Do I have a shot?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Location: IL
School: Public very competitive high school, 3200ish students
Rank: 88/756
GPA: Unweighted: 3.5, Weighted 4.07
8th Grade High School Credits
Honors Geometry, Honors Spanish 2, Art I
Freshman Yr.
Honors Native Speakers Spanish 2, Honors Biology, Honors English, Honors History, Honors Algebra II, Photography I, TV/Radio Production
Sophomore Yr.
Honors Native Speakers Spanish 3, Honors Chemistry, Honors English, Honors World History (no AP offered at sophomore level), Honors Trig, Honors Child Development
Junior Yr.
AB Calculus, Honors English (no AP offered at junior level), AP Spanish Native Speakers, Honors Advanced Journalism, AP US History, Honors Physics
Senior Yr.
Going to take AP Psychology, AP Spanish 5, Honors Senior Studies (a specialized course my school offers that incorporates intensive community service, English and history), Honors Sociology, Honors Advanced Journalism
ACT: 33
Taking SAT and SAT IIs in the Spring</p>

<p>EC:
Varsity cross country 9-12, Captain 12
Student Council 11-12
Junior/Senior Musical 11-12
Soccer 9
Track 10
School newspaper 11-12
Contributor to town newspaper 11-12
Community Service Club 10-12
Going on a volunteer trip to the Appalachian Mountains next summer
100+ hours community service</p>

<p>Award:
All-Conference cross country freshman and sophomore years
Freshman and Sophomore Honor Society
Outstanding Achievement in Spanish
Advanced to state for child development project sophomore year</p>

<p>Job Exp: 15 hours a week at a restaurant</p>

<p>Do I have even a slight chance at Georgetown? Thanks for any input!</p>

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<p>Of course you do! You are an URM, have a heavy courseload, a good ACT score, and several "real" ECs. The only thing that may hurt you is your GPA/rank.</p>

<p>Beat the essay, and I'm pretty sure you're in.</p>

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<p>yea I agree, but don't worry about all this yet. Work hard junior year and you should be in a good spot when applications are due. I highly recommend applying EA (unless you have another ED school in mind, of course), but it takes a lot of the pressure off. good luck!</p>

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<p>Everything looks great, except for the GPA & Rank. To put things in perspective, only about 16% of Georgetown students weren't in top tenth of their class. Coming from a public school, that's going to make things a lot harder. Everything else looks really good though, although more leadership wouldn't hurt. Yours is a tough one to call.</p>

<p>Also are you a junior right now? You say you're taking the SAT & SAT II's this spring. Isn't that too late to be considered. I think the deadline for scores to be received is Jan. 10th. If you're a junior, then assuming you keep you make a strong showing Senior year, and the end of this one, your rank should improve. Try to get an extra leadership at your student council or community service club, and you'd be in more than excellent shape.</p>

<p>EDIT: x-post</p>