The Early Action program is designed to enable exceptional students to learn of their admission early in their senior year. The Admissions Committee will primarily focus on a student’s academic performance and personal achievements through the end of the junior year in high school.
Applications for Fall 2025 are now closed.
All application materials must also be received by the deadline (test scores, transcripts, etc.). We recommend that all materials be submitted as early as possible.
Key Program Features
Georgetown’s Early Action program assures students of their place at GU-Q while offering them the freedom to choose among colleges throughout the enrollment reply process.
Same reply date: Early Action students will have the same May 1 enrollment reply date as Regular Decision candidates.
Binding program applications: Students applying under the Early Action program should not apply to binding Early Decision programs at other institutions which would prevent them from choosing Georgetown if admitted. Simultaneous applications to other similar non-binding Early Action or Regular Decision programs is allowed.
Consideration for regular decision: Candidates not admitted under the Early Action program will be considered for Regular Decision as well. There is no statistical advantage in applying Early Action, as both our Early Action and Regular Decision pools will have roughly the same acceptance rate.
Eligibility Requirements
Early Action applicants must not be enrolled at another undergraduate degree program. Transfer applicants are not eligible to apply for early action and will have the same deadline as Regular Decision applicants.
Application Requirements
- Online Application Form
- Personal Statement
- Passport Copy
- Official transcripts/grade reports (final 3 years of secondary school and any subsequent studies)
- Counselor Report
- Teacher Recommendation
- TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo results
- SAT or ACT results (GU-Q has adopted a test flexible policy for fall 2025)
- A personal interview and writing exercise may be required. The Office of Admissions will contact applicants should they be required.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Early Action program is designed to enable exceptional students to learn of their admission early in their senior year. The Admissions Committee will primarily focus on a student’s academic performance and personal achievements through the end of the junior year in high school.
Admission decisions for Early Action applicants will be released by December 15, 2024. You will be notified via the email address you provided in the application.
If I apply to GU-Q under Early Action can I still apply to other schools under Early Action program?
GU-Q gives students the option to apply both under our Early Action program and under other schools’ Early Action programs. Please be sure to research the guidelines of all schools to which you are applying; not all Early Action programs will allow multiple Early Action applications.
If I have been admitted to Georgetown University in Qatar via the Early Action program, may I then apply to another school’s Early Decision II program?
No. Only deferred students are free to apply to any other program. Admitted Early Action students are expected to be free to choose among their options through May 1.
If I have been deferred to Regular Decision, may I then apply to another school’s Early Decision II program?
Yes. Early Action applicants who have been deferred to Regular Decision may subsequently apply to another school’s Early Decision II program.
If I have applied to GU-Q via the Early Action program, may I then apply to another school’s Early Decision program?
No. Early Action applicants may not simultaneously apply to another school’s Early Decision I or Early Decision II Program. Early Action applicants who have been deferred to Regular Decision may subsequently apply to another school’s Early Decision II program.
No. The acceptance rates at Early Action and Regular Decision will be roughly similar. Georgetown University in Qatar will use the overall acceptance rate from the year before as the acceptance rate at Early Action.
No. Georgetown University in Qatar does not deny students under our Early Action program. If a student is not admitted under EA, their application is automatically given a full second review during Regular Decision.
No. GU-Q wishes to give all students the freedom to choose between schools until May 1. Candidates who view Georgetown as their first choice are strongly encouraged to apply under our non-binding Early Action program.
Early Action admission is offered to a limited number of students, those whom the Admissions Committee is certain they would offer admission based on information from Grade 10 & 11 only. Deferred students are strongly encouraged to maintain high senior year grades and submit any new information, such as standardized test scores, new honors or awards.
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