EA CHANCES (updated)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>A few updates. Please let me know what my chacnes are. Thanks.</p>

<p>White Male From NJ
Jewish
Small Public School</p>

<p>Applying to the college
Looking to study History and Government</p>

<p>Transcript:</p>

<p>Ninth Grade:
Honors English A
Honors Biology A
World History A
Honors Algebra II A-
French II B
Gym/Heath A/B+
Band A-</p>

<p>Tenth Grade:
Honors US History A
Honors English A-
Honors Pre-Calc A-
French III A-
Honors Chemistry B+
Gym/Driver Ed A/A-
Band A-</p>

<p>Eleventh Grade:
AP Calc AB A+
AP US History A+
AP English Language A+
Physics A+
French IV A-
Gym/Health A-/A
Band A+</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Psychology
AP Calc BC
AP US Government
AP English Literature
Justice & Society
Gym/Health
Band</p>

<p>My school has a strange way of weighting GPAs. .5 is added to every honors and AP class, except for honors classes in freshman year. With this system, my gpa is 4.04.</p>

<p>My school does not disclose class rank, but they release a class profile sheet which groups students by GPA, not percents. My class is extremely competitive, with about 23-25 students in the top tier, which is 3.9 to the highest GPA in the class. The highest in the class is porbably about 4.50, so colleges will see that I am in the top tier (3.9-4.5) but obviously can infer that i am towards the bottom of that group. The class has a total of about 115 students.</p>

<p>SAT 1: 730 Reading, 770 Math, 700 Writing (one test date)</p>

<p>SAT II: 800 Math IIc (taken junior year, after 690 sophomore year), 790 US History (taken junior year), 700 Biology M (taken freshman year)</p>

<p>AP: 5 English Language, 5 US History, 5 Calculus AB</p>

<p>ECs:
-Track/XC: varsity team captain, individually competitive in division, i am injured right now due to a unavoidable condition but i plan to recover as best as possible and continue during senior year
-Religious School: attended weekly for as long as ive been in public school, appointed to board of trustees' religious school committee to develop curriculum for all grades, assist in annual food drive that services about 60 local families
-Band: played trumpet since 4th garde, participate in band, wind ensemble, and pep band
-Basketball: played since freshman year, JV captain during junior year but also played varisty, recieved varsity letter
-Model UN: active participant in conferences since sophomore year, senior advisor
-Drama: acted in student-led comedic performances during freshman and junior years
-Community Service: National Honor Society PRESIDENT, one of the top fundraisers for a National Multiple Sclerosis Society biking event help down at the shore, participate in one of teh top fundraising teams, my family was asked by the NMSS to appear on Today in New York on NBC to promote the event, i also frequently volunteer through my school's honor society, i will be leading a survey of businesses around town to evaluate handicapped accesibility and suggest solutions, retrieve and deliver donated disability equipment through local program
-Summer: attended camp through summer after 9th grade, went on organized youth travel program in teh summer after 10th</p>

<ul>
<li><p>one of four students elected to participate in NJ Challenge</p></li>
<li><p>my interview went extremly well. she said I was an "outstanding candidate" and we talked for about an hour and a half.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Work:
- worked a full time job for two months during the summer after junior year in the accounts payable department of a multimillion dollar corporation
- also breifly worked as a administrative and teaching assistant during my freshman year</p>

<p>Awards:
honor roll freshman and sophomore years
high honor roll junior year
national honor society
national merit semifinalist (224)
AP scholar
highest tier fundraiser for the nmss event i mentioned before
2005 Spring Track Coaches' Award (only award besides mvp, one given out of a team of over 30, almost always given to a senior but i recieved it as a sophomore)
various religious school honors</p>

<p>Other factors:
-There is one other student from my high school applying EA for similar intended major (History). They have a higher GPA (4.35, all A+ in academic classes), but lower SAT scores (CR700, M730, W700) and slightly lower SAT II scores. Could this affect my chances?
-I am sending 3 reccomendations, all will be from good to phenomenal. I know recent info says they may only want one but when I went on the tour they said 2-5 so i guess it cant hurt to send 3. This is final so please dont reply just telling me to send one. I know what the policy is.
-Essay about why I want to go to Georgetown is great because I had a great experience when I visited, the one telling about myself may not not as great but i'm sure it wont be bad</p>

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<p>.........bump</p>

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<p>it is insanely scary how you and I are about the exact same person but I'm a girl. I'm applying to gu ea too!
do one of your parent's have MS? my mom does</p>

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<p>yea my mom</p>

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<p>like im not kidding how we are insanely similar.
I'm jewish, white, government intended major, cheerleading captain, do a ton of stuff for MS society, play another sport, model un, temple youth group board... it's sorta freaking me out.
how bad is your mom?</p>

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<p>pretty bad. she's pretty much a quadriplegic. </p>

<p>your right, that is freaky how similar we are. lets hope we both get in.</p>

<p>actually im not really a member of temple youth group board, though it is similar. im actually a youth rep to the committee that handles curriculum, policies, etc. but still the similarities are startling.</p>

<p>where are you from?</p>

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<p>I'm from flordia.
My mom used to be bad, probably not as bad as yours, but she goes to Germany every 6 months for this live organo-cell treatment and it's helped her out a ton.</p>

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<p>chances look extremely good. i'd say youre basically a lock</p>

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<p>lizg511</p>

<p>my mom had problems for a long time and has steadily worsened, so a lot of recently tested treatment options either arent available to her or would be ineffective because of how long she's had ms.</p>

<p>agentbauer, thanks for the encouragement</p>

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<p>Well I'm sure I'll be seeing you in some of my gov classes once we both get in! Lol! Good Luck!</p>

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<p>haha sounds good. good luck!</p>

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<p>I have a question for ya...
Since there are only 6 slots for Extra-curricular activities, which 6 of all those ECs will you notify Georgetown about...?</p>

<p>P.S.
for anyone who was wondering about a resume, my interviewer asked for one, so, for what it's worth, HE knows about all my awards and activities. the question about which 6 you'll include still stands tho.</p>

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<p>That Part of My Apllication will look like this:</p>

<p>(i'm not including hrs per week because i havent calculated taht yet)</p>

<p>Track / Cross Country (All Four Years) (Varisty Captain, 2005 Coches' Award)</p>

<p>Religious School (All Four Years) (Youth Rep. To Religous School Board)</p>

<p>Community Service (All Four Years) (NHS President, Top Tier NMSS Fundraiser)</p>

<p>Performing Arts: Music, Drama (All Four Years) (Actor, Trumpet Player)</p>

<p>Basketball: (First Three Years) (JV Captain, Varisty Letter)</p>

<p>Model UN: (Last Three Years) (Senior Advisor)</p>

<p>My interviewer didn't ask for a resume at all, but i'm sure everyone is different.</p>