<p>Georgetown is my first choice school and has been for years. I want to attend the Walsh School of Foreign Service and major in International Politics. </p>
<p>Background:
White female
Incoming senior
Public high school (1600 students)
Divorced parents</p>
<p>IB Diploma Candidate</p>
<p>Freshman year: all honors; 4.0
Sophomore year: all honors; 3.88
Junior Year:
SL Spanish, A
SL Business and Management, A
HL Language and Literature, A
HL Biology, A
SL Math 1,2, C
HL History of the Americas, A</p>
<p>Math is always what screws me up, and this year my teacher is awful and pretty much everyone is doing horribly. Next year I'm dropping to Math Studies so I should have an A and a 4.0. Same classes, but Business will be replaced with Theory of Knowledge. Cumulative GPA is 3.8, weighted for junior year is around 4.5</p>
<p>SAT:
First time was 2040, I just took it again, so we'll see.</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Varsity gymnastics, 4 years, Captain
Cross-Country, 3 years, Captain
NHS, 3 years
DECA, 2 years, State winner and international competitor, Vice-president
Newspaper, 2 years, editor
President, 2 years, Discuss Not Argue (political debate club)
Founded a chapter of Model UN at my high school
House of Representatives Page
Part-time job at the daycare of a local gym </p>
<p>Volunteer work:
Tutoring at a low-income community center through Catholic Community Services, 2 summers
Shine Bright volunteer (academic club at local elementary school)
Did project to fundraise to give supplies to homeless people
Volunteer of State Representative reelection campaign
I have a Rock the Vote campaign in the works, hopefully it pans out. </p>
<p>I'm learning either Arabic, French or Italian this summer.</p>
<p>What do you think?!?! I'm also really interested in American University and George Washington, so how about those, too?
I'm not perfect but I write good essays and am good at interviews.</p>
<p>Thank you all so much in advance, I'd really appreciate any thoughts or advice :)))</p>