I applied to GW as a communications major in CAS, and I’m hoping to transfer into journalism my sophomore year. decisions come out VERY soon so I was curious if this school is a close to definite for me (if NYU doesn’t work out)
I’m already in UGA and Sarah Lawrence but Boston University rejected me, and I’m still obviously waiting for NYU and GW.
GPA: 4.46 weighted/3.95 unweighted (these are just 9th-11th grades, my 1st semester senior grades were all A’s except an 89 in physics)
SAT: 1920 (620 reading, 650 math, 650 writing)
top 8% of my class (38/474)
past AP classes: AP world history, AP biology, AP psychology, AP english lang/comp; i got 5’s on all of these except for bio, which i got a 4 on
current classes: AP stats, AP lit, AP studio art (2-D design), lit mag, online physics, and online econ next semester
i’ve taken mostly honors/ap classes, the only normal classes i’ve taken are art classes and one onlevel spanish class
awards: ap scholar, my photography was put on display in the high museum of art this past summer
extracurriculars:
dance for 15 years, senior company w/ multiple lead roles
art editor of the lit mag for 2 years
photography for 4 years
created/write a successful fashion blog for 1 year
volunteer at the drake closet for 2 years
interned at a boutique this past semester for fashion merchandising/PR
worked at a pizzeria this summer and semester
member of nhs (which requires a ton of volunteering), national art honor society, and national english honor society
i have very strong essays, both for common app and gw supplement (i wrote about photography and how i expanded from film to digital and how i taught it to myself)
one rec from my english teacher last year (who is a dr.) and one from my art teacher who has taught me since i was in 6th grade, so those should be fairly strong
only weak thing for me is my sat but i took it twice and it only increased by 50 points after months with a private tutor AND gw is test optional but I still sent it bc i think it’s fairly good for GW
i feel like the rest of my app is strong, so what are my chances?
Good luck!