For those who were accepted to McDonough: did your letter say anything about MSB? Mine did not.
Deferred
ACT : Super score (34), English (35), Math (32), Reading (33), Science (34)
GPA : 3.95
IB Diploma Candidate : HL History, HL Economics, HL Biology, HL English, SL Math, SL Latin, Theory of Knowledge
Academic Achievements : Placed high in National History Day competition for documentary, received John and Abigail Adams scholarship, invited to join NHS
Extracurriculars : Key Club, Latin Club, National Honors Society, Third Grade CCD Teacher, politically active
Leadership : Secretary of Key Club (9-10), Public Relations Chair of Key Club District (9-10), Secretary of Latin Club (10), District Secretary of Key Club District (10-11), District Governor of Key Club District, highest leadership held by a student in the school’s history (11-12)
Job : Intern at a law firm (2 years)
Service : Completed 200+ hours through Key Club and 100+ with teaching job at religious education
Both essays were pretty good. SFS essay was about human trafficking and I was very happy with.
Recs : From math teacher and history teacher who I have had for 2 years and are very fond of me and my performance in their classes.
Interview : It was okay, nothing too great. Asked a lot of questions and had good conversation.
Applied for financial aid : Yes
Intended major : International Political Economy
State : MA
School : Regional Charter
Ethnicity : White
Gender : Male
Reflection: I think my application was pretty strong. Extracurriculars and testing were not a concern to me.
Why I think I got deferred : Didn’t have level of excellence they wanted, didn’t stand out, wasn’t what they were looking for.
Please disregard my earlier comment, I wasn’t looking hard enough lol
No mail in Dallas. My son called. They said they will email tonight. Does anyone know what time?
Georgetown liked my comment on twitter under the mailing announcement about being excited and then they deferred me. If that’s not a power move I don’t know what is.
Are they emailing everyone or just those that got in?
@notw245 I hope they email everyone! My letter from them still hasn’t come (for some reason, no mail even came today to my house at all, even mail that was unrelated to Georgetown, lol)!
anyone know the percent admit rate for deferred kids?
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 35 first try (36 on science, english, and reading; 30 on math)
SAT II: 720 US History, 710 Biology, 650 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Weighted GPA: n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) AP Euro (5) AP Bio (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP economics, AP government, AP Literature, AP Calc AB, advanced art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): history bowl (secretary 11, president 12), national art honors society (president 12), 4 yrs varsity crew, tutor, MUN
Job/Work Experience: tutor, work at front desk of workout studio
Volunteer/Community service: taught art classes to impoverished middle schoolers
Summer Activities: taught art classes, studied art in Florence, comm. service in Peru
Essays (rating 1-10, details): personal essay about learning to live with others abroad, college-specific essay on my focus on global learning, another essay on rowing and going to nationals with my team
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: junior year english teacher, very close relationship. didn’t read recc but i am sure it was very strong
Teacher Rec #2: junior year apush teacher, not very close but I did well in his class and liked the subject
Counselor Rec: very close with my counselor, i am sure it was good
Additional Rec:
Interview: went very well! we talked for around 30 minutes and he took a ton of notes
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: political science
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really sure
Reflection
Strengths: strong essays, reccs, and a good act score
Weaknesses: sat II’s and v little community service
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: not really sure, but very happy i got in!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: so far only SMU… waiting on a lot of other schools
The admit rate for deferrals is 10% according to the letter.
She sent in a letter of recommendation from a summer math program she attended at another college.
accepted ea into msb !!! :")
Decision: Deferred! Hope to join everyone in April!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1210 (disastrous, I know)
ACT (breakdown): 32 super score, 31 single sitting (32 English, 28 math, 33 reading, 33 science)
SAT II: 730 Bio-M, 620 Literature, 510 Spanish (tragic)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Weighted GPA: 4.12
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), English Lang (4), US History (4), Bio (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government/Politics, Precalculus, Honors Biotechnology, Advanced English Composition, World Literature, AP Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors, Nationally Awarded Pianist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Hospital program, ER volunteer 400+ hours grades 10-12; Classical pianist (national awards) since age 5, chamber violinist (first chair 2 years in high school) since age 8, music tutoring with club grades 9-10, CSF, NHS
Job/Work Experience: Tutor (grades 10-12), ACT Proctor at college prep place (grade 12), worked at Levi & Strauss as a stylist for nearly a year (grades 10-11)
Volunteer/Community service: see extracurriculars
Summer Activities: most of my volunteer work is year round
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
- Personal Essay (9/10) talked about my coming out story, reflecting on past/present/future
-Talents essay (8/10) focused on piano and my family’s history as musicians and artists
-Georgetown college essay (7/10) a little weak, but talked about my dad nearly dying from colon cancer and how the hospital in general has been my life classroom
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: (8/10) AP English Language teacher junior year, she was one of the very few teachers I opened up to about much of my personal life, but I didn’t do terrific in her class academically
Teacher Rec #2 (8/10) AP Biology Teacher my junior year, she was well aware of my passion for biology, and I was a top student in her class but I wasn’t super personal with her
Counselor Rec: (10/10) genuinely one of my favorite human beings, and honestly has become my therapist at this point
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Incredible, we talked for over an hour and we had very similar life experiences and backgrounds with our families and I think it went great.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern/European White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: not disclosing
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation American, first generation College, Jewish, Gay
Reflection
Strengths: strong essays, interview, and EC
Weaknesses: academics
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: most likely because I don’t stack well academically
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: accepted so far to Drexel, ASU, and University of San Francisco, waiting to hear back from UCs and other privates in the new year
Anyone know of any Facebook group to join or anything for accepted students?
Woo Deferred!!!
ACT : Took Once (35), English (36), Math (34), Reading (33), Science (36)
SAT: Took Once 1570 790/780
GPA : 4.0 UW, 4.4 W
SAT II: Math 2 800, Biology E 780, World History 790
AP: World 5, Bio 5, Calc AB 5, English Language 5, French 4
College classes: Mass Media (A), History of Dance (A)
Senior year: AP Physics C, AP Stats, AP Psychology, AP Gov/AP Macro, regular English
Academic Achievements : National Merit Semifinalist, California Scholarship Federation, several school awards
Extracurriculars : Dance, foundation for special needs are main ones, more though as well.
Leadership : Dance captain (12), Student Director of Operations at local nonprofit (11,12), Club President (11,12)
Job : Tutor, dance teacher
Service : a lot!! Mostly toward the foundation I talked about.
Essays: pretty okay
Recs : From teacher who loved me, another who I had for three years
Interview : I thought it went really well!
Applied for financial aid : Yes
Intended major : Government
State : CA
School : Public
Ethnicity : White
Gender : Female
Reflection: I worked hard throughout high school and thought I had a pretty strong application.
Why I think I got deferred : Didn’t stand out, essays weren’t special.
@collegestressib I am in Utah, and I received my letter tonight (mail came very late today)! Yours should be here, if not today then tomorrow 
$0.68 postage btw, probably because of the distance though
Accepted to Georgetown College (Undecided)!!!
ACT 35 (36 English, 36 Reading, 34 Science, 32 Math)
SAT I 1550 (800 Reading/Writing and Language, 750 Math)
SAT II (did not take)
4.0 GPA (unweighted, my school does not weight)
10 AP Classes, currently enrolled in 3
Extensive work experience and extracurriculars, also very strong community involvement
Essays were very strong, recommendations and interview went well
Don’t feel like posting anymore details, but I will if someone wants me to.
You all seem like incredibly, smart, motivated people. Good luck to you!!!
@margaretwoodburn I read somewhere that about 15% of people who were deferred last year got in RD.
Applied RD to Georgetown for International political Economy and very nervous ??
Congrats to all accepted! My DS was deferred, no surprise. GT is a reach and a prayer . Do we really have to wait until April 1 to get an answer, or is it by April 1? Thanks!
Accepted international here (was notified by email on the 14th). WOW I’m in shock. I got my PAPER LETTER today!!! So shocked I didn’t think it would get here SOOOOO quickly! I thought It would take at LEAST a few weeks! Though it does say first class I don’t know! Crazy that in the US some people STILL haven’t gotten their letters but here I am in Italy with my acceptance letter today! Time to frame it ?