<p>Hi! I am looking at Georgetown as one of my choices.
my weighted GPA is 4.1 and my class rank is 137/620 (There is controversy in my school because we have an academy for technology and basically anyone in it is automatically in the top 10% :/)</p>
<p>I haven't taken my SAT or ACTs yet
Last year (Sophomore) I took AP World History (got a 5 on the exam), Japanese I, French III (skipped a year), and Honours English, Geometry, Chem, and Art I (I do draw)
I got a 4.1 average that year, I did pretty well in japanese and geometry I had a coach that couldn't teach but I made a 90 by the end of the year.</p>
<p>This year I am taking AP US, AP French IV, and AP English, Art II, Japanese II, Alg 2, and Physics. My GPA last time I checked last nine weeks was 4.4</p>
<p>I am not in that many clubs (probably a negative on my end) for many don't interest me and I don't want to do a club I don't like. But i am in:
Japanese Club (10th, 11th)
Japanese Honour Society
Model UN
I was in Art club for a while</p>
<p>I know my academics don't look outstanding, and trust me that worries me. I am working hard to get my GPA up but I know the main issue is the amount of Level classes I have compared to others. Everyone is in Pre-cal this year as well as PreAP Physics (PreCal is prerequisite), but I never have the time during the summer to take it because i want to travel with my family instead, and the 7th grade when everyone went into PreAlg, I went to math because it was my first year in a public american school after years of homeschool and Guatemalan schooling.</p>
<p>But I know that Georgetown is a really good school for international relations and I really want to do that. I have traveled to over 20 countries and I am so fascinated with different cultures. I have friends from different countries and I like meeting foreigners; even next year I am going to host a Japanese student in my home and if able to, in the summer, I want to go to Japan to stay with a host family.
I also love languages. I can speak some spanish (which I pick up easily when I go to spanish countries), as well as French, and Japanese. I still want to learn German which I may start next year.
I also have lived, and gone to school in Guatemala for years and have interacted with guatemalan school kids. I have even volunteered for a couple days (my visit time in Guate was short) at a school in a village and i helped paint their wall. My family also goes to France every year to visit my mom's family and I simply love it there! I love traveling and i can't settle in one place for long. </p>
<p>But I am wondering, how would they look at my lifestyle compared to my academics? I know academics are important but I am wondering if my lifestyle will be an advantage? Would they accept that I rather travel during the summer rather than stay at home going to summer school to get ahead or get a part time job?</p>
<p>I sincerely thank anyone who read this and made the effort to comment!</p>