<p>I know Georgetown is a huge reach for me, but its my first choice. I am realistic however and have a couple of safeties as well. </p>
<p>Female/white Jewish (interfaith family)
Maine
Georgetown SFS
rank: top 10%
All AP and honors classes
gpa: 94.2 uw 97.7 w
SAT: 650 cr/ 570 m (I know scores are weak)
SAT II: 650 Lit/ 510 USH (will absolutely take US history again) will take French or Math SAT II in December</p>
<p>ECs- not a laundry list, but I put my heart and soul into everything I do
Concert band- principal clarinet
Jazz Band- Baritone and alto saxophone
numerous state-wide and regional merit appointments in concert and Jazz bands
helped start jazz combo at high school- clarinet
Civil Rights Team
National French Honors Society
Tutored Turkish girl in English
Group leader for Azerbaijan at International Children's Week in Istanbul</p>
<p>I spent my junior year abroad in Izmir, Turkey.
I lived for a year in a Muslim family and learned fluent Turkish.
If I hadn't gone abroad my gpa would be higher, I would have been able to take more AP classes, and my SAT scores would have probably been higher as well. (not complaining because the year was amazing) All of my classes were in Turkish, so this provided for some bad grades in the beginning (not counted in gpa). This is all explained in my gc's recommendation. </p>
<p>1st job was at Fresh City restaurant- 20 hrs a week (started working in freshman year)
now work at 5 star restaurant - 15-20 hrs a week</p>
<p>great recommendations/ interview went very well
global issue essay was about genocide in Darfur
personal essay was about how I was tricked into eating animal feet and brain at a soup house in Turkey (didn't know Turkish yet)- tied into character</p>
<p>hopefully some other parts of my application will out weigh the standardized test scores?</p>
<p>If you like Jesuit-run Georgetown, Jesuit-run Holy Cross (near Boston) is very similar but easier to get into. The reason for the similarity is that Holy Cross was founded by the Georgetown Jesuits in 1843 One big difference is Holy Cross is strictly undergraduate (no grad students teaching). Small class sizes (10-19). At Holy Cross SAT scores are optional. Holy Cross is #33 on the US News Rankings for top liberal arts colleges.</p>
<p>In its 2008 The Best 361 Colleges, The Princeton Review awarded Holy Cross a 98/100 academic rating - the highest of any Catholic institution of higher education, including Georgetown University, University of Notre Dame, and Boston College.</p>
<p>I'm not applying to Georgetown because its a Catholic Jesuit school. I'm applying there because of their amazing Foreign Service School, its location in D.C., and their emphasis on global perspective.</p>
<p>Tehikeli-- I'm also applying to SFS!!!!!!!!
I can't wait until Dec 15!</p>
<p>To answer your question:
You are above average. That's good. But from what I've heard, there have been many people that wrote about Darfur. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or bad thing, but I just wanna let you know. Good luck however, and maybe we might both get accepted!</p>
<p>I'm so excited and nervous at the same time its ridiculous. It's kind of annoying that so many people wrote about it, just because I was writing persuasive essays on it since 8th grade. Oh well its ok, its sent anyway. Best of luck to you, and thanks for your comment :)</p>
<p>i had a 2320 on the sat, a 4.2 gpa, and sufficient eca's. don't get your hopes up, seriously. and i wasnt even applying to sfs!! and on top of that, my case wasn't some sort of strange fluke. tons of applicants like me get rejected. just trying to be realistic, dont be too excited at all.</p>
<p>I'm curious to know what that indicates if a person with an amazing SAT and gpa gets rejected. How does Georgetown do its evaluations? I've heard of people getting in with below 1200 SAT scores. College admissions is starting to feel like a major crapshoot.</p>
<p>trust me, it is a major crapshoot. the whole thing is so utterly random. who knows what i didnt do right. my essays were fantastic, the whole thing is a mystery. but, if you're a great student, you're bound to get into at least a couple great schools, and chances are they'll be the ones that are right for you. therefore, i am not bitter.</p>
<p>I also plan to apply ED next year.From what i hear, they really look for passion.A laundry lists of ECS and awards is nice but only shows that you are the average applicant.So you look like you have really focused in on IR so you might have a good chance.</p>