Georgetown Class of 2017 Results Thread

CSIHSIS · December 14, 2012, 6:40pm

Decision: Accepted SFS

Objective:

[ul]
[] ACT: 32 Composite, 34E/34M/31R/29S/9W
[] SAT II: Literature 640 US History 770 Japanese 610 (though that was the November one, so I don’t think they saw it, I took it on 11/17 because of Sandy).
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 - 100.47 average
[] Rank: Unofficial #1, school doesn’t rank.
[] AP (score): USH (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Comp Gov, Japanese 4, Economics, Gym, College American Foreign Policy, College International Politics (Spring Semester, they didn’t see this on my app)
[li] Major Awards: Uh, National Honor Society, Advanced Regents Diploma w/ Honors. Really nothing.[/li][/ul]

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Journalism (EIC+Managing Editor 2 years), Japanese Club (4 years), Model UN (VP 4 years), Senior Yearbook (Editor 1 year), International Travel.
[] Job/Work Experience: Nope.
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~100+ hours, including Hurricane Sandy relief, lots of walks and charities, school events.
[] Summer Activities: I mean, nothing worth mentioning. I travel.
[] Essays: 1. Activity - Journalism, good. 2. Creative - Traveling, better. 3. International Issue - Wikileaks, LOVE IT.
[] Teacher Recommendations: Japanese teacher of four years, love her, loves me. APUSH teacher and Model UN adviser, same.
[] Counselor Rec: Just came to my school last year, all she knows is that I have good grades and am proactive in this kind of stuff. So yea.
[] Interview: I don’t understand what the hell people had to talk about for these magical two hour casual conversations at Starbucks. Mine was with a judge for 30 minutes, extremely scripted, took notes, asked things like why do I want to go, what I do that’s not listed anywhere else, etc. Said he would try for me.
[/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] State: New York
[] School Type: Extremely mediocre public (by lottery).
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: IDK, like 60k.
[] Hooks: Literally none.
[/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: I mean I was really proud of my essays. My school also has an “international studies” theme, I guess.
[] Weaknesses: Tests.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: In my interview I opened up about how obsessed I am with the school…[/li][/ul]

General Comments:
Oh. My. God. Now my dad is saying, “no way it’s too expensive.” but my mom is the one who matters, and she cried on the phone at work.

PsyduckFan · December 14, 2012, 9:19pm

Decision: Accepted

School:Gtown-SFS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (Single-sitting): 2320
[] SAT breakdown: M=780 , CR=740, W=800
[] ACT: Didn’t take
[] SAT II: USH (800), Bio-M (800), Math II (800)
[] Unweighted GPA: 3.84
[] Weighted GPA: school doesn’t weight
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chinese (5), US Gov (5), Human Geography (5), Euro (5), Psych (5), Bio (5), Lang (5), Comp Gov (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, AP Econ, AP World History, IB Anthropology, IB Chinese
[] Rigor of Schedule: Challenging
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): Nothing really special
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Academic Extracurriculars: Forensics-PF Debate/Extemp/Impromptu, MUN, Quiz Team, Int’l Youth Rights, JSA, National History Club, Community Service
[] Other (Instrumental, Athletic): Recreational Basketball
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked at newspaper as online editor, interned at city exhibition
[] Volunteer/Community service: Migrant school teaching
[] Summer Activities: an assortment of politically oriented summer programs, spent senior year summer @ yale
[] Essays: First essay-wrote about debate and the concept of soft power (8), SFS essay-wrote about solutions to the situatwion in DR Congo (7)
[] Teacher Recommendation: History teacher-solid rec, great teacher(9), Math teacher-we’re pretty good buddies so this was probably pretty good too (9)
[] Counselor Rec: She’s a really nice person and we go to the same church (8)
[] Additional Rec: Nope
[] Alumni Interview: Went pretty well, my interviewer was pretty laid back
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] Intended Major: International Politics
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): China
[] School Type: Private international
[] Number of applicants from school: Five
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 150k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: dedication to ECs, solid testing, good recs
[] Weaknesses: GPA a little low
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i hope my passion for politics came through in my application, which really aligned with Georgetown’s political orientation
[li] Where else are you applying: still deciding…probably a couple ivies[/li][/ul]General Comments: Really, really, really happy to have been accepted by Georgetown-SFS, good luck everybody! :D

tiredandanxious · December 14, 2012, 9:46pm

Decision: Accepted

**School: McDonough Business **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): 1510/2240
[] SAT breakdown: M=800 , CR= 710
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: didn’t send, but 730 lit, 600 spanish, 740 math I
[] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.87
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/about 490, i think?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Psychology (5), Statistics (5), English Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Literature, AP Spanish, Ceramics, ASB, CP Gov/Econ
[] Rigor of Schedule: All APs and Honors, except for chemistry and gov/econ, and ASB is not honors credit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): NMSQT commended student?, AP scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Academic Extracurriculars: Student Gov (Sophomore and Junior VP, Exec Treasurer), Russian Literature Club (VP), Young Life, Link Crew, Tutor
[] Other (Instrumental, Athletic): Art, Ballet
[] Job/Work Experience: 16 hrs/wk, cashier
[] Volunteer/Community service: 50 hrs at children’s camp
[] Summer Activities:volunteer
[] Essays:pretty good, unique subject
[] Teacher Recommendation: great, he loved me, i tutor his subject and one of the only ones who got a 5 on the AP test in my school
[] Counselor Rec: awesome
[] Additional Rec:
[] Alumni Interview: really good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: international business
[] State (if domestic applicant): ca
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Number of applicants from school: 1? just me, I think
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: $50k-$100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): good essays?, student government
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: gpa, sat, student gov, essays, recs
[] Weaknesses: not a lot of volunteer, not a lot of amazing extracurriculars?
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: God worked his magic
[] Where else are you applying: Boston College, Tulane, UCLA, Berkeley, Fordham, Boston U, maybe Duke
[/ul]**General Comments:**super excited! first choice

DemonIncarnate · December 14, 2012, 11:02pm

Decision: Accepted

School:Gtown-SFS

Objective:
SAT I (Single-sitting): 2330
SAT breakdown: M=790 , CR=800, W=740
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: USH (760), Bio-M (720), Lit (690)
Unweighted GPA: -
Weighted GPA: -
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): -
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Lang (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: -
Rigor of Schedule: Very Demanding
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): HIMCM - M Class (which is not really that outstanding)
Subjective:
Academic Extracurriculars: Broadcasting Club, Debate Team, Volunteer Teaching, Volunteer Teaching in a remote province, Intern at a newspaper company, intern at another company, horse-riding
Other (Instrumental, Athletic): -
Job/Work Experience: See EC
Volunteer/Community service: Also see EC
Summer Activities: nothing special really
Essays: Personal Statement - About how I matured as a writer (very creative and unique, I would think) EC Essay - About my experience in HIMCM; SFS Essay - About Prison Over-population worldwide, but mostly in both North and South America
Teacher Recommendation: History teacher and Math teacher, both solid
Counselor Rec: Also good, she’s my Eng teacher as well
Additional Rec: Newspaper Intern Mentor Rec- solid!
Alumni Interview: I think it was very good
Other:
Intended Major: Undeclared
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: Private School
Number of applicants from school: Not sure…
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Still not sure
Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): None
Reflection
Strengths: solid SAT1 (as an international applicant), solid rec, solid school report, good essays
Weaknesses: Awards and possibly EC
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: hmm…I actually do not know. Good luck I guess?
Where else are you applying: Notre Dame (also in, but I’m not gonna go now that Walsh accepts me), UChicago (still waiting for its EA result, but also not going no matter what), Brown, UPenn, Duke, Dartmouth and Wash U in St Louis (all RDs, but only Brown and UPenn are under consideration if got accepted)
General Comments: Really, really, really happy to have been accepted! So surreal !!! They will not take it back, right ??!! Good luck to all of you still waiting for results XD

luketoast · December 15, 2012, 12:10am

well… this is depressing

ChillyPenguin · December 15, 2012, 2:25am

you guys are all super qualified. congrats to all who got accepted

Abenaa · December 15, 2012, 8:21am

Decision: Deferred

**School:SFS **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): 2170
[] SAT breakdown: M=700 , CR= 740
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 720 (MathI), 740 (Lit), 750 (USH)
[] Unweighted GPA: 3.81
[] Weighted GPA: 4.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I don’t really know…top 20% at least
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Full Diploma Candidate…no scores yet
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Mathematics HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB English HL, IB 20th Century History HL, IB Theater HL, IB Spanish, IB Chemistry
[] Rigor of Schedule: Extremely rigorous (Most difficult possible in school district)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): NMSF Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Academic Extracurriculars: Math League (3 years), Newspaper (3 years), Quiz Team (Captain) 4 years,
[] Other (Instrumental, Athletic): Musical Theater and other theater (4 years), Varsity Tennis (Captain) 4 years
[] Job/Work Experience: Ummm I don’t know if this counts but I was a delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
[] Volunteer/Community service: National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (8 years), PrimeStage Theater Advisory Board (we do advocacy and fundraising for issue affecting our community-5 years), Started a small sort of business selling cupcakes and making and selling jewelry to fundraise for an orphanage in Ghana.
[] Summer Activities: Georgetown Summer IR institute in 2011, AFS Volunteer trip to Ghana 2012.
[] Essays: Ummm… I really don’t know. I’m awful at judging my own work. I think pretty decent? A friend who works in college admissions read them for me and said they were good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I assume really good…it was by my favorite history teacher who I’ve had for three years.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably not great…We have only one counselor for our whole school so she barely knows us.
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t send one…probably should have.
[] Alumni Interview: I think good? He was really nice and we had some really interesting discussions!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Can’t remember…
[] Intended Major: International History
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Number of applicants from school: Just me
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: >100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): Don’t think so
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs/volunteer stuff for sure!
[] Weaknesses: GPA…my math classes killed me. Also SAT I
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Grades weren’t great. And everyone is crazy qualified.
[] Where else are you applying: GW, American, Arcadia, UW, UMich, Richmond the American School in London
[/ul]General Comments: Well of course I wish I’d gotten in, but I wasn’t taken by surprise. I’ve still got hope for RD! Congrats to all of you who got in!! You seem super awesome. And for my fellow deferrees, you seem quite awesome as well. Good luck in RD and with your other apps! :)

gtownlover · December 15, 2012, 8:30am

Decision: Accepted
SFS:

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (Superscore):2290
[] SAT breakdown: M= 770, CR= 800
[] ACT: Did Not Take
[] SAT II: 5 between 800 and 760
[] Unweighted GPA: >95/100
[] Weighted GPA: School Doesn’t Weigh
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):No percentiles or ranks
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Macro and Micro Econ, Euro Hist, World Hist, French, Spanish all 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 courses → english, AP calc, french, spanish, world issues, politics, law
[] Rigor of Schedule:most rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): DELE, AP Scholar, First Prize in Canada wide competition, Canon Envirothon
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Academic Extracurriculars: Created United Nations Youth Association, MUN, mentoring younger students, etc.
[] Other (Instrumental, Athletic):
[] Job/Work Experience:intern
[] Volunteer/Community service:more than 900 hours, create my own program to help bridge new immigrants youths to Canada
[] Summer Activities: Full time intern; two georgetown programs
[] Essays:really really good, talked about an obscure issue and its potential impacts on the world
[] Teacher Recommendation:fantastic
[] Counselor Rec:most likely fantastic?
[] Additional Rec: decided not to get an extra rec
[] Alumni Interview:stellar
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:no
[] Intended Major: Culture and History
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):Canada
[] School Type:Independent (Private)
[] Number of applicants from school: only one
[] Ethnicity:Asian
[] Gender:Female
[] Income Bracket: >150,000/parent
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy):None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:extracurriculars, essay, and interview
[] Weaknesses:scores, lack of familiarity with the US application system
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[] Where else are you applying:no where else…Georgetown was my first choice
[/ul]General Comments: I’m really happy that I got in…and can’t wait to meet the class of 2017!!!

If you wanna see complete stats, check out my older chance me post.

patheticfallacy · December 15, 2012, 11:48am

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]

[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]School: NHS**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:[list]
[ ] SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): 2200 (superscore)
[ *] SAT breakdown: M=720 , CR=750
[ *] ACT:32
[ *] SAT II:Bio(750), Lit(730)
[ *] Unweighted GPA:4.0
[ *] Weighted GPA: don’t know
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):like 100/400, but that’s because of moving countries/boring complicated stuff
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Bio(5), Calc AB(5), Lit(5), APUSH(4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): I don’t do IB but I have 11 As and 1 A at GCSE, and an A in AS Maths
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: French H, AP Comp, APES, Latin (AP Vergil ind.study), PE (my credits didn’t transfer from England which sucks), Fiber arts (neither did my art credits), AP chem
[ *] Rigor of Schedule: Because of the classes I have to take, I doubt my counselor wrote that I have a very rigorous schedule
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): AP Scholor with Honor (does that count?), Gold on National Latin Exam, Piano certificates (2 distinctions) from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (but only Grade 2,3,4 so I don’t think they hold that much weight, or if they’re even major awards)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Academic Extracurriculars: Piano, Latin club (president for two years), Teen court (prosecutor), Environmental Outreach club (founder), academic team, spellbowl team
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:Hospital Cancer Center (100+ hrs), Peer tutoring
[ *] Summer Activities: Imperial College London biomedical/medical sciences summer school, two years ago interned in Biosciences lab at University of Westminster, went to schools in Zimbabwe talked to kids about hygiene
[ *] Essays: I wrote about my grandmother but I think I managed to show myself in it. NHS essay was about experiencing health systems around the world and wanting to go into health policy
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: My bio teacher loves me so it was really good!
[ *] Counselor Rec: It was probably quite good, I know she had to explain a lot about my situation
[ ] Additional Rec: N/A
[ ] Alumni Interview: I live in Indiana…I didn’t get an interview
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: accidentally, no! But I am going to, no I HAVE to haha
[ *] Intended Major: International Health
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
[ *] Country (if international applicant): lived in London, England 9th 10th grade
[ *] School Type: Large public
[ *] Number of applicants from school: none
[ *] Ethnicity: African American/ Indian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ] Income Bracket: middle/upper
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): URM? I still can’t work out whether african american and indian balance each other out
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: Maybe my essays? Probably my international experience, especially as I applied for INTL Health. I have read all the people’s stats who got deferred and I can’t see anything I have that’s any better than theirs!
[ *] Weaknesses: ECs, test scores
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think maybe they saw my growth over the last four years, not necessarily in academics/ECs, but going from small-town Midwest to London has really broadened my views and given me a lot of insight that I don’t think I ever would have had
[ ] Where else are you applying: Columbia, Dartmouth, Amherst, Centre, WashU, Davidson, a few more…
[ /list][ b]General Comments: I really can’t describe how shocked I am! I don’t feel like I am deserving of it compared to all the other amazing people on here! But I suppose it shows that unlikely things do happen in college admissions. Good luck to everyone who hasn’t heard yet or who got deferred, because I think (or at least I hope so much!) that we will all end up where we are meant to!

tiredandanxious · December 15, 2012, 11:49am

oh, and I probably got in because I’m international (not born in America), if that helps…

Manwitdaplan69 · December 15, 2012, 1:05pm

Decision: Accepted SFS

Objective:

<pre><code>SAT: 1410 (730 M, 680 CR)

SAT II: 660 Math II, 710 Physics, 790 US History

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0

Rank: Valedictorian (as of now)

AP (score): Euro History (5) US History (5)

Senior Year Course Load: Band (lol), AP Calc BC, AP Computer Science, Modern Physics, AP French, AP English Lit, AP US Gov

Major Awards: Ha. Uhh… Honor Roll?
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>Extracurriculars: 4 years Varsity Tennis and XC, 4 years symphonic band, I do a lot of jazz piano gigs outside of school, NHS

Job/Work Experience: Tennis camp counselor for 2 summers

Volunteer/Community service: Like literally nothing. I did a senior service project this year but I didn’t put it on the application.

Summer Activities: French Governor’s School program, French foreign exchange (hosted a kid, stayed in France one summer), jazz camp

Essays:
</code></pre>

<ol>
<li>Activity - Cross Country (BARELY missed state qualification, pretty good personal reflection) </li>
<li>Creative - Playing jazz (pretty weak in my opinion). </li>
<li>International Issue - Oppression of Coptic Christians in Egypt (my favorite)

Teacher Recommendations: US History teacher (literally loves me)

Counselor Rec: Yeah, she’s on my d***. Just kidding. But actually. She only came last year and seriously thought I was god or something because I had a 4.0.

Interview: The lady said she never had anyone accepted into Georgetown from my area before, and she’d been doing it for 5 years. She really liked me I’m pretty sure.</li>
</ol>

Other

<pre><code>State: Virginia
School Type: Extremely mediocre public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: I’m not entirely sure, my parents are both physicians.
Hooks: Being attractive
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>Strengths: Valedictorian from sh**ty school with committed extracurriculars and great recommendations.

Weaknesses: Very little leadership and service. Below average SATs (for GTown at least)

Why you think you were accepted: Probably my course record. I literally had 4 classes throughout high school that were below 98%.
</code></pre>

General Comments:
Can’t believe I got in over all of you guys with ridiculous SATs and credentials… Good luck to everyone who was deferred!

Shiyayo · December 15, 2012, 1:11pm

How do you find out? Is it by email?

cruxclaire · December 15, 2012, 1:33pm

Decision: Accepted

**School: College; Faculty of Languages and Linguistics **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): 2290
[] SAT breakdown: M= 690 , CR= 800
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA: 3.80
[] Weighted GPA: 4.58
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank; used to be top 5% when they did
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), US History (5), English Language (5), German (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Bio, German IV Honors, Spanish 1, Martial Arts, AP US and Comparative Government
[] Rigor of Schedule: Hardest possible
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): AATG/PAD German Study Trip, NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Academic Extracurriculars: Model UN, German Club, a few more
[] Other (Instrumental, Athletic): Girl Scouts, Thespians, Martial Arts, a few others
[] Job/Work Experience: Part time job at a public library since last May
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered as a camp counselor two summers; I sometimes do day-long service gigs with NHS and my church’s youth group
[] Summer Activities: Two summer homestay programs in Germany, work, volunteering
[] Essays: Excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I think
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Alumni Interview: It wasn’t my best interview, but I’d say it went relatively well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: German and Economics double major
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] School Type: Large, competitive public
[] Number of applicants from school: Not sure, I think 3 or 4, maybe
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Not CC’s business
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): Maybe that I applied as a German major? German majors are quite rare.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, SAT CR subscore, essays, recs
[] Weaknesses: GPA, lack of SAT IIs, Georgetown doesn’t seem to like my school much (I’m the second accepted in the last 40 years, and usually a few people apply every year)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not sure - I’m shocked! In a good way!
[li] Where else are you applying: Fordham (accepted), Tulane (accepted), UIUC (accepted), UMich (accepted), Rice, Swarthmore, Tufts, Arizona, Stony Brook, Jacobs University Bremen[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’ll have to work really hard on scholarship apps so I can afford to go here!

askBoston · December 15, 2012, 1:35pm

Accepted! School of Nursing and Health Studies - International Health

4.44 W GPA, 2120 (670 CR, 700 M), 11/303

Large public school, no legacy, no hook

ambohei · December 15, 2012, 2:17pm

Decision: Accepted

**School: SFS **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): 2250 (superscore)
[] SAT breakdown: M=760 , CR=710 (Writing: 780)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: Bio-E: (740), Lit: (770), U.S. History: (770), Math IIC: (770)
[] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.63
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/521
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Bio (5), Calc AB (5), Calc BC(5), Lang/Comp (5), APUSH (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Civics/Econ/Model UN, Chinese IV, AP Chem, Physics CP, Multivariable Calculus (3rd year calculus), AP English Lit
[] Rigor of Schedule: moderate
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): AP Scholor with Honor, Piano MTAC Completion, National Merit Semi-Finalist, Local Distinguished Young Woman (Jr. Miss) 2013, Academic Achievement in: AP Bio, AP Lang/Comp, AP Calc BC, APUSH/MUN, top of class in Lang/Comp & BC (whatever that’s supposed to mean), RNR Ohana Legacy XC Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Academic Extracurriculars: Model UN (MUN): 4th-year senior member, Delegate Affairs Officer, Under-Secretary General of Conference Coordination, Nationals Team Head Delegate, miscellaneous conference awards (outstanding, best delegate, research), 4-year XC runner, senior year honorary letter
[] Volunteer/Community service: Co-President of school Make-A-Wish Foundation branch, 100+ hours spent in nursery/children’s services at church, library/city parks volunteer
[] Summer Activities: 2 consecutive years of short-term missions trips with church youth group, State Finalist for Distinguished Young Women (DYW) 2013
[] Essays: Essay #1 ~ personal essay about brother, activities essay about DYW, Essay #2 ~ research paper on the black market trafficking of human organs
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’m assuming it was good… Ask my MUN teacher, whom I’ve had for 3 years.
[] Counselor Rec: No idea. She did say that it was easy for her to write me a letter, so I’ll take that as a good sign?
[] Additional Rec: I did ask my Calc BC teacher to write me a rec, but it was on extremely short notice, and I don’t know if it made the deadline.
[] Alumni Interview: Worst ever. I spouted some nonsense about the expansion of nuclear technology and sounded like a complete idiot.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Science, Technology, and International Affairs
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: medium public (about 500 students/class?)
[] Number of applicants from school: don’t know
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: middle/upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Definitely essays. I wrote some pretty off-the-wall stuff for the short answers too.
[] Weaknesses: extracurriculars, SAT (considered high for my school, but average for Georgetown…)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think my essays were the strongest aspect of my app. I’m relatively well-rounded, I believe.
[] Where else are you applying: UChicago, USC, Stanford, some UC’s
[/ul]General Comments: I didn’t really expect to get in… I really, really didn’t. Where I’m from, getting into a UC is the ultimate goal, but I thought I’d apply to Georgetown as a shot in the dark (like my Stanford and UChicago apps).

SgtDonut · December 15, 2012, 3:42pm

Decision: Deferred

School: College

Objective:
SAT I: 2080 (only took it once)
ACT: 33
SAT II: US History: 740 Math II: 690 Spanish: 690 Lit: 690
Unweighted GPA: 3.78
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/655 (top 3%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5) APUSH (5) Lang (5) Spanish (5) Comp Sci (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Physics C, AP Euro, AP Lit, Adv. Spanish
Rigor of Schedule: Pretty dang hard.

Subjective:
Academic Extracurriculars: several leadership roles in clubs… pretty scattered, but I thought they were strong.
Job/Work Experience: I work at a movie theater.
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring
Summer Activities: GTL
Essays: I thought they were good.
Teacher Recommendation: Good, I assume.
Counselor Rec: Amazing, fa sho.
Alumni Interview: It was chill, the dude was cool. We went to Cosi.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undeclared. That can’t have helped.
State (if domestic applicant): IL
School Type: Big ol’ public.
Number of applicants from school: Don’t know of any others.
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Boi
Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): None to speak of.

Reflection
Strengths: umm
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT IIs, everything else really.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not qualified.
Where else are you applying: Got into hella safeties already… A lot of liberal arts colleges.
General Comments: Financial aid probably wouldn’t have been that great ANYWAYS. I’m pretty sad though.

ivyhopeful13 · December 15, 2012, 5:31pm

Decision: Accepted

School: Georgetown College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (Single Sitting): 1540/2320
[] SAT breakdown: M=800, CR=740 (W=780)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 790 Biology M, 790 US History
[] Unweighted GPA: 97.06 (100 scale)
[] Weighted GPA: 107.71 (100 scale)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/196
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), US History (5), English Lang/Comp (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics B, AP English Lit/Comp, AP Economics (Micro/Macro), Honors Philosophy
[] Rigor of Schedule: Most demanding schedule
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): N/A
[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Academic Extracurriculars: Student Government officer, Editor-in-Chief of Student Daily Bulletin (daily publication), Editor-in-Chief of annual literary and art magazine, Math Team (Varsity Letter x3), RGAC leader (student-sponsored organization committed to raising awareness of social justice issues within the school community, greater community, and world at large)
[] Other (Instrumental, Athletic): Swimming (Varsity Letter x4, Captain), USA Club Swimming (since 8th grade)
[] Job/Work Experience: Research Intern at major Longwood Medical Area hospital in Boston, published in medical journal
[] Volunteer/Community service: many small activities and RGAC’s annual Awareness Weeks and charity fundraiser events
[] Summer Activities: Research Internship listed above, USA Club Swimming listed above
[] Essays: Main essay detailed the experience of a patient with a brain tumor morphing from the patient lying helpless on the operating table to the surgeon performing the operation (reflective of experience with my brain tumor)
[] Teacher Recommendation: from AP Chemistry and AP English Lang/Comp teachers, very strong I assume
[] Counselor Rec: also very strong, stressed my resilience in the face of the adversities I’ve dealt with in life
[] Additional Rec: from Internship mentor/boss
[] Alumni Interview: very strong
[/ul]

Other:[list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biology - Premedical
[] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[] Country (if international applicant): United States
[] School Type: Private boys school
[] Number of applicants from school: 1 Early Action, ??? Regular Decision
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <$250,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): Cancer survivor

infinityguitars · December 15, 2012, 10:55pm

Decision: Accepted

School: the College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (Superscore): 2380
[] SAT breakdown: M=780 , CR=800
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: 800 World History, 800 US History, 780 Spanish, 720 Math II, 630 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA: 3.92/4
[] Weighted GPA: 4.8/6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 32/~560
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in Human, World, APUSH, Enviro, Euro, and Lang
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Nope
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, A weird honors class on World War II, AP Physics B, AP US Gov
[] Rigor of Schedule: Pretty damn rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar w/ Distinction

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Academic Extracurriculars: officer in Model UN, attorney in Mock Trial
[] Other (Instrumental, Athletic): Swimming, founder of school’s branch of GSA, co-founder of Contemporary Issues Debate Forum (we staged a series of debates on the morning announcements), co-founder of school’s branch of NEHS
[] Job/Work Experience: Nope
[] Volunteer/Community service: nothing particularly important
[] Summer Activities: swimming, coursework at local university, mentor at a writing camp
[] Essays: wrote about swimming for activity essay, wrote about a quirky childhood event for my personal statement, and wrote about DC, the government department, and my experience touring for why I applied to the College
[] Teacher Recommendation: only saw one. It was glowing- made my week. My teacher described me as one of the best she’s seen in her career for three out of five categories, if I remember correctly. I had my other teacher for two years and we have a great rapport, so I’m sure it was great.
[] Counselor Rec: I thought it would be great, but saw she rated me as in the top 10% for the categories for the Common App. Maybe the narrative was better.
[] Additional Rec: Nope
[] Alumni Interview: She gave me the highest rating of any student she’s ever interviewed.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[] Intended Major: Government
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Number of applicants from school: Three early, more for regular
[] Ethnicity: Whiter than a Wilco concert
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): First gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT score, interview, essays, recs (most likely)
[] Weaknesses: Could’ve taken a more rigorous schedule, could have accomplished more extracurricularly
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Force of personality
[] Where else are you applying: Similar schools in different cities
[/ul]General Comments:
I still consciously can’t believe it. The school I toured…I can go there as a student. Don’t be intimidated by acceptance rates. Kids can and do get into schools this competitive. I’m absolutely thrilled.

JuniorMint · December 16, 2012, 1:54am

Decision: Deferred

School: College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): (2340) (2300)
[] SAT breakdown: M=740 , CR=800
[] SAT II: Lit (770), USH (730), MII (in the 600s, retook for RD)
[] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] Senior Year Course Load: Full-time dual-enrollment
[] Rigor of Schedule: Rather rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): NMSF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Won’t list ECs.
[] Essays: About living abroad, well-written if not compelling.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Sent three.
[] Counselor Rec: Fine.
[] Alumni Interview: Lasted nearly two hours, with a real estate agent that was seven feet tall and graduated around 1970. We did not connect and he was not pleased that I hadn’t visited.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Economics, Pre-med
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Number of applicants from school: Me
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 140ish
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): Nope, although I am Catholic.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I doubt it.
[] Weaknesses: Math II score, lack of APs, interview, lack of demonstrated interest, I suppose
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: 13%
[li] Where else are you applying: Fordham EA (accepted), Northeastern EA (accepted), BC, UVA, W&M, Cornell, Dartmouth, UPenn, maybe Yale[/li][/ul]General Comments: Sigh…

TexanByBirth · December 16, 2012, 9:58am

Decision: Accepted

School: SFS

Objective: N/A
SAT I (Superscore)(Single-sitting): N/A
SAT breakdown: N/A
ACT: 35
SAT II: Math II (780), US History (680)
Unweighted GPA: N/A
Weighted GPA: 98.8/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank; top 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), English Literature (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English Lang, AP Spanish, AP Government, AP Comparative Government, AP Economics
Rigor of Schedule: Hardest possible
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, NMSF etc.): Harvard Book Award

Subjective:
Essays: I think they were pretty good. My SFS one was about the Colombian drug trade.
Teacher Recommendation(s): Excellent!!! (i think, didn’t get to read). Got one from my English teacher and my Government/Comparative Government teacher. They are both Doctors.
Counselor Rec: Excellent!!! (i think, didn’t get to read)
Additional Rec: N/A
Alumni Interview: Fantastic. I think this was really key! I heard that they can’t really influence the decision much, but I think this solidified my spot!
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: International Political Economy
State (if domestic applicant): TX (OBVIOUSLY)
School Type: Medium, Very Competitive Private
Number of applicants from school: Not sure, I think 3 or 4, maybe
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Not CC’s business
Hooks (URM, first generation college, recruited athlete, legacy): Literally none.

Reflection
Strengths: ACT, essays, recs, interview
Weaknesses: SAT IIs!!! → not my best
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think my essays really brought to light everything that I was trying to show in in my resume as well. I think it really tied everything together well. However, I think my SFS essay was also very unique as not a lot of people probably focus on South America. Most focus on the Middle East and general problems in the world. I think this gave me a leg up!
Where else are you applying: University of Texas, Notre Dame, UVA, Boston College, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, WashU, Northwestern.
General Comments: First, I just want to say…AHHHHHHHHHH WE DID IT!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING!!! Ok. Now that my I just relieved all my excitement, I will have a hard decision to make down the road because I have been accepted to other very prestigious institutions as well. But SFS is so completely unique, that I will probably HAVE to go here. If you are interested at all in International Affairs, this is the place for you! And it definitely is for me too! It was a very rigorous process, but just keep working hard and the payoff is definitely worth it! Good luck to all who were deferred or still haven’t applied. EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON AND YOU WILL END UP WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE!

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