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

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I am an international student (From India) who is applying for class of 2021

Academics: IGCSE- 4*'s and 2 As
As level- 2A’s 2 B’s
Sat- 1180( I know its bad) I will retaking them this Nov
SAT2- US History- 780. Maths 1- 800
Rank: 2 out of 75

Extracurricular activities:

  1. Business/Entrepreneurship
    – Help IIMUN organised a MUN Conference (President) with no support from adults.Generated roughly Rs 2.6 lakh as revenue. Had over 600 delegates.
    – Founder of a Startup that helps farmers reduce the channel of distribution
    – Working as an Envoy for one of the biggest MUN conferences in country
    – organized the state’s first TEDx event
  2. Community Service
    – Started an NGO in school and help manny unprivileged kids and students. It was recognized by the local news agency
  3. Debate/Speech
    – I’ve attended 10 MUN conference around the nation and have 100% placement record. I also coach younger debaters in my school and am the school debate head.
    – Chaired 4 MUN conference in South India
  4. School Leadership
    – --Current School Head Boy, organise various cultural, sports and other events, along with general head boy work.
  5. Coursera:
    – Completed 3 online courses on ‘Coursera’ including Wharton Business Specialisation (Marketing, Finance) and International Leadership
  6. Photography:
    – I’ve been a photographer for 4 years and I have blog and my project called ‘imperfection’ was shared through the best local magazine
  7. Internships:
    – Interned in 2 different firms: One was a new restaurant which aimed at targeting the youth so I worked as a PR manager
    and for the second one, I was a junior data analyst
  8. International Relations Organization (Co-founder and Chairman, 11-12): Created a comprehensive governing body for all of our school’s government-related clubs, including Debate, Model UN, World Affairs Council, and Mock Trial. I combined resources onto a single website and organize a two-week intensive training workshop each semester. We’ve had great results because of this intense training, including a number of state championships and national awards in all of these areas.
    9.Drama:
    –President of the Drama/ Theatre club
  • Part of the drama team which has won nation level awards

Teacher Recommendation:It’ll be very good

Applying for Financial Aid?:Yes
Country (if international applicant):India

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@1zogden1 As far as dress code in the msb, people definitely dress nice. The MBA students on the upper floors wear suits for events but typically just wear shirts and pants. The undergrads usually dress a lot more casually. I wore a sweatshirt once to class and felt a tad uncomfortable, but its honestly based on preference/comfort.

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@c0llegeb0und while we’re talking about dress code, what is acceptable to wear to my interview?

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Name of Georgetown school you are applying to and major: Georgetown College; Spanish and Double Major intent for Biochemistry.

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): (1st)1810, (2nd)2010, (3rd) 1420(new SAT)
ACT (breakdown): 31
SAT II: 700 BIO E, CHEM/MATH2 tbd
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):? my weighted is 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13th/332
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(4), BIO(4), LIT(4), CHEM(3)(Don’t know what happened here…), WORLD(3), LANG(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, College Calc 2, Spanish 4H, Honors Anatomy/Physiology, AP Computer Science, and AP GP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, some awards for community service, and state contender for Academic Quiz Team

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years high school soccer (2 yrs. cptn), 3 years Academic Quiz Team, 3 years and current President of Chemistry Club, 4 years and current Treasurer of Spanish club, 4 years of Community Action Program, 2 years NHS, 4 years intramural basketball, and 3 years tutoring various topics(Spanish, math, chem, etc).
Job/Work Experience: Referee Classic soccer for past 6 years, also have worked at local soccer club for past 8 years.
Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hrs. Helping schools with events, food distribution, and local business aid
Summer Activities: Nothing special: I coordinate soccer games amongst high school students, and I spent this last summer speaking to Spanish speakers over the internet, hoping to improve my abilities(which I feel they have).
Essays: Not submitted, but will all be strong.
Teacher Recommendation: both teachers love me, should be excellent…
Counselor Rec: New counselor, but I outlined my strong points and tried to portray my best qualities so ~8/10; she seems to know what she is doing.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: TBD

Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none that I am aware of… unfortunately.

After reading all of the standardized test scores alone, I am realizing my chances of EA admittance are extremely minute… I’ll keep my fingers crossed my personal essays speak to an admission officer, I guess. Anyone have an idea of how I(or anyone) will stack up for Regular Decision, assuming I am deferred?

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Applying EA and expecting a deferred–>rejection. It’s my biggest reach school so really not expecting much but why not try? Good luck to everyone else.

Demographics: Asian male, middle class, PA, business major

Objective:
GPA: 97 UW, 99 W(4.0 UW on 4 scale for context)
SAT: 1510/1600 New SAT superscored
ACT: 34 single sitting
SAT II: 720 Bio
Rank- 2/100
Course Rigor- 7 APs, 9 Honors throughout high school, most rigorous in my school

ECs:
FBLA-2 years- treasurer(11-12)- 1st at regionals, ~20th at states
Model UN- 2 years- treasurer(12)- best delegate, 3 events per year
Tennis- 3 years- #2 singles on varsity team, club team, local tournaments, etc(biggest EC, not recruit level though)
Tennis volunteering- helping out at local clinics over this summer for our district residents(100 hrs)
Students against destructive decisions(SADD)-4 years-treasurer(11)
Engineering competition-11-12th
Recycling club- 9-12th- President(12)
Piano- seven years- private lessons

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Name of Georgetown school you are applying to and major: Lol SFS maybe? Or just the regular college I haven’t decided yet (can you tell I’m procrastinating haha)

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): LOL NOPE
ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT II: 670 bio, 660 math 2. (retook two days ago, pretty sure I did a LOT better on math II and did well on Lit, expecting 700s+ and not too worried. Will submit bio because I never want to retake that test again)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, although counselor said I had highest GPA in class so idk
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Psych (4), AP Bio (4, HALLELUJAH), AP Government/Politics (4), AP Macro (4), AP Lang (4 wtf even happened rip). Takin’ AP Micro, AP Lit, AP Environmental, and AP Calc AB this year, total of 10 APs

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro/Lit/Calc/Environmental, as well as Chinese 4, Spanish 6, Brit Lit, Physics, and independent research of Latin American Economic systems
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Uh…Idk if these count but ya know–First in statewide Chinese speech contest, First in Div. I of Midwest Chinese speech contest, State champ in taekwondo 3 years in a row, Some random music awards, Science olympiad awards, a random AP scholar thing, etc.

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Leo Club (treasurer, VP, now president), International Women’s Rights Club (founder, prez), United Students of America (co-founder, VP), NHS, National Hispanic Honor Society, Science Olympiad (captain), Chamber Orchestra (2nd chair, rip not first chair lmao), Martial Arts (demo team, competition in traditional martial arts, MMA fighting, Extreme martial arts, kickboxing, all that fun stuff. Teach private lessons and large group classes, one of four certified instructors that run the school), Chinese Club, idk I think I’m forgetting one but whatever
I also did this super awesome research project last year which looks good on an app and all, but more so opened my eyes as to what I want to do for a career. I looked at and analyzed the disadvantages and opportunities of ESL classes in the state I live, and absolutely fell in love with looking for solutions to problems that affected disadvantaged individuals, as well as the research process itself. I’m not going to go too in depth since you’re probably bored already lol but it was just really cool
Job/Work Experience: Teacher at Martial arts school, hold own private lessons on the side
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer as a community English as a second language tutor every Tuesday which I LOVE and is super fun, want to write one of my essays on it. Leo club does a million different volunteer stuff too. Peer tutor at school.
Summer Activities: Neubauer Adelante Summer Scholar at the U of Chicago, SO AMAZING AHHH one of the best summers I’ve ever had! Idk otherwise I usually just study a lot…mostly teach myself new languages
Essays: LOL SO I PROCRASTINATE HARDCORE ON EVERYTHING SO THEY AINT DONE. But hoping they’re ok. Don’t want to overestimate myself but I’m going to work super super hard to make sure I’m writing them to the best of my abilities. :slight_smile:
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10. Amazing teacher, had a great bond. Super happy he agreed to write my letter.
Chinese teacher: Ok probably, she likes me I think? 8/10
This teacher I’ve had for every social science and political science and modern global relations class (FOUR YEARS IN A ROW LOVE HER): 10/10
Counselor Rec: Eh.
Additional Rec: SO I SOMEHOW GOT THE PROF FROM U CHICAGO TO WRITE ME A LETTER OMG, SHOULD BE GOOD???
Also got my martial arts head instructor to write one, idk like a 7/10 probs
Interview: UhM I DIDN’T KNOW THERE WERE INTERVIEWS but I think I’m a semi-ok person so hopefully they’ll go well
Other Nah

Applying for Financial Aid?: YES
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public, 1200 people
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: female
Income Bracket: I actually have no idea. Like 80-100K maybe?? I’ll check and see
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, essays maybe

AGH THIS IS ALL SO INSANELY STRESSFUL LIKE WHAT TO HECK

GUYS WE SHOULD START A GROUPME CHAT AND PANIC AND ASK QUESTIONS AND STUFF SO WE CAN HAVE MORAL SUPPORT DURING THIS COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS :smiley:

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Also I’m loving reading everyone’s stats and stories!! You are all such fantastic, smart, amazing individuals, and even if you don’t get in here I’m sure you’re going to go to an equally great university and do even better things. <3

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Hello everyone! I don’t know if I should apply to the college or SFS. I hear it’s pretty easy to switch schools once accepted, so which is easier to get into? I am equally interested in IR and history.

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@class0f2017 why do you think you won’t get in?? You have awesome stats! Think positive and good luck!

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@autocraticllama If I read your post literally, it sounds as if you are asking if you can apply to a school and then decide after acceptance, if you want to change schools. I do not believe you can. Otherwise, what would be the point of students having to apply directly to a school? If you meant to say after you have started if you would be able to transfer after you have started, most colleges are very open as to what scenarios are more likely than others. It’s sometimes easier to transfer from one college to another but not visa-versa. For example, at Georgetown it wouldn’t be easy to transfer from the college to the school of nursing. I would imagine it would not be easy to transfer from the college as an intended math major into SFS. So as with much of this college process I think it will depend on what college/ major you are trying to transfer from and I do not think they will consider your request to transfer from one school to the other after acceptance but before beginning.

There are also slightly different application requirements depending on which college you are applying to in terms of who they require a LOR from and possibly which subject tests you take. You said you are equally interested in IR and history which are both offered at the college. SFS doesn’t offer history as a major does it? Go through and determine which would best fit your needs and then decide best fit.

At a recent info session, a student asked if he could double major in business and another major offered at the college. AO said no, there is no double majoring across schools at Georgetown. That is something to also keep in mind as you try to figure it out.

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@paveyourpath @autocraticllama
That being said, it seems that there has been backlash against the policy of not allowing students to double major across schools. For example, SFS students are now allowed to minor in a language offered with the College.

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Agreed, my understanding is there is no policy against major/ minor across schools. It is the policy against double majoring across schools which is, at least as stated by the AO, not permitted.

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Received my alumni interviewer info today.

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@paveyourpath Ah, I see. Still, it does appear that there is a trend towards allowing students to double major across schools.

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@luvquizbowl Can you point me in the direction of where you are learning of this trend? It would be in direct contradiction to what the AO said so I’d really like to see what the trend is and if it is specific to certain majors.

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I don’t have a source but I do remember reading somehwere(maybe the website?) that said you can’t double major across schools. I was looking into business+political science or something similar and I know I couldn’t do it at Georgetown. I do think a minor across schools is alright though.

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Also I got an email with interviewer info a few days ago and my interview is in about two weeks. Anyone done with their interview? How did it go?

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@paveyourpath The trend isn’t something I read about from any specific source, but more of something I gleaned from talking to my tour guide and piecing things together. The limiting of restrictions on minors across schools (specifically with SFS) seems to be a push in the direction of allowing double majoring across schools, does it not?

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@luvquizbowl I don’t think that reflects a trend. When asked, an AO specifically told a student who pointedly asked the question of whether they could double major across two different schools if he could and she told him a firm no. Told him it would absolutely not be permitted. Permitting a major/ minor across colleges isn’t unique so it makes sense that they would allow that. I wouldn’t say that means there is a trend to permit double majoring across colleges specifically when they’ve been very clear to say it is their policy not to permit double majoring across colleges. Has it ever been done? I’m sure there is the the student that may have been able to get the approval to do so. However, anyone applying should go into it with the understanding that it’s not something you can easily do as you can do at other universities.

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Hey guys, nice to meet everyone applying to Georgetown this year :slight_smile:

Name of Georgetown school you are applying to and major: Georgetown Colleges (FLL–Linguistics)

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 35 C (35E, 34M, 35R, 36S, 30 Writing)
SAT II: Chemistry (800), Math II (780), Spanish (700…)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure, my school’s GPA scale drastically changed so I only know my weighted: 3.99
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish Language (4), AP US History (4), AP Chemistry (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Literature, AP Computer Science, English 12, AP Physics C, Chinese I Honors, AP Calculus AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, unless you count awards from the National Spanish Exam :stuck_out_tongue:

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Play/Musical Review Team (founding member and lead critic for 3 years), Science Olympiad (won 4 regional medals and club head this year), Science Bowl (founding member and club head for 2 years), Academic Team, Bowling (this is my 3rd year, founding member of the team, 2nd in sectionals in my area, selected for student athlete leadership council for bowling), minor progress in self study of Japanese and Korean (enough to do a basic introduction and read some)
Job/Work Experience: Will be working on Election Day because of Youth at the Booth
Volunteer/Community service: Spent part of a summer volunteering at a special-ed school’s summer program–worked closely with kids
Summer Activities: The aforementioned volunteering, a swimming summer camp and a technology camp, a two week long Japanese camp, a 7-week long program at a college where I took a Linguistics and Macroeconomics course
Essays: I’m not the strongest writer (nor have I finished/started on my essays) but if I were to predict its strength, I’d say anywhere from okay to good
Teacher Recommendation: My chem teacher said she’d be eager to write a recommendation for me so I’ll hopefully be good?
My Spanish teacher is up in the air…this is his third year teaching me so he knows me pretty well though.
Counselor Rec: He said he’d be able to write something good…?
Additional Rec:
Interview: Not yet…Hopefully it goes well!
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian/White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Wayy to high for FA
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

I feel like I’m awkwardly butting into a conversation lol