Chances `07

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>Was wondering what my chances would be like, Class of `07 (and would my chances differ if I were to apply EA rather than RD):</p>

<p>GPA: 97% / Junior GPA: 98%
SAT I: 2250
SAT IIs: 690, 700, 750
Rank: Top 5%</p>

<p>Math Club/Team President
Newspaper Editor
Spanish Club Secretary
General Students Organiz (school service)
Yearbook
Honor Roll
National Honor Society</p>

<p>100% character rating
2nd place art contest
1st place biology fair
poetry published
national merit semifi</p>

<p>Have volunteered @
Bronx Zoo, Breakfast for Santa, Special Olympics
Hopefully Habitat for Humanity this summer</p>

<p>Am taking an Anthropology course @ Brown this summer
As that may be what I want to study..</p>

<p>If anyone can make any assessment, I'd appreciate it. Thx</p>

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<p>looks pretty good
EA and RD accept the same percentage of people, so it doesn't help if you do either (the number is still 22 percentish)
But jw, what is your intended major, what school are you applying to?</p>

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<p>might as well apply EA (unless u do SCEA somewhere else). At worst u get deferred.</p>

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<p>100% character rating? Does that mean you are a perfect person?</p>

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<p>I think so, why don't you apply to Harvard?</p>

<p>Some of us who are 98% would like to go to Georgetown!</p>

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<p>Haha. It's just some weird award my school gives out at the end of every year to select students.</p>

<p>And I'd def never get into, nor do I want to attend, Harvard.</p>

<p>My first choice is Brown, which I may apply to ED if I like it a lot this summer.</p>

<p>My extrac really aren't great, so I'm hoping my grades/scores will boost me up. </p>

<p>If it's any help, I got to a private Catholic school.</p>

<p>And to the above poster about intended major, I'm thinking maybe something along the Anthropology lines.. Random, I know.</p>

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<p>Attending a catholic high school really doesn't mean anything to GTown (Unless its a recruited jesuit hs). But anyways good luck, you have great numbers which will help you out a lot and your ECs aren't that bad. You have some stuff that will help. GL with Brown and Georgetown.</p>

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<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>Not that it's much, but my best friend's mom attended GTown, and she said she'd write me a nice recommendation if I wanted.</p>

<p>I like to think I have a fair shot.</p>

<p>I hope they look favorably upon my upward trend in grades (F 95 / S 97 / J 98).</p>

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<p>Statistically, I think you're probably ok. Georgetown seems to like international exchanges, so if that opportunity arises, I say go for it. Your community service looks pretty strong so far, and that should help. </p>

<p>Good luck with colleges (but you'll have to forgive me if I pooh-pooh Brown.)</p>

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<p>They're not going to care about an upward trend in a few percentage points – at that high end, the numbers are totally artificial and there's no real difference between them. That's why most schools just use letter grades – because it's ridiculous to say that because you got a 97% one year you've improved since the next year you got a 98%. If I were a college admissions officer, I'd be really annoyed at things like precise percentages for class grades or that so-called "character rating." I'd not even bother sending it in...they're not going to consider something like that.</p>

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<p>I don't care if they wouldn't consider it -- Why would I not send in an award I earned?</p>

<p>As for the upward trend, I point it out for mainly two reasons.
1, I think it shows that I've learned to improve. Freshman year was really rocky for me, and I'm glad I proved to myself that I can always do better than before.</p>

<p>2, I go to a VERY competitive Catholic school. If you have a 95% average, kids don't even consider that smart. Until you enter the realm of 98/99%, then kids actually notice who you are. So at my school, having a 95% average and a 98% average is a huge difference in class rank.</p>

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<p>Eek, you people are harsh.</p>

<p>Of the applicants from my school in last year's graduating class applying to Georgetown, 90% of those who were in the top 5% of the class AND scored a 1400+/1600 SAT were accepted.</p>

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<p>Looks like you've got a solid chance to me. I got in with the same SATs and GPA, less ECs/community service, but higher SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>I had similiar stats, applied EA, was deferred, and wait-listed RD.</p>

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<p><em>sigh</em>...catholics...lol...jk</p>