About to send in application?Verdict, Thoughts?

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm an International Business Major at Gannon University Freshman, small decent private LAC Erie,PA
Hoping to transfer to Georgetown University, George Washington possibly and am about to send in the applications:</p>

<p>White/Male/Family Income ~$55,000
High School: Graduated 133, Top 20% small rural poor public school, nobody attends schools in the top 100 really.
SAT:ACT 1050 & 1150, 28
SAT2:Math 1,US History (Scores tomorrow, probably upper 500s low 600s =/)
GPA: 3.54/4.0
AP Us History(2), AP Biology (2)</p>

<p>College: (24 credits sending, 45 by end of semester taking 21 this semester 6 more than average) GPA: 3.92</p>

<p>Reccomendations: Great! Econ Professor,HS Superintendent,Service Learning Coordinator</p>

<p>Honors/Achievements:
• National Habitat for Humanity Leadership Conference Chicago (October 2009)
• National Honors Society Member
• Academic Decathlon/Academic Sports League Medals (25 over four years)
o Participation in Small School Nationals USAD 2009, Team Ranked 1 in State
o Highest Scoring Student on team Junior Year
o Ranked 3rd Scholastic Small School Student in State Junior Year
• Who’s Who in American Students 2009
• Principal’s Honor Award and Honor Roll for Four Years
• Best Dressed Senior 2009
• Performance at Kent State Honors Orchestra 2008
• Participation in Grove City Honors Band 2008
• Academic Letter, Athletic Letter for Cross Country Varsity Team
• Earned 2nd Degree Black Belt</p>

<p>Volunteer Service:
• Acceptance to Bali, Indonesia Habitat for Humanity Global Village Trip (June 2010)
• Habitat for Humanity: Construction, Trick or Treat for Change, Box City, GIVE Day
• Acceptance to Guatemala Service Learning Mission Trip (February 2010)
• Conversation Partner with International Student
• TASOW (The Awesome Spirit of Wildlife); Presented Animals, Education for Youth
• Assisted, Tutored, Speech Development with Autistic Child (5 Years-Present)
• Computer Education at St. Joseph’s Retirement Center
• Animal Care and Maintenance Daily Senior Year
• Co-Organized Reptile Exposition for Community
• Sponsor Holiday Gifts for Elderly with Church</p>

<p>Extracurricular:</p>

<p>College:
• Student Government (Freshman Class Chair)
o Leadership Development Committee
o Homecoming Committee
o GUTS (School Spirit)
o Library Campus Renovations Project
• Habitat for Humanity Club
• “Knight” with Scholars Freshman Advising Program
• International Students Association
• Phi Eta Sigma Honors Fraternity
• Pi Kappa Psi Business Fraternity</p>

<p>High School:
• World Youth Day Catholic Event 2008; Sydney, Australia
• Attended Panel Discussion on Globalization and Seminar on Western Views of Islam
• Spanish Club
• Marching, Jazz, Pep Bands (Drumline Captain Junior and Senior Year)
• Student Council (Senior Representative)
• Cross Country (Co-Captain Senior Year)
• Track & Field
• Academic Decathlon and Academic Sports League (Captain Senior Year)
• Musical Productions and Dramatics Club:
o Bye Bye Birdie, The Fever, The Wizard of Oz, Seussical (Lead)
• St. Louis Youth Group
• Creepers & Crawlers (Animal Presentation Group)</p>

<p>Essays are very well written, and I have gone to info sessions twice this year at Georgetown.</p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>bump?..</p>

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<p>What’d you take at college? A hardcore engineering student with a 3.5 is WAY WAY better than an easy class major with a 3.6</p>

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<p>i have a 3.92 in college and i took:
Microeconomics,Business Technology,First Year Seminar,Chinese 1,Intro Philosophy, Leadership Process, Business Algebra. (semester 1)</p>

<p>Macroeconomics,Chinese 2,Management,Financial Accounting,History of West & World, Intro to International Relations, Business Law. (semester 2)</p>

<p>There is virtually no choice in what classes you can take. Unlike most universities you dont have an option of say “Take Two Philosophy courses”, you take the only one presented =/…</p>

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<p>bump*?</p>

<p>I also thought about Cornell?</p>

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<p>Well, it can’t hurt to try, but I think you should aim a bit lower because of your SAT scores and HS GPA, which look rather low for Georgetown. Go ahead and talk about your volunteer service, but it doesn’t add much to write on your various one-day events (unless one was especially inspiring).</p>

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<p>um, the only “one-day event” was the reptile exposition but that took months of planning haha and scores are just one part i graduated in the top 20% of my class as well hardest curriculum of my class, i recognize SATs are low and ACTs are barely middle 50% but are a couple of numbers really going to kill the rest of my application? Cornell doesnt require SAT/ACT scores anyways</p>

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<p>^ not true. some of the colleges do.</p>