Chance Me for Georgetown SFS RD

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I have never done one of these, but they seem popular and typically have good advice so here goes.
I am applying to SFS Regular Decision, with a goal of majoring in International Politics

Stats:
GPA: 4.29 (weighted)

SAT: 1500 (superscore), 1470 (single sitting)

ACT: 35

SAT Subject Tests: Eng Lit 770, US History 730, World History pending (December test date, expected above 700)

10 AP classes over high school, typically score 4 or 5

Top 5% of class (school doesn’t specifically rank)

Awards:

National Hispanic Scholar - National Hispanic Recognition Program
2016 National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship recipient
Eagle Scout Award
National Merit Letter of Commendation
Gavel first place speaker award (interscholastic debate)

Extracurriculars:

National Security Language Initiative for Youth 2016 - Studied abroad on a State Department scholarship to study Mandarin Chinese and serve as a citizen ambassador.

Boy Scouts - Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow, Senior Patrol Leader, Junior Assistant Scoutmaster

International Public Debate Program - member of an international high school debate team through Claremont McKenna, which competes across the world in the World Schools debate format

High School Varsity Debate - often first place speaker and team at tournaments at the regional, state, and national levels

Middle School Debate - founder and coach of a middle school debate team

Chinese Language Institute, Guilin China - studied abroad a second time at the Chinese Language Institute in Guilin, China, to continue my language and culture studies

Foreign Language and Culture Club - founder and president. We provide advice and tools for language study

National Honor Society

Language Study - self-study languages to various degrees of proficiency. Typically take tests to confirm level. Highest is Mandarin Chinese, which is upper advanced. Other languages include french, spanish, japanese, and russian

Tolerance Around the Globe

Gay-Straight Alliance

Science Club - vice-President

Musical Theater

Race: Hispanic (Puerto Rico)

State: CA

Income: Around $100,000

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Always nice to see a fellow Eagle. I think you have a pretty strong chance. While I can’t speak for anyone else, I believe that my service work and my Eagle Project was one of the major factors that led to my acceptance to Georgetown, since Scouting’s values meshes so well with the Jesuit values of Georgetown. Having all those language proficiencies will also help you quite a bit, especially if you’re an IPOL major in the SFS. Your scores and GPA are pretty standard for Georgetown applicants, and will get you in the door, but I think that if you can capitalize on your study abroad experiences and your Scouting experiences to write some strong essays, you have a strong chance of acceptance. Best of luck to you, and I hope to see you on the Hilltop next year!