Rising Junior applying to the McDonough School of Business
School: Well known 4 year public school in Virginia
STATS:
College: 3.62 overall, 3.73 in-major (started out as a biochem major, just switched to accounting)
The thing that I’m nervous about is that I have two Cs and a W from my science major freshman year days.
However, my business grades are almost all As.
High School: 3.83 overall, #2 public high school in the state
SAT: 1330/1600
AP Scholar with Distinction
ECS:
Analyst for Investment Club
SGA Executive Officer
Faculty committee student liaison
Sorority
Culture Club
Essays: Medium-Good.
Talked about integrated liberal arts program with their business school.
Recs: 1 from ACIS professor
What do you guys think? I’m freaking out. Good luck to everyone :).
@April16 I think you have a really good chance but the whole thing is so uncertain, you have great ECs, your standardized testing is a little low but is less important in transfer admissions, do you have a compelling reason to transfer that you stated in your essay?
@princesstransfer@AJCoastie they only do it by mail. I visited Georgetown in March and they said they’re one of the few schools that still do it by mail.
“Georgetown University
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
P.O. Box 3796
Washington, DC 20027-3796”
I asked my high school teacher to submit both electronic copy and paper copy of my high school transcript. G already got my electronic copy, but the mailed one (international mail) is still in transition in the U.S , I contacted the USPS staff, they told me that the mail couldn’t be properly delivered because the zip code might be wrong ( one USPS employee told me that the zip code of Georgetown was 20057). I also mailed one supplementary recommendation letter to that address, because that was a regular mail, I couldn’t track it. And that letter means a lot to me, right now I’m concerned maybe G didn’t get that letter either. anyone else has similar situation?
Hey y’all! So I transferred into Georgetown with the 2014 transfer class. I applied as a rising sophomore from American University, and got in on the very first round of acceptances (which, last year, came out on May 7th). For those of you who enjoy quantifying things, stats are as follows:
3.75 College GPA
3.4 Unweighted HS GPA, 3.8 weighted (Took 4 AP classes by my senior year and got an A in all but one; my lone black sheep senior year was a C- in math. I applied as an English major, so I get the feeling it didn’t really matter)
33 ACT (29 Math, 33 English, 35 Science, 36 reading)
Great letters of rec, in my opinion
Essays are good, I tried hard to toady to the adcom w/out sacrificing my “voice”
HS EC’s: Academic Decathlon (VP), Mock Trial (President), 3 years of varsity swimming, assistant newspaper editor, MUN, Art Club, GSA, even a community service trip to South Korea
College EC’s: Crew (Secretary), Newspaper contributor, Radio show host
I received an email that looks like this:
Thank you for your interest in transferring to Georgetown University. We have initiated our transfer application review and are missing some of the required application materials. It is essential that you submit this missing information as soon as possible. We can move forward with unofficial documents while we are in review, but will need official copies to make a final decision on your application.
@princesstransfer Well transferring sucks, but it’s going to suck anywhere; no school’s primary focus is transfers. There were some times during my first semester that I felt really alone, but if you put enough time into clubs and whatnot then you’ll start to have a friend group relatively soon. That said, due to the lobbying of one rockstar-type transfer from GW, the school is doing more for transfers this coming year; transfers will have the option to be on a transfer-only floor (which, let me tell you, I would’ve loved the opportunity for) and all the transfer orientation leaders will themselves be transfers (full disclosure: I am a transfer orientation leader). As for the housing itself, transfers tend to get the worst non-freshman housing on campus, but word on the street is the transfer floor is going to be in one of the newer dorms.
The clubs I’m in are GUGS (the Georgetown University Grilling Society), men’s lightweight crew, and Hoyasana (the campus yoga club). Anyone can join GUGS, you just have to walk up and say you want to grill. If you do that enough you become a Grillmaster, essentially an actual, core member of GUGS (of which I am one). As for crew, anyone can join. Wanting to stay is another matter, D1 collegiate sports are not for everyone. With the yoga club, it isn’t really a club per se, we just put on about 4 yoga practices a week. I’m on the executive board for that, so I’m as in the club as you can be.
The key thing about Georgetown is that one’s social life is pretty much club-dependent; the people you’ll remember from college are the ones in the clubs you choose to join. Some clubs at Georgetown, like The Corp (they run the grocery store and the coffee shops) and GUAFSCU (a student-run bank) are quite competitive to join and have an application. Those clubs and ones like them have a reputation of being self-important and cliquish, but there’s good folks everywhere.
@Brifes That’s great to hear! Best of luck to you my friend, I hope to see you on the Hilltop!
@baoz0408 If last year is anything to go by, no one will get their decisions until, at the earliest, the first week of May (I misspoke above, it was actually May 5th, at about 4pm). They’ll keep sending out decisions in waves throughout the month.
@ArchibaldTuttle wow! it seems as though you have gotten pretty involved already, I am quite impressed! hopefully i will get to meet you if i get in! Do transfers tend to bond and be friends? where did other transfers that you know come from? sorry for so many questions, i am in love with the school!!
Our stats are similar - which is super exciting to hear!