The Georgetown Heckler

News | September 6, 2014

Report Finds Only 82% of Incoming Class Will Become President

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GEORGETOWN — In a sobering shock to both the administration and student body, an estimate from the Pew Research Center concluded that only 82% of incoming Georgetown freshman this year will become president.

The report, released yesterday, fell well short of the University’s 90% minimum presidency goal for the class of 2018.

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Only 82% of Georgetown graduates will experience what it is like to be sworn in as president: something Gillis has characterized as “unacceptable.”

According to the predictions from the Pew Research Center only 82% of the class of 2018 will take the oath of office while 17% of the class is pegged to toil away aimlessly as a Senator or House member. 1% was Supreme Court Chief Justice/Other.

With these numbers in mind, incoming freshman will only constitute presidency #54 – #3,200, short of the #3,500 the university had hoped for.

“Obviously we have to a long, hard look in the mirror,” said College Dean Chester Gillis. “When you look at the numbers, only 85% of government majors are predicted to become president. While it’s good that number beats the average, you just have to wonder what in the hell are those other 15% getting their degrees at Georgetown for?”

DeGioia has been rumored to be preparing his resignation letter, but officials declined to speculate.

“Now is not the time to worry about such rumors,” said a spokesperson from his office. “Now is the time to look to Bill Clinton for answers.”

Representatives from the School of Foreign Service could not be reached because they were crying too much.

The report also ends a decade of growth for Georgetown classes in this category: the class of 2018’s numbers are down from the 89% of the class of 2017 and from the record 94% of the class of 2011.