<p>My school has 10 AP classes. The only ones I’m not taking are Bio and Psychology. We don’t have any economics courses. I’m taking honors stats next year, though.</p>
<p>All you can do is the best you can with the resources at your disposal. I’m sure that the Gtown admissions dean from your region is familiar with your school’s profile and will realize pretty quickly that you’ve nearly maxed out on the AP’s, took the most rigorous schedule you could and done well on the AP’s you’ve taken. </p>
<p>Most of the students I’ve met (friends and acquaintances) from the MSB at very down to earth, quite clever & amazingly inventive and resourceful. Remember that if an opportunity is not presenting itself, not all is lost. You can make your own opportunities. The ADCOM want to see you use your ingenuity to intrigue and wow them.</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>Our DS got in to the College (class of 2015) with slightly lower SAT’s (2160 and 33 ACT) but higher GPA. What made the difference for him was his interview, essays, killer recommendations, and EC’s that included a summer long medical science research internship and several key leadership positions including NHS president. He was also a co-val. I have heard but cannot document that Georgetown is very high on vals, sals and # 3’s in class rank.</p>
<p>He applied RD to the COL as an undeclared applicant. If you are concenred about the lack of econ in your classes or other business related EC’s, perhaps you should apply to the COL and then consider transferring from COL to MSB in your sophomore or junior year.</p>
<p>Well that didn’t help much… all you did was say how your son was a better applicant than I am and got in.</p>
<p>Well, I think he’s giving a comparison and what to look out for on being better (i.e. interview, essays, and recommendations).</p>
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<p>That’s exactly what I was doing. Nearly all applicants to the upper tier schools have test scores and grades that make them viable candidates. Those stats give you the basis to complete and submit the application.</p>
<p>I think it boils down to the other items that I mentioned - the interview, recommendations, essays, unique EC’s, leadership roles, etc. Its pretty much that way at all of the ivies and other ranked schools such as and including Georgetown. I read that one of the ivy league schools reported (a couple of years ago) that of the 25 - 30,000 apps they received, nearly 7,500 had perfect GPA’s and/or SAT scores. Since they admit less than half that number and don’t take all of the “perfect” scores, you can see that the other factors become very important in the application review process. </p>
<p>In summary, your grades and test scores “qualify” you to be a candidate for application. The hard part is selling yourself through the more subjective parts of the app process. In many cases, applying to an upper tier school isn’t much more that getting a lottery ticket for the admissions draw. Remember, the adcons are looking for reasons to admit you - not reasons to deny you (unless your app is so weak that you shouldn’t have applied in the first place). They are also trying to build the best class possible from their application pool while also balancing diversity, school of interest (COL, MSB, SFS, NHS), career and major interests, geographic representation, etc.</p>
<p>I wish I could give you or any high school junior or senior a better answer but I am basing my remarks on my experience with three kids and their application experiences, the most recent of which was this past year and included an admit to Georgetown College.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for that</p>