Hey guys. I am pretty nervous for decisions to come out. I know that no one can say for sure, but I was wondering if anyone had any thought as to what my chances are. I am applying to the college as a government major. Georgetown is also super weird in that their EA is actually a lower acceptance rate than RD, so that isn’t helping haha.
ACT: 34, 35 superscore
SAT: 1480 (740 both)
SAT Subject Tests: US History 780, Literature 730, and Math II 670 (math isn’t great, but I also sent in my 5 in AP Calc, and since I don’t want to do anything with math, I don’t think it will have too much bearing)
AP: AP GOPO 5, AP Calc AB 5
IB: German 6 (we take our foreign language exam early)
Course load: I am at an IB school, so I have taken basically all of the AP classes they offer in addition to my IB course load, so I won’t have many APs to send in (since IB exams are taken at the end of senior year) but they will still see I have been taking the most challenging classes I can
Unweighted GPA: 4.0,
Weighted GPA: 5.303 (my school does weighted GPAs super weird, so my rank is probably a little more revealing than my GPA)
Rank: 6/261
Extracurriculars:
Mock Trial: all 4 years of high school,became captain my junior year; I have 11 most effective attorney awards as well as a most dependable award
Student Activism club, founder
Intern at our local chamber of commerce every week
Volunteered on a congressional campaign this summer against 3 term incumbent until campaign ended
Work as a runner at a local law firm about 7 hours a week
Volunteer at our local museum where I help with kids activities
Member of the National Honors Society, Science National Honors Society, and German National Honors Society (these are all the ones my schools offers).
Beta club
Math team (1 year) and soccer (1 year) - not that important but I think I checked the box on the application
Junior Marshal at our school which only the top 20 students get to do
Awards:
Mock trial (mentioned above)
Silver on the National German Exam
Varsity letter in academics (I know it’s weird, but my school gave them out so I listed it)
Essays: I think my essays were pretty good. I had others read them and edited them multiple times myselfs, and I think they are interesting and personal. I think they really conveyed my personality and passion for government.
Recommendations: I think my recommendations should be good. One is from my 9th and 10th grade English teacher. She liked me a lot both years she had me, and she definitely knows I am a hard worker. She is also the mock trial teacher, and I am (I’m pretty sure) the first junior at our school to ever become captain, and I have broken the record for awards, including leading our team to state for only the second time in a long time. So, I think she will be able to speak to my leadership skills and my just overall extraness. My other recommendation is from my 11th and 12th grade english teacher (idk why it always ends up english). She has known me for a while and I consider her a friend. She also taught my Theory of Knowledge class for IB, where I actually got so into a conversation about the National School Walkout that I organized a group of students and got an article published in our local newspaper about it. Because of this, I started the student activism club with a friend, and she is the teacher supervisor for that, so she has seen my be very passionate about things and be a leader.
Interview: It went super well! We talked for over an hour and totally got along. She said she found me impressive and thought I would do well anywhere, and we liked a lot of the same things. She even gave me a movie recommendation…
I don’t have any amazing hooks or anything. No legacy, but I am from SC and I know that is usually less competitive than like California or NY, so that could be good.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
(sorry this is so long)