(sorry this is such a long post)
i applied SFS EA under the international politics major but am considering changing to culture and politics or comparative or regional studies. i would appreciate it if you tell me if you think i have a chance at georgetown. i really want my decision already but don’t want to get false hope. georgetown is my #1 and would be such a honor to attend and in the case i do get in i will definitely go.
Objective
SAT I (breakdown): superscore 1480 (690 E and 790 M) i took the test 4 times so i’m scared it’s gonna look bad
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: japanese (730), us history (740), spanish with listening (660 but retook in nov), math (took in nov)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): i don’t know this for sure bc school doesn’t report unwieghted gpa but i have one B in an ap course, B+ in an honors and an A- in an ap and the rest are As
Weighted GPA: 4.2045
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t report
AP (place score in parenthesis): euro (3 but retook for 5), apush (5), lang (5 but i got an A- in the class), macro (4 but I got B in class)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: ap english lit, ap calc ab, honors physics, ap comp gov, ap spanish, latin 3, sociology, geography
other academic awards: passed the japanese language proficiency test (jlpt) levels N5, N4, and N3; summa cum laude on the national latin exam level 1 (long story short my school starts latin track in 10th grade but i took this exam in 11th grade and am the only person to do this in my school’s history); perfect score on test of proficiency of korean (topik) level 1 prob going to take level 2 later; another ap scholar award
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): asian culture club (president since senior year, officer since junior year), refugee club (treasurer), latin honor society (officer), viola player until sophomore year, member of world affairs club, spanish honor society, culture shock, and key club
Job/Work Experience: worked at summer camp as a special needs assistant
Volunteer/Community service: 800+ hours at a nonprofit organization with a special program for special needs kids and adults (they also have a summer camp every year i volunteered for the first 2 summers of high school), 100+ at my church’s special needs ministry (they have a separate service for special needs students and they also have a summer camp that i worked for)
Summer Activities: National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship finalist (this is a scholarship program funded by the U.S. Department of State where I was selected to rigorously study Korean in Seoul, South Korea for 6 weeks during the summer), EF Tours: Study Spanish (went to Spain with 64 other kids from my school district and intensively studied Spanish)
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
special talents (basically was: speaking 6 languages + my passion for politics and history = a career in diplomacy but i have a typo)
school/summer activity (wrote about nsli-y and how life-changing experience that was and how it continues to affect the person i am today)
personal statement (my common app essay i wrote about my love for foreign languages and cultures and my journey speaking 5 modern languages and what i’ve personally learned through learning each language. also related how that connects to my future goal of becoming a diplomat)
sfs essay (wrote about what i observed in south korea about north korea and how many south koreans are not alarmed or indifferent about their northern neighbor and said i propose to change this with media, an agreement with the free movement of peoples and more but whats im worried is that i have typos and grammar errors in this essay)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details) i waived my rights
Teacher Rec #1: (9-10) my honors spanish 4 and ap teacher. i showed my love for spanish to her and excelled in her class she said she put a lot of time in my rec so hope it’s good and she was the teacher i asked to proctor the national latin eexam for me so she knows the deal there too)
additinoal rec: (8-9) my apush teacher. i asked so many questions in that class and even if i got a 100 on a test i would continue to ask questions. i asked her so many questions about the us and its history even outside of class and she’s told me some of her political views and i’ve done the same. she’s also the advisor of the asian culture club so she knows me pretty well and my role in the club.
Counselor Rec: (6-7) going to be generic bc i’ve only talked to her two times
Interview: i think it went great. it was only 45 min but i told my interview why i wanted to go to georgetown and how its curriculum and location is perfect for what i wanted to do in the future and i also mention things im going to do on campus. my interviewer at the end said it looked like i researched a lot about the school and how my passion for the school was really nice to see so i’m hoping she wrote a good review
Other: speak english fluently and (in order of skill) korean, spanish, japanese, french and latin
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: SFS but still thinking about the major
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: suburban, predominately white public school
Ethnicity: Korean-American
Gender: male
Income Bracket: ~110,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):