School Applying to:
EA or RD:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
School Applying to: McDonough
EA or RD: RD
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 32 C
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82 (A 96 at my school is a 3.8) I have never gotten below a 90.
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US history, English Composition
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP: Micro, Macro, US Government, Calc BC, Spanish
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some FBLA awards
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, FBLA (Officer for 2 years)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Real estate internship, work at Morgan Stanley office
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 500 hours at children’s museum.
[ *] Summer Activities: Listed above
[ *] Essays: 9/10
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec:b Good
[ *] Additional Rec: Great
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applying for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: Finance
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Best public in the state
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: Upper middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
School Applying to: College
EA or RD: EA
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2090, 1420 CR+M
[ *] ACT: 32 (first sitting, retaking)
[ *] SAT II: 710,700,690
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/550 top 1%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Art History (5), Psych (5), Human Geo (5), Lit (4), Lang (5), US History (5), Bio (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): SL Anthropology (6)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB course load
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Intern for two congressional races, Girls State, Congressional Youth Cabinet, AIPAC lobbyist, Rho Kappa president, Campus legislative Coordinato
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Art Museum receptionist
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours. Organized book drive for middle school in the Bahamas
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applying for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: large public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
School Applying to: College
EA or RD: EA
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360, 1570 CR+M
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800, 740, TBA
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Human Geo (5), US History (5), CompGov (5), Chem (5), five more this year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP, 2 Honors
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semfinalist, NHRP, AP Scholar with Distinction[/li]
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity and club sports, some clubs with leaderships. I think my EC’s are strong
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~400 hours
[] Summer Activities: Georgetown IR program and some others
[] Essays: strong I think
[] Teacher Recommendation: one excellent, one strong
[] Counselor Rec: excellent
[] Additional Rec:
[/ul]Other[list]
[] Applying for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: Government
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexico, Spain)
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: very high
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM. Also, I couldn’t have wished for a better interview.
School Applying to: SFS
EA or RD: EA
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: TBA
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5-10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: APHG 4: AP Lang 3: AP Stats/APUSH
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, Study Hall, AP Lit, Spanish 4 Honors, AP Psych, AP Macro/Gov, AP Calc AB
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): VP Class Cabinet, Academic Letterwinners Officer, Board member for my region’s international trade committee, Principal’s Advisory Team, leadership program, Student Council, Debate, NHS, Founder of International Club, etc
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Cashier for 2.5 years
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Service clubs, church, etc
[ *] Summer Activities: IU Business program
[ *] Essays: Hopefully good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10
[ *] Counselor Rec: 9/10
[ *] Additional Rec: 10/10
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: International Politics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: high
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
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School Applying to: School of Foreign Service
EA or RD: EA
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1640, 1110 CR+M (I unfortunately am not the best test-taker)
[ *] ACT: 25 (first time taking it, might take it again)
[ *] SAT II: 3 Subject tests in Dec.
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19 out of 248
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US Gov’t. (3); AP World (4); AP American History (4); AP European History IS (haven’t taken test yet); AP Human Geography (haven’t taken test yet); AP Lit (haven’t taken test yet)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro Ind. Study, AP Human Geography, AP Stats, AP Lit, Physics and College class in the spring
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar; National Honor Society member; National Society of High School Scholars member
Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Creative Writing leader), (SGA Class of 2016 Historian), Colorguard/Flag team member, NHS member, Alfabetismo Primero member (educates elementary-age Hispanics in English literature), Volunteering with Girl Scouts, Art Council, International Club (was the leader, only lasted for one year)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: McDonald’s Crew member
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering with Girl Scouts, Art Council, and Historical Society in 10th grade
[ *] Summer Activities:Marching Band, Volunteering
[ *] Essays: Eclectic and pretty good (I’m the leader of Creative Writing…I hope they’re okay)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:Great. I know all these teachers personally and developed great relationships with them.
[ *] Counselor Rec:Pretty good
[ *] Additional Rec:N/A
Other
[ *] Applying for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: International Politics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: African American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: under 30K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, URM, low-income scholar
School Applying to: SFS
EA or RD: EA
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: 750 USH, 720 lit, 690 Bio
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76 (super competitive private school, reflected in counselor;s note and school profile)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5) English Lang (5) Bio (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Psych, AP French, AP Calc
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not major, but Academic All American (speech and debate)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Gov (President, secretary), Feminist Union (President for 2 years), GSA (President), Theater (Director: Hamlet), Figure Skating (Volunteer coach), Speech and Debate )Team Captain), NHS, Newspaper
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship for my local democratic party
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Work at the skating rink, volunteer at a food distribution center for the homeless, doing more this year (Definitely a weak point!!)
[ *] Summer Activities: Internship, volunteering, debate camp and debate nationals, Georgetown summer IR program summer before junior year
[ *] Essays: pretty good, SFS one was great, Extracurricular one was ok, and parson one is a little nontraditional but I think pretty good (Side note: I mention being LGBT in that essay, do you think they would balk at that because of the religious side of things?)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec: hopefully ok
[ *] Additional Rec: Really great
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applying for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: International Politics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: TINY, private college prep
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
School Applying to: College (Finance)
EA or RD: EA
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 M, 780 CR, 780 W)
[ *] ACT: none
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 740 Bio, 740 Japanese with Listening
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Statistics (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Physics, Econ/Gov, AP Japanese, Wind Ensemble, AP Comp Sci, Marching Band
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA, Odyssey of the Mind
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship at app startup for over a year (not paid)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Summer Camp (200 hours), Christmas Marching Band (30 hours), Relay for Life (48 hours)
[ *] Summer Activities: Internship at app startup, Summer Camp
[ *] Essays: Thought all of mine were really good except for my one addressing the business school. Thought that one was a little above average
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: really good from my Bio teacher, ok one from my econ teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: just got a new counselor so all time with last one is wasted but she should be pretty good
[ *] Additional Rec: n/a
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applying for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Finance
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian American
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: high
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
School Applying to: SFS
EA or RD: EA
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II:Lit-700 (weakness!)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/604
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro, Human Geo, Lang (5), World History, Environmental Sci, Spanish (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, APUSH, AP Lit, AP Music Theory, AP Gov, AP Econ (Micro/Macro), MUN, Choir, Physics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Gold Award, Honorable Delegate @ GCIMUN New York, Excellent Soloist at Texas State Solo Competition
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir (President), MUN (Vice-President), Girl Scouts, NHS (International Outreach committee chair and founder), Girl Up (feminist club, President and founder), two intl. current event teams (captain)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Intern at a local non-profit, work at a girl scout camp
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: It would take a while to list
[ *] Summer Activities: German course in Vienna, Visited Ecuador to volunteer at orphanages
[ *] Essays: Extracurricular was great, I related my love for song to my global citizenship. Describe me was pretty good as well, sent it to my interviewer and she liked it. SFS was long… 1.5 pages… overall, I think it was good-ish, but not enough room to really expand on my solutions.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Absolutely excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Hopefully ok/good?
[ *] Additional Rec: Excellent. Had my NHS advisor/APES teacher write it, and she said she would elect me as president
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applying for Financial Aid?: nope!
[ *] Intended Major:Intl. Political Economics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: large public (2000+)
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: won’t get me any financial aid!
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): lived in South Africa, dual-citizen, first generation American on my dad’s side (idk?)
I think my extracurriculars, recs and interview will be the strongest aspects of my app. I only took one subject test and my ACT score is average. I hope that my love for global affairs will shine through!
My interviewer sent me follow up questions by email. The interview was really long, and he said I shouldn’t worry at all about his recommendation because I was “off the charts” lol is the alumni recommendation important for gtown (I hope)? Or is it just a way that gtown makes their alum feel a part of the community. Good luck to everyone here, it would be amazing to see one of you in DC next year!!
School Applying to: College EA or RD: EA[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2160- CR 660, Math 740, Writing 760
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: Math II 800, Spanish 680, English Lit 680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (4), English Lang (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP US Gov, AP English Lit, Teacher’s Assistant, Scientific Research
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academy of Science and Medicine (Senior Secretary), Baking Club (Secretary), Books for Kids Club (Secretary), Gay-Straight Alliance, Students Advocating Gender Equality, Black Lives Matter Club, local community service club
[] Job/Work Experience: Sales Associate at Marshalls last summer, ongoing tutoring jobs
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities: working
[] Essays: strong, College one was probably fairly generic though
[] Teacher Recommendation: strong
[] Counselor Rec: large public HS… who knows?
[] Additional Rec: 2nd teacher submitted late
[/ul]Other[list]
[] Applying for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Psychology
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large, public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: very middle class
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): single parent household, mother recently diagnosed with breast cancer, first generation college student
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 - M 780, CR 700, W 800
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: Math 2 - 800, Chem - 670 (ugh), Spanish - 720, Physics - 700
[] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.31 (huge upward trend, too)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t report rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov, Comp Gov, Spanish Lang - all 5s. 5 more (listed in senior course load) to come
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Senior Seminar, Advanced Debate Honors, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP Comp Sci, AP Calc BC, AP Stat
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Debate state qualifier, academic letter, debate letter, Principal’s Advisory Council member, AP scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Co-founder/co-president of Young Dems club, JV/Varsity Tennis, Speech and Debate (captain senior year), NHS, SHS, various community service clubs
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern for congressional campaign, tutor for middle schoolers, debate camp (for middle schoolers) counselor
[] Volunteer/Community service: 5 political campaigns - one state senate, one state house, two congressional, and Obama
[] Summer Activities: Political stuff listed above/debate camp listed above. I also moved one summer
[] Essays: Most important EC - very good, Personal Essay - Hella strong, Gtown Coll essay - Pulitzer worthy
[] Teacher Recommendations: Both 10/10
[] Counselor Rec: 10/10
[] Additional Rec: I have 2, both 10/10
[li] Interview: 15/10. She LOVED me.[/li]
[/ul]Other[list]
[] Applying for Financial Aid?: Nope
[] Intended Major: Political Economy, but I mention in my essays that I would double major in that and either Math or Comp Sci
[] State: CO
[] School Type: Large public, very well-known, well-respected, and prestigious
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Idk, Upper Middle Class?
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
Good luck to everyone! Hope to see you all at Georgetown next fall. Hoya Saxa!
@Rosabella98 I submitted my app about a month ago EA and got an email shortly after from admissions with my interviewers name and contact info. And I’ve got no info on the portal
I applied scea somewhere else and sent in pretty much all my rd apps anyway for good measure including beloved gtown. Good luck to all