Last Friday, U.S. News and World Report released the 2009 edition of its annual college rankings. Through various methods of payola and dastardliness, Georgetown University claimed the 23rd position in this year’s ratings.
For the record, the University of Connecticut was given a Certificate of Participation and ranked somewhere in the low “Who Cares?”
In an effort to discover what it takes to hold such a vaunted spot, I was curious as to the requirements for admission to Georgetown. As it turns out, Georgetown maintains quite a rigorous selection process, cutting the wheat from the chaff as early as the initial application process.
For your review, this year’s undergraduate admission application:
Georgetown University Undergraduate Application Form 2009-20010
To all the “Thurstons,” “Connors,” and “Charlestons” out there, Congratulations: may your tenure at Georgetown be long, prosperous, and devoid of any semblance of charisma.
August 25, 2008 at 11:50 pm |
God damned brilliant as usual Matt.
August 26, 2008 at 8:56 am |
Am I correct in assuming this application goes out the window if you can play basketball? See Patrick Ewing
August 26, 2008 at 9:30 am |
I think you hit the nail on the head, Chris.
Who wants to sex Mutombo?
August 26, 2008 at 2:17 pm |
Golf clap to you fine sir. I was going to apply, but then Judge Smails reminded me that world needs ditch diggers too.
August 26, 2008 at 6:59 pm |
When I filled out that form for Georgetown I drew a picture of the Mayflower, some dead Indians, and I got a letter of recommendation from my Uncle James William Bottomtooth.
August 27, 2008 at 9:44 am |
My kid got into Georgetown three years ago without any benefit of legacy or a snappy last name. Rather, we attribute it to the superior gene pool he had from parents who went to Syracuse and Boston College, respectively. [Well, OK, the BC part of his gene pool is on his father's side and doesn't count for much.]
I very much enjoyed going to the Big East basketball tournament with him his freshman year and watching ‘cuse beat Georgetown.
I think he would have learned more at Syracuse in the classroom — but you really can’t beat those DC internships every semester for interesting life experiences….
September 2, 2008 at 8:20 pm |
Oh Man – that was some funny stuff… Irony is that Syracuse University is more likely to look at a student’s financial situation than Georgetown is… It’s called need blind admission, read up on it…