Chances for Georgetown SFS?

<p>Hello! I'm a high school junior who will be applying to colleges next year. I have a very strong interest in foreign service, politics, and foreign languages. If you please, could you guys give me a reality check as to whether I have even the slightest chance of being accepted to the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown? Thanks</p>

<p>Background:
1) White male
2) I go to a school in rural western North Carolina. My school has about 1200-1300 students.
3) My area is very poor and has a high unemployment rate.
4) My parents have been divorced since I was 5.
5) I live with my mother, and our income is very low.</p>

<p>Stats:
1) Class Rank: 1 (or 2) of 400</p>

<p>2) GPA: 4.625 (weighted) 4.0 (unweighted)</p>

<p>3) SAT I: 630 Math 610 CR 650 Writing (My weak point)</p>

<p>4) SAT II: Math I, Spanish, Biology - pending (I took them last Saturday)</p>

<p>5) By the end of senior year, I will have taken 7 AP classes, and my school only offers 12.
- Junior year: Calculus AB, Spanish, Biology (no scores yet, but I feel confident)
- Senior year: US Gov/Politics, US History, Statistics, Environmental Science</p>

<p>6) All of my classes for Junior and Senior year are either honors or AP.</p>

<p>EC:
1) Participated in an international exchange program, in which I went to Germany and Denmark for 10 days to study at their school learn about their culture/language while staying with a host family.</p>

<p>2) Will attend a RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Camp) next week. It is a week-long leadership training program set up by Rotary International.</p>

<p>3) Participated in a Community Interpretation Training session for English-Spanish/Spanish-English interpretation. I can speak advanced Spanish.</p>

<p>4) Volunteered with the local Democratic Party.</p>

<p>5) Served as a NC House Page.</p>

<p>6) Volunteer at my local public library (I hope to attain at least 75 hours before summer ends)</p>

<p>7) Work experience as a cashier at a local grocery store for the past year (10-15 hours/week)</p>

<p>8) Cross Country running team (I'm not that great, but I do my best haha)</p>

<p>9) Participated in the 2011 Moody's Mega Math Challenge.</p>

<p>10) Participated in the 2010 NC High School Mathematics Contest.</p>

<p>11) Went on a mission trip to Baltimore in 2010 in order to provide help to the local impoverished community and to start a new church.</p>

<p>12) Chief Junior Marshall for 2011 graduation services (highest GPA in school)</p>

<p>Clubs/Organizations:
1) Interact Club (President) - This is a student service organization sponsored by Rotary International.
2) Student Council (Ranking member, most likely VP for next year)
3) NHS (will run for a position next year)
4) Friends for Animals Club - We raise money for local animal shelters in need and promote the welfare of all animals.</p>

<p>Senior Courses:
1st semester
1) Adv. US History
2) AP Gov/Politics
3) AP Environmental Science
4) AP Statistics
2nd semester
1) AP US History
2) UNC-G iSchool course (honors)
3) Adv. Physics
4) Adv. British Lit</p>

<p>If you read all of this, thank you so much. I would love for you guys to give me some feedback as to whether this is just a pipe dream! Thanks again</p>

<p>Others schools I am considering:

  1. UNC-Chapel Hill
  2. Duke
  3. George Washington</p>

<p>bump bump bump!</p>

<p>I would definitely retake your SAT or take the ACT. Georgetown only considers the reading and math sections of the SAT. They also recommend taking three SAT subject tests. Have you taken any yet?</p>

<p>Yeah, I’ve taken Spanish, Biology E, and Math I (I know, I should have taken Math II).
I’ll get my scores back in a few days.</p>

<p>Math I - 650 (a little low)
Biology - 680
Spanish - 700</p>

<p>Hello???</p>

<p>I would retake all those SAT IIs again, unfortunately. I believe Georgetown likes/recommends three, and Math I, Biology, and probably Spanish are too low overall. While your grades are great and your ECs are phenomenal and very directed at SFS, your SAT Is and IIs will hurt you severely. I would try as much as possible to improve your SATs to at least 2100 and your SAT IIs to 750s (780+ in Math II).</p>

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