Do you think I'll be able to get into Georgetown?

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Hey. This is my first post on this website, and I’m not really quite sure on how it works, so sorry if I make any mistakes. :slight_smile: Anyways, I’m a senior in high school and I was wondering if you thought I’d be able to make it into Georgetown. Georgetown is my dream school, and I’ve wanted to go there since before I can remember. I’ll also be applying to GWU and American. I saw someone else do this, so I’m going to list my classes and what I got in them, and then my extracurriculars and other afterwards. :slight_smile:

Also, my school uses a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, scale. 1 = 100%-93% 2 = 92%-85% 3 = 84%-77% 4 = 76%- 65% 5 = 65% and below

Freshman:

Summer Classes: Personal Finance: 1

Honors Algebra I: 1
Honors English 9: 1
Honors French II: 1
Biology: 2
Sports Marketing: 1
World Geography: 1
Latin I: 1
Journalism: 1
Behavioral Sciences: 1

Sophomore:

Summer Classes: Chemistry: 1

Honors Geometry: 1
Honors English 10: 1
Honors French III: 1
Astronomy: 1
Aquatics: 1
Honors Spanish III: 1
Latin II: 1
AP World History: 1

Junior:

Summer Classes: Health: 1, Speech: 1

Honors Algebra II: 1
AP English Language: 1
Honors French IV: 1
AP English Literature: 1
Honors Spanish IV: 1
Latin III: 1
AP US History: 1

Senior: (so far), we haven’t finished our first semester yet

Summer Classes: Informational Tech Application: 1

Honors Pre-Calculus: 1
AP French: 1
AP Physics I: 1
AP Spanish: 1
AP Latin: 1
Aquatics II: 1
AP Politics: 1

(next semester I’m going to be taking Art History and Aquatics III, which I think I’ll ace)

On the ACT I got a 34
On the new SAT I got a 1450

Extracurriculars:

Freshman:
Latin Club
French Club
DECA

Tutored people in: English + French

I also did kickboxing and worked at Chick-fil-a
That summer I also did a two week STARTALK Chinese immersion program at my state’s college

Sophomore:
Swim Team
French Club
Latin Club
Spanish Honor Society
Student Council

Tutored people in: English, Geometry, French, and Spanish

I did kickboxing and regular boxing and worked at Barnes and Noble
That summer I did a residential International Relations program at Georgetown

Junior:
Swim Team
French Club
Latin Club
Spanish Honor Society
National Honor Society
Mentoring Program
Student Council

Tutor: French, Spanish, Latin, Math, English

I did boxing and worked at Barnes and Noble
That summer I did a four week Arabic immersion program in Ohio

Senior: (current)
Swim Team
French Club
Latin Club
Spanish Honors Society
National Honor Society
Mentoring Program
Student Council

Tutor: Math, French, Spanish, Latin, Physics

I still do boxing and I work at Barnes and Noble

Well, there you have it. Do you think I’d be able to make it in? I’m just very nervous. I think I want to major in International Relations or maybe a foreign language.

I don’t know if this would help, but I can speak; French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Turkish, Russian, moderate Italian, moderate Persian, some Korean, and I’m currently learning Norwegian. I can read quite a bit of Latin, too.

(I don’t know if you can tell, but languages are kind of my passion, :P)

Thank you so much!

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Your standardized test scores puts you in the competitive range for Georgetown, and your languages are VERY impressive. For an application to SFS, that definitely makes you stand out. What level of proficiency are you at with these languages? That’s probably your brightest spot on your app. Personally, I think that compensates for not having as much of an IR focus EC wise, since your language passion means that you’re still passionate about IR. Overall, I think you have a strong chance, especially with all those languages.