Georgetown has received an increased number of application for its Early Action program compared to last year, according to Charles Deacon, dean of undergraduate admissions.
Deacon said that 4,400 people have applied for a position in Georgetown’s class of 2006, opposed to 4,100 students who applied last year for the class of 2005.
Georgetown’s case is representative of a larger national trend that has witnessed an increase in college applications. The National Chronicle for Higher Education reported that this is particularly true with regard to selective universities in the New York and Washington, D.C. areas, including Columbia and the George Washington University. There had been speculation that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would result in a decrease in applications, the Chronicle reported.
Deacon said that applications to both the School of Nursing and Health Studies and the School of Foreign Service “increased substantially.” SFS received 814 Early Action applications, compared to the 700 they received last year. NHS experienced a 41 percent increase in applications, with 146 applications this year in compared to 103 last year.
“SFS in particular seems to reflect renewed interest in internationally-related public service which seems to be a direct result of Sept. 11,” Deacon said.
Deacon expects more detailed information to be available later this month, when the admissions committee makes its final decisions regarding Early Action applications.
