Chance me for Georgetown EA SFS?!

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<p>Chance me? Georgetown University, GWU, and AU
I've been dreaming of going to Gtown's SFS for some time now. Please be honest-- any opinions are greatly appreciated! Other schools of interest are George Washington U and The American University. Hoping to pursue international business. I applied EA to Gtown.</p>

<p>School Stuff
-Female, 1/2 white 1/2 Filipino (I've been checking the Pacific Islander box on the ethnicity question though..? Would that help?)
-Definitely do not qualify for need-based financial aid :/
-One of the top 5 students of ~600...not sure which of the 5... but my percentile is 99.07%
-Weighted GPA 4.75, UW 3.975 (one B, junior year)
-Frosh/Soph year: full honors course load
-Junior/Senior year: full IB course load (+CAS, Extended Essay, etc)
-30 ACT, 2060 SAT (710 CT, 670 M, 680 W)
-SAT II: 660 Spanish, 720 Math I, 680 Lit
-Current senior year course load: IB English 7-8, AP Calc BC 1-2, IB Bio 5-6, IB Design Tech, IB Theory of Knowledge, and IB 20 Cent World His
-I took the IB Spanish exam last year and got a (6) but this unfortunately was an SL test... all of my other AP/IB tests will be taken at the end of my Senior year, so colleges won't see any of em</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
-Concert pianist (played for 14 years), graduating Level 12 of the Arizona Study Program in spring 2012
-Founder/Co-President/Main Accompaist of North Canyon Music Co., a club that goes to various retirement facilities around the valley and performs community service (it's actually really fun haha)
-4-Year Varsity tennis player and Co-Captain, won some small junior USTA tournament a couple years ago
-Pianist for Phoenix CityJazz, a jazz group that plays for a bunch of city events downtown for community service
-President of Spanish Honors Society
-Vice Prez of the Young Democrats club at my school
-Frosh volleyball, captain of JV Soccer
-member of NHS (but who isn't?)</p>

<p>Work Experience
-Gymnastics Coach for a few months of 2009 (worst job ever)
-Currently a piano instructor to mostly little kids (done this for ~4 years now)</p>

<p>Summer Stuff
-Took a Macroeconomics course at UCSD summer 2010
-Took a Global Business course at Brown University summer 2011</p>

<p>Other
-I organized a benefit recital with my best friend for the Japan Earthquake Relief and Pacific Tsunami Fund shortly after those horrific earthquakes hit Japan. We organized everything through a site called Citizen Effect. Planning it all took an extensive amount of time, but the hardest part was getting our repertoire up to par (it was a piano concert) because we each had to perform ~60 mins of memorized pieces. We held 5 different concerts at 4 different venues. Our original fundraising goal was $3000, but after the first 2 concerts, we upped it to $5000. At the end of the whole thing we managed to raise $5,060 for Japan. I'm really proud of what we did and I had a wonderful time doing this all in the process. If I have no other hook, I'm hoping this will be it...</p>

<p>I am also currently learning French via Rosetta Stone. Besides music, language is my greatest skill and true passion! Hoping to learn as many new languages as I can so I can travel everywhere in my future business endeavors. </p>

<p>Thanks so much for reading over this, and again, I value all input greatly!</p>

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<p>Your class rank/GPA is a strength. Your EC’s are very strong. Your test scores are marginal. I would make sure that you don’t portray your language interests as sporadic (wanting to learn a bunch of languages but not mastering any of them.) They would like you to master one or two languages before moving on to others, but it’s a plus that you are ambitious in that area. </p>

<p>The fact that you don’t need financial aid does not hurt or help you. At Georgetown, the financial aid department is separate from admissions (according to a seminar) so, unlike with other schools, it will not benefit you that you do not need financial aid.</p>

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<p>Hey, you’re applying to the same schools I am (except I’m a transfer student/political science major.) I think it’s always hard to say with schools like Georgetown for sure, but you definitely have a very good chance! Your credentials are definitely where they need to be, but a lot of the top tier schools like GU reject people for seemingly no apparent reason…The fact that you’re half Filipino will also be a pretty huge advantage.</p>

<p>Georgetown - Probable
GWU - In
AU - In</p>

<p>Maybe I’ll see you there next year, but I think I’m actually starting to lean towards going to GW instead because I love the idea of their city-style campus and apartment-type dorms. :)</p>

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<p>GU’s average ACT is 31-34 according to the figures they put up at an official seminar. You definitely have a chance, but nothing here is probable.</p>