Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Office of Undergraduate Admissions

Belonging and Engagement

Georgetown actively seeks out and recruits highly talented, motivated students from all walks of life. Throughout the year, we conduct recruitment events throughout the United States and abroad. Whether you hail from a small rural community, a major metropolitan area, or somewhere in between, we invite you to learn more about Georgetown’s dynamic and talented community of students.

  • The Georgetown Scholars Program (GSP) was founded in 2004 and works towards a more equitable college experience for first-generation and low-income college students. Currently, the GSP family provides programmatic support for over 650 undergraduates as they navigate through elite higher education and aims to empower students to find their authentic voices. GSP strives to create a community for our students, both on-campus and beyond, that is a strong launching pad for the rest of their college experience. GSP offers additional financial support via microgrants from the Necessity Fund, which covers unexpected costs that arise throughout a student’s time on the Hilltop.
  • The Community Scholars Program (CSP) at Georgetown supports first-generation, low-income college students who graduated from under-resourced high schools. The program provides enhanced educational opportunities for first-generation students who have achieved the dream of higher education through personal initiative, service, and academic excellence. The Community Scholars experience begins with a five-week academic summer program prior to the students’ first year at Georgetown designed to aid their transition to higher education.

  • Georgetown University welcomes all interested students to apply. Applicants are not asked or required to provide information related to disabilities or health-related conditions in order to apply; however, individuals who believe they may need a reasonable disability-related accommodation to apply for admission may make such requests by contacting the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Please note all information provided on the application is confidential, including disability status and accommodations.
  • The Georgetown disability community is a vibrant, diverse group with a long legacy of activism and community building at Georgetown University, in Washington, DC, and beyond. Georgetown University is proud to recognize student clubs focusing on the disabled experience; a robust Disability Studies program featuring rich, interdisciplinary courses; and an innovative Disability Cultural Center, which offers cultural and social programming about the intersectional disabled experience for Georgetown community members. Launched in response to student input, the Disability Cultural Center celebrates disability culture on campus.

  • GAAP Rural Students Representatives:
    • To hear what rural students have to say about Georgetown and to get in touch with them, check out our Georgetown Admissions Ambassadors Program Rural Representatives!
  • Georgetown STARS:
    • The Georgetown Association of Small Town and Rural Students is a student organization that plans events and aims to foster community amongst our small town and rural student population. To get involved, visit their Instagram page.

  • Georgetown University welcomes all interested students to apply. Please note all information provided on the application is confidential, including sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. You will have the option to provide your preferred name when you submit the Georgetown Application. Keep in mind that your preferred name may be used on all communication you receive from the Office of Admissions, which may include emails, mailed letters, and phone calls/voicemails.
  • Georgetown University’s LGBTQ Resource Center is the first of its kind at a Catholic/Jesuit institution in the country. Explore the LGBTQ Resource Center’s website to see events for LGBTQIA+ students, in addition to the Trans, Non-Binary, and Gender Non-Conforming Resource Guide, which has information on housing, all-gender bathrooms, mental health campus resources and more.
  • Georgetown University offers academic opportunities within the Women and Gender Studies Program in the Georgetown College of Arts & Sciences and the Gender+ Justice Initiative which operates across Georgetown’s departments and campuses.

  • On September 1, 2016, President Emeritus DeGioia announced that Descendants of the people enslaved by the Maryland Province of Jesuits would receive preferential admission consideration at Georgetown University as a means of reconciliation recommended by the University’s Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation.
  • Georgetown will give the same consideration to Descendants in the admissions process as other members of the Georgetown community. Admission to Georgetown is a complex decision that takes into account many factors. Being a child of faculty, staff or alumni, or being a descendant of the people enslaved by the Maryland Province, is one of these factors, but is not the determinative factor in the admissions process. No one factor guarantees admission to Georgetown.
  • If you believe that you are a Descendant of the people enslaved by the Maryland Province, please contact descendants@georgetown.edu as early as possible in the admissions cycle. If it is determined that you are a Descendant, a staff member will contact the Admissions Office to update your application with that information.
  • For more information about Slavery, Memory & Reconciliation at Georgetown, please visit our official website.