Class of 2019 EA Results

imreallytired · December 15, 2014, 10:08pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR 740 M 790 W (Essay 12)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: Chem 710 Math II 630 and then 750 Lit 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): my school doesn’t have AP’s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Calc, Honors Hebrew, Human Biology, Chemistry and Contemporary Issues, Judaic Studies, Three Different English Electives, Two Different Social Studies Electives
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (Captain) Newspaper (Editor) Mock Trial (Captain) Literary Magazine (Editor) Student Gov. Ultimate Frisbee Team, School Tour Guide
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: n/a
[] Summer Activities: Jewish Summer Camp and a summer camp at Oxford University where I took classes and received a report card
[ ] Essays: For the short essay, I talked about how Ultimate Frisbee has shaped the way that I look at life and I appreciate the opportunities I have in life because of Ultimate’s concept of Spirit of the Game. For my personal essay, I talked about how Tina Fey helped me through my father’s death by showing me that it’s possible to laugh after a traumatic experience. For the Why Georgetown essay, I talked about how much I valued Georgetown’s theology requirement and how I’ve always been interested in having theological discussions with people of other religions given my background as a young woman who has gone to a Jewish day school for her whole life. Then, I talked about The Hoya and how Georgetown’s location in D.C. is advantageous to an aspiring journalist like myself.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’ve had a really good relationship with both of the my teacher recs.
[] Counselor Rec: I’m pretty sure they said nice things about me.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: My interviewer was very nice but we didn’t have so much in common and she ended the interview quite abruptly. [/li]
[/list]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: PoliSci or Public Policy. Minor in Journalism
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: $250,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Jewish?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: I have good testing and I showed as much demonstrated interest as I could.
[] Weaknesses:
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t think that my interviewer could see me at Georgetown

dianeyoung · December 15, 2014, 11:46pm

Admission Status: Deferred
School: (MSB/SFS/College/NHS)- School of Foreign Service
SAT Composite CR: 650 M:620 W:650
ACT Composite: Didn’t take
GPA (3.5/5):
Rank:Not given
SAT IIs:
Literature- 760
US History-720

US History- 4
English- 5
Government- 5
Rate your essays: Not to toot my own horn, but probably the best I’ve ever written. I’ve been writing for a few years professionally and been getting published since the beginning of high school so I wrote my first essay about what writing means to me and how it has helped me cope with yearning and uncertainty. I wrote my SFS essay about “gendercide” and infanticide and I wrote my supplemental question about working at Teach For America.
Rate your recs: Pretty Amazing. The teachers who wrote mine had me for 2 years each, and really got to know me on a very personal level as well and could vouch for my abilities.
Extracurriculars:
News Anchor for school report, Vice President of Sigma Sorority, GDP researcher at Teach for America, debate mentor with IDEA debate, Have been playing the veena (a south Indian string instrument similar to the sitar) for 11 years, singing classically for 12 years, playing drums in my school orchestra for 2 years, been a youth coordinator at the temple I attend, been a junior editor at my school yearbook for 2 years, and been a mentor with Reading Partners for the past year.
Type of high school: Nationally ranked specialized high school
State/Country: NY
Hooks: First generation in my family to attend college, I go to a nationally ranked high school and only took honors courses for 4 years, Minority (south asian), multilingual, have worked with non-profits before, have siblings that go to ivies.

Really hoping to get into the regular round. Can anyone give me tips on how to increase my chances ? I was thinking of submitting a letter of interest.

the89thguy · December 15, 2014, 11:46pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 700 Reading 770 Math 690 Writing
[] ACT: 33 composite (32 Eng, 34 Math, 33 Read, 32 Science)
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2 770 US History 610 Literature (gross lit score)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/50
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Calc BC, World History, US History, Lang, Macro, Micro
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Lit, Service Learning, Honors Gov, Chorale, Yearbook
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): School Student of the Year 2014, School Social Studies Excellence Award 2014, Top 10 State Individual Chess, Top 3 State Team Chess, AP Scholar with Distinction, Bughouse Chess State Runner-up, School Math League Champion 2014

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Chess Team (Captain 10-12), Student Council (Co-President), Speech and Debate (Co-Captain), Newspaper (News Section Editor), School Ambassadors Club (President), School Board Created Committee Member
[] Job/Work Experience: Chess/ Math Tutor, Senate Senate Campaign Intern
[] Volunteer/Community service: Junior High Chess Coach, District League Manager
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Pretty Good, I had my counselor and AP Lang teacher review them extensively.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent, one from an AP Lang teacher who worked with me on a school board committee and one from an APUSH teacher who I walk history with and write newspaper for.
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent, we talk a lot and she’s the sponsor of a club I’m president of.
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: It wasn’t exemplary, but it was good, it was this Russian guy and we talked about chess and Georgetown as a religious school.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Political Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small Public College Prep
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 80-100 k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC’s, Recs, GPA, AP’s
[] Weaknesses: Test Scores, Interview
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA and AP’s put me in contention and Rec’s put me over the top imo.[/li][/ul]

thekylechong · December 16, 2014, 12:01am

Decision: Accepted to Georgetown College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
[] ACT: 34 (English: 34, Math: 36, Reading: 32, Science 32)
[] SAT II: 770 Math II, 750 Math I, 720 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (4), English Composition (4) Computer Science (5),
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP English Literature, AP Comparative Government, AP US Government, AP Calculus AB
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Qualifier to the Debate Tournament of Champions, other debate awards, NSDA Academic All-American, NSDA Outstanding Distinction Award

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (Team President / Recipient of dozens of awards), TV Production Program (Head Writer), Student Organization (Senator)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship with my local Councilman
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer for the National Park Service
[] Summer Activities: 3 debate camps and volunteering
[] Essays: I wrote about being a first-generation American and my passion for free speech
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from an English teacher who has had me for 3 years and another from my computer science teacher.
[] Counselor Rec: She absolutely loved me!
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: It was my first one so I can’t subjectively say that it was good or not (yikes). I want to say that it went well though.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Not yet
[] Intended Major: Government
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: Public Magnet
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic and Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: < $100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-generation and URM

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: I had good hooks and my essays really put that to the forefront. My ACT score was okay too.
[] Weaknesses: SAT II’s weren’t incredibly competitive
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck.

brigadeiro · December 16, 2014, 12:07am

Hello, everybody. I hope I am not interrupting this thread. I just a question that I hoped one of you would be able to respond

I completed the first part of my application to Georgetown thinking I was going to go as an EA applicant, but I decided later to apply as regular decision. So, I received a letter in the mail indicating the GU Admissions had not received the second portion of my application (essays), and they are now considering me for Regular Decision. What just happened? Did I just get deferred? I didn’t even really apply since they considered me without all my forms completed. Will this hurt me in Regular Decision?

By the way, congratulations to everyone that was accepted!

writeallnight · December 16, 2014, 12:19am

@brigadeiro No, you didn’t get deferred, as they couldn’t completely evaluate you for admission without a completed application. It shouldn’t hurt you in the regular round, but you could always email admissions and explain that you didn’t blow it off, but that you meant to switch to RD

brigadeiro · December 16, 2014, 12:25am

Thank you @writeallnight‌ . The whole situation made me very confused. Thank you for your answer, and good luck with all your college applications.

char67 · December 16, 2014, 1:44am

** Decision: Accepted to MSB **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 690 M: 750 W: 770
[] ACT: Did not take
[] SAT II: Bio: 790 Math 2: 740 Physics: 700 French: 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (Weighted 4.71)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5
[] AP: Biology (4) Physics (5) Language and Comp (5)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Required civics class, AP French, AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Calc AB[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (Secretary sophomore year, president junior and senior years) French club (Treasurer as a junior, VP as a senior), Youth Action Group, Key Club, Teen Safe Driving Committee (Board Member), 9 years of classical Ballet, many more that I listed on my resume
[] Job/Work Experience: Office assistant, special needs camp counselor
[] Volunteer/Community service: some through Key Club, but nothing extraordinary
[] Summer Activities: Summer job as special needs camp counselor
[] Essays: Wrote about ballet and how not always being the best pushed me to work harder
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probanly amazing, from a business teacher whom I’ve known all four years.
[] Counselor Rec: AMAZING. She loves me and knows me very well and I know she wrote a great rec.
[] Additional Rec: From my junior year pre calc teacher and I’m sure it was great, he really liked me
[li] Interview: It went really well. We seemed to connect and I asked questions she was really impressed with.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Business Administration
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] School Type: high ranked public school
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: $250,000 +
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Transcript (straight A’s) and scores
[] Weaknesses: lots of competition from my high school
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was recently on the news and got a lot of media attention for a safe driving program at my school that I was on the board for. My interviewer sent the link to the video from Fox to the admissions office, I’m not sure if they were actually able to see it. [/li][/ul]General Comments:

Frenholfer · December 16, 2014, 2:29am

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1580 (780 CR, 800 Math)
[] ACT: 34, didn’t send
[] SAT II: 720 Chem 700 Lit 780 MathII
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86

[] Senior Year Course Load: US Government & Constitution, Engineering, Discrete Mathematics, African American Literature, Web Technologies, French IV, Russian III
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, Multiple Quiz Bowl State Championships, NSLI-Y Russian Summer Finalist

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl (A Team Co-Captain), Junior Statesmen of America (Midwest Expansion Director), Chicago Council on Global Affairs (Member), Environmental Economics Research Assistant at the University of Chicago & Additional Pharmaceutical Economics Research with School Faculty, FELLAS Male Embetterment Group (Co-President), Tutoring
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor for ACT/SAT
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours, mainly from tutoring
[] Summer Activities: Georgetown Summer IR 2013, NSLI-Y Russian Summer Finalist 2014
[] Essays: Very confident in general one, not so much on extracurricular, thought SFS one was pretty solid
[] Teacher Recommendation: Knew me and my interests well
[] Counselor Rec: Should be good
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Went great, lady literally told me “you should be in if your test scores/grades are good.”[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Science & Technology in International Affairs
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] School Type: Residential Public Magnet
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Lower/Middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Good test scores, good ec’s
[] Weaknesses: Maybe the rec’s weren’t great? No legacy. Also got a suspension recently
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got a suspension and I’m probably one of the most over-represented groups at Georgetown[/li][/ul]General Comments: Really upset I didn’t make it as the STIA program at Georgetown is/was perfect for my interests in IR. Hoping things work out in the next couple months. I know an alum who really likes me and works for the government now who I might consider reaching out to. Talking to my CAC as well about what I should be doing.

oregongirl93 · December 16, 2014, 2:52am

[ color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color]

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (770 CR, 660 M, 770 W)
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II: 780 US History, 690 Biology, 660 Math II, 760 Lit, 610 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93, but 4.26 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t give rank but top 20% of 154 students
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), US Gov’t (5), US History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs (Calc, English Lit, Spanish, and Physics) and one college history class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Three choirs, Literary magazine, Campus Ministry and Service (Prayer coordinator), Music Honor Society (officer), Recreational soccer, NHS, Fundraising committee
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: lots of little things
[] Summer Activities: service camp two years in Native American communities, Summer Reading Program volunteer, some choir trips to Europe
[] Essays: all about how I love to sing and my choir wins awards and how I connect singing to my academics. My shorter activities one was about my service trips. My school-specific one was about how I love language and want to study linguistics.
[] Teacher Recommendation: A nightmare! For the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, they wanted a foreign language teacher, but mine just left the school this year so I had to ask someone I’d only had for two months!
[] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good. My counselor’s pretty cool.
[] Additional Rec: Awesome, from my great History and Gov teacher.
[li] Interview: I think it went pretty well. My interviewer seemed interested in my answers, at least.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Linguistics
[] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private, Catholic, single-sex
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: just under $100K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Most of the test scores, GPA, essays
[] Weaknesses: math test scores, extracurriculars nothing too special
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know, looking at some of the other people who applied. Maybe they needed some more people from Oregon, although about ten people from my school applied. Maybe my essays were better than I thought. More likely, no one else wants to major in linguistics. (Faculty of Languages and Linguistics has a 50% acceptance rate ). Just really glad and amazed I got in: [/li][/ul]General Comments:

seoulbound · December 16, 2014, 2:25pm

@Frenholfer Georgetown requires that you submit every score from every sitting of both the SAT and ACT… so i would get on that

Frenholfer · December 16, 2014, 3:16pm

Oh yeah, oops I probably sent it then, I got a 34 and a 33 from the first two times that I took it. I also tanked a 560 on SAT French in May

GreyGarvin · December 16, 2014, 4:03pm

I don’t have the emotional energy to fill in all of the details but in a nutshell:
Decision: Deferred

Objective:
ACT: 33
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
3/300 - ranking
Oh just every damn AP class available in the world

Subjective:
Great (great) interview
Internships with U.S State Dept
Strong experience with family farms and agriculture
Tons 'o academic honors/citations
Great recs

Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks : nada

Reflection
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 3 reasons:

it’s a crapshoot
I didn’t only apply to Georgetown (hard enough) but to the Walsh school which is insanely hard to get into.
i’m not in the group that they’re seeking (white middle-class white girl with no hooks) and my stats were not superior enough to overcome the lack of hooks.

sigh.

That’s okay…there’s a world of college rejections waiting out there for me! onward & upward.

Artery · December 16, 2014, 7:52pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800CR, 740M, 800W)
[] ACT: 35 (36, 36, 35, 32)
[] SAT II: 800 m2, 790 lit, 790 USH, 780 bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 euro hist, 5 ush, 5 bio, 5 psych, 4 enviro, 4 gov
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 1 honors.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit semifinalist, AP Scholar w. Distinction, Questbridge Finalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): quite a few things. art, literature, science, volunteer. Leadership positions in most.
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 jobs, research internship over the summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: things I’m passionate about
[] Summer Activities: jobs, internship
[] Essays: pretty ok. I wanted to submit one that I LOVED but it depended on format, and the Georgetown app didn’t allow italics. so I had to submit a different one, I guess 7.5/10 for the main essay? the other essays were probably around there too.
[] Teacher Recommendation: should be good. I got one from a teacher who’s an alum
[] Counselor Rec: said it was the best one he’s ever written for a student at my school
[] Additional Rec: -
[li] Interview: really cool and chill, the person said they could see me at Georgetown.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: y
[] Intended Major: I believe i put down “undecided”
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: medium public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender:
[] Income Bracket: low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): low income, personal tragedies. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, numbers, personal situation.
[] Weaknesses: maybe the smaller essays, since i really was pretty wiped out doing several EA applications.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i know i’m a fairly consistent applicant overall, but i think what pushed me over the edge was the main essay and recs. [/li] [/ul]General Comments:
it feels so amazing not to have to freak out about RD decisions anymore. i can’t wait to meet others who’ve been accepted! for those who have not, let me congratulate you in advance for all your amazing RD acceptances :)

seoulbound · December 16, 2014, 7:54pm

@Frenholfer‌ yeah just make sure all your scores are in lol. That goes for everyone. I would hate for someone to get in trouble over it… I got a 630 in Spanish lol… They’re so hard I’m hispanic but I learnt spanish in school only, so I felt like I did horribly, but because of students who are native speakers and take it, the curve is all messed up that’s a great French score if you aren’t a native speaker good luck in RD! I was so glad I made it EA because I have no new testing… Finished in June lol

cloudcityy · December 16, 2014, 8:19pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 750(CR) 710(W) 790(M)
[] SAT II: Biology 780, World History 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology 4, BC Calculus 5, World 4, US Hist 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP, 1 Honors, 1 Music
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of one club, SNHS, Public Speaking, Spring Sports
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor/Babysitter
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Manna Foods
[] Summer Activities: Didn’t list
[] Essays: Short essay (7) Why Chosen Major (9) Tell About yourself (9)
[] Teacher Recommendation: 8 or 9, she liked me (I think!)
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Went relatively well. Got stuck-ish on one question. Made a pretty good impression overall. [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Nursing/Premed
[] State (if domestic applicant): East Coast
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, grades
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, extracurriculars, no big awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait-listed/rejected: I made it clear why I wanted to pursue my major in my essay.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Be genuine, make sure you are passionate about your chosen major/undecided-ness. Congratulations to everyone admitted EA!

writeallnight · December 17, 2014, 1:24am

[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size] SFS

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list] Expecting it, but still.
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1400 640M + 760 CR
[ *] ACT: 30 (31 superscore)
[ *] SAT II: 710 lit 640 Spanish 560 math ll (yikes I know)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish SL- 6, Philosophy SL-6, predicted 6-7 on rest
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:IB Calc, AP Spanish, IB Lit, IB Euro, IB Bio
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some 4H stuff? Nothing huge

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper 3 yrs (Editor-in-Chief), Hunter/Jumper Riding, 4H 8 years (Vice President, President) NHS (President), Fellow for an int’l youth exchange program, World Club, some key club etc…
[ *] Job/Work Experience: I started my own equestrian business teaching young kids how to ride, training horses, stable care. I also have interned two summers as a camp counselor at an Invention camp.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Started an organization to break down cultural barriers in different countries through letter writing, have partners in 5 different countries.
[ *] Summer Activities: Lived with a host family for one month in Uganda before my junior year with a state dept. sponsored program; teaching/working/running business; horse showing
[ *] Essays: I stand by them. I can’t really judge them, but I thought/was told that they were interesting and well-written and showcased my personality and ambitions. However, I AM a little worried about my SFS one. It was slightly risky in that I talked about cultural unawareness and single-stories as being the cause of so many issues in the world, as well as the western savior complex…so maybe it was offensive? I don’t know.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 8-9/10 I’d expect they were very good: one from my philosophy/social studies teacher and one from my english teacher/newspaper advisor.
[ *] Counselor Rec: 9/10, knows me super well, I’d imagine would do a great job.
[ *] Additional Rec: From program that selected me to go to Uganda. I haven’t seen her in a while but the ones she wrote last year got kids into MIT, GU, and Dartmouth
[ *] Interview: Awesome. My interviewer has 3 degrees from GU and had just moved here from DC. He told me he would give me the highest recommendation he could.

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[ *] Intended Major: Culture and Politics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Small public, “poorest” in the district
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: Middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: I think my extracurriculars are pretty great and I’ve started things (organization) and linked them back to what I’ll do at GU. My essays I think were well-written, but again, SFS could have been taken the wrong way?
[ *] Weaknesses: Test scores are horrible, GPA could be better. Got Bs last year
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just didn’t stand out enough for the early round. I know it was super competitive, but I almost wish they sent rejections, just so I’d be a little more realistic. It’s absolutely my 1st choice (which I made clear to admissions), so I don’t know how to improve from here. I really don’t want to take more tests, but I could. New recs? New essays?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Maybe I’ll just take a gap year and learn Arabic instead…Congrats to everyone else!

Cicero1 · December 17, 2014, 3:14am

Pick one:
[ size=+2]Decision: Accepted[ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2270/1550 (CR: 800; M: 750; W: 720)
[ *] ACT: 32 (1st time) 35 (2nd time)
[ *] SAT II: US History: 800; Literature: 740
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/405
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4; took in 9th grade); AP Language & Composition (5); AP European History (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB; AP Statistics; Spanish 1 (my old school only had Latin, and my current school doesn’t offer Latin); Introduction to Africa (taken at UW-Madison); AP Calc BC; AP Literature, AP Environmental Science; Anatomy & Physiology
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold Medalist, National Latin Exam

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross-Country (9-10, co-captain (9); captain (10)), Assistant Archivist at my school’s archives and history museum, Independent Study of US & British History, Physics Club (Founding Member), nothing too important.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Quite a lot (~600 hours), mostly at my church and a local food pantry.
[ *] Summer Activities: Took a 5 credit calculus class at a technical college (12), National Student Leadership Conference about Intelligence & National Security at American University (11, earned 2 college credits), volunteered with political campaign (12), Cross-Country (9 &10). 
[ *] Essays: In the personal statement, I talked about how our culture’s notions of masculinity contributed to the eating disorder I struggled with from sixth through tenth grade. I thought this was risky, but it apparently worked. In the “Why Georgetown” essay, I talked about the political science department, the first-year seminars, and the student clubs and organizations. I discussed how I loved that Georgetown had the Jesuit commitment to social justice and free inquiry, thus uniting the best parts of Catholicism with the spirit of the Enlightenment, and compared this to the Catholic school I attended in 9th & 10th grade, which refused to ever question dogma, etc. I think I really showed I loved and had researched the school. In the activity essay, I talked about my love of history since a very young age led to my interest in politics, and talked about my involvement in a political campaign that my family and close friends didn’t support and what I learned.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Wonderful; I had my 9th and 10th grade Religion teacher write one (She apparently compared me to Cicero)
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably not the best, my counselor has about 500 students and doesn’t know that much about me.
[ *] Additional Rec: Pre-Calculus teacher, good, but not stellar.
[ *] Interview: Very good. We talked a lot about politics and my experiences as a student at a small Catholic school and the large public school to which I transferred.

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Political Science (or perhaps International Relations) and International Health
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket:~$100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Test scores, grades, rigor of curriculum, essays. EDIT: Oh, and the dual-enrollment classes I took at UW-Madison.
[ *] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, wasn’t able to take Latin IV & V because the school I now attend doesn’t offer Latin.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths. I also think I showed I was different than other applicants in the essays and interview (especially through my experiences at the two very different schools I attended.)
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
I am so ecstatic to have been accepted! Congratulations to everyone else who was accepted, and to those who were deferred, there is still a chance.
Hoya Saxa!
P.S. Don’t be afraid to take a risk or leave your comfort zone in the essays. I think any admissions committee wants to really know who you are and what experiences shaped your character and world-view. But if you take a risk, be sure to write eloquently and don’t have a “woe-is-me” attitude.

SEMseoulsearch · December 17, 2014, 3:35am

I know you’re probably upset right now but please please please don’t give up hope. I was deferred, and then waitlisted last year (talk about prolonged torture ><), but I’m a freshman in the SFS now, so I promise that miracles really can happen.

GlacialDiplomat · December 17, 2014, 5:12am

Decision:Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I : 2100
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: USH: 710 PHY: 690 BIO-E: 750 Math 2: 600 whoa haha
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 Weighted: 4.46/4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human (5) Bio(4) Stats(4) Euro(4) Lang(5) Calc AB (5) APUSH(5) physics (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Econ/AP Gov, APES, Student Gov, AP Calc BC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement semi-finalist [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Bowl National Competitor (captain); Science Olympiad - 2 CA state gold medals in Dynamic Planet - w/ emphasis on glaciers; Varsity Track/Cross Country/Tennis; JSA (treasurer); CSF (VP); Japanese Club; Created a movie production studio with students from local high schools, created and acted in two films, started a film fest for youth at local college; Produce and mix my own music in my free time; City Youth Commission (Chairman)
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at Congressional district office; College/middle school/high school math and science tutor; Yard work (landscaping) on the side
[] Volunteer/Community service: Interact Club (president); People to People International (VP); Boys and girls club; Founding member of a tutoring program located in the inner city; Crane Festival Volunteer; Earth Day Festival Volunteer; Emergency Food Bank Volunteer; coach Middle School Science Olympiad, proctor tests during competition
[] Summer Activities: Filming for studio (mentioned above); studying for Science Olympiad/Bowl; Internship at State Capitol
[] Essays: Really Solid: I talked about my dual love for all things Science and Int relations and how I thought my two interests were mutually exclusive until I came across Gtown’s STIA major. For the SFS essay I talked about the impact invasive species have on our livelihoods through ecological and economic costs, and how humans are the ultimate invasive species.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1st (English Teacher) 9.5/10 2nd (Japanese Teacher) 8/10
[] Counselor Rec: ??? Didn’t get a chance to read it, but she really likes me
[] Interview: Average, below average, he seemed tired (end of the day) and fairly disinterested (old man)

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Science, Technology, and International Affairs
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Mixed Race (black and white)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, recs, major specific ECs
[] Weaknesses: math 2 subject test, ap physics score
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: URM and solid essays, plus different ECs like filmmaking[/li][/ul]General Comments: I am ready to be a Hoya! If anyone wants to talk, please message me! I can’t wait to meet other Gtown folks!

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