<p>@frettingreading gosh I feel the same way. That’s why I’m still awake… It’s 1:33 am here but I can’t fall asleep. Was like this last night too… I can feel wrinkles appearing.
Good luck to u, I’m going to try to sleep now. Let me know if you receive your letter yeah!</p>
<p>i’m from irvine, ca (socal) just got my letter…deferred for msb… 2170 sat (760 math 740 cr 670 wr) 750 sat ii ush 680 sat ii chem 690 sat ii math… loads of extracirriculars… basketball…choir captain…school advocacy board… intern at county da’s office… intern at democratic party of orange county… police explorer… among other things </p>
<p>hating life right about now</p>
<p>Anyone get it in Florida?</p>
<p>My mail has seriously never been this late.</p>
<p>For those of you who’ve gotten in, how were your test scores assuming you took it multiple times? I took the SAT 4 times and everything basically plateaued, never beat my first scores with the exception of math (which went up twenty points second and fourth times). Is that a good thing or a bad thing for Georgetown?</p>
<p>Deferred. 1520/1600 SAT, Hispanic, Pretty Good ECs and RECs. Top 3% of class. Below average GPA though (3.65). Expecting it but pretty bummed out regardless.</p>
<p>I live in Western PA (~3 hours from DC) and I STILL HAVEN’T GOTTEN MY LETTER! Mail just came and it’s not in there. I’m starting to worry it got lost in the mail or they didn’t send it for some reason. Anyone know what I should do?</p>
<p>Deferred with 32 act, 4.0 uw, hardest possible course load, active member of 8 ec’s, president or captain of 4, 150 hours of service. Really bummed but expected it. Congrats to all who were accepted.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred (SFS)</p>
<p>Objective:
- ACT: 30 (31 on October 2013 Test)
- SAT II: US History 670; Math II 650; German Reading 490
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 out of 4.33 (or) 3.86 out of 4
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Secondary school does not provide rank or percentile
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Taken: US History (4), Macroeconomics (4), U.S. Government and Politics (5), Environmental Science (4), and Language and Composition (4). Taking this year: German, European History, English Literature and Composition.
- Senior Year Course Load: AP German, AP European History, AP English Literature and Composition, Statistics, Intro to Calc, Marketing III, Physiology, Microbiology.
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Mayoral Proclamation of my own day; The Top Activist in the Nation, Young America’s Foundation; Featured on the Activism Wall at The Ronald Reagan Ranch Center; Gold Certification and International Competitor for School Based Enterprise with DECA.</p>
<p>Subjective:
- Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
Young Americans for Freedom (Founder and Chairman, Top Activist in Nation); John Hauler for US Congress (Campaign Coordinator); Rick Snyder for Governor (Social Media Management); City Parks & Harbor Committee (Committee Member, Appointed by Mayor and approved unanimously by the city council); DECA (Chapter President, International Competitor); Class of 2014 (Vice-President); German Club (member); Symphony Band and Full Orchestra (Member, State Medalist); Yearbook (Business Manager).</p>
<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Work (Paid) Website Designer for Political Campaigns (Self, Designed & maintained 5 political campaign websites for local, state and national
offices); Started Home-made Chocolate business at age 13</li>
<li>Essays: 1st essay was about my struggle with scoliosis, 2nd essay was about my political activism, and 3rd essay was about my experience in Germany and how it allowed me to shape my public policy opinions.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Both were glowing.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Glowing.</li>
<li>Interview: Went really well.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other
- Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
- Intended Major: International Politics (SFS)
- State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: Middle Class
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Conservative activist who has made local, state and national news.</p>
<p>Reflection
- Strengths: Extracurriculars, community involvement, letters of rec, interview, rigor of education.
- Weaknesses: Test scores, GPA (maybe?)
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores maybe? Maybe the readers were passionate Democrats?</p>
<p>General Comments: In what areas do you all think I could improve?</p>
<p>^Your scores.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, do SAT II’s hold a strong influence on admission? Also, what are your thoughts on my ACT score?</p>
<p>@mrhotdog I didn’t get mine either and people from my school did I’m worrying the same thing 
I live in FL</p>
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<p>Pretty good for most schools, but not for G-Town or other USN&WR top 25.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to the college</p>
<p>Objective:
- SAT: 750 CR 690 Math 780 Writing
- SAT II: US History 750 French Reading 700 Literature 740, got a 740 on French with listening but didn’t send it
- GPA: Not really sure, tbh, my school doesn’t release it unless you beg the college counselors. Weighted it’s above 4.0 and unweighted it’s somewhere close to 3.8
- AP: Taken: US History (5), European History (5), Biology (3), Language and Comp (5). This year: Environmental, Lit, French, Computer Science
- Senior Year Course Load: ^those plus precalculus and creative writing
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar with honor, Governor’s Honors Program French finalist last summer (basically a state summer camp for nerds), top ten National French Contest scores three years in a row (last year I was best in state/third in nation for level III), various dinky little school awards</p>
<p>Subjective:
- Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis): marching/pep/symphonic bands (section leader), quiz bowl (captain), literary magazine (editor), peer mentor, theatre tech crew, various school clubs, Christmas volunteer in two Catholic organizations</p>
<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: none</li>
<li>Essays: One about how much Governor’s Honors Program means to me, another that was a Frankenessay combining two UVa and Emory essays about my love of words and language, and my suck-up-to-Georgetown one was about how big their linguistics department seemed in comparison to all the other ones I had visited</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: My French teacher and my English teacher, haven’t read their recs but I guess they like me.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: I know she likes me.</li>
<li>Interview: It went okay, but she cut me off a lot before I could make my point a lot of times.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other
- Applied for Financial Aid?: No
- Intended Major: Linguistics (College)
- State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
- School Type: Private
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Gender: Female
- Income Bracket: prefer not to say
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m Catholic does that count for anything</p>
<p>Reflection
- Strengths: Extracurriculars, essays, I guess my rec letters
- Weaknesses: Test scores, community service
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ??? um I really don’t know how I’m smart but I’m not -that- smart</p>
<p>@cchopeful3 Do you think we should call them?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College)</p>
<p>Objective:
- ACT: 33 (Highest score on June 2013 sitting, took test a total of 4 times beginning Freshman year)
- SAT: Reading: 640 Math: 700
- SAT II: None
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
- Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.907 (at conclusion of senior year)
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 266
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Taken: Chemistry (3), Environmental Science (4), World History (3), and Language and Composition (3). Taking this year: Physics, Literature and Composition, Calculus, Statistics, and Government and Politics
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, A Capella Choir, Freshman Focus (Leadership Program that takes the first 20 minutes of my lunch), AP Lit and Comp, AP Calc, AP Stats, AP Gov.</p>
<p>Subjective:
- Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership/grade in parenthesis):
Student Government (President, Grades 9-12), Hospital Volunteer (10-12), Chamber Choir (Section Leader, 9-12), NHS (President, 11-12), Varsity Golf (9-11), Community Ambassador (11-12), Spanish Club (9-11), Top Scholar (9-12), Academic Challenge (10-12) - Job/Work Experience: PacSun Brand Representative November 2012 - Present
- Essays: Short Essay: Strong. I spoke of my close involvement with the local hospital volunteer program and how I found peace through helping others. I related it to my interest of becoming a doctor and how I was committed to a life of service. </p>
<p>1st Essay: Strong. I took somewhat of a creative stance and described myself as “me.” I wrote about my inability to be defined or boxed-in by the concretes of my background (biracial, gay, intellectual, etc.). I related my inability to be described by just one label to Georgetown’s broad, and diverse background.</p>
<p>2nd Essay: Moderate. I wrote about visiting Georgetown over the summer and how I fell in love with their sense of community, inclusion, and their mission statement of “Men and Women for Others.”</p>
<ul>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: One was beyond fantastic. The other I did not have the chance to read.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Did not get to read.</li>
<li>Interview: I think that it went well? She was very relaxed and relatable, but she was hard to read. My interest in Georgetown was brazenly apparent. </li>
</ul>
<p>Other
- Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
- Intended Major: Biology/Pre-Med Concentration
- State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Biracial (Caucasian and Filipino)
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: Middle Class
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student,Experience with integrating inclusion and diversity.</p>
<p>Reflection
- Strengths: Essays, Extracurriculars, GPA, Interest in school, Rigor of high school career
- Weaknesses: Test scores (SAT scores, lack of SAT II’s)
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that I showed immense passion and interest for Georgetown and a desire to do good with the education that I would receive there. I made my “mission statement” clear and expressed how I would grow, not only intellectually, at GU.</p>
<p>General Comments: I was 95% sure that I got deferred because of my lacking SAT scores and nonexistent SAT II tests. For those of you that didn’t take the subject tests: There is hope!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred (SFS)</p>
<p>Objective:
- ACT: 36 Sept. 2013, 31 June 2012
SAT: 2230 (800 on Writing) March 2013, 2060 June 2012 - SAT II: 800 US History, 760 Bio E, 740 Math II
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/app. 300
- AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on World History, US History, AP Eng Lang, AP Eng Lit, Psychology; 4s on Bio, European History, Human Geography
IB: 7 on Geography SL, 6 on Spanish B SL - Senior Year Course Load: IB Spanish V, IB Biology IV HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas HL, IB English HL, IB Mathematics SL/AP AB Calculus, AP Macroeconomics/United States Government and Politics
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, Scholastic Art and Writing Gold and Silver Keys, some History Fair stuff, school stuff</p>
<p>Subjective:
- Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
300 hours of volunteering, mostly in animal rescue
NHS, Co-President
Spanish NHS, Co-President
Academic Team, School and County, President
Literary Magazine, Editor-In-Chief
Drama Club/International Thespian Society, Publicity Team</p>
<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: none</li>
<li>Essays: Personal essay 10/10, short essay 7/10, SFS essay 6-7/10</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: 1st was Bio teacher and NHS sponsor who loves my animal rescue work, probably 9-10/10, second I got to read and maybe a 7/10</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: no idea, probably a 7-8/10</li>
<li>Interview: Bad. The guy is known for not liking kids from my school, he was 45 minutes late, and he spent half the interview talking about himself. He never even asked me why I liked Georgetown.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other
- Applied for Financial Aid?: No
- Intended Major: International Political Economy
- State (if domestic applicant): FL
- School Type: Public with high-performing IB program inset
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: F
- Income Bracket: do not need FA
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none.</p>
<p>Reflection
- Strengths: 36 on ACT, very passionate about my ECs
- Weaknesses: might not have looked at 36, essays were bad, and maybe it looked like I padded my resume for EC positions?
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well…look at what I listed as my weaknesses.</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>For everyone terrified about NHS, I got accepted this morning so there are some of us out there!!!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>Objective:
- SAT: 720 CR 740 Math
- SAT II: US History 700 French 720 Math 770
- GPA: 4.31 W
- AP: didn’t send AP scores but took AP US History for 2 years
- Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP French V, AP Bio, AP Psych, Calculus Honors, Orchestra
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): KEY award from local hospital for volunteering, National French awards for the past 3 years, national honor society, etc</p>
<p>Subjective:
- Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis): orchestra (treasurer), hospital volunteer for 5 years, tri-m music honor society (secretary), national technical honor society (president), part time job, i play viola and piano.</p>
<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: mentioned this above, part time job 15-18 hours a week. I also have an internship at the hospital that I have volunteered at for the past few years.</li>
<li>Essays:</li>
<li>My extracurricular essay was about my capstone project for my internship. My hospital didnt have any cultural diversity classes or regulations so I designed an interactive web resource to teach the hospital staff about different medical views</li>
<li>Personal essay: I work at an ice cream shop, so I wrote about myself through the flavors… For example I would say I am like the familiar ‘Chocolate’, the indulger in guilty pleasures, lounging on my couch with eyes glued to the Food Network. I didn’t boast in this essay it was a lot about me as a person.</li>
<li>Why NHS/interest in medical field: I did a summer program at Georgetown and I passed out/threw up when I saw a dead body. I talked a lot about how despite the negative experience nothing can ever deter my dream to be a doctor. Both of my essays had very humorous tones. The last sentence of this one was, hopefully I will be welcomed back to St. Mary’s Hall (NHS Admissions location/where my summer program was) with open, and preferably living, arms.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: My AP History teacher, she was my one B+ all through high school and I tried so hard in that class, she knew me very well as a person and knew my obsession with this school. I also asked my Math teacher because math is my best subject.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: She knows me pretty well, and definitely knows that Georgetown was my #1</li>
<li>Interview: My interview went very well, he told me I was ideal for the school. We got along but talked for only 40 minutes (Which felt short to me).</li>
</ul>
<p>Other
- Applied for Financial Aid?: No
- Intended Major: Human Science- Pre-Med Track (NHS)
- State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Gender: Female
- Income Bracket: ?
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none</p>
<p>Reflection
- Strengths: I really liked my essays
- Weaknesses: Test scores
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly i have no idea I’m still in shock</p>
<p>taylor - besides, a 34 on the ACT is pretty great. You would have to get like a 2250 on the SAT to match that. You have a great resume, I am sure. Elite private schools just can’t take all the qualified applicants. Tough pill to swallow sometimes, but you have at least one offer I know that is really great ; ) Let Gtown know you are still interested, but beyond that there is little you can do.</p>
<p>I just got accepted EA to Georgetown. I am incredibly ecstatic right now.
Tangibles:
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Weighted Academic (no art/religion) GPA: 4.6
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
ACT: 35
Writing: 12
Never took the SAT
SAT II
Math: 730-700-800 (taken 3 times, got 800 on last sitting)
US History: 800
Chem: 760
Physics: 720
World History: 760
Literature: 660
AP’s:
5’s on Calc AB, English Literature, US History, World History
4’s on Physics and Chemistry</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Speech and Debate: Policy Debate Captain, National Semifinalist in Congressional Debate, 15th in Extemporaneous Speech at State Championships.
Boy Scouts: Eagle Scout, 2 time SPL
Piano: CM level 10 (top level on California test), played for 11 years
Theater: did a show in sophomore year
Cross Country: ran freshman year. </p>
<p>Community:
Volunteer at a hospital - 180 hours
Part of an advisory board at my old middle school.</p>
<p>Essays?
Essay 1: I wrote about my experiences in Speech and Debate and as a retreat leader and how those 2 came together and made me. I thought using those 2 as “examples” of who I was did a pretty good job of portraying me, but I ultimately wasn’t super stoked about the essay.
Essay 2: I really love Georgetown and I think it shone through in my second essay (why Georgetown). I was very happy with this one. </p>
<p>Recommendations: Got two from an awesome math teacher and my AP US History teacher who is also a debate coach, she knows me really, really well. </p>
<p>Other:
Race: Asian
Sex: Male
School type: Private
Income: Upper Middle Class, but still need FA
State: California
Hooks: None
Major: Neurobio</p>
<p>Anyways, good luck to all of you. I truly hope you all the best.</p>
<p>I live in New Jersey and still havent heard back yet… Should I be nervous?</p>