<p>Deferred NHS International Health. I called at school. Was really bummed about it and came home.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1490/2140 690CR 800M</li>
<li>ACT: 34</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800MathIIC, 740BioM, 630Physics</li>
<li>GPA: 4.457w/ 3.83 uw</li>
<li>Rank: no rank </li>
<li>Other stats: ap calc bc 5, ap bio 5, ap macro 4, ap us 4, ap physics c 3</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: my teachers liked them...</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: dont know </li>
<li>Counselor Rec: dont know </li>
<li>Hook (if any): dont know</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: IL </li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
</ul>
<p>*Extracurriculars: nothing spectacular. lots of church involvement and music related ECs</p>
<p>*Other Factors: maybe my interview was horrible...</p>
<p>Congrats to those who were accepted. And to us who were deferred, best of luck to all of us next round.</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: For open response I wrote about a bookstore, for why gtown, well, it was nothing special</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: One pretty good, other more run of the mill</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): no</li>
</ul>
<p>Congrats or sympathy to all who know.
No mail at my house: kid is super-booked today, says she doesn't want to call. I'm guessing she's assuming the worst.
Maybe she'll call tomorrow.
Again, sending good thoughts to others. Y'all are all darned amazing and will do well no matter what.</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1590/2340</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 770 - World History, 740 - Chemistry, 770 - Math II C</li>
<li>GPA: 3.925 UW</li>
<li>Rank: 5/~300 </li>
<li>Other stats: school only offers 5 AP, and I took them all</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: pretty good, not great by any means though</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: good </li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good, I know him very well</li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): immigrant from China (8 years ago)
Location/Person:</p></li>
<li><p>State or Country: Indiana</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: crappy public, (sends 0-1 to top 30)</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: Chinese</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: male</p></li>
</ul>
<p>*Extracurriculars: Lots of band stuff, state level awards; Academic Bowl captain; lots of community service; other stuff that I'm too lazy to list
*Other Factors: My Why Business essay was swell.</p>
<p>*ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I thought for sure I was going to get deferred, but YAY! I wanted to wait for the letter, but it didn't come, so I called them. They transferred me to a counselor, and she was like "you've been admitted! OK bye." </p>
<p>Congrats to all who were accepted! To those of you who were deferred, don't give up! Everyone on here is highly qualified, and G-town just had a tough Early cycle. Good luck!</p>
<p>Yeah, deferred :-. I called at school. I told myself I was gonna wait for the mail but couldn't hold it in haha. I don't think ANYONE from my school got in. I'm glad I called though, it wouldve sucked to be soooo antsy all day and wait for the mail and then just get the deferral haha</p>
<p>Stats:
* SAT: 2300 ( 710 Math, 790 CR, 800 Writing)
* SAT IIs: 750 Spanish, 760 US History, 740 Literature
* GPA: 3.92uw/4.2w
* Rank: 2 out of 601
* Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, and chose Gtown as one of the two schools I could recommend myself to.
Subjective:
* Essays: i thought they were really unique. in the second one, I stressed that Gtown was my first choice and talked about how I didnt want to just learn, but to grow, that sort of thing.
* Teacher Rec: awesome. I got a 5 on the spanish AP test, so my spanish teacher loves me. i sent in a second one from my mock trial coach, a Gtown alum
* Counselor Rec: not sure
* Hook (if any): red hair?
Location/Person:
* State or Country: CA
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: f</p>
<p>*Extracurriculars: Mock trial, academic decathlon, students for obama founder, nhs, csf president....
*Other Factors: my number one school
*ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: NUMBER ONE CHOICE! Im so excited. I really stressed that I wanted to get in, and it happened! See you guys in DC next fall!</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 740 CR, 800 M, 770 W (1540/2310)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 750 Math IIC, 750 US History, 740 Biology M</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 UW</li>
<li>Rank: 3/60 but not released</li>
<li>Other stats: 5 on AP Biology, 5 on AP US History</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Must've been good! I didn't think they were!</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Alright, one called me "quiet."</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Probably alright!</li>
<li>Hook (if any): None that I know of!</li>
</ul>
<p>you should start calling now. it might take you that long to get through. i called another gtown line and the woman was like "i cant get through either honey."</p>
<p>Ahh it's not even real right now, I can't believe it! I'm so happy! </p>
<p>Good luck to those of you deferred, I think you have a really great shot at regular from what I've seen. Don't fret about your scores either: my SAT was 1310 M/CR, and that's the latest, so they may have used the 1290 from my junior year for EA. Scores really AREN'T everything!</p>
<p>Haha. Mailman came, got my ND acceptance letter, but nothing from Georgetown. Doesn't matter though, cause I called at 11 AM from one of my school's bathroom stalls and found out then.</p>
<p>It was funny, before I began to give the guy my info, he was like "are you sure you are ready for a really positive or really negative moment?"</p>
<p>Stats:
* SAT: 2360 (780 CR, 780 M, 800 W)
* SAT IIs: 790 world hist, 770 chem, 770 IIC
* GPA: 4.00 UW/4.76 W
* Rank: 1 of 300ish
* Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, MD distinguished scholar finalist, AP scholar w/ distinction</p>
<p>Subjective:
* Essays: Wrote about photography for the shorter essay, then sustainable development for the "global issue" one
* Teacher Rec: one from math teacher, one from econ teacher - i thought they would be good, and they were!!
* Counselor Rec: maybe a bit on the generic side, but good enough evidently
* Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: MD
* School Type: public, suburban
* Ethnicity: east asian
* Gender: F</p>
<p>*Extracurriculars: politics, photography, model UN
*Other Factors: I live really really close to Georgetown?! I dunno!
*ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Oh gosh, when I first saw that small envelope in the mail, I was so crushed...but then I opened it and sprinted up my driveway to get home and tell my mom! :D</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: i thought they were some of the best i've written</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: i didnt read them, but my teachers <3 me (one's my coach)</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: the whole guidance dept is obsessed w. me, so i hope it was good but also i didnt read it</li>
<li>Hook (if any): ummmmmmmm idk im like everyone else who applied so probably nothing</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 710 CR, 710 M, 710 W (1420/2130); ACT: 31</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 690 Math IIC, 780 US History, 720 Chemistry, 650 LIterature</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 UW</li>
<li>Rank: 1/68</li>
<li>Other stats: US Hist: 5, Eng Lang: 5, Human Geo: 5, Calc AB: 5, Chem: 3 </li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: About the house I grew up in, Population Implosion</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: World History/Civics Teacher/ Beta Club advisor</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: "ambitious student"</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Founder of a pro-life club at my public high school</li>
</ul>
<p>accepted to the college!!!!! so unbelievably excited, i was totally convinced I was getting deferred!!!!!!! CONGRATS EVERYONE ELSE!!...stats later</p>