Georgetown Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm a junior this year in high school and was wondering at my chances for Georgetown. I'm also interested in Columbia, Tufts, and Cambridge/Oxford (haven't decided yet). I'm thinking of going into international affairs/political science, and if I decide to go to Georgetown I will be applying to the School of Foreign Service, which I know is notoriously competitive. I am also thinking of minoring in Persian or Arabic, really love languages!</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2 weighted, 3.65 unweighted</p>

<p>SAT: still haven't taken yet, but I scored 2150 on my PSAT</p>

<p>I know my GPA is slightly low... hoping to bring them up with straight A's across the board this year. :)</p>

<p>Courses (Non-AP) already taken: honors world history, honors us history I (my school breaks US history into 2 years: sophomore year honors, junior year AP), honors english (freshman & sophomore year), honors algebra II, precalc, honors art history, honors biology, honors chemistry</p>

<p>Courses (AP) already taken: AP US comparative government & politics (score: 5)</p>

<p>Courses (Non-AP) to take/taking this year: physics, philosophy, political science</p>

<p>Courses (AP) to take/taking this year: AP statistics, AP US History, AP US Government & Politics, AP English Language & Composition, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Human Demography, AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, AP Macro/Micro Economics, AP French.. hopefully I'll get mostly 5's and a few 4's!</p>

<p>SAT II's: Planning on taking them this May/June, after my SAT, and planning on taking World History, US history, Chinese, and French</p>

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<p>My Extracurriculars:</p>

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<li>I swim competitively and am hoping to get recruited for Georgetown which is Division I, hopefully it will help my chances.</li>
<li>I have about 400 hours of volunteer, I volunteered twice overseas with various NGOs, went alone on one of the trips, and work with a Special Olympics swim team.</li>
<li>I am varsity swimming captain of my high school.</li>
<li>Hoping to get into National Honor Society this year.</li>
<li>SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) club active member</li>
<li>Free the Children club active member</li>
<li>French club member</li>
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<p>Thank you for any help/pointers you could possibly give!</p>

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<p>Another PoliSc/International Studies student! Huzzah!</p>

<p>First: Congrats on that PSAT Score! It’s not every day you see someone score 9x higher than possible ;)</p>

<p>Georgetown seems pretty match for you.
Columbia low reach/reach.
Tufts high match/low reach.</p>

<p>As for the english schools, I went through the same phase as you when I was a junior. I wanted to study international studies so I looked into places like Glasgow and whatnot. Really, though, you’re a lot better off going to a school in the states and doing some studying abroad. Have you considered schools like WM and GW, which are both great PoliSc/International Studies schools?</p>

<p>That overseas volunteering is an incredible EC. It puts you up a lot higher in the midst of that 3.65 UW GPA.</p>

<p>All in all, nice stats. Best of luck man.</p>

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<p>Go look for matches/safeties; Georgetown, Tufts, Columbia and Oxbridge are all reaches.</p>

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<p>None of us can make a guess for Oxbridge unless you have testing scores in. They place emphasis on SAT/ACT (Above 2300/33 Recommended) and SATII (Above 750 Recommended). You also need 3 AP tests already under your wing with 5’s on all three. As for the others: Georgetown SFS Reach, Columbia Reach, Tufts Match</p>

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<p>Thank you everybody! This was really helpful :)</p>

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<p>Georgetown: high match/low reach
Columbia: reach
Tufts: low reach</p>

<p>Can’t comment on the UK schools. Best of luck!</p>

<p>Chance me back please: <a href=“**Chance me for good and rising Northeast schools ** - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1612160-chance-me-for-good-and-rising-northeast-schools-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Gtown - low reach</p>

<p>Your GPA is a little low but if you can get at least a 2200 on the SAT you should have a shot.</p>

<p>My thread (chance please): <a href=“Chances for Vanderbilt, UNC, NYU, UF, and Duke? - Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1610985-chances-for-vanderbilt-unc-nyu-uf-and-duke-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;