<p>I'm a junior at a very competitive prep school in Illinois, this year approximately 20 out of 100 seniors are attending Ivy League schools or peer institutions. I'm planning on applying early action to MSB</p>
<p>GPA
3.8 UW or so. My school doesn't weight, but only two kids have GPA's above 4.0. My school also doesn't rank, but I'm top 10%. I've taken the hardest schedule available, and I will have taken 10 AP's by the end of my time at my school. Already gotten a 5 on AP Statistics and AP English as a Sophomore.</p>
<p>ACT- 34 (36R,34E,32M,34S)
SAT- 2150 (800R, 690M,660W) (Will be retaking, Math on practices was usually in the 730-780 range)
SAT II's- Haven't taken any yet. Got 800s on practice tests in Math II, US History, and English, but likely won't get all 800's on real tests</p>
<p>EC'S
Speech and Debate and Mock Trial (3 Years each)
Played Football all 4 years (3 Varsity), Lacrosse for 2 (Both JV), Freshman Basketball for one
Paid Internship at Equity Research firm. (Over 200 Hours one Summer) Would get fantastic rec
Member of an outside of school philanthropic board that does community service and gives out grants to charities (3 Years). Will likely have some leadership position, not president
Student Life Research Committee (2 Years... on leadership council of this)
Senior Page Editor for the Yearbook
Sports Editor for the Newspaper. (Editor for one, Writer for two)
Winner of School Stock Market Challenge multiple times (25% of students participate), placed 3rd regionally once out of around 500 teams
Won award in writing competition for Sophomore year paper about the healthcare reform and the economy</p>
<p>I'm a very good writer, so I think I'll do a good job with my essays. I also get praised often for how my voice shines through in my writing, so I think those will be good.</p>
<p>I should have very good recs from my counsellor and teachers</p>
<p>you have really good stats and a lot of ECs so it seems like you have a great chance! i mean your SATs are easily in georgetowns ranges, but its not always all about that. i’m like you in that i also still have to take SAT 2s so we’ll see how that goess …</p>
<p>Hi, I’m an admitted student attending GT this fall.
The only thing that I would say is missing in your application and is a big consideration of Georgetown is indication of leadership. You still have time to show this, though. Otherwise, I would say you’re a shoo-in, and I’m not often the optimistic type on these boards. Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I have a couple other business related extracurriculars that I will likely have leadership positions in, but I didn’t want to count my chickens before they hatch. Do you have any other suggestions to improve my application?</p>
<p>As far as presenting your qualities in the best way possible:
Start on your essays this summer. Although Georgetown doesn’t use the CommonApp, the questions asked by the two applications are pretty similar, and it would help to have multiple options to choose from in order to form a strong essay come application time. It is important that you integrate a second opinion (preferably a writing teacher at your school) while writing your essays. Given what you have said about your school, I’m sure there are summer writing workshops that you could look into, or at the very least an available group of teachers that are experienced in the college application process.</p>
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<li><p>Speak (write) from your heart. Don’t try to wow the admissions board with big words or complex themes unless you deem them absolutely essential to the impact of an essay. There’s a story that teachers tell at my school about a student who got into Harvard by writing his CommonApp essay about a time that he ordered food at Fazoli’s…of course, this doesn’t mean that your essay has to be about a trivial event, but just make it authentic.</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t hit the “submit” button as soon as you’re finished. You’ll likely be done with the application a few weeks in advance, but be smart. You want to present the best application possible, and being unmethodical about the process could really hurt your chances. Don’t overanalyze it, but just make sure that you’ve done exactly what you want to do. There’s no worse feeling than sitting around in November and realizing that you should have done this or that to improve your app and agonizing about it until decision day. Don’t put that on yourself. Again, get second opinions, third opinions, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>Lastly, be yourself. Yes, it may improve your chances to lie about some personal attributes or write as if you were a Rhodes Scholar (or it may not, who knows), but if you get into Georgetown having embellished yourself, you may come to the realization that Georgetown did not want you, they wanted the person they saw in your application. And as a result, you may find that Georgetown is not the school for you. Of course, this is purely hypothetical and I’m obviously not accusing you of anything, but I hope you can see the point I’m trying to make.</p></li>
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<p>Again, best of luck with your application! You seem like a great fit for G-town.</p>