***GEORGETOWN CLASS OF 2021 APPLICANT THREAD***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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Welcome!

The Georgetown University application for the class of 2021 (HS class of 2017) has opened! Both EA/RD applicants are allowed to discuss the application and Georgetown!

If you would like to post stats, you may use the format below
Please use this format:

Name of Georgetown school you are applying to and major:

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:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other

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

Thanks!

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DS has already submitted part 1. It’s one of his top three choices.

School: Georgetown College (political science, political economy, etc.)

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): no scores yet
ACT (breakdown): 35 composite (36, 35, 32, 36 - math was his low one)
SAT II: USHistory 790; others will probably be around 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.98 (1 A-)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6th?? of 150 kids - they don’t use weighting in rank and at least 4 kids still have a 4.0
AP (place score in parenthesis): USHistory (5); Comp Govt (5); Stats; Micro
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:AP English, AP Macro, AP Physics; AP US Govt?; AP Calc; Band; Other minor required stuff that rounds out his schedule.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.) - none

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country, indoor track, outdoor track - on 4x800 team that set a school record, and both cross country and outdoor track won state championship for their division (Coaches award 2015; most improved 2016) HMUN; Yale Model Congress (best committee legislation award); YMCA Youth in Govt. (character development award for NH); Student Council (president in 16-17); TV Quiz bowl (captain in 16-17)
Job/Work Experience: worked for a landscaper and does yard upkeep for private clients as well
Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Scout at age 16, plus one palm so far; senior patrol leader in 10th grade
Summer Activities: Advanced Studies program at St. Paul’s School - 2016; working and at Scout camp prior years
Essays: strong common app about “failing at baling” hay; others won’t be so strong
Teacher Recommendation: Social studies will be strong; others are unknown
Counselor Rec: strong - he’s also his cross country coach
Additional Rec: probably getting one from scout leader - will be strong
Interview:
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: YES - have another one at UChicago already
State (if domestic applicant): NH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: rural public - only 35% of the boys go to a 4-year college or university
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

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@Crusoemom Good luck to your son!

I guess I might as well post my stats.

Name of Georgetown school you are applying to and major: Georgetown College, Chemistry

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1470 (730, 740) not submitting
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35 E,33 M,34 R, 35 S)
SAT II: Chem, US History, Math 1, no scores yet
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Stats, AP Physics, EMT, honors English/Social Studies
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): hopeful National Merit Finalist

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity track, varsity cross country, marching band, EMT
Job/Work Experience: lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: some tutoring for National/Math Honor Society (~20 hours)
Summer Activities: job, cross country, possible job shadowing at hospital
Essays:not completed
Teacher Recommendation: 4 (2 science, 2 nonscience, all AP) not completed
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:not completed
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 50k<X<100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Anyone else not able to submit part 3 of the application, request for transcript?

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@Sonofabraham is it possible to not submit your SAT score? Georgetown admissions office said they do not participate in score selection and explained you cannot select which score you send from a testing service they want the full testing history the service has for you. Left me thinking that works great for the kid who isn’t happy with their ACT score and doesn’t want to send it but the kid who has a higher ACT and would rather not submit the SAT score is going to have to because they require 3 SAT subj tests they want your full testing history.

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@paveyourpath I believe what they mean by that is if you are submitting SAT, you have to submit all SAT sittings; ACT, you have to submit all ACT sittings; SAT Subject, all SAT Subject sittings.

SAT Subject Tests do not count as SAT, to the best of my knowledge.

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@SonOfAbraham Your interpretation makes sense! I’ll have my son follow up but what you are saying does make sense. Thanks!

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Hey guys, I’m probably applying EA. I do you think I’d have a chance with a 31 act and likely average subject test (scores haven’t come in yet). I’ve got hooks, I’m black, and I’m a quadruplet, and proficient in Arabic. You know what, let me post my profile.

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Objective
School: SFS

SAT I (breakdown): N/A (taking in Oct.)
ACT (breakdown): 31- (31 E, 28 S, 36 R, 28 Math)
SAT II: Took in June, haven’t gotten scores
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Took AP bio, and Lang, no scores yet
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP computer science, AP Latin, AP Econ, AB Calc, Art (required)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): High Honors, National Latin Exam Gold Medal

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varisty Track and Football, Cultural Club Officer, MUN,
Job/Work Experience: Work at Old Navy 20 hr per werk
Volunteer/Community service: Tutor, Boy’s Council (tutor disadvantage 6th graders)
Summer Activities: NSLI-Y (State Dept Schoalrship that allows me to go to Morocco to study Arabic this summer)
Essays: Almost done. Probably really good, writing about being a quadruplet. Writing about racism in the Middle East for SFS
Teacher Recommendation: likely very good. One from Econ Teacher, another from bio teacher
Counselor Rec: don’t really know
Additional Rec: none
Interview: hasn’t happen yet
Other: Proficent in Arabic, Latin, and Darija (Moroccan Arabic)

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200k+ (but I’m a quad soooo that ain’t gonna cut it for college
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Quadruplet

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I’m going to be applying to the School of Foreign Service.

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36, 36, 36, 35 in reading)
SAT II: Taking Spanish + Math II in October, possibly another one
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish (my school does things differently)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5), Bio, Lang, APUSH, Psych (TBD)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Spanish, Gov/Econ, Wind Ensemble, Film Studies
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Treasurer), Brain Team (our HS’s quiz bowl team, President), former Science Olympiad president, Esperanto Society/Linguistics Club (President)
Job/Work Experience: current intern at the Suicide Prevention Center
Volunteer/Community service: Former volunteer tutor
Summer Activities: Learning economic theory, interning, learning French
Essays: we’ll see
Teacher Recommendation: Spanish will be very strong, others unsure
Counselor Rec: probably strong
Additional Rec: from quiz bowl advisor, probably strong
Interview:
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: probably
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket:$50,000-$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): grew up in tough school district

I’m worried about the whole thing about needing three subject tests. I’m going to be taking two in October, and I’d probably have to take one in November as well. Would I be able to apply Early Action?

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@NikkuWadde You definitely have a shot. Prep for the SAT and send scores straight to Georgetown.

@luvquizbowl Yes, you can apply EA. The Subject Tests are not even required. Also you can take 3 tests the October sitting and have them sent straight to Georgetown.

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Oh, I can take three in one sitting? Wild. Thanks. I assumed that since they recommended three, they were essentially required.

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@luvquizbowl They highly recommend 3. However, they state that if you are applying EA and have not taken the 3 subj tests they will review the app without them. If you get accepted you are done. If you are deferred, they suggest you supplement your app with the 3 subj test scores. The subj tests are 1 hour each and you can take up to 3 during one test sitting.

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Hey guys, for letters of Recommendation, how do teachers submit them? Do they get like an email notification when I submit the school report thing? Do I have to get them all at once and have them uploaded at once? I’m not ready to Submit the school report page, but I want my recs uploaded.

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intended major = government; planning to apply EA to Georgetown College

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 2350 composite (800 CR/770 M/780 Wr), 1570 CR/M
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Math II - 690, took US History and Bio M in June
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79 (strong upward trend)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), US History (not received yet), Calculus AB (not received yet)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Psych, AP Gov, AP English Lit, Honors Modern International Affairs, Programming, Gender Studies, Competitive Debate
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): projected National Merit semifinalist - 1500 on new PSAT

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • debate team (captain senior year) with extensive research and competition experience as well as working to enhance the participation of women in debate, also mentor middle school debaters, received Voices Foundation Scholarship for Debate, National Forensics League member with Degree of Distinction
  • French NHS
  • Future Problem Solvers
  • writing - published online in GreySTONE Youth Literary Magazine
  • research in the humanities - received a selective endowment scholarship from my school and am in the process of writing a full paper in the US history field, will have a full manuscript by March 2017
    Job/Work Experience: worked with kids at summer camp (30 hr/wk) after freshman, sophomore years. I save up all this money to pay for my own debate tournaments and camp.
    Volunteer/Community service:
  • volunteer with elementary school kids: sports, school festivals, volunteered for a week at science camp
  • weekly math tutoring for a 6th grader
  • weekly mentoring for middle school debaters
    Summer Activities: besides summer jobs, debate camp after sophomore and junior years; at one camp I’ll be helping to teach younger students as well as attending relevant lectures

    Essays: not done yet
    Teacher Recommendation: not done yet
    Counselor Rec: not done yet
    Additional Rec: not done yet
    Interview: not done yet
    Other: I want to debate at Georgetown and I’ll be attending their summer debate institute.

Applying for Financial Aid?: Y
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small private, ranked top 3 in the country
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 50k - 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no

thoughts anyone??

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You’re fine @sunshine232 You’re fine, get that GPA up and maintain a strong upward trend. You got this!

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Georgetown SFS: idk on major

Objective
SAT I (breakdown): Took in June for NM (tbd)
ACT (breakdown): 36 [36R, 36E, 36S, 35M, 33W]
SAT II: Biology, US History, Literature (tbd)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.985
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5), Euro (5), APUSH, APES, Bio, Lang, and Calc AB (tbd)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Stats, AP Comp Gov, AP Physics C, AP Economics, AP Latin, AP Art History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, 1st Place in National History Competition [unnamed for privacy]

Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (VP-11 &12), Mock Trial (President), History Comp Club (VP-11, Pres-12), member of other clubs and outside school organizations
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: A LOT of hours through a school club, mostly at local library or tutoring at middle schools
Summer Activities: After 9th grade- Online Summer Class; After 10th: Research Internship in Science; After 11th: Volunteering and Reading for Pleasure
Essays: No idea whatsoever, writing essays is so difficult
Teacher Recommendations: Should be strong
Counselor Rec: Prob average
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: idk
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

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Took SAT Subject Tests in June and don’t think I did as well as I would have liked… I am applying EA to Georgetown and am retaking the three subject tests Oct. 1st… If my scores can increase to where I want them to be (around 780 each) will the first scores play a role in the decision process? I submitted all three scores to georgetown automatically… Thanks

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@islandersfan1 Yes, the first scores will play a role. Georgetown looks at all sittings of each test you send.

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Wow everyone has near perfect test scores so far on this thread.

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Not me @class0f2017 I’ve only got a 31 :))