Georgetown EA Class of 2020 Results Thread

[rsnep2016]

Decision: Deferred

School Applied To: Georgetown College

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M 780, CR 740, W 800
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: French 760, Bio-M 720, Math I 740
[] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.95
[] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.66
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/320
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): French (5), Bio (5), APUSH (5), European History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Stats, AP US Gov, Honors Physics, electives
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul] National Hispanic Recognition Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor, St. Michael’s College Book Award

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (VP), French Club (Co-Founder and Secretary), Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Class Secretary, Student Council Member, Tennis (Captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at a political nonprofit (paid) during the summer, year-round employee at a local arcade
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~200 hours in unpaid political volunteering for campaigns, also ~100 hours unpaid peer tutoring
[] Summer Activities: Election Politics Pre-College Summer Course at GW, aforementioned paid internship & campaign work
[] Essays: All applicant: really strong, 9/10
College-specific: honestly may have been too generic, not a standout
Short: very strong, 9/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10. I have known this teacher for years and she is like another mother to me
[] Counselor Rec: 9/10. We’re pretty close, but she has a lot of kids she had to write recs for so it may not have been perfect
[] Additional Rec: 9/10. APUSH teacher from Junior year. We were really close so I put a lot of faith in her rec
[li] Interview: 10/10. Interviewer told me she would be shocked if I didn’t get in[/li][/ul]

Other
[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[] Intended Major: Government
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: ~$100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li][/list] Hispanic (URM)

Reflection
[ list]
[] Strengths: SAT I scores, GPA, class rank
[] Weaknesses: College-specific essay
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred:[/li][/list] I applied to be a government major in one of the most prestigious universities for government in the country, so competition is always tough and not every qualified candidate can get in EA. Overall, my application may have been too generic, nothing that really stands out. My college-specific essay didn’t help in this regard.

General Comments:
While I’m disappointed of course, I remain hopeful for RD. HUGE congrats to everyone who got in EA- you truly deserved it. I heard this year’s EA was among the most competitive ever. To any future applicant, my biggest piece of advice: MAKE YOURSELF STAND OUT. Everyone who applies has stellar grades and test scores. Focus on what makes you different… Praying for good news come April!

[Sassygogo]

Decision: Deferred

School Applied To: NHS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR, 650 M, 700 WR (2030) retook in Dec 2015 idk score yet (The last straw)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 670 Bio E 700 Math 1 (sent all the scores I previously got)
Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.41 (pretty long story…had a hard time studying in a competitive school/county (HoCo, MD) So I didn’t perform to the best of my abilities. Big regrets on not being able to realize that I needed to balance out hard classes with easier ones (pressure to take the most AP’s was big)
Weighted GPA (5.0 scale): 4.23
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 30%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, Calc 1, WHAP, Psych, Gov, Eng 11, Spanish, Stats, English 12, Enviro I took most of the AP tests, but I’m not going to write down the scores.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English 12, Spanish 5 AP, Stats AP, Enviro AP, Anatomy, Tech Ed (required course), Orchestra GT
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All State Orch, Presidential volunteer service award, ap scholar award some others that are not huge.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):TED-Ed Club President (making our own TED conference next year) VP Multicultural Club, Hospital shadowing at Johns Hopkins (beyond eyeopening dream med school!), Korean School Assistant Teacher, Research Projects (2) on Ecology (microbeads), and pediatric cancer, multiple orchestras (school, county, and state) Relay for Life NHS Tri M Spanish NHS, NSLC at Northwestern, church orchestra (youngest member), morning announcer, track and swimming (9th-10th)
Job/Work Experience: N/A not paid for Korean School, but we do get monetary “gifts” on major holidays.
Volunteer/Community service: every Friday at Korean School over 100 hours spent at KS, Orchestra gigs
Summer Activities: Hospital shadowing, research project, did some Edx
Essays: Wrote about improving a students score at Korean School (I like that one), I think my essays were personal and representative of me. Another essay was about creating a bracelet for cancer patients, and the last one was about med…I think the med one was banal so I’m going to rewrite it. Won’t rate because the grade differs with every reader.
Teacher Recommendation: Loved my WHAP and Bio teachers, I was a good student, but I don’t know what they wrote. I loved both of them though.
Counselor Rec: Wasn’t extremely close with her, but she was very nice! Had some run-in’s with her due to trying to switch out of courses.
Additional Rec: WHAP teacher, really quirky guy. I had a great time in WHAP joking with him. Def don’t think it was bad, positive feelings!
Interview: Best part of this application. Talked for almost two hours, it was amazing. I was going back at forth between GWU and GT (due to some cocky GT student I met before), but my interviewer really drew me into GT. Words cannot describe how amazing he was.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Human Science with a possible minor in music or psychology.
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Extremely competitive public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: I don’t know…parents make enough to support me, my brother, and my dog lol
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Mom came to America for grad school only and left US, Dad went to college here and ended up staying in America. Dad’s store got absolutely destroyed and robbed during the Baltimore riots (losses of 600,000+), and we just moved into a new single home so I had no clue how we were going to support ourselves. Thankfully my mom did an amazing job keeping the situation under control, but this was the last few months of junior year so I was stressed about money, stressed about my family, stressed about school! Didn’t mention this to gtown though.

I probs didn’t get in because of my grades (I got two C’s…it’s a long story…again…won’t explain in detail) but this failure I did in high school has really motivated me to try a thousand times more in college. I am capable, and I will not let myself down in college. Too many regrets in hs that I refuse to feel again in college.

BUMMED OUT! mom hugged me and I cried it out lol…I’m such a crybaby…but I ain’t giving up! I never felt a place more comfortable than Georgetown. Did really well this quarter (3.85, 4.5 something gpa) so glad to see I am improving, but if I get flat out rejected, I will probably consider transferring freshmen year of college. But Gtown doesn’t mean I’ll become a doctor…so my decision in April won’t kill me. Good luck to those who were deferred, and a big congratulations to those accepted. You guys already are so talented and spunky.

[mdbluedevil]

accepted to MSB with 2080 so don’t worry to those looking at this thread and getting anxious!

[gtownsfsvg7]

Deferred

School Applied To: SFS

[] SAT I (breakdown): 750-760-800 (2310 superscore)
[] ACT: 35 composite; 35-35-36-35 (35.25 superscore)
[] SAT II: 730 USH, 720 Math II, 650 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.34
[] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH - 5, AP Lang Comp - 5, AP Bio - 4, AP Human Geo (self-study) - 4, AP Macro - 4, AP Micro - 4, AP Comp Gov - 5, AP US Gov - 5
Still to take: Calc AB, Lit, Physics 1, Euro, Psych
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[li] Senior Year Course Load:[/li]
AB Calc
AP Psych
AP Lit
AP Euro
AP Physics 1
Honors Latin Seminar

[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National commended scholar, National AP scholar, Various MUN awards, Boys State Awards (I’ll post specifics below)[/li]
ECS and Volunteer Stuff

President of High School Model United Team (Grade 12)
Honorable Delegate at Princeton University Conference (Nov 20-23, 2014)
Outstanding Delegate at Princeton University Conference (Nov 19-22, 2015)
Conferences attended at Princeton University, Boston University, University of Pennsylvania and Horace Mann School

Standardized Test Prep Club

President and Founder
Organized volunteer tutoring efforts/advice for students struggling with standardized testing
Provides free one-on-one tutoring for students who cannot afford test prep
Allows tutors to accrue volunteer hours for National Honor Society requirement

The Young Post

Staff Writer
College/high school run online publication specializing in current events/international relations

Young Republicans

President of High School Chapter (Grade 12), Secretary (Grade 11)
Participate in Republican Town Meetings, and support candidates as a campaign intern, including Congressional candidates

National History Club

Vice-President and Charter Member
Aided Historical Society’s development of an exhibit on the history of the town
Working towards creation of a National History Honor Society

Spirit Club

President (Grade 12)
Group that publicizes and supports High School athletic events to strengthen school community

National Junior Classical League

President
Tutor younger students in Latin, and stage performances to showcase the culture of ancient Rome

DECA
Team Member

Participate in team meetings, prep sessions and competitions

Volunteer Service

Wounded Warrior Project

President (last 3 years), Wounded Warrior Project Junior Committee
Raised a combined $130,000 for charity since the committee’s inception
Over 300 volunteer hours served
Speaker at benefit events of 100+ attendees on behalf of the organization

Tournaments Club

Volunteer organizer of intramural sports tournaments
All funds raised benefit a predetermined charity

Police Department Internship

Hands-on training with patrol officers, marine officers, and weapons technicians (firearms training)
Attended/aided response to medical calls (overdoses, strokes)

[] Essays: I thought these were pretty good honestly. 9/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: 8/10, and 10/10
[] Counselor Rec:8/10
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Thought it went really well, lasted for about an hour. [/li][/list]

[ b]Other**
[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: N/A
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): Northeast
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really[/li][/list]

[ b]Reflection**
[ list]

Pretty upset honestly but there’s always RD
[] Strengths: SAT/ACT’s, Ec’s, etc.
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred:[/li][/list]

GPA and strength of the applicant pool

[ b]General Comments:**

For anyone reading this, my other top choices are:

Johns Hopkins
Cornell
Tufts
Michigan
UVA
Princeton
Penn

If you could also offer some insight as to whether you think I’d have a decent shot at these alternatives, I’d appreciate it. Congrats to all of you accepted and good luck to those deferred.

[collegeapps115]

Pick one:
[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color]

[ b]School Applied To: College **

[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740 Math, 780 CR, 760 W (2280 composite)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Span, 740 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.93
[] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): n/a
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc (5), USH (4), English (4), Spanish Lang (5), WH (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Spanish Literature, AP Biology, Multi-Variable Calc, English Electives,[/li]
[ b]Other**
[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: History
[] School Type: Private All-Girls
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/list]

[XVItillwedie]

Decision: Accepted

School Applied To: MSB

Objective:

• [] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 740 M, 800 W, 2340 C
  [] ACT: 35 (35 English, 35 Math, 34 Science, 36 Reading)
  [] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chem, 760 US History, 760 World History
  [] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.92
  [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.17
  [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
  [] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) English Language (5) Physics 1 (5)
  [] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
  [] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish Language, AP Calc BC, AP Euro, Film Studies, Honors Journalism
  [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, national newspaper design awards

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Features Editor 12, Projects Editor 11), Political Discussion group (Founder, President 11, 12), International Affairs group (VP 11, President 12), Track and Field (Letterman 10, 11), National Spanish Honor Society, French Club, Student Alumni relations group
[] Job/Work Experience: Development intern for a non-profit, self-employed babysitting, house sitting, and tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: Worked as a docent at a Presidential Library
[] Summer Activities: Volunteering, working
[] Essays: 9/10, writing is one of my strong suits but I procrastinated quite a bit
[] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10, 2 year history teacher and 1 year english teacher who know me super well
[] Counselor Rec: 9/10, I know him pretty well, I go to a small school, and I’m sure he put some effort into it, so I’m sure it was fine, if not a little generic
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: 10/10 I really hit it off with my interviewer, he was a very interesting guy on a career path I’ve been eyeing, really sold me on Gtown[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[] Intended Major: International Political Economy and Business
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas, y’all
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Elite, all-boys private school
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, GPA, ECs, recs
[] Weaknesses: Probably not my most polished essays, my resume is a little one-sided
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I like to think my application had a genuine feel, not really into resume padding, my essays showed passion[/li][/ul]

General Comments:
I’m still really undecided, I haven’t heard back from most of my schools yet, but I was ecstatic to get in and for now it’s definitely at the top of my list. Best of luck to everyone in the RD pool!

[azhang40]

[ color=green]**Decision: Accepted

**School Applied To: College
Objective:

• [] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 M, 760 CR, 790 W)
  [] ACT: N/A
  [] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 US History
  [] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.94
  [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.55
  [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
  [] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4), US History (5), Calculus AB (5), Environmental Science (5)
  [] IB (place score in parenthesis):
  [] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Physics 2, AP US Government and Politics, AP Calculus BC, Economics, Expository Writing, and a couple classes at my local community college: Business English and Business Law
  [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2015 Siemens Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Honor

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive year-round swimming. I train 30 hours a week and three times in the morning before school. Needless to say it takes up most of my free time and leaves room for little else. I’m hoping to swim at Georgetown, too, been talking to the coach. Captain on my HS team. VP of my town’s youth council. Some speech and debate. And a YMCA youth government program
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Community Reading Buddies (10) helped underprivileged kids learn how to read
[] Summer Activities: More swimming haha. Research internship at UCLA Biology (10) and UC Berkeley Materials science (12), this is where I did my research for Siemens.
[] Essays: Overall I thought they were solid. One was also my Common App essay, and I talked about how swimming had changed my life for the better. It was more unique than your typical sports essay and I tried to emphasize that. I also talked about my research in another essay, and for Why Georgetown I talked about my passion for the sciences and elaborated on the engineering program that Gtown does with Columbia.
[] Teacher Recommendation: pretty subjective category, but I thought they were pretty good. One from APUSH and one from APES. Nothing outstanding here. Didn’t have too personal of relations with them so it actually might’ve hurt me. 7/10
[] Counselor Rec: Probably super generic…I got a new counselor this year and it really ticked me off. But oh well. N/A
[] Additional Rec: One from my swim coach. Outstanding. 10/10. I read it, and I’ve known him for four years and he spoke highly of me in the light of humility and character.
[li] Interview: I thought it was pretty average. We spoke for only about 40 minutes and it was a good talk, but I froze up when she asked me if there was anything I’d like to say that isn’t on my app. So beware, any RD applicants who are doing interviews![/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Biology or Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $300k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Solid grades, and test scores, I actually worked my butt off for the SAT. Brought it from a 1600 originally to a 2350. Hard work pays off. Being so involved in research and being a Siemens Semifinalist was definitely awesome. I think it’s good to have a few strong passions and go in-depth on those, than a bunch of superficial EC’s.
[] Weaknesses: Teacher LOR’s were probably average at best, my race
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: Listed above in strengths. Super happy! I hear back from MIT tomorrow which I’m super nervous about, it’s always a slaughterfest with their admissions. Congrats to everyone![/li][/ul]

General Comments:

[jjmmoo98]

[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color]

[ b]School Applied To: College

[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 34 Composite
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.75 (did not send)
[] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.63
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5), Lang (4), Lit, Government, Statistics, Environmental Science
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Lit, APES, AP Gov, Latin
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Junior Year Book Award, Latin Honors Society, Scholar Athlete
[/list]

[ b]Subjective:**
[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (Captain), Track, Literary Magazine, Peer Helping Board, Misericordia Junior Board, RUSH Junior Board, Reading and Writing Center Tutor
[] Job/Work Experience: Job over summer working at clinical research facility
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mentioned above
[] Summer Activities: Notre Dame Summer Scholars, Georgetown Pre-College Program, Summer@Brown
[] Essays: They were okay.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10
[] Counselor Rec: generic
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: It wasn’t great, it was average. [/li][/list]

[ b]Other**
[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Classical Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 250000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li][/list]

[ b]Reflection**
[ list]
[] Strengths: I guess my extracurriculars and test score.
[] Weaknesses: I didn’t think that I was statistically a great candidate.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I have no clue I didn’t think I had a chance to get in at all. [/li][/list]

[ b]General Comments:** Excited!

[azhang40]

Also my apologies for the weird format. How did everyone else get their posting to look…not like mine?? haha help please

[er2016]

@azhang40 get rid of spaces in brackets! The person who runs the feed will fix it for you if you run out of time to edit

[XVItillwedie]

@azhang40 you have to take the spaces out inside the brackets!

[azhang40]

@XVItillwedie @er2016 gotcha. thanks guys

[floridian98]

[ b]Decision: Deferred**

School Applied To: SFS

Objective:

• [] SAT I (breakdown): 710 writing, 740 reading, 700 math
  [] ACT: 35
  [] SAT II: 720 US history, 740 world history, 710 math 1
  [] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.124
  [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 5.3
  [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank
  [] AP (place score in parenthesis): ap human (5), world history (5), us history (5), lang (4), physics 1 (2)
  [] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
  [] Senior Year Course Load: ap physics c, ap calc ab, ap lit, ap gov, law, business
  [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit semi finalist. 3 time national mock trial champion

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): mainly mock trial and moot court. FLHS (president) and rho kappa (VP). a lot of other clubs but really involved in prelaw
[] Job/Work Experience: law clerk over the summer and work retail durng the year
[] Volunteer/Community service: do annual turkey drive and small things from here to there
[] Summer Activities: work work work
[] Essays: i would say 8/10. i had tons of people review them and i thought they were pretty good
[] Teacher Recommendation: teacher recommendations should have been strong bc teachers knew me well
[] Counselor Rec: i would say 6/10; she doesn’t know me well at all
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: 8/10; knew interviewer[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: IR
[] State (if domestic applicant):FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 100-150k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none [/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT score and extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: grades weren’t that strong and neither were SAT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: i think i was deferred because of weaknesses above ^[/li][/ul]

General Comments: congrats to everyone who was accepted !!

[xSucksToSuckx]

Decision: Accepted

**School Applied To: SFS

Objective:

• [] SAT I (breakdown): M:770 R: 800 (Superscore)
  [] ACT: 33 (Superscore)
  [] SAT II: 750 Math 2 and Chem.
  [] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.92
  [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.96
  [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No ranks but guidance counselor said top 1%
  [] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 4, APHG 4, APES 4, Eng. Comp 3
  [] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
  [] Senior Year Course Load: Taking all college classes since junior year at local university
  [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really Intel and USAMO level but won at the state level for a science competition

Subjective:

• [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Project Manager) of RWDC Team (Won states and 3rd in nationals but nationals wasnt in time for Gtown to consider), (Captain) of Quiz Bowl team, conducting research with professor at university, *County model congress, NCCJ, (VP) of NHS, Varsity Track
  [] Job/Work Experience: Internship with international company
  [] Volunteer/Community service: over 100 hours
  [] Summer Activities: International travel and volunteering
  [] Essays: 9/10, my SFS was my favorite essay ive written so far for any college
  [] Teacher Recommendation: Really awesome
  [] Counselor Rec: should have been pretty good
  [] Additional Rec: None
  [] Interview: Amazing, said I was exactly what Georgetown was looking for and would write great things

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: International Politics
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: public magnet (Early College)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:~$100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: lots of travel, interview, essays
[] Weaknesses: more of a stem focus with my activities
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: No clue, maybe essays and interview[/li][/ul]

[ethomsen]

[ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color]

[ b]School Applied To:**
College

[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240, 770 reading, 740 math, 730 writing
[] SAT II: Math II: 760, World History: 740, U.S. History: 700
[] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): unknown
[] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.8
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (4), Physics 1 (2), World History (5), US History (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Fashion Marketing, AP economics, AP government, English 12 HN, AP Physics 2, AP Calc BC, Combatting Intolerance
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student, AP Scholar with Honors[/li][/list]

[ b]Subjective:**
[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Korean Honors Society, NHS, Amnesty Intl, MUN, DECA
[] Job/Work Experience: I work at an after school care/ tae kwon do school
[] Volunteer/Community service: several mission trips, once or twice weekly food/clothing bank
[] Summer Activities: hosted a Korean exchange student, participated in the program which involved visiting DC, speaking a lot of Korean, teaching them about US history
[] Essays: pretty strong, especially my one about mental health struggles, i put a ton of effort in.
[] Teacher Recommendation: probably pretty good, I’ve had my Korean teacher 3 years in a row so she knows me well
[] Counselor Rec: good, we’re tight
[] Interview: I think it went swimmingly, she seemed to really like me and we had a lot to talk about with my Korean things
[/list]

[ b]Other**
[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Justice and Peace Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: caucasian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 120k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Double legacy, both of my parents got law degrees from GU Law
[/list]

[ b]Reflection**
[ list]
[] Strengths: unique background in Korean, being close to GU means I visit a lot, boyfriend goes there, boyfriends dad is a professor there
[] Weaknesses: GPA is well below average accepted, however my essay about my mental health explained everything pretty well
[li] Why you think you were deferred: I assume Georgetown wants to compare me to the full applicant pool because they have to kind of overlook my sophomore year grades so I expected it[/li][/list]

[ b]General Comments:**
I’m really not sure if they’ll let me in, and its slight killing me… all my friends that attend Georgetown say I’ll be fine but I can’t look past my GPA and if I don’t get in I’ll be pretty heartbroken!

[2016senior2020]

**Decision: ACCEPTED!!! **

School Applied To: Georgetown College

Objective:

• [] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (700 CR, 780 M, 800 W)
  [] ACT: Never took it
  [] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 720 Spanish, 700 Physics, 670 Chem
  [] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.85
  [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.31 (huge upward trend)
  [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t report rank (I don’t know it anyway)
  [] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Lang 5, US Gov 5, Comp Gov 5
  [] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
  [] Senior Year Course Load: Senior Seminar, Adv Debate H, AP Stat, AP CS, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP Calc BC
  [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Debate state qualifier, academic letter, AP Scholar, varsity tennis letter

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Oh about a million…. Debate (Captain sr.), Tennis (varsity sr.), NHS, SHS, Student Senate (class prez fr.), co-founded Young Dems club, hosted State House debate at my high school, principal’s advisory council… more that I can’t remember
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutor for middle schoolers, debate camp counselor
[] Volunteer/Community service: In addition to NHS/SHS: volunteer for almost a dozen campaigns since 2010, too many to list
[] Summer Activities: Intern for congressional campaign, Cornell Summer College (earned an A in GOVT-1615)
[] Essays: Extracurricular essay – about my involvement in debate, 9/10; personal essay – basically my common app essay with minor edits, 10/10; Why Georgetown – worked so hard on this one, 15/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both 12+/10
[] Counselor Rec: 10/10 at least
[] Additional Rec: Outstanding, 12/10
[li] Interview: 15/10, she adored me[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[] Intended Major: Political Economy (also signaled intention in essay to double major in CS or math)
[] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Huge public, very well-respected
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Idk, upper middle I guess
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, extracurriculars, essays, interview, upward trend in GPA, unique combo of interests
[] Weaknesses: No real hooks, pretty meh freshman year transcript, white male
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I have no idea. I guess I got lucky.[/li][/ul]

General Comments: MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!!! If you want to go somewhere just apply and they just might let you in. I’m in such a state of shock right now. It’s indescribable.

[vln2020]

Decision: Accepted

School Applied To: College

Objective:

• [] SAT I (breakdown): (2nd time) 2370 770 CR 800 M 800 W (1st time) 2260 720 CR 770 M 770 W
  [] ACT: (2nd time) 36 35 E 36 M 35 R 36 S 36 Essay (1st time) 35 36 E 36 M 34 R 33 S 10 Essay
  [] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chinese, 750 Bio E, 780 Chemistry
  [] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.88
  [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.42
  [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
  [] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Statistics (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP US History (5), AP Biology(5), AP Chemistry (5), AP Environmental Science (5), AP Chinese (5), AP Macroeconomics (5), AP English Language (5), AP Psychology (5), AP Microeconomics (4), AP Human Geography (4), AP Studio Art (4), AP Physics 1 (3)
  [] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
  [] Senior Year Course Load: AP World History, AP Computer Science A, AP English Literature, Discrete Math/Introduction to C++ (college level course), (Gov/Econ, PE) (required for graduation)
  [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar Award, Presidential Service Award Silver, National Merit Commendation, Painting awards

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): flute ensemble (1st chair bass flute), freelance artist, dancer
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid tutor and writing teacher for 2nd graders at local after-school (2012-present), paid intern at Doctor’s office (May 2015-present), unpaid intern at Dentist’s office (Aug 2015-present)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Camp counselors for Elementary School camps, volunteer at booths to raise awareness of Hep B, local volunteer at many SF events
[] Summer Activities: not much, traveled a lot, which I wrote about in my essays. Completed a bit of my volunteer service during this time (~100 hrs)
[] Essays: 8/10 creative, but have improved much since submitted Georgetown
[] Teacher Recommendation: 7/10 (one of my teachers really liked me and had me twice so therefore was able to witness my growth and explain one of my Bs, the other was a sophomore year teacher- not sure how this one turned out as he did it a little last minute, but he was my favorite English teacher and I wrote about him in my essays)
[] Counselor Rec: 7/10 big school so counselors don’t know many of us personally although she did become familiar with me; writes mostly off of our own senior profile
[] Additional Rec: none for Georgetown
[li] Interview: 9/10 very nice lady, we spent around 2.5 hours together talking about Georgetown, stayed in contact through e-mail[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large, academically-rigorous public school, majority Asians
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: High middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not much[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: standardized test scores, job experiences, good essays
[] Weaknesses: not many leadership positions, not in many clubs in school, not that many extracurriculars or summer activities
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: Overall, I think I’m a good candidate for Georgetown, and a lot of my weaknesses I explained in my essays. [/li][/ul]

General Comments: SUPER HAPPY! Got the phone call from GAAP before the official letter so surprised but happy nonetheless! Not sure if I’m going though, we’ll see when UCs and other schools come out!

[seanman1224]

Pick one:
Decision: Deferred

School Applied To: SFS

Objective:
[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1880
[] ACT: 33 M30 E32 R34 S36
[] SAT II: not good
[] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.6
[] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.14
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5) Lang (4) Stats (3) APUSH (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, Study Hall, AP Lit, Spanish 4 H, AP Psych, AP Macro/Gov, AP Calc AB
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, USSYP Finalist
[/list]

Subjective:
[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder of International Club, Class President, Academic Letterwinners Officer, Board member for my region’s trade alliance, Dollars for Scholars, N-Teens, Principal’s Advisory Team, Student Council, Participant in leadership program, some other things I’m forgetting lol
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 years as a cashier at a frozen yogurt shop
[] Volunteer/Community service: Humane Society, volunteers when possible
[] Summer Activities: Participant in IU’s Business is Global program (placed first)
[] Essays: My main one was pretty good, the other two weren’t my greatest, but still 8/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: All my recommendations were excellent I’m sure! The principal, my AP Language teacher, and my AP Human Geo teacher loved me.
[] Counselor Rec: She said she wrote an especially good one for me.
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Eh, it was mediocre. Nothing special. Hadn’t started my essays at the point, and he was shocked by that lol; He didn’t seem to enthused with anything I did. [/li][/list]

[ b]Other**
[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: International Politics
[] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 225k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li][/list]

[ b]Reflection**
[ list]
[] Strengths: I thought I had a good resume & extracurriculars & recommendations
[] Weaknesses: Interview & GPA/SAT II
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: Deferred probably due to test scores and GPA.[/li][/list]

[ b]General Comments:**
Congrats to all those accepted & good luck to those waiting until April.

[marille1902]

DECISION: ACCEPTED

School Applied To: SFS

Objective:

• [] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800 CR, 710 M, 750 W)
  [] ACT: 35
  [] SAT II: 800 World History, 750 Spanish, 750 Biology
  [] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale):
  [] Weighted GPA (5.3 scale): 4.43
  [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5
  [] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Environmental Science (5), English Lang and Comp (5), Biology (4), Chemistry (3)
  [] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
  [] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government, AP Comparative Politics, AP Spanish, AP European History, Honors Calculus, Honors World Religions
  [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Senate Youth Scholarship finalist, National Spanish Exam,

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (club founder and president), Academic Decathlon (team captain), Academic World Quest (club president), top-ranked club swim team, high school swim team (captain), presidential campaign volunteering.
[] Job/Work Experience: English and math tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Taught summer school to special needs elementary schoolers for two summers in a row; taught CCD.
[] Summer Activities:…summer school teaching, swimming, campaign work, all mentioned previously.
[] Essays: 10/10 personal statement, 9/10 SFS essay, only because I thought of stuff to add later.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10. English and history; both have said I’m one of the best students they’ve ever had.
[] Counselor Rec: don’t know. I’m honestly not close with her.
[] Additional Rec: 11/10. Was from an SFS professor I met at the Georgetown summer program, so i think that helped.
[li] Interview: Really good! Said I was exactly the type of person who went to the SFS. I talked about how involved I was in politics and about reading serious IR stuff for fun and how I wanted to go into the State Department someday, and he was impressed.[/li][/ul]

Other

• [] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
  [] Intended Major: international politics
  [] State (if domestic applicant): MA
  [] Country (if international applicant):
  [] School Type: private Catholic
  [] Ethnicity: white
  [] Gender: female
  [] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): lol none

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, interview, that recommendation. Also a lot of leadership in my extracurriculars.
[] Weaknesses: Freshman/sophomore grades weren’t great, and that 3 in AP chem.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I think I came across as a good fit for the SFS, what with my level of interest and my leadership activities. [/li][/ul]

General Comments:
I’m honestly SO excited. Georgetown has been my dream school forever, and I really can’t wait.

[ptoli10]

Decision: Accepted

School Applied To: College

Objective:

• [] SAT I (breakdown): CR 710, Math 760, Writing 630
  [] ACT: 35
  [] SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 790, Spanish 750
  [] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): n/a
  [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): n/a
  [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/200
  [] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
  [] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
  [] Senior Year Course Load: Math (Algebra, Geometry and Analytical Geometry); Portuguese (Writing and Literature); History (World and Brazilian); Chemistry (Physical and Organic); Physics (Mechanics and Electricity); Geography; English (Honors); Biology; Science Labs (Chem, Phys and Bio)
  [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Formula 1 in Schools World Finals Best Newcomer Award 2014, Formula 1 in Schools Brazilian Champion 2014

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): F1 in Schools participant (finance manager), F1 in Schools representative in Brazil, developed app for newcomer students at hs (lead developer & content manager), play guitar at a band with some friends
[] Job/Work Experience: none (really hard to get a job as a minor in Brazil, it’s sort of illegal)
[] Volunteer/Community service: none
[] Summer Activities: none I guess, there’s no real Summer Activity culture in Brazil
[] Essays: personal and activity are ok, but ‘Why Georgetown’ I put a lot of effort into and was really pleased with the result
[] Teacher Recommendation: from two great teachers (Algebra and English) who know me for years. Didn’t read, but am pretty confident about them.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read also, but counselor called my mom to praise me so I’m pretty confident as well
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: very short, but the alumna was so nice and seemed to like what I had to say[/li][/ul]

Other

• [] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
  [] Intended Major: Political Economy
  [] Country (if international applicant): Brazil
  [] School Type: private, not international
  [] Ethnicity: Multiracial (Hispanic and Greek)
  [] Gender: Male
  [] Income Bracket: 200k+
  [] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): F1 in Schools definitely

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: excellent grades, F1 in Schools
[] Weaknesses: no social work
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I guess I was the strongest applicant on the Brazilian pool, don’t know of any other Brazilians accepted EA[/li][/ul]