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

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Hi all! Looking for any comments as far as how my academics/EC’s look. Would love it if someone could chance me.

Name of Georgetown school you are applying to and major:
Probably SFS (Considering STIA)

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 2010 old SAT (670 Reading, 690 Math, 650 Writing)
ACT (breakdown): 31 composite (32 English, 32 Math, 31 Reading, 30 Science)
SAT II: Chem, US History, Literature (No scores yet)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 (4.12 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, Chemistry, Language & Composition, Computer Science
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature & Composition, AP BC Calculus, AP Physics 1, AP Statistics, Honors Engineering, Honors Symphonic Band, Financial Literacy (Required), P.E. (Required)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology (not sure how relevant this is)

Subjective

-Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Office (Vice President), National Honor Society (Secretary), Junior Statesmen of America (President), State & Regional Science Fairs, Math Team, Marching Band (section leader 10, drum major 11, 12), Jazz Band (Top band @ school. First chair saxophone 10, 11, 12), Jazz Combo (Leader), Pit Orchestra, Varsity Tennis, JV Ice Hockey, JV Track, SEMSBA (Southeastern Massachusetts Scholastic Bandmasters Association – it’s an audition-based honor band), Private Saxophone Lessons (6 years).
-Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard at a summer camp (teaching swim lessons; summers of 2015 and 2016)
-Volunteer/Community service: Relay For Life (team captain and even coordinator for our town’s first Relay – most successful first-year Relay in New England!), Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (breast cancer walk in Boston; 2010-2016), My Brother’s Keeper (volunteer 2013-2015), Christmas in the City (volunteer 2015), Leadership Training Program at a summer camp (summers of 2013 and 2014).
-Summer Activities: Previously mentioned Leadership Training Program and lifeguarding. Drum Major Academy at UMass Amherst (2015-2016).
-Essays: Have some ideas, have a good friend in SFS to critique
-Teacher Recommendation: 2 academic teachers – have not received
-Counselor Rec: Expecting to be very good – have not received
-Additional Rec: 2 non-academic teachers (music director & class advisor; mainly accentuating leadership roles) – have not received
-Interview: N/A
-Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~$130,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen

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One award I neglected to mention was the U.S. Naval Science Award that I received at the Regional Science Fair.

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School of Public Health & Nursing
Major- Global Health (pre-med focus)

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 1x so far Comp. 31 Math 28 English 29 Reading 32 Science 33 Writing 27
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unsure- top 100 for sure of a graduating class about 1200
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), Lit (4) Art Hist (4), APUSH (5), Lang (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Ap French, ap comparative government, ap psychology, ap statistics, ap us gov, ap macro, IB physics HL, dual credit English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): unsure

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honors Society, SWIMMING- (Varsity athlete) I am currently being recruited to swim at GU, 24 hr a week time commitment, I lettered in cross country & track 9,10 (Varsity athlete)
Job/Work Experience: Swimming lesson instructor over summers
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer roughly 4 hours a week during academic year, 7 during summer break. At Humane Society, City Library (member of teen library council!), and Community Center
Summer Activities: Volunteer, learning Turkish language,
Essays: I have good ideas for the extracurricular essay and school specific essay, they’re coming along!.. Still thinking about that personal essay though
Teacher Recommendation: strong, I anticipate, from IB physics SL teacher and from APUSH teacher
Counselor Rec: I go to a big school (over 5,000 students) it probably won’t be too personal
Additional Rec: Letter from my coach- definitely will be strong
Interview: no idea!
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: YES, possibly AROTC or swimming scholarship
State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

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So does applying EA to Georgetown help?? Their website obviously states that it won’t but most people on here are saying it improves your chances minimally…

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EA and RD have similar acceptance rates, but if you get rejected from EA, you’re deferred to the RD pool and given a second opportunity to present yourself to the admissions board. So…if you get rejected -> yes! Only a little bit, but you’ll get another chance to go through the process if you’re rejected from EA in comparison to RD, where if you’re rejected, you’re done

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Does anyone know if it’s possible to apply to two different colleges so I can double major at Georgetown between two different schools? For example I’m interested in political science and finance, but one is in Georgetown College and the other is obviously in McDonough School of Business. Or can anyone major in one of the disciplines under Georgetown College? I looked on the website and found nothing so any sort of clarification would be great! Thank you!

Also I saw on the Student Profile that about half of students who are at the top of their class get into Georgetown. However, being at the top of your class at a huge school is different than being at the top of your class at a small school, and I’m at the top of my class in a small school (about 50-60 in my class), so I was wondering if anyone could tell me how much of a difference that would make. Thanks so much!

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@FutureBulldog I’m pretty sure you can’t double major between schools. I’m pretty sure there is no major in political science with the College anyway; there is a government major, though. Regardless, I think you have to stick to your school. I know that recently they’ve allowed SFS students to have language minors (which are offered at the College), and there’s been a lot of backlash against this policy, so it might change by the time we get there.

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Anybody know what a “good” subject test score is for Georgetown?

I got 730 Math 1, 760 Chem, 770 US History

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Ur fine i think @SonOfAbraham

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Mine were not great: 490 on Latin 600 on Math and 700 on bio. And I want to do sfs. Am I doomed?

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In June I got 790 on physics and 770 on math 2 which I am happy with but last year I got a 720 on math 1 and 650 Chem which I think could hurt

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Well, they look at it holistically and while it’s great if you get a good score, if you don’t get a terrible score then it looks good that you put the effort to take the test. They really want to see how well-rounded you are, and seeing which tests you would take and how you do on them is a good thing. Anything on the 700s would be looked upon favorably, I think. But you have to submit everything, and they understand that. I think that if you do badly, you should try it again and hope you do better, so then you can submit that score and show that you made an improvement. But I also think it doesn’t matter as much as other things, so you’re not “doomed” if you have a bad score or two.

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How is a 1510 superscore(1480 single sitting) for MSB? I know SATs aren’t everything but is it a strong score for Georgetown? No hooks either… Asian male and business seems to be quite competive, but maybe less so than SFS. It converts to a 2190 for context.

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@class0f2017 I had a 33 which is about a 1430 and got in, i think you’re okay

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@FutureBulldog I’m in the MSB, and basically you can minor in any major offered by the college, so you could major in finance and then minor in government. Alternatively, I believe the SFS offers an international political economy major or something of that nature that combines business with politics

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@c0IIegeb0und Ok thanks my SAT converts to a 33 ACT too.

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Name of Georgetown school you are applying to and major: SFS

Objective

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 33C (32R 33M 32E 35S)
SAT II: 730 Bio-E, 720 USH, 640 Math II (bad test day on Math II, plan to retake)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank. I am on track to graduate Summa cum laude though (all A’s and 9 “capstone” classes)
AP (place score in parenthesis): no APs offered. Only Dual Credit
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: H/DC Calculaus, H/DC Government, H Spanish 4, DC Graphic Arts, H Physics, H/DC Composition I & II, Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): most likely National Merit Commended

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Senior Class Treasurer), NHS, NEHS, Spanish Club, JV/V Basketball (Conference and Regional Champs), JV/V Softball (Conference and Regional Champs), KTA Taekwondo- 1st degree Blue Belt
Job/Work Experience: Softball Umpire, Pet Sitter
Volunteer/Community service: 275hrs, school and random community events,
Local Electric Cooperative’s Board Treasurer Election Editor, and
Chief of Police’s Editor for Newspaper Articles and Funding Requests
Summer Activities: Illini Girls State (Secretary of State, Nationalist Party Delegate), Youth to Springfield Delegate, Youth Tour to Washington (Youth Leadership Conference Finalist), classes at local community college
Essays: haven’t written them, but I’m a strong writer
Teacher Recommendation: bio teacher- amazing, history teacher- pretty good
Counselor Rec: mediocre, my previous counselor retired so I have a brand new one I haven’t met
Additional Rec: good
Interview: sometimes struggle with one on one interviews. I get nervous and forget things I want to say.

Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small rural public school (class of 200)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 90-100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

I will be also graduating with an Associate’s Degree in Politcal Science from the local Community College.
Do you guys think I have a shot at all? Nobody from my school or any school in the area has ever been accepted into Georgetown or any similar top university so I’ve been worried if I really have a shot.

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I think it’s really impressive that you did all of that work at the community college, which shows your interests and also that you can handle college work. Your stats and scores are good (definitely good enough), and I think if you spin your essays really well, you have a great shot. Good luck! @Eloquence23

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I started filling out the Georgetown application and after putting in general info (address, school, etc) it is already asking me to pay the application fee. I thought we didn’t pay the fee till we actually sent the application in on November 1st. Should I be filling out the application now if I plan on applying EA?

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@collegeready129 I recently started my EA application as well and I payed it. If you truly plan on applying it shouldn’t matter when you pay.