@popitx I’ll post what I posted on the official decisions thread
Current School: Georgetown
Entering as: Sophomore
High School GPA: Top 20% (HS doesn’t do GPA)
College GPA: 3.6 (3.8 midterm)
SAT/ACT Scores: 2240 (800 CR / 670 M / 770 W)
Significant ECs: finance internship, environmental clubs, graphic design. (total of 3-5 leadership positions)
Hooks: Legacy for Penn (father went to the law school, not sure how much that matters)
US/Intl: US
Accepted: Columbia, JHU, Penn, Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, Barnard, NYU, Wesleyan
Waitlist: Swarthmore (pretty surprised, thought it was a good fit)
Rejected: UChicago (terrible app), Yale, Harvard
I was accepted to Barnard last year as well, but turned it down. I’m attending either Penn or Columbia. Honestly, I’m most proud of my Barnard app. Those essays fit perfectly with my interests.