Can I get into Georgetown?

Applying to College
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<p>It is my favorite school, and I would love to get accepted</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Weighted GPA between 96.5 and 97
cusp of top 10%
SAT
Math- 710
Reading- 680
BUT I am taking again so I hope to score higher of course</p>

<p>Subject Tests-
Math 1- 680
US- 720</p>

<p>Extracurricular
National Honor Society (senior and junior)
Secretary of first UNICEF club in county
Foreign Language Society
Writer for school newspaper
Community service</p>

<p>That is mostly it plus my mom's friend is on the board of Georgetown school of Foreign affairs so he will put in a good word for me at Georgetown College?</p>

<p>What are my chances?</p>

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<p>I don’t do chances, but this kind of thing doesn’t actually help.</p>

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<p>What doesn’t usually help</p>

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<p>Having your mom’s friend put in a good word for you.</p>

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<p>Her bosses brother I just said friend but idk if that makes a difference</p>

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<p>I would doubt it. Does he know you personally? If no, probably not.</p>

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<p>You doubt i can get in or he’d help? I do know him personally he likes me a lot and once said I’d make a great Hoya</p>

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<p>Here’s what would make a difference: if that person knows you well and has supervised your work, so that he can talk about your intelligence, your initiative, your adaptability, etc.</p>

<p>Colleges and universities care what you can do, and they appreciate references from people who can talk in detail about what you can do. They don’t care whom you know. They care even less whom your mom knows…and not at all about who is your mom’s boss’s brother.</p>

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<p>He does me know me and can speak to my positive attributes</p>

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<p>Your class rank would probably hurt you a lot (assuming you go to an average public school) and SATs aren’t great. I would put it at a reach.</p>

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<p>The public school is actually very competitive and idk if that will be rank I am trying to speculate</p>

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<p>And im taking sat in October</p>

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<p>That’s not the same as what I said. You may be a wonderful person, but Georgetown isn’t looking to admit wonderful people. Georgetown is looking to admit top students who not only have great potential but who also actually deliver. If this person can say from his own experience that you’re that kind of person, great! If, on the other hand, all this person can say is, “I really like america1776, and I think he (or she) would make a great Hoya,” then it’s a waste of both his time and the time of the admissions officer who’s going to read it.</p>