Georgetown 2021 RD Decisions

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I didn’t see a thread for this so I made one! Always helpful for potential future applicants.

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Waitlisted[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]**

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
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.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted?

General Comments:

Other schools you applied to and their decisions:

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): New SAT 1490 (770 M, 720 R&W)
ACT (breakdown): nope
SAT II: 760 Math II, 760 Biology M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.83 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/268
AP (place score in parenthesis): 14 total with senior year - Gov(3), Enviro Science, English 11(4), World History(3), Calculus AB(5), Studio Art 2D(5), Biology(3), Physics
Senior Year Course Load: Photography 3 AP, Principles of Comp Sci AP, English 12 AP, Calculus BC AP, French V AP, Chem AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 4 Photography Awards, Le Grand Concours Bronze and Honorable Mention

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: Varsity tennis (10th-12th), Piano for 11 years (won some awards, jazz band piano soloist, accompanist for solo&ensemble festival), Cultural Club (President), National Honors Society, Photography (mostly just in school), Indian dance (choreographer and performer)
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring and babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: School Branch President of non-profit that collects food for shelters, Volunteered at Johns Hopkins Medical Center Alzheimer and Dementia unit, Volunteer at my temple
Summer Activities: Interned for clean water availability project in India over the summer, johns Hopkins volunteering

Essays (rating 1-10, details): wrote about my internship in india and what inspired me to do it (my experiences visiting as a child), maybe cliché maybe good irdk (8), supplementals were average(8), plme essays were pretty good (9)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: bio Ap teacher (8)
Teacher Rec #2: Calc Ab ap teacher (7)
Counselor Rec: (8-9)

Additional Rec: nope
Interview: not that great but not terrible, pretty short, I gave some pretty cliché answers but whatever just average not enough to affect my decision I think

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection:

Strengths: GPA, extracurriculars are diverse I think, community service
Weaknesses: sat score, essays?, no scientific research or any of that stuff
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: scores?
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted - UMD College Park Honors College and UMBC. Rejected – Hopkins

General Comments: idk

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Decision: Accepted

School: School of Foreign Service

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (since my ACT is better I doubt they used it)
ACT (breakdown): 34C (36E, 32M, 34R, 34S), 35 superscore
SAT II: 800 French, 750 US History, 730 Lit, 670 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5), APUSH (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Stats, AP Modern Euro, English 4, some requirements/electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none except a state history award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming (captain), Model UN (USG for Logistics), Community Service Club (president), Quiz Bowl (3x state champions), Theatre Club (president), founder of Humans of New York like Facebook page for my school (got over 1100 likes), Peer Counselor, Peer Orientation Program, Relay for Life Team Captain, various graduation committees (prom, yearbook, etc)
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard (all summer 40h/week)
Volunteer/Community service: with club at school, at least 100 hours
Summer Activities: Working
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
-Essay about extracurricular (8/10) Wrote about theatre club, light but interesting
-Essay about me (10/10) Used common app essay, talks about my experience on a geography quiz show, everyone who read it really liked it
-Essay about current issue (8/10) Wrote it while concussed so I could have done better. It was about girl’s education and felt more like an analytical essay than anything else

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: APUSH teacher. Probably a 10. He loved me and said I was one of the best students he’s had in 25 years of teaching.
Teacher Rec #2: English teacher from junior year. Probably a 9. My college counselor said it was a really good rec and he really liked me as a student.
Counselor Rec: Probably a 9. He really likes me and I know him well. He also insisted on the fact that none of what I did as ECs was to impress schools but because I genuinely enjoyed it.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: 8.5/10. She liked me and her daughter is a current SFS student so she could see why I was interested in Georgetown.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: International Politics
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Boarding School (Private in New England)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Strengths: Common App essay, recs, GPA
Weaknesses: ECs were nothing exciting, interview wasn’t amazing, some SAT IIs were weaker, international student
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted? I’ve been interested in international relations since I was literally a kid, and I had good grades and recs

General Comments: I’m super excited!! I hope the financial aid is good. Congrats to everyone who got in, and to everyone else I’m sure you will do amazing wherever you go!

Other schools you applied to and their decisions: McGill (accepted with full ride scholarship), UChicago (waitlisted), Brown (Deferred ED, waiting), Harvard (waiting), Yale (waiting)

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Decision: Accepted SFS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): New SAT 1410 (680 M, 730 R)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 710 US History, 610 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.318 Weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/677
AP (place score in parenthesis): Ten Total (including senior year): World History (5), English Language and Composition (4), Capstone Seminar (4), Environmental Science (4), US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature and Composition, AP Capstone Research, AP Comparative Government, AP Spanish Language and Composition, AP Biology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar With Distinction, Academic Distinction: Honor Roll (9,10,11,12)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Ruri-Teen Club (Historian), Environmental Club (Secretary), Gay-Straight Alliance (Secretary)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer (Grades 10 and 11)
Summer Activities: Summer Law Internship
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 My writing skills are fairly solid and I was passionate about the topics at hand.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9/10 I’m really close to my AP Environmental Science teacher and I believe that it was very personal.
Teacher Rec #2: N/A
Counselor Rec: I’m not really sure. There are about 700 kids in my graduating class, so I’m assuming that it was fairly generic 6/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A (It was waived)

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: International Politics
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Mixed (African-American and White)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <$75,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, LGBT, Refugee Parent

Strengths: GPA, hooks, essays, teacher recommendation, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: My test scores were fairly low for the averages that I’ve seen listed. I also didn’t take the suggest/required three SAT II tests.
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted?
I think that it was probably my hooks, GPA, and well-written essays that pushed me into the desirable range.

General Comments:
My essay for SFS was about human rights violations during times of war, specifically under the Al-Assad regime in Aleppo, Syria.
Other schools you applied to and their decisions:
UVa (accepted), William and Mary (accepted), Washington and Lee (accepted), JMU honors college (accepted), Columbia (waiting for decision), NYU (waiting for decision)

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[asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]
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Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1350 (710 CR/640 M)
ACT (breakdown): 31
SAT II: Didn’t Take Any (Financial Reasons)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP English Literature,AP Government, Honors Pre-Calc, Physic
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteer at Hospital, Professional and School Theatre, Class Ambassador
Job/Work Experience:Work at pet shelter (20-25 hours a week), full time daycare worker during summer
Volunteer/Community service: Read to children in hospitals
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Honestly 10, I think mine were very personal and displayed how much work I put into them. I choose a very unique topic and I think that is what separated me. To put it lightly, I’ve had a tough high school experience and touched on that.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Didn’t See Mine
Teacher Rec #1: Only recommendation, but teacher really likes me so…
Teacher Rec #2: N/A
Counselor Rec: Not sure
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: I felt that I really connected with the interviewer. He is very influential and we had a great conversation.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: International Health, Pre-Med
State (if domestic applicant): KS
School Type: Virtual School
Ethnicity: Biracial (Black/White)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 50000-80000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Strengths: essays, personal experiences, passion for major
Weaknesses: grades, no SAT II
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted? I made my experience and essays very unique and I believe they stood out.

General Comments: Guys, don’t stress yourself over this website. I thought for sure I had no chance of getting in and I definitely surprised myself. If you feel you have something special to share, SHARE IT! HOYA SAXA

Other schools you applied to and their decisions: University of Washington (accepted OOS), University of Richmond (Accepted), Boston University (accepted), Saint Louis University (accepted)

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Decision: Accepted

School: Georgetown College

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (760 CRW, 790 M)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Lit, 750 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Valedictorian
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), US History (5), English Language (5), English Lit (5), European History (5), Calc BC (5), Physics I (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Stats, AP Spanish Lang, AP Chemistry, mandatory theology class, handful of electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): U.S. Senate Youth Program State Finalist, Harvard Book Award Recipient, AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Scholar, many local service awards, a number of local civic awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
State director of a 501©(3) and affiliated political action committee
Field organizer on a number of campaigns (national, state, and local levels)
Appointed member of Democratic State Committee
Staff writer for a well-regarded independent publication
Executive board member of the state chapter of a well-known high school political advocacy organization
Captain of debate team
Co-captain of drama club
Student body treasurer
Co-chair of local chapter of a socialist organization
Editor of school newspaper
Editor of school literary magazine
Captain of trivia team
And much more political stuff that I won’t mention as it could reveal my identity.

Job/Work Experience:
Intern for a U.S. Senator
Clerk at a local library
Field organizer for state rep campaign
Field organizer for state senate campaign
Regional director for presidential campaign

Volunteer/Community service:
I assist at just about every function that takes place at my school. Furthermore, much of my political activity could definitely be considered “community service.”

Summer Activities:
Yale Young Global Scholar
Other assorted pre-college programs
Campaigning for political candidates
The aforementioned internship
The aforementioned job

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
I’d say all of them were 9/10. I talked a lot about my level of involvement in my community, my spiritual life, my interests, and my personal relationships. It was all pretty heartfelt, but it wasn’t schmaltzy.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9.5. “Best student of my career” and all that jazz.
Teacher Rec #2: 9. Didn’t read this one, but I was very close with this teacher.
Counselor Rec: 8. I’m sure it was fine.
Additional Rec: I had both my state senator (with whom I’ve worked extensively in the past) and one of the candidates for whom I’ve worked write recommendations.
Interview: It was… awkward. My interviewer was a very, VERY recent graduate who likely wasn’t used to the whole interviewing thing. I was definitely not on my A-game that day, either.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
Intended Major: Political Economy
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small parochial
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $150,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Strengths: GPA, test scores, passionate investment in politics, essays, recommendations
Weaknesses: There are better applicants out there, I guess.
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted? My dedication to politics and my Catholic faith were made evident in both my resume and in my essays.

General Comments:
I’m thrilled to have been accepted! Though I still have to hear back from my Ivy Day schools as well as Stanford, I’d be more than happy to spend the next four years in D.C.!

Other schools you applied to and their decisions:

Accepted:
Loyola University Maryland (safety)
Union College (safety)
Colby College (Presidential Scholar)
Reed College
Swarthmore College
Georgetown University

Deferred:
Harvard College (SCEA)

Waitlisted:
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Chicago
American University (#TuftsSyndrome)
Amherst College

Rejected:
None (so far…)

Pending:
Brown University
Cornell University
Columbia University
Dartmouth College
Georgetown University
George Washington University
Harvard College
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University

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Decision: Accepted

School: Georgetown College

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 34 (35 M, 35 E, 34 R, 33 S), 35 superscored
SAT II: 800 Math II, 720 US History, 650 Bio E (lol)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (school ranks by deciles)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), Lit + Comp (5), Art History (5), Chemistry (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Psychology, AP Government + (H) Econ, AP Lang + Comp, (H) Molecular Genetics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, CSF Outstanding Pretrial Lawyer, Certificate of Merit - Levels 6-9

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (9-12; Secretary - 10, VP - 11, President - 12), Model UN (Founder + Co-Pres: 11-12), STEM Academy (10-12), School’s Business Academy (10-12), Piano (2-12), Mock Trial (12), Freshman Counselor (11-12), Tutor at School’s Writing Center (11-12)
Job/Work Experience: Internship with large nutrition bar company over 11th grade summer. Intern at the Democratic Party of Orange County. Intern at my aunt’s law firm.
Volunteer/Community service: Work regularly with the OC Court System through Peer Court. Local volunteering with my church.
Summer Activities: Internships mentioned above, classes, UCLA summer Mock Trial camp.
Essays: I think they were fairly good! I used my Common App essay, an essay about my participation in debate, and one about my passion for social justice and human rights and how that played into my love for Georgetown and its Peace + Justice Studies major.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10. AP Lit + Honors English 3 teacher. We got along so well and she loved me.
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10. AP Chemistry teacher. Not my best class, but he saw me grow as a student which helped.
Counselor Rec: 9/10. She knows me well from dealing with personal situations, so I think that may have helped.
Additional Rec: None.
Interview: My interviewer was horrible. I had to call the school and request a new one, which they accommodated for.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Intended Major: Peace and Justice Studies
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Parochial
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Strengths: ACT, Essays
Weaknesses: GPA?, Bio Subject Test
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted? I don’t really know tbh…
General Comments:
I am in shock. I had no idea Georgetown decisions were in the mail today, and when I got home I saw the letter and almost cried. I’m so excited!

Other schools you applied to and their decisions:
Accepted: UChicago, WUSTL, USC, Boston University, William & Mary, UCI, Fordham
Waitlisted: Northwestern, Swarthmore, UCSD
Rejected: UCLA

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Decision: Accepted - SFS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (730 Math, 800 Reading, 800 Writing)
ACT (breakdown): None
SAT II: 800 US Hist., 780 World Hist., 760 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/656
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Lang (5), APHuG (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Macro/Micro, AP Calc AB, AP Chem, AP Euro, AP Lit, Honors Foreign Policy and East Asian History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout, NMSC Commended, AP Scholar, President’s Volunteer Service Award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (Senior Patrol Leader), Model UN (Officer), National Honor Society (Secretary), Euro-Challenge (team mentor), Key Club, Global Leadership Certificate (Student Advisory)
Job/Work Experience: did not work
Volunteer/Community service: 650+ volunteering from Boy Scouts and NHS
Summer Activities: Attended University of Pittsburgh’s Going Global program, summer camp where I was senior patrol leader and ran the troop, Eagle Project to help restore reading area at local library
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Short essay: 9 - talked about how Boy Scouts has transformed my life and how they first welcomed me when I moved to the US
Long essay: 8 - talked about my cultural identity as a mix between Chinese and American and how I wrestled with who I was when I first arrived in the US
SFS Supplemental: 10 - kinda risky, I used an old research paper and talked about how the US and China needs to cooperate over the South China Sea before conflict erupts

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9 - APUSH teacher really liked me, and we sometimes talked after class about in-class topics.
Teacher Rec #2: 10 - AP Lang teacher - probably one of his favorites. I read a TON of books and he mentioned that
Counselor Rec: 7 - large public school and so my counselor and I didn’t know each other as well as I would have liked. She did mention that I was part of a documentary with the Nicholas Sparks Foundation that talked about cultural diversity though.
Interview: 9 - went really well. My interviewer and I connected and it was a lot of fun talking to him, especially since he and I are interested in similar things. We talked about the religious aspect of Georgetown and his answers were really interesting.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: International Politics
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): –
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, URM

Strengths: Really good interview, and strong test scores as well
Weaknesses: Should have put more time into my essay - my long essay was essentially a copy-paste from my Common App lol
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted? I showed my passion really well through my ECs and essay, and I think that they saw that.

General Comments: Hang in there guys. I was in your shoes last week with double waitlist from JHU and UChicago. You’ll find somewhere that you’ll love. Don’t worry (too much)

Other schools you applied to and their decisions: UPitt - accepted, Macalester College - accepted, Trinity College - accepted, JHU - waitlisted, UChicago - waitlisted, UPenn - rejected, American University - waitlisted, Columbia - TBD, Yale - TBD, George Washington - TBD, Tufts - TBD.