Chances? :-\

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>Hey everybody! Would you mind chancing me for G'town? I'm nervous...</p>

<p>Gender: M
Location: NY
High School: Public HS of around 1500
High School Type: Usually sends a handful to tops, but this year sent many to tops so far.
(My class is VERY competitive and VERY successful compared to others)
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>My dad is Puerto Rican, no high school. He is noncustodial and missing.
My mom is Puerto rican, no college - single mom.
so Hispanic, 1st generation, income ~64k all that jazz.</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.0
Class Rank: 32 (Don't laugh, Harvard explicitly told me this was OK given the class size)
Class Size: 450
[li]APs: Chem, 5, USH, 5, Bio (now), Calc AB. My school only offers 9 AP's, and most overlap during only 2 periods of the day. There isn't really an opportunity to take more than I have, and I explained that to my schools.</p>[/li]
<p>all honors where honors could fit, and all A's.</p>

<p>Major in Biochem/Premed (Biological basis of behavior at UPenn)</p>

<p>2000 SAT (bad) 650M/670W/680CR
SAT II! - 690Math 2, 710USH, 770 Chem
31 ACT (better...) 35Eng, 31Sci, 29Math, 30 Reading, 32 Writing+English 9/12 Essay</p>

<p>recommendations:
1 GREAT from AP Chem teacher (TAing with her now)
1 GREAT from counselor who knows me VERY well
1 unknown, presumedly great from english teacher who knows me well
1 Awesome from Superintendent of Schools- knows me very well. Huge emphasis on how I did this process all by myself, including FAFSA/CSS/IDOC since my mother works too much to give any support other than $, which I'm grateful for.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
I think this is where I'm strong...</p>

<p>-Academic team (varsity) co-captain
-Track & XC scholar athlete
-Was on quiz bowl TV show competing for $10,000 for charity
-Manager, coordinator of charity event to raise $20,000 for hunger causes globally and in the community with the superintendent, 2 other students, some community members. Inaugural year of an annual project. The project goes off on 4/2. I'm responsible for media management & event planning.
-I'm a mentor for freshman through the guidance dept.
-National Honor Soc., Math Honor Society, Lead Prosecutor of Mock Trial
-Was assistant JV XC coach when I was out hurt from XC.
-Head of public relations for shark club (we raise & donate money to shark saving charities)
-Freshman tour guide
-Teaching an AP Chemistry lab class. We meet 2x/wk. I set up, coordinate AP labs to demonstrate everything a teacher would. It's on my transcript as Independent Study - Teaching Lab Science Methods.
-Safe School Ambassador: we work with administration to keep the school safe and happy through watchdog efforts, reports on the student body. No, we don't rat people out.
-Clean up crew for XC/Track meets, football games all 4 years.</p>

<p>Hooks: URM (Hispanic) (Idk what else?)</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure that my essays were great, I tend to be a great writer and english teacher-editors had all good remarks after some major overhauls.</p>

<p>Thanks guys! Let me know if any more info is necessary...</p>

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<p>have you applied already? if so, there is nothing you can do but wait. trust me, we’re all nervous!</p>

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<p>Yeah, I applied already…just wanted to see if anyone had any feedback. its so nervewracking!</p>

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<p>It is nerve-wracking! You’ve got a good shot, but you can never be certain with these competitive schools.</p>

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<p>bumpbump??</p>

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<p>Your school isn’t that big…I have 581 and I’m 11th and I’m nervous. Being puerto rican will help a lot though</p>

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<p>Hm. Thanks for the input!</p>

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<p>How important is urm? I never thought much of it.</p>

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<p>^ Well, I guess that depends on who you ask. I’m orm, so I tend to place more emphasis on urm (especially when I’m rejected). hahaha</p>

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<p>Well, being a URM is important in the sense that if it’s between an URM and an ORM with similar credentials, the URM will most likely be picked.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Still taking feedback if anyone is up to it.</p>

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<p>Your competitive… :)</p>

<p>There’s not much you can do now but wait.</p>

<p>When exactly do we get our decisions? I know it’s supposed to be the 1st, but i got my EA letter 3 days early.</p>

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<p>Anyone care to freak me out/comfort me for the next 16 hours until we receive our letters? Pleaseeeee?? To add, I was invited early to ND’s minority thing with an all expense paid trip and same for Cornell. Chances?</p>

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<p>OP I got accepted into Georgetown and your stats exceed mines, just relax and go to bed. Trust me, when you wake up in the morning you will be a bit less stressed out. Then at school the school day will go by fast enough for you.</p>

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<p>Alright, thank you. I do have a legitimate question to ask all of you though…</p>

<p>How does being a URM play into admissions at Georgetown? I’m really curious. Before you assume the worst, I do not, for a single second, want to get in because I’m a minority, so please don’t think that I’m trying to play the pity card and whatnot…</p>

<p>Whaddya think?</p>

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<p>Dude don’t worry about playing the pity card, in fact most people need to play that card in their essay for their hook. I think it boosts your chances a bit more and if you get accepted you may be accepted to the Summer Community Scholars Program like I was accepted to. It is a great program that allows you to stay at Georgetown for a month with free room and board as well as a 1,700 scholarship. </p>

<p>You’re from NY right? Yeah expect a letter tomorrow. But try not to stress out too much (I honestly need to take my own advice because I’m stressing over how my financial package will look like)</p>