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<p>Overall I've got a 3.82 GPA,
2100 SAT,
Moroccan student (international),
ready to meet financial requirements.</p>
<p>I just started my senior year, and I'm wondering if taking AP Calculus is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY for my acceptance (hopefully) at Georgetown (DC)</p>
<p>I'm also taking AP English.</p>
<p>All i wanna know is if not taking AP Calc too big of a risk, and why? Should I take it? Why or why not?</p>
<p>PS: I wanna major in business.</p>
<p>AP Calculus isn’t “absolutely necessary”, but it’ll be helpful if you want to major in business, and having another AP under your belt won’t hurt you either…unless you do poorly in it or it’s just not your thing. Don’t take it if you really, really would rather not take it, but I’d say that it would be helpful to you. Have you taken any other AP (or IB or honors or something) courses?</p>
<p>moulayben - If you haven’t seen these statistics about this year’s new freshman class you might want to check them out. [Student</a> Profile - Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/firstyear/studentprofile/]Student”>http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/firstyear/studentprofile/)</p>
<p>AvonHSDad–I’m sure kids met the standardized test score standards. Then, why were so little students accepted to the business school at Gerogetown?</p>
<p>^Because there’s not enough spots for all the qualified students.</p>
<p>So which students do they prefer? What kind of extra curriculars is the business program at Georgetown looking for…</p>
<p>by the way moulayben, sorry if I am taking over your thread. let me know if it’s a problem.</p>
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<p>If you look at the referenced statistics, MSB accepted 17.0% of EA applicants and 19.3% of RA applicants. These percentges are right in line with the other schools (SFS, COL, NHS). You will also notice that the percentile rank (GPA) for RA MSB applicants was the lowest of all the schools at 94.5%. In summary, there were 727 admits to the Business School out of 3,883 applicants if my math is correct.</p>
<p>Another key factor is that there overall class size is around 1,600 each year. Because of a relatively static class size (due to space and DC limitations) but ever increasing applications each year, the admit rates are shrinking. In summary, Georgetown is a fairly selective school and there is a lot of competition for admission. When you factor in that 791 of the 1,624 new freshmen were 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their HS classes, it further tightens the selectivity for those applicants not at the top of their classes but applying with strong application profiles. Check out the stats. The link is in my earlier post #3 in this thread.</p>
<p>So if you are not in the top 10% of your grade, your chances of being admitted are slim?</p>
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<p>As with any selective college, the overall statistical chances are fairly slim. That being said, your chances seem to be a bit better for those at the very top of the class than those not at the very top. Still, 51% of the class is not at the val, sal or 3rd level so there are still many openings for those strong students in the upper 10 - 15% of their class. The test scores and percentiles listed in the class profile confirm that you don’t have to have a 2400 or a 4.0 for admission.</p>
<p>Also, please rememer that while the entering class is aroud 1,600, the actual number of admissions is more than double that figure as many applicants are accepted to more than one school but can only accept the offer of admission at one school.</p>
<p>As I have stated before, good stats get you a lottery ticket in the selective college admissions game. You improve your chances through the quality of your essays, recs, EC’s, interview, etc. The items out of your control are the many diverse factors that may include geography, ethnicity, choice of College within the University, preferred major, etc. This is because the schools will attempt to balance their entering classes to some degree. This becomes more apparent when the schools are completing their classes and are picking and choosing from their wait lists as they will most likely select to fill a specific need rather than taking wait listed applicants in a specific order.</p>
<p>The one benefit regarding the admissions game at Georgetown is that they are not (at least for last year’s applicants) using the Common Application. This most likely keeps the application pile a bit thinner than at other comparable schools that use the CA. You can imagine what another 4,000 or 5,000+ applications would do to the admissions process.</p>
<p>Just remember what an Adcon once told us, “We look for reasons to admit an applicant. We don’t look for reasons to reject an applicant unless the overall application is so poor it doesn’t rate a second review.” In summary, do everything you can to sell yourself to the Admissions Committee.</p>
<p>thanks for your nice sharing</p>
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<p>You are welcome. As a parent whose son went through the whole college selection and application process last year, I am simply trying to provide my unbiased views, opinions and comments regarding the entire college application process. We did a lot right and there were areas where we could have improved. With a D in the HS Class of 2014, it will be interesting to go through this process again in a couple of years.</p>
<p>In order to put things in context, here is some background about S. In summary, we visited about a dozen or so schools, he applied to 10 (2 safety and 8 semi-match/reach), was admitted to 4, wait listed at 2 and rejected at 4. S’s scores were in the 2100 - 2200 and 33-34 range. SAT subjects tests were in the 660 - 740 range. GPA was 4.0 UW and he was a co-val in his HS Class of 251. Lots of EC’s including a varsity sport, NHS President, 7 of 8 AP’s offered by the school, etc. Primary essay was about his summer research internship as a rising junior at one of the leading research hospitals in our area. Letters of rec were very strong and supportive. No hooks, legacies, first in family, URM’s, etc. Only unusual item is dual citizenship.</p>
<p>Any questions - just ask.</p>