<p>Are there any things that Georgetown's admission commitee REALLY likes? Something like how UGA's admission really likes athletic committment, and Tufts really likes people from outside the northeast. Just anything would be helpful...</p>
<p>umm there's really no formula to getting in, but i feel like georgetown really likes high sat scores (which is not good for meee) and people with high gpas who are at the top of their class</p>
<p>Rank is probably one of the most important statistics</p>
<p>as far as activities go i would say g-town loves to see interest in cultural diversity (since it has such a large international population)---i know they love to see involvement in model u.n.--if your a junior their summer program would help (although not the IR program it doesn't help at all--either the mcdonough prgram or the pre-college thing)-----being from a catholic high school(esp. catholci jesuit- there can't be more than like 20 in the country) that helps a ton too. and of course what ilovedogs and alanstewart said too</p>
<p>georgetown seems to accept higher percentages from jesuit high schools. five of my good friends were accepted EA because of the strong connection between our jesuit high school and gtown.</p>
<p>What would happen if someone has a high SAT score, good EC, cultural diversity, but a low GPA and average class rank? Any chances?</p>
<p>Any specifics?</p>
<p>Let's say:</p>
<p>G.P.A.- 2.9/3.5
SAT practices: CR: 700 Writing: 750 Math: 530 (will improve)
Nationality: Venezuelan with Italian passport. White/Hispanic.
Resume: Going to China for a year to teach English and learn Mandarin, among other things.</p>
<p>Reasons for low GPA:
I have a low G.P.A. (a 2.9) simply because school does not interest me nor has it ever interested me. I chose to teach myself history, politics, and philosophy after being frustrated by the low academic level of most of my classes, and after being disenfranchised from society and the level of immaturity prevalent among my age group. </p>
<p>My G.P.A. in the first semester of my freshman year was a 3.8. In the second semester, it drastically plummeted down to a 2.6 when I changed schools. As a sophomore, I went through some very depressing times as one of my friends was shot in the back and killed by a crazed old man. It plummeted to a 2.4. In junior year, I changed schools again, and this time my G.P.A. went back up to a 3.0. My G.P.A. this semester was a 3.5. I'm counting all of these as unweighted, of course.</p>
<p>"My G.P.A. in the first semester of my freshman year was a 3.8. In the second semester, it drastically plummeted down to a 2.6 when I changed schools. As a sophomore, I went through some very depressing times as one of my friends was shot in the back and killed by a crazed old man. It plummeted to a 2.4. In junior year, I changed schools again, and this time my G.P.A. went back up to a 3.0. My G.P.A. this semester was a 3.5. I'm counting all of these as unweighted, of course."</p>
<p>Tell them this. It will help them understand the below average GPA.</p>
<p>Do no tell them this
"I have a low G.P.A. (a 2.9) simply because school does not interest me nor has it ever interested me. "</p>
<p>But you EC's sound incredible </p>
<p>Good luck</p>
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[quote]
Tell them this. It will help them understand the below average GPA.</p>
<p>Do no tell them this
"I have a low G.P.A. (a 2.9) simply because school does not interest me nor has it ever interested me. "</p>
<p>But you EC's sound incredible </p>
<p>Good luck
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Makes sense. Thanks for the tip. :) I've always wondered, though, whether admission officers take G.P.A. seriously in cases like mine or would they rather judge a student by his/her level of maturity and intelligence in test taking and ECs instead. Hopefully, I'll finish the semester well and have some great SAT scores.</p>
<p>I just can't help myself but to feel petrified at the possibility that most, if not all the universities that I will apply to will reject me simply because of my GPA. I mean... I know that I am a worthy, if not great candidate for most universities, but I don't know whether admission officers will understand this. Let's just see how it turns out. Tumultuous year ahead.</p>
<p>yeah i also get the feeling that i'll be rejected everywhere from time to time.
But honestly, you and i both know that is unlikely.</p>
<p>And, applying to several (in my opinion 2+, guidance counselors norally say 1) safties will ease you worries. You'll know that at least you'll be going somewhere the next year, and you can always try to transfer out if you do well. I applied to 4 safties just so I could have options if all top colleges rejected me.
:)</p>
<p>Sib, way to highjack the thread...haha just kidding.</p>
<p>Hehe I'm sorry. :) I was a bit shy to make a whole topic about my problem and annouce it to the world on a grandiose scale, so I hope you don't mind the way I did it on the side on this thread. </p>
<p>Now guys, continue with the original purpose of the thread, if you may.</p>
<p>I don't really have any "insider info," of course, but if you look at a lot of the acceptance threads, it seems that they're very numbers-driven, for Early Admissions anyway,</p>
<p>Georgetown really seems to like multilingual applicants.</p>
<p>I agree with bulldogbull because I got in EA and didn't have high SATs (1860), but I did have a high GPA and took 2 languages to the AP level at my school. I think that's what got me in.</p>
<p>it all ties back into the multiculturalism --seriously this is a huge consideration for G-town--they love the type of applicants like Sib (well except for the roller coaster performance)</p>
<p>^ that makes me happy... i hold 4 citizenships and i speak 3 languages.</p>
<p>4 citizenships? Which ones?</p>
<p>I have a measly two plus an American visa. :(</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>canadian, american, japanese, EU
but apparently my japanese one will be revoked when i'm 18 unless i choose to give up the other three. talk about a homogeneous society...</p>