chance for Georgetown

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Applied early action

SFS Culture & Politics

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1st sitting: 730R/670M 6/5/6 Essay 2nd sitting: 710R/730M
SAT II: taking Math 2, Lit, and Spanish w/listening in November (will not be included in application because of time, will have if deferred)

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/307

AP: AP Lang (4), AP World (4), AP Lit (3), AP Calc (2), APUSH (5), AP Seminar (5), will take AP Psych, APHG, AP Stats, and AP US Gvt this year (plan on all 5s, maybe 4s)

Senior Year Course Load: APHG, AP Stats, Econ, Dual credit Gvt through IUB, Business Law DC, Cadet Teaching, World Lit (online through community college), Spanish Level III (online through community college), AP Psych, Independent research study

Subjective

Extracurriculars: Decathlon (10,12), Spell Bowl (10,11,12), Varsity Track and Field (9,10,11,12)
Job/Work Experience: Little league concession worker (this past spring season, plan on doing it again this upcoming season as well, Target apparel team member (started in August), Restaurant busser (started in August, quit in September due to blocked scheduling)

Summer Activities: I attended Hoosier Girls State this past summer. I was on the platform committee and a senator with a bill on second reading. The bill was about allocating additional funding for Indiana inner city schools.

Essays: I think my essays for Georgetown were very well written, and addressed the prompts perfectly.

Short essay: About decathlon, love for learning, collaboration, selflessness
Essay 1: About how the places I have lived (I have moved a lot because of my dad’s job - Army and government) have shaped my identity, beliefs, values, and how those connect to my passions. I included a distinct memory that I will not share, but I think of it as a possible hook.
Essay 2 - current global issue, it’s important, and a proposed solution: my issue is definitely current but not mainstream or highly publicized (hopefully that helps). I actually pulled from an AP Seminar essay so I think that my importance and solution is solid.

If you would ready my essays and give the honest truth, please let me know that I can message you!

Teacher Recommendation: Spanish teacher. I think it will be very good, I love Spanish and plan on taking it to fulfill the language requirement of my intended major. I was going to take AP this year but my school cut it, so now I am just self studying and taking the class at the CC. My Spanish teacher knows all of this.

Counselor Rec: I think it will be good.
Additional Rec: I might have another teacher rec from my AP Seminar teacher…I requested it but she hasn’t started it and it’s due Nov 1. If she doesn’t get to it, it’s not the end of the world because I have the required one.
Interview: I think my interview went very well! I was comfortable and I was able to talk about my passions. I talked about voter registration, activism, education reform, and tolerance amongst other things. I also voiced my interest for Georgetown’s After School program, which is where students work with kids of DC’s underserved neighborhoods. I stressed my passion for minority representation throughout the application in general, and I showed my interviewer a copy of my bill from HGS. My interviewer also asked if there were any organizations I was interesting in working with in my future and I answered the ACLU and gave a good explanation that connected with everything else that I had said.

Other:
Participating in student poll worker program (talked about this in interview)
AP Scholar w/Distinction
Indiana Academic All-State Girl’s Track
Top 10 Scholar Athlete
Spell Bowl Near-Perfect Scores at Regionals and State

I visited in August (not that they track interest) and included a photo of me in front of the Washington Monument in the app…lol. I want them to know that Georgetown is my first choice and that I love the community and will contribute to it.

Future plans: Graduate from SFS with a degree in Culture and Politics, have studied Spanish and Arabic, attend law school, work with the ACLU, immigration and education law, and finally, policy making and public service.

If I don’t actually go down the legal path (though I hope I do), I will pursue a graduate degree in education, psychology, or social work. I love education and would love to be a teacher if it wasn’t so discouraged. I have also considered being a guidance counselor or a social worker, but I want to pursue solutions to pressing issues through legal means and policy making.

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): IN
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100k+

Thank you!

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Fellow senior here (could you chance back please)

I think Gtown looks at all scores, but you did show improvement in some areas so I think that’s good. Your SAT score is right at their average ~1460.
I also know that Gtown requires three subject tests unless they changed that recently. You might want to check that and see if they will still accept November scores.
You courseload looks good and your EC’s look good too. Make sure to bring everything to a full circle and talk about how your passion for Decathlon and Track reflects in your essay.

Good luck!

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GTown puts a lot of weight on subject tests because it has found them to be the best predictor of success in college. Its Admissions page states that GTown “strongly recommends” that you submit three subject test scores. Bottom line, if you don’t submit three scores, your chances of getting in are very slim. They need to be strong scores too.

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A couple of additional GT observations re: subject tests and deciding when to apply. If you apply EA to Georgetown without 3 subject test scores, your application is at a disadvantage. However, GT does not deny any applications in EA, so without subject tests the most likely outcome for most students is deferral to RD. GT also states that the admit rate in EA and RD is approximately the same, so there is no implicit benefit to applying early. When applying to GT EA, you also give up the ability to apply to another school’s binding program, which can have value for some students in certain scenarios. If deferred from EA to RD, you can as OP notes, submit results of subject tests taken in November. Most RD applicants without 3 subject test scores are also at a disadvantage. The takeaway is that each and every student has to carefully think thru the pros and cons of their application strategy, given these facts.

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I technically improved in both reading and math but I took the test on June 2 (of course) so they curve doesn’t display how many questions LESS I got wrong for the reading portion. :frowning:

I emailed admissions and they said it was possible for the November scores to count but it’s not guaranteed. I know subject tests come back and are reported in 2 weeks so hopefully they count!!