<p>I know that these are some of the most common posts on the forums, but I was absolutely shocked today when I received my letter from Georgetown telling me I had been deferred. Given the following resume, can anyone tell me if I have a real shot at getting in RD, or why I may have been deferred? (any information about people you may know who have been admitted after deferral is appreciated also).</p>
<p>Cumulative unweighted GPA: ~3.85
SAT I non-superscore: CR-700 M-740 W-770 (W-780 with superscore)
SAT II: Physics-760 USHistory-730
AP Scores: 5 in Physics B, Calc AB, and American Gov't, 4 in Statistics and US History</p>
<p>Senior Yr Schedule: AP Literature, AP Language and Comp, AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, Italian 5 Honors, Personal Finance, and half year Legal Studies paired with Sociology</p>
<p>National Honor Society Jr/Sr year
President of NHS Sr yr
President of Mock Trial Sr yr, Lead Counsel Jr/Sr yrs
Student Liaison to the Board of Education Sr yr (sit in on monthly meetings and give reports on the school and its activities)
Habitat for Humanity Volunteer ~25 hours/year throughout high school
American Red Cross Disaster Relief Organizer Jr/Sr yrs</p>
<p>Baseball all 4 years, JV as a soph and jr, Varsity as Sr</p>
<p>Other:
LeadAmerica National Leadership Summit as rising Soph
Summer@Brown Pre-College as Rising Junior
Global Leadership Adventures Community Service Project in Guatemala as Rising Senior</p>
<p>Don’t be discouraged - I think you have a fair shot at getting in during the regular admit cycle. </p>
<p>When I was at Georgetown, I served on one of the admissions committees as a student rep. From my experience (which should not be taken as a definitive or official guide about how the admissions process works at Georgetown), applicants are scored using a 10-point scale (usually it’s divided between personal and academics) - so you can get a max score of 5 for personal qualities and a max score of 5 for academics. Both scores are combined to form your final score. Every person (reviewer) on the committee reads the candidate file and decides on an individual score for the candidate. Each reviewer then discusses the score that they reached with the committee as a whole. If there is a lot of discrepancy between individual reviewers’ scores, the committee debates and reviewers convince each other to either raise or lower their individual score. The final score for the candidate is the average of all the reviewers’ scores. All the scores are then ranked. Lets say this year’s quota for early admits was 100 ppl (this is a random number), then the top 100 applicants got in early. Generally, to get in early your final score should be at least above a 9. I think a 9.5 and up is an almost guaranteed early admit. In other words, you had to be a really really outstanding applicant to get in during EA and no offense, your stats look pretty indistinguishable from a lot of other applicants. That’s not to say you wont get in during regular admit though. Good luck!!</p>