<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>Many of you are putting up your stats, your current status, and asking some of us in this forum what your chances of applying to Georgetown are. Honest to God, those of us who attend Georgetown are in the dark as much as the next guy, but we'll still give it a shot of evaluation. However, here are a couple of tips you may want to follow so that we can speculate with all the facts...</p>
<p>1) What school will you be applying to? The obvious answer, of course, is Georgetown. But we have four undergraduate schools within the University: the College (COL), the School of Nursing and Health Studies (NHS), the School of Foreign Service (SFS), and the McDonough School of Business (MSB). While you may be unsure as to what you want to study for the next four years of your academic career (or three, for those of you who are geniuses-in-waiting), what school you apply to does slightly count for admissions purposes (the four schools have different admit rates, and self-selecting applicant pools, et cetera. In other words, the environment is completely different.) No one is asking for your twelve year plan right away, but we do ask that you have some sense as to which way you're headed.</p>
<p>1b.) Please don't ask us which school is better. Asking us to compare the College to the SFS is like asking us to compare the impact of Jackson Pollock's work on post-modern art to the effects of the British eurosceptic movement on the UK's position in the EU as a whole. Each school creates an academic niche for certain types of students, and they all excel in their respective fields.</p>
<p>2) At the very least, list your state of residence, your GPA (weighted and unweighted), your SAT scores and sub-scores, and your SAT II scores, along with any other extraneous information that you think we should see. (AP scores and the like). Take a look at the average of the school you're applying to; that should give you a good foundation to go by. Are you in the top 75% of your SAT overall score for the SFS? Are you in the bottom 25%? </p>
<p>3) When listing your extracurriculars, list your leadership positions first. I think this is pretty self-explanatory. Georgetown expects you to list six extracurricular activities most important to you (I'm sure you'll attach a resume of some sort to list the others that you've missed), but leadership does count. The same goes for awards. List the awards that are most important to you and that are recognized nationally, regionally, on the state level, and locally. I don't think any admissions officer wants to see a resume that goes on for pages and pages. You'll have to make decisions as to what goes on your application and what doesn't. Best that you do it here on CC as well.</p>
<p>This has nothing to do with applications, but...</p>
<p>If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. As corny as it sounds, we're here for you. We can't promise 24-hour-turnaround, or give you an answer by 4pm the day of, but we'll do our best. After all, we want you to be part of Georgetown... and we were in your shoes not too long ago.</p>
<p>If any other Hoyas have tips or suggestions, feel free to tack them on this post.</p>
<p>Also...</p>
<p>4) Please don't ask us what your chances are for Yale, Navy, Cornell, Harvard, Holy Cross, Princeton, or any other school for that matter. (Yes, I saw the "Harvard chances/actually a Georgetown chances" post a few posts down, but chances are we have no idea as to whether you'll get into any other school. Fact of the matter is, we're not even on the admissions committee for Georgetown, but we can give it our best shot.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>