Hi! I’m a senior from Ontario, Canada and I applied to Georgetown EA for the undergrad class of 2025 (SFS). I applied for aid because I read that GTown is need-blind for all applicants, but I don’t need that much aid (indicated that I could get about $55,000 paid each year).
Stats:
- Highest average for 3 years (97% in grade 9, 98% in grade 10, and 99% in grade 11)
- No test scores (signed up for 3 SAT and 1 ACT test dates, all cancelled - indicated on separate form)
- 5s on AP Lit (self-studied), Micro exams and taking 4 more APs this year, but it’s very uncommon for anyone at my school to take more than 2 APs in their entire high school career
- Small, independent school near Toronto (90 kids in graduating class)
- All honours classes (apart from APs)
ECs:
- Lot’s of community service (Maple Lions club, museums, heritage centres, public camps probably about 150 hours)
- Had a job this fall (Sales Associate for Spirit Halloween)
- Wrote a lot (Student Communications Officer for 4 years, started school blog, Op-Ed editor for school newspaper, published in local paper multiple times, started IG underreported news account, attended School of the New York Times last summer for foreign reporting)
- MVP of tennis team 2 years, have been playing tennis since i was 5 and was top 10 in Ontario when I was like 11
- Peer tutoring coordinator 2 years, tutored students for 4 years
- ASL club
- Model UN for 4 years (club president this year, attended Ivy League MUN in Philadelphia, Ontario MUN, helped organized conference at my school last year for 5 visiting private schools)
- Mock Trial for 3 years (team captain this year, placed 2nd in regionals as a team)
Other stuff:
- Probably great letters of recommendation, English teacher really likes me and has taught me for 2 years, Director of Communications at the school who I’ve worked with for my writing for 3 years
- Russian is my first language and I speak French at an intermediate level (have been taking it since grade 4)
- College counselor said my essays were good (subjective) but writing’s a strong suit so I tried to make them sound interesting and a bit out there (wrote about ideological silencing and journalism and the beatles being banned in the ussr where my parents grew up, my passion for writing, and observation as a skill)
I would be so appreciative if someone could give their two cents and chime in to give me some kind of idea of what I should be expecting come December 15. :)) Thanks in advance!