Chance me for Georgetown, UVA, Richmond and more...

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Hello everyone

Please chance me for the following schools:
Georgetown Walsh School of Foreign Service (stretch)
University of Virginia
College of William and Mary
George Washington University
Washington and Lee
Johns Hopkins (stretch)

I am a senior getting ready to apply to college. Georgetown is my number one choice by far, and I’d like to apply to their School of Foreign Service. I’d like to see what you guys think about my chances of getting in.

My class rank is 24/457, and I have an unweighted GPA of 3.91 and a weighted GPA (out of 5.0) of 4.91. I scored a 1410 on the SAT and a 28 on the ACT. I got a 690 on the Math II subject test and I am taking two more subject tests this September.

Sophomore year I took AP Psychology. In my junior year, the APs I took were US Government (0.5 credit), Comparative Government (0.5 credit), Environmental Science, US History, and English Language. I also took Chinese 3 and am taking Chinese 4 this year. My senior year APs are Calculus AB, European History, Micro and Macro Economics (2 half credits), Literature, and I am signed up for Computer Science A but trying to switch it to Human Geography.

I was elected President of the National Honor Society (we have over 150 members), I am Co-President of the Habitat for Humanity Club, Co-President of the Chinese Club, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Economics Club, and Historian of my City Council’s youth council which consists of representatives from each school. I plan to run for Student Body President but our school hasn’t held elections yet (90% certain I will win).

I help organize fundraisers for Habitat for Humanity and organized a dodgeball tournament where we raised over $1,100. Freshman year I organized a Student vs Faculty basketball game for the World Wildlife Fund and we raised about $800. I was nominated by somebody at Habitat for an award that recognizes one young person each year for their philanthropic efforts and won.

This summer I did an internship at my US Representative’s local office and one of my Senator’s local offices. I also did this program where I worked for the Governor’s office for a week. I went on a trip to Africa where I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and did 40 hours of service there.

Freshman year I played golf and soccer, and each year after that I did track in the Spring and Cross Country in the fall. I did a lot of community service freshman and sophomore year as well.

Also, during the presidential election I started an online political apparel website and profited over $1000.

In college, I’d like to learn either Mandarin Chinese or Russian and major in International Relations with a concentration in politics or economics.

There might be some stuff that I left out, but I will add it to the forum if I remember.

As of now, I think my test scores are weighing down my admission chances, so I am hoping my extracurriculars, essays, and interview will allow me to compete with other applicants.

Please be honest about my admission chances to all schools on my list.

Thanks!

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Forgot to mention, I live in North Carolina.

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Also, I am writing my common app essay about how public service and government have become very interesting to me and the experiences I’ve had in my extracurriculars related to government.

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You can Google the common data sets for the current first-years at the schools in which you are interested to see how your test scores, GPA, and class rank compare. I think you are correct that your scores aren’t the strongest part of your application. If the 1410 you reference is math & CR only, you did better on the SAT than the ACT - with some prep, you might be able to bump up your SAT.

UVA and W&M are stretches for any out of state student. W&L is the most likely of the schools you list to evaluate your application holistically, but I would advise you to identify some additional schools where you are a more competitive applicant.

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why not UNC?

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@Center I don’t have much interest in going to UNC, but I am fairly certain I will get in once I apply.

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Center has a great point. UVA and W&M are great schools, but they are going to be much more expensive out-of-state than UNC, which is a bargain. And also a tougher admit.

You weakness is your test scores as you note, so try to improve that if possible.