Hello,
I am currently a junior at the Hotchkiss school. My current GPA is a 3.6, but my overall is a 3.4. My school does not weight APs or release class rankings, though I am in the top quarter of my class for junior year, and a little above average for my overall GPA. My current ACT score is a 31, which I’m hoping to improve by next year.
Georgetown is my dream school because its SFS would provide a good base for international careers, which is what I’m sure I want to do. I will be going on the NSLI-Y summer program is Tajikistan this year, which is a State Department funded language program that is very selective. Additionally, last year I went on exchange to Colombia for a semester, and as a result I took AP spanish this year after only two years of Spanish class, and will be going into AP Spanish lit next year. I am also very involved with the Spanish culture and language club at my school, and I am involved in a project designed to help reach out to Latinx students and connect them with scholarships in my area.
In addition to that, I write for the school paper, have played piano for 12 years, proctor younger students during study hall, am involved with three sports teams (though I am not especially good at any of them,) help to build the set for the school play, and volunteer on the campus farm. I also volunteer in the summer at a hospital, and have done service projects in Morocco and Guatemala.
In addition to AP Spanish, this year I also take APUSH and AP Lit. Next year I plan to take AP Euro, and Honors English if I end up being placed in that class, and an international relations and national security elective.
All that considered, I know that Georgetown is very focused on GPA and test scores, and mine are not quite up to their standards, though I have improved greatly academically in the past year. What do you think my chances are?
Thanks for your time!