grades for introductory level courses be no higher than a B-plus two weeks before Princeton’s grading policy vote.”</p>
<p>Just curious if this is actually true or not considering that I come from one of these schools, and hoping that my deflated GPA is bumped up by admissions, haha…</p>
<p>bisebeb is right on track, but I didn’t want to detract from my point in actually returning to this thread. Yes, the notion that some colleges mentioned above are still grade-deflated is absolutely false.</p>
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<p>This is distinct from the claim, “admissions officers don’t take grade deflation into account,” which is presumably what you were trying to respond to. For a post that was intended to respond to that claim, it was incredibly non-responsive. Some top universities and LACs are actually significantly more grade inflated than ho hum mom and pop college, but your post would allow for the possibility of admissions officers giving the former more weight, despite the fact that they are more grade inflated.</p>
<p>Admissions officers do care about the school from which you’re applying. Do admissions officers care about grade deflation? Frankly, I don’t think they know enough about it with respect to a specific school to make informed judgments. If an admissions officer happens to know of one school that is reputed for grade deflation, that might be a factor. But no one keeps charts or anything. </p>
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<p>No, it’s not like that at all. There are no quotas for students from different types of schools. Every individual application is judged by its individual merits. If it happens to be the case that more students from reputable universities are admitted than community college students, it could be because of a number of other factors: Background, self-selection, SAT scores, course selection, intended major, etc.</p>
<p>I think, for the most part, we are in agreement - I just didn’t articulate my point as clearly as I should have. What I meant to say is that students coming from LACs have much more academic freedom. Therefore, most are expected to have concentrated, academically, within their strengths, as opposed to students from large, research-intensive universities that might have had to spend their first and/or second year fulfilling stringent, general education requirements. Since LAC students have more “academic leisure,” I would think a higher GPA would be expected of them. Essentially, a student from Amherst with a 3.7 might be equated with a student from Carnegie Mellon with a 3.5 or 3.6.</p>
<p>Was that clear? Those are just my thoughts, or at least what I would be thinking if I were on an adcom. And in regards to CC students, I didn’t mean GU had actual quotas to fulfill for CC students, but rather, GU obviously admits several CC students every year, so they aren’t overlooked based on the school they are coming from. “Reserved” probably wasn’t the best word to use, on my part.</p>
<p>Also, is your generalization really true? I think it’s just ego-stroking at best. Surely top LACs have general education requirements. Some might not, but some top “research institutions” don’t have general education requirements either. In addition, I’ve met many people who are pretty academically focused from the get-go. In some ways, having that mindset is a little dangerous; students get myopic, and that’s what the administration at any school is trying to prevent. College is an exploration. Moreover, it’s hardly expected that students at an LAC or a large undergraduate university will have figured out what they want to do from day 1. I’m just not understanding why you’re making the distinction you’re making, and whether it’s a substantive distinction at all.</p>
<p>Flowerhead -I was wondering if you would address my question about undergraduate education. Do you think attending Georgetown will be worth the difference in tuition from a state school? (around 25k, I believe).</p>
<p>If you’re not getting significant financial aid I really don’t think it’s work it. One reason I’m so gung ho about going to the Hilltop is bc my full-tuition ROTC scholarship would transfer there from GWU with me. But were it not for ROTC I’d definitely be going to UVA or William and Mary. For undergrad I just don’t think it’s worth the price difference if there are really good public schools in your state.</p>
<p>Well…The first acceptances last year apparently came out precisely 365 days ago. Hopefully they’ll duplicate the timing this time around. Good luck one last time, everyone!</p>
<p>I go to George Washington and DC is filled with Georgetown alum so yes I did an interview.</p>
<p>But I heard some people who lived in more rural areas didn’t. It’s technically not required, it just depends on the availability of alumni in the area. But if you live in like DC or NYC and get contacted about an interview and don’t follow through, I would imagine it would not reflect well on you.</p>
<p>So basically if you never heard anything about an interview then don’t worry about it, it shouldn’t count against you.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking, did you enjoy your experience at george washington? I’m only asking because im real nervous that I will get denied from Georgetown and gwu is my other choice</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation, applied to the two schools. I toured both and liked both in different ways really. Anything in particular (besides prestige) that would be a plus fro Georgetown?</p>