Early Action Results Thread

<p>oh dear lord. why did most everyone here get deferred? ahh crap haven't gotten my letter yet...</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!!! AHHH
SAT: 2300/1510
Rank: School doesn't Rank but technically im 2nd
SAT II: 710 Chem, 680 History, 650 Bio
AP: 9 in total </p>

<p>EC's: Pretty strong...founded a Key Club Chapter, Captain of my volleyball team, all-conference in three sports, head of a project to build a youth center in my town, and some other generic things</p>

<p>Essays: Writing is by far my strongest point</p>

<p>Recs: Solid</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White female</p>

<p>School: Fairfield Country, CT</p>

<p>To those deferred: don't lose hope because some of you will definitely get in RD..and to those who do not, it wasn't meant to be and you will end up going to some other amazing place</p>

<p>deferred
dude, ***. why did most of us get deferred :[</p>

<p>DEFERRED SFS</p>

<p>Deep south, white female
SAT: 1560/2270
GPA: 4.0 uw
Rank: Top 1% at 2nd best public school in state by average SAT score
SAT II: none taken...I think this is what killed me
7 APs...scores not sent to Gtown though...do you think it would help (three 5s and one 4 so far)?</p>

<p>ECs:
band captain (highest leadership) and former section leader of competitive marching band, founding member of state champion fencing team...</p>

<p>Other:
Recs: should have been good
Essays: not stellar but not bad
Counselor: good but I go to a pretty big school so not really personal</p>

<p>ACCEPTED - applied to NHS</p>

<p>SAT: 1510/2230
ACT: 33
GPA: 102.2W
Rank: 1/310
SAT II: 740, 740, 730
5 on AP Biology, US History, Eng Lang & Eng Lit
Graduating with 7 APs</p>

<p>ECs:
State Champions marching band – Head drum major
Varsity field hockey – Captain, all-division
DECA – National qualifier, chapter president
National Honor Society – President
Varsity Quiz Bowl – Captain
Also involved with school musical pit orchestra, literary magazine</p>

<p>Did independent research for Long Island Math Fair, and spent several summers at SUNY-SB for science research</p>

<p>Religious/Church involvement since primary school</p>

<p>Do freelance graphic/web design (interest and job), and currently work for a screenprinting company</p>

<p>Recs: Asked for one from my AP Bio teacher, who’s had experience writing recs for my summer programs, and my GC emphasized my leadership positions and my passion for learning
Essays: I thought they were pretty straightforward
Etc: first generation Asian-American</p>

<p>Accepted-College
SAT: 2250/1550
Rank: 1/~250-300
SAT II: 800 , 790, 730
White male
School: public in NC
EC's: 3 sport varsity athlete (not recruited though), eagle scout, academic teams, some other small things
Essays: I thought that they were pretty good.
Recs: haven't read them, I think that the teacher one was probably really good and the counselor one wasn't great but it was better than most at my school (our gcs have to oversee a lot of students and have too many responsibilities)</p>

<p>This thread is so long that I don't know if this information has been shared yet, but fwiw, the acceptance letter states that only 21% of EA applicants were accepted. Good luck to you all.</p>

<p>Deferred--SFS</p>

<p>and only 10% chance of getting in how, at most.
This really sucks a lot, I didn't think I'd take it this poorly, I thought I had a shot.</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED! SFS!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 780writing; 700math; 760reading</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800 us history; 720 math2; 760 literature</li>
<li>GPA: 4.7 weighted</li>
<li>Rank: school doesn't rank, but i'm in the top five at least</li>
<li>Other stats: 4 on AP Chem, 5 on AP European History, English Language, and US History</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: awesome - one on the pantheon in rome, the other on the north korean nuclear situation</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: awesome - one from my english teacher / swim coach, the other from my chem teacher</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: awesome - my counselor is amazing</li>
<li>Hook (if any): lived in Rome for a year...</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: (Southern) California</li>
<li>School Type: private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: caucasian (jewish!)</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
</ul>

<p>*Extracurriculars: on my school's honor cabinet, involved in my youth group on a regional level, editor of my school's newspaper, jv soccer captain, on the swim team...</p>

<p>*ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: uber-amped!</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!! post stats later</p>

<p>Okay, now I am confused. Southern California got their letters but the midwest didn't? God Bless the United States Postal Service.</p>

<p>justjuliana, which part of socal do you live in? my cousin lives in CA but she didn't get her decision letter from georgetown today. that is really strange how people in the midwest didn't get their decisions either.</p>

<p>I live in Cali and I haven't gotten mine. I'm in a somewhat rural suburb of Norcali tho.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TO FLL!!! will post stats later.</p>

<p>SO ECSTATIC
HOYA SAXA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

<p>Deferred, so basically rejected. Not taking it too well...</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred - MSB
Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2160 (CR 670, M 700, W 770)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: [740, 620]</li>
<li>GPA: [3.97]</li>
<li>Rank: 2/176</li>
<li>Other stats: [4 US Gov., 4 US History]</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: both excellent</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: amazing</li>
<li>Interview: went decently well</li>
<li>Hook (if any): US House of Reps. Page (not that it helped)</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: MA</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>

<p>*Extracurriculars: National Merit Commended, NHS Vice President, Class Officer, US House Page, Inner-City Tutor, Mock Trial</p>

<p>*Other Factors: Jewish, haven't taken third SAT II</p>

<p>*ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Good luck to everyone else!</p>

<p>Deferred. Not in the mood to post stats.</p>

<p>I live in San Diego and I still haven't received my letter. I guess they felt I diddnt even deserve a letter</p>

<p>ACCEPTED
*sat- (2180)-800 M, 640 V, 740 W
*satII- 750 bio, 640 ushis, 750math2
*gpa- 3.95 uw
*AP- bio 5, calc ab- 5, ushis- 3</p>

<p>*essays- why georgetown was long and very good I thought...talked about mun/aids/international health...others were unique and alright
*recs- probably pretty good..dk...close with the teachers though
*couselor- pretty close with her too
*hook-i dk?...id say the essays were the best part.... i was suspended but it was lame..which is sorta the opposite of a hook i guess
*ec- did a lot of volunteering at three hospitals, nhs, fhs, mu alpha theta...clubs and such
Im reallly happy!!!!!!! and surprised.</p>

<p>good luck to everyone with georgetown and other colleges!!!!</p>

<p>deferred, but by this point Georgetown was about last on my list. </p>

<p>my stats: ACT 31, SAT 2060, SAT IIs: 800 US history, 740 Lit, 600 Math I
GPA w 4.23</p>

<p>basically i know my stats were not high enough, i just wanted to take the chance.</p>