EA Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>Hey I've asked for chances before but I'm now posting all the information I have. Please let me know what you think my chances are. Thanks a lot.</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: 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
Other:
- I am running for NHS President, pretty confident that i'll win but we'll see
- one of four students elected to participate in NJ Challenge</p>

<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.
-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
-My interview is in a week and I am very confident that it will go well</p>

<p>Well I guess that's it. Please let me know what you think. Thanks.</p>

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<p>You said one test date, but Gtown allows you to combine your best sections from different test dates. Also, they don't look at the writing section. Btw, if it were me I wouldn't send in 3 recs, 2 is fine, but 3 is kinda pushing it. Who told u that on the tour? As for your chances I think you have a very good chance of gettting in, but there is nothing to insure your acceptance. Nothing that really stands out. That doesn't mean you won't get in though.</p>

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<p>Akajjred:</p>

<p>I only took the SAT one time, and I feel like its good enough (at least for gtown because they dont take writing) not to take it again. I have already given out reccomendation forms to 3 people (2 teachers, 1 other) so do you really think that sending in one extra would hurt my chances? On the tour I was told in the information session to send at least 2 and the tour guide said send as many as you want but 5 is pushing it.</p>

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<p>Oh I see, by 3 you mean 2 teacher, 1 counselor. Okay no biggee. I thought u meant like 3 teacher recs. That would be a little pushing it to me. They only ask for one so sending 2 more is a little too much. 1 more is fine though.</p>

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<p>actually i meant 3 in addition to the counselor, two are from teachers and one from another person that i think will help my chances, at least def. not hurt them. I don't think sending a little extra is gonna destroy my chances, do you?</p>

<p>anyone else have any comments about my chances to get in?</p>

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<p>anyone? .....</p>

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

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<p>3 recs is definitely pushing it..they want as little paper as possible!</p>

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<p>are you sure? i'm positive they told me 2-5 on my tour.</p>

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<p>FIVE?! You've got to be kidding! I was hestiant to send two teacher recommendations.... they only ask for one.</p>

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<p>i'm not kidding. the person who led the information session talked about at least two, and my tour guide said you can said as many as you want but 5 is probably pushing it. now obviously their policy has changed because they ask for only one, but i'm pretty sure they are not going to flip out if they get 3.</p>