Chance me for 2014 please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z George Washington University
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<p>Rank: 5/ 550 people (Very Competitive)
GPA: 4.7 (out of 4 due to weighting)
Class load: hardest possible no doubt!
ACT: 29 ( I know, I know. This is my WEAKEST point. I am seriously working my butt off this summer. I am studying daily, have resorted to help from a tutor, and hope to raise this score to at least a 31-32 by Sept.) </p>

<p>ECs: </p>

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<p>Editor-in-chief of School Paper - first junior to become one in a long time, I am absolutely certain that the newspaper advisor will write me a first class recommendation. I am also the first EIC to serve for two years in a row! </p>

<p>Question: Our school paper won a national award from Columbia University (silver crown) during my time this year as EIC, is something I should mention? This award is not directed to me specifically but more to our entire paper. I think it's appealing as it is an award recognizing the top few papers internationally and is from Columbia itself. </p>

<p>Founder and manager of newspaper website </p>

<p>Awarded Outstanding web-designer by IU </p>

<p>Write for other community papers as well, including our cultural one.</p>

<p>Many essay competition awards; won 1st place in state for a newspaper article I wrote. That same article won 4th place nationally at another competition (which I will not list here for security reasons as you can easily look me up) </p>

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<p>History Fair 3rd Place in State/Metro scholarship Winner/ National Qualifier (Alternate) </p>

<p>History Fair Executive Director's award for Superior History </p>

<p>Internship at congressman office summer before junior year </p>

<p>Attended Illini Girls State</p>

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<p>Founder/President of an Indian community service council for students (we help out at various community festivals, represent the youth, currently planning a cultural show and a trip abroad to India)
***Currently collaborating to make this an "international student" effort meaning students of all cultures create a joint effort. </p>

<p>State Cultural Pageant winner (first runner up) and miss talent </p>

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<p>500+ volunteer service hours through hospital volunteering (the usual lol), tutoring, after school enrichment program helping for younger children, etc. etc. </p>

<p>Math Honor Society President</p>

<p>Founder and manager of MHS website (to submit service hours, updates on events, etc) </p>

<p>National Honor Society </p>

<p>French Honor Society </p>

<p>DECA state winner</p>

<p>I have several other ECs but I feel that these are my main ones and the ones that I am most proud to be involved in! However, as you can see my goal was to essentially divide my interests in three areas: writing/publishing, Politics/History, Indian Culture. Then of course, this is all accompanied by the usual honor societies and community service. </p>

<p>While I am certain I can increase my ACT score by September as I have this asmy biggest commitment for the summer, I would like you to evaluate my chances for this fall!</p>

<p>Recommendations – My counselor especially told me I am her “top junior” and will receive a “stellar” recommendation, and I am certain that the same will apply to my Newspaper Advisor/English teacher who has seen megrow extensively since freshman year. Also, would it be advisable to receive some sort of letter confirming the legitimacy of my internship at the Congressman’s office? I don’t want to give off any sort of impression that it was received through connections and whatnot since it most certainly was not! </p>

<p>Thanks for your advice!</p>

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<p>I don’t think you should worry much.</p>

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<p>Even with a 29? Like what would my chances be, if god forbid, i didnt improve my score (although i really really really am hoping otherwise) but would it be very bad for my app if i ended up submitting a 29?</p>

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<p>I had a 29 on my ACT and my ECs were hardly half as impressive as yours, and I start at GW in the fall.</p>

<p>Is it wrong that I want to tell you to apply to better schools? Considering I was waitlisted at Columbia I’m confident that you could get in there.</p>

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<p>Agree with Corindiana - but I would really try to up the ACT to at least 30 if applying to more selective colleges. Oh…yes, mention the national award.</p>

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<p>Yeah I would be happy even if I improved by one more point to a 30…idk i’d feel much more confident about all my schools if I were submitting a 30 instead of a 29. Of course, a 31-32 would be far more ideal. </p>

<p>Any other suggestions? Thanks for the replies so far! Also, what is the merit aid like at GWU…i know it’s pretty darn expensive school so is merit aid even a possibility?</p>

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<p>Merit awards this year seemed to be $10 - $15K per year for 5 semesters (Presidential Academic), if you qualify for finaid, you may be able to get one of the great Trustee merit awards for $20K. I didn’t qualify for finaid, but there were a lot of people that did and got really good packages. You can go back over the threads for this past year to get a better idea on both merit and finaid merit awards (gpa/test scores/EC’s)</p>

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<p>I got 15k in merit aid. The finaid packages are very good. Also to clarify what nbg said, it’s actually 10 semesters, or 5 years, that your scholarship is guaranteed.</p>

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<p>oops. Thanks Corindiana!</p>