Georgetown EA Results 2023

[PFJ2023]

Hey guys. I see that some people have been getting their results in the mail already, and I thought that we should have a thread dedicated to admission decision and applicant profiles. Fill out the information below when you get your results. Good luck!

Just remove the “a” in the bold, size, and color of your decision.

[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Defered[/color][/size]**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
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 (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

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

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted:

General comments

[cristiano10s]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
-First Try: 1540 (790 Math, 750 EBRW)
-Second Try: 1570 (800 Math, 770 EBRW)
ACT (breakdown): Did not take.
SAT II: Math II: 800; World History: 800; Literature: 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Calculus BC(5), Microeconomics(5), English Lang(5), Physics 1(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP Computer Science A, AP Statistics, AP Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Twice finished first at FBLA State conference, finished top 10 once at FBLA National Conference

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Future Business Leader of America: Secretary, President; NHS, Tutoring Coordinator; Soccer Team
Job/Work Experience: Paid internship at local accounting firm
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered for Mayor’s reelection campaign, and with United Ways as an elementary school tutor/ supervisor
Summer Activities: Nothing academic
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Essay 1: Activities - 8/10 Spoke about personal growth through FBLA, and learning from failures
Essay 2: Personal - 7/10 Used my Common App essay, spoke mainly about my time at my accounting internship
Essay 3: McDonough - 7/10 Spoke about specific classes and programs that appealed to me, and how I would take advantage of these
Essay 4: Special Talents (Optional) - 0/10 I have none lol
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Rec 1:
Rec 2:
Rec 3: Guidance Counselor - 7/10

Teacher Rec #1: Calc BC and Multivariable Calc teacher - 7/10 Likes me a lot but does not know me very personally
Teacher Rec #2: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics teacher - 6/10 Thinks highly of me but does not know me personally at all
Counselor Rec: 7/10
Additional Rec: None
Interview: 8/10 - Went on for an hour and a half, he was very impressed with my resume and we talked a lot about the school

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Son of two Eastern European immigrants, although both went to college

Reflection

Strengths: GPA and Scores, Accounting internship for 3 years
Weaknesses: Generic essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: Strong business-related ECs supported by good academic standing
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: Fordham so far

General comments: Good luck to everybody else!

[wnoel2]

Decision: Accepted, NHS for Human Science!!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): First time: 1430 (770 math, 660 reading) Second time: 1430 (760 math, 670 reading)
ACT (breakdown): C 33 E 36 M 35 R 35 S 27 (yikes)
SAT II: Math I 740, Math II 730, Bio E 680, World History 680, Bio E 720 (couldn’t send in time)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/472
AP (place score in parenthesis):AP World (5), AP Lang (4), AP Calc BC (4), AP Biology (4), AP US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrollements: Multivariable Calc, Anatomy/Phys, Chem Research, Computer Science Regular: AP Government, AP Literature, Vocal Ensemble
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): School-year Governor’s School, Summer Residential Governor’s School, some music awards, Youth Salute nominee

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Biochemical research, Biotechnology Program, Student Council (Class Rep), Spanish Honor Society (Treasurer), International Heritage Society (Vice President), Math Honor Society, Black Student Union, Vocal Groups, Classical Piano, Theatre
Job/Work Experience: I did work for neighbors during the summer before my senior year
Volunteer/Community service: 125+ hours of volunteering at a local hospital. I am a lead on my shift.
Summer Activities: Georgetown Medical Institute program, working
Essays (rating 1-10, details):

Essay 1: Talents: 8/10 Talked about how central piano was in my life
Essay 2: Extra Curricular: 8/10 Talked about volunteering and how it helped me alleviate my social awkwardness and anxiety
Essay 3: Personal essay: 9/10 Wrote about the time I was accused of theft. It transgressed into how I’ve always experienced misconception due to my race but pushed myself to overcome these generalizations.
Essay 4: Georgetown College: 9/10 Started this essay off with “I twisted my balls” LMAO. Talked about my experience as a patient in the hospital w/ testicular torsion, and how the first hand-exposure to the medical field and its combination of STEM and the humanities made me decide its what I wanted to do. Then went into why Georgetown was the perfect fit for me to follow that path

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Didn’t read

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 Choir Teacher: I’ve known him since 8th grade and he claimed that his rec made me seem like a god
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10 Anatomy and Phy Teacher: I’ve had her for two years and she loves all her students. She had to write a lot of recs though so I don’t know how good mine was
Counselor Rec: I 9/10 Since I’m in gov school, I had a pretty close relationship with her. She only had to write 13 recs as opposed to the regular kids at my school whose counselor’s had to write 50+.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: 8/10 I think it went well enough. I was super nervous but when I brought it up at the end, she said she couldn’t tell. Nothing particularly special

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Human Science at NHS
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black/African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $190,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths: I think my essays caught their attention. Good recs, rank, and courseload.
Weaknesses: Scores were not spectacular, especially subject tests and ACT science subsection
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I really conveyed my love for Georgetown and medicine through my essays and extracurriculars. Also, all of my essays had good hooks that probably caught their attention
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: VCU, Hampton, Howard, George Mason

General Comments : I was so shocked, especially because the early rate is so low! I probably sat on college confidential for hours wondering if my stats were enough. Keep in mind that its not all about scores! Admissions know how to approach applications holistically and I believe that’s why I got in. Good luck to everyone waiting on decisions, and to everyone that was deferred DO NOT give up! Georgetown’s early action rate is low, and you still have a great chance during the regular round. #HoyaSaxa!

[byzantinedog]

Decision: Defered

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (790 math, 760 reading)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 770 Math II and USH, 580 Physics (lol)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.69
Weighted GPA: no clue
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH, 3 AP physics one
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Calc BC, AP Biology, then basic classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none lmao

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): orchestra, talked about helping kids learn music, debate, political internship. A lot of time/week on just the ECs I mentioned, not counting work (40hrs/week)
Job/Work Experience: tutor
Volunteer/Community service: KEY club, NHS, basic stuff
Summer Activities: Tied into my ECs
Essays (rating 1-10, details):

Personal Essay: I thought it was really good, and so did people I showed it to. (9)

Extracurricular: I tied this into my Georgetown college essay talking about how working with my local city councilman helped me to learn what it meant to be educated and help people. It was a little cliche looking back at it, but it described what was meaningful to me and why it was (6)

Georgetown college: I talked about how I wanted to use education to help people. I thought it was a more unique essay that still tied in with Georgetown’s mission, but it had a few extra periods/typos that probably pissed of the admissions officers. (8)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Math teacher 10-11 grade, I doubt it was amazing (6)
Teacher Rec #2: Social studies teacher in 10th grade, either amazing (9) or awful (4)
Counselor Rec: Barely knew the lady, probably pretty bad (4)
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Interviewer came 5 mins late, asked me the same two questions, then left after 10 mins. I was sick, so I don’t fully remember this. Either she pitied me and gave me a good write-up or just pooped on me. (?)

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Political econ
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: “elite” private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: idk, not getting any aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores (minus physics), ECs, I though my essays were thoughtful and unique
Weaknesses: GPA, rec letters, interview
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted:

My low GPA and no awards. I was hoping the fact that my GPA had been dragged down—I would probably have a 3.9 UW if not—by Bs in language classes and summer-school geometry would have helped. I had all As in social studies classes relating to my intended major, and my school is a very “elite” school, so I was hoping that would corroborate my poor gpa. That being said, I don’t really mind being deferred, and the best thing I can do it to try and get As this semester. Congrats to everyone who got in though, I’m sure you deserved it.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: none

[JOHNKIM1883]

Decision: Deferred

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1540 (800 Math, 740 Reading)
ACT (breakdown): Did not take
SAT II: Math II: 760; US History: 710; Chemistry: 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Weighted GPA: 4.62
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), Calculus BC AP (4), Chemistry (4), Psychology (5), US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): School does not offer IB
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government and Politics, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics 1, AP English Literature, AP Statistics, Spanish 4H
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout, Eagle Scout Palm, 2nd Degree Black Belt (Taekwondo), 2 silver medals from international sparring competitions

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Eagle Scout service project, Senior and Assistant Senior Patrol Leader (Boy Scouts of America), Saddleback Church Storytelling Ministry, Merit Badge Instructor (Boy Scouts of America), Taekwondo instructor, and 3rd degree black belt candidate, Track and Field, Cross Country, Band
Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor; 2.5-3 hours each week
Volunteer/Community service: Scouting, Church Storytelling Ministry
Summer Activities: California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science, West Point Summer Leaders Experience

Essays (rating 1-10, details):

Essay 1: Activities - 7/10 Wrote about my tutoring business and how I had to adjust my business model in order to better manage my time
Essay 2: Personal - 9/10 Very creative piece that allowed me communicate different facets of my personality
Essay 3: McDonough - 6/10 Spoke about specific programs that appealed to me, and how I would take advantage of these
Essay 4: Special Talents (Optional) - 8/10 Wrote an essay on my approach to my Eagle Scout project

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details: did not read because I waived my right, but just what I think):

Teacher Rec #1: Precalculus Honors and Calculus BC teacher - 7/10 Knows me for my work ethic but not too close to him
Teacher Rec #2: English 3H teacher - 8/10 Thinks highly of me but does not know me personally at all
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Rec: None
Interview: 6/10 - Half an hour, not the best, but there were not awkward pauses, followed up with her

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Accounting
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Large public, VERY competitive
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~175k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, SAT, essays
Weaknesses: ethnicity, region, extracurriculars, SAT II???, did not submit AP scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: Lack of business-related activities
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: Santa Clara University (Provost Scholarship - half tuition)

General comments: Good luck to everybody else. I’m hopeful but not optimistic about RD.

[anniek360]

@JOHNKIM1883 did you call? You’re from California, and I didn’t know if mail has reached here yet.

[JOHNKIM1883]

I called.

[LCool23]

Deferred

SAT I (breakdown):1560 (800 english, 760 math)

SAT subjects 720 Math 2, 700 US History, 690 Literature

GPA : 3.81/4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): none, school is IB
IB (place score in parenthesis): taking these this year
Senior Year Course Load: somewhat difficult, usual load for my school
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Internship with MLB team (plus letter of rec from GM)
High School/Club Baseball
Coach of a Middle School Basketball team
Summer Courses at 2 prestigious universities (Brown, University of Michigan)
NHS, French National Honor Society
Science Olympiad

Work Experience
Work at a Resturant (Irish Pub)
Baseball/Basketball official at local youth sports league
Election Inspector at 2018 election

Volunteer/Community service:
nothing really significant, other than NHS (I guess coaching also counts)

Teacher Rec #1: 10
Teacher Rec #2: 9
Counselor Rec: 7
Additional Rec: 12 (just because of the person who wrote it)
Interview: Went okay, worried I came across as boring though (this was the only school I applied to with interviews so nothing to compare with)

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
School Type: IB
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k-150k
Hooks: not sure if any

Reflection

Strengths: Strong SAT score, rec letters, and grades. Internship obviously helped. Amount of work experience is fairly unique.

Weaknesses: Not a great diversity of extracurriculars, no leadership positions held, and little community service.
Low-ish SAT subject scores (but plenty of people on this thread got in with worse), interview was average at best.

Why you think you were deferred :
I was little surprised, I’ll be honest, but SAT subject scores, lack of community service, neither my interview nor my essays were special, good but not great.

Where do you expect you will attend and why?
Already accepted at Notre Dame, still waiting to hear back from like 6 other schools both EA and RD.

[jttkemp]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1560 (790 and 760)
ACT (breakdown): Composite 34
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.308
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), Lang (5), Calc AB (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Env Science, AP Gov, Choir, Yoga, Newspaper
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Commended, Illinois State Scholar, National Honors Society

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Features Editor), Caring for Cambodia (President), Secretary of Theatre Club, 11 musicals/plays
Job/Work Experience: 3 years at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Personal statement about being a Navy kid, moving, and overcoming stage fright (10), SFS essay about humans trying too hard to fix the environment and making it worse (8), activity essay about performing on aerial silks (7)

Interview: About 45 minutes, got to discuss everything I wanted to and I’ve always been pretty good at speaking to strangers and being eloquent, he seemed really impressed and pleased

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: International Relations
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public High School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: idk
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: So far, accepted at the University of St Andrews. Also have applied to Northeastern, George Washington, Columbia, Oberlin, and McGill

[FlyingQwerty32]

ACCEPTED (MSB)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 36 - (36E 36M 36R 36S- not superscored); 32 on first attempt
SAT II: 700 Lit, 690 USH, 690 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): World-5, Stats-5, US History-5, Psych-4; will take Physics 1, Government, Lang, and AB Calc (DID NOT SEND)
Senior Year Course Load: AP AB Calc, AP Physics 1, AP Lang, AP Gov, Spanish 4, electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Scholar with Distinction, NM commended scholar, other smaller awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
XC- 4 yrs, varsity (captain of 140 member team)
Track- 4 yrs varsity
Boy Scouts- 11 years (Eagle Scout pending - already finished project, Patrol Leader)
School Newspaper- (Section Editor)
Homeroom Leader
NHS, National Spanish Honor Society
Newspaper Carrier
Dog walker for elderly neighbor (5 years)

Volunteer/Community service:
Peer Tutoring (2.5 years)
Volunteering - relief service organization
Volunteering- retirement home

Summer Activities:
Mission Trip, served as a Spanish-English Translator
Continued involvement in other extracurriculars

Teacher Rec #1: Didn’t see any of them, but I bet a 8-9/10
Teacher Rec #2: 7-8/10
Counselor Rec: 9.5/10- didn’t see it, but I’m confident it was good
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went well, the guy said he thought I was a good fit, talked for about 45 minutes
Essays: thought they were solid and showed character, kinda embellished on my MSB one

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: Business- but I didn’t see anything about MSB on my letter(?)
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Jesuit, all-boys (I am Protestant though)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$130k
Hooks: N/a

Reflection

Strengths: ACT, grades, variety of deeply involved ECs with leadership
Weaknesses: SAT II, Strength of schedule could’ve been better, ECs were good but nothing that would really blow someone away
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was kinda expecting deferral, I guess my essays were better than I thought + GPA/test scores. Also school has a good track record of acceptances here.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Butler, Notre Dame, OSU
Where do you expect you will attend and why?
Hopefully either Georgetown or ND if the finances work out

General Comments:
HOYA SAXA!!! So happy right now, loved my visit there and I’m so thankful I got in!

[collegeboard1]

Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1480 (740 RW 740 Math)
SAT subject: 800 Spanish, 760 US History, 670 English Literature
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35 English, 34 Reading, 34 Math, 31 Science)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Weighted GPA: 5.05
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no ranking at school
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Human Geography (5), Spanish Lang (5), US History (5), Spanish Lit (5), English Lang (5), Comparative Government and Politics (5), Calculus AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP English Lit, AP Psychology, AP Macroeconomics, Dual Enrollment World Religions
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Commended Scholar, National Hispanic Recognition, National AP Scholar, Premier NSDA Distinction, Principal’s Honor roll all four years, Veritas scholar (entered high school on scholarship), nationally ranked top 10 extemporaneous speaker (according to the National Speech and Debate Association), school’s extemp captain, Founder of current affairs publication The International Standard, lead reporter for World News at school paper

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Intern at immigration law office, employee at Chick fil A
Volunteer/Community service: member of the Make A Wish’s Youth Leadership Committee
Summer Activities: debate camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): First essay is 8/10. Second essay is 8/10. Third essay for SFS is 7/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: My teacher for Human Geo and Comparative Gov are one and the same and we’re close (9/10)
Teacher Rec #2: n/a
Counselor Rec: Rushed my fault (6/10)
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Thought it went well talked for about an hour (7/10)

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: International Economics
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: catholic
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: male
Income Bracket: enough to not be eligible for financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation in America; rough childhood facilitated maturation and shaped me

Reflection

Strengths: Charismatic. Intelligent. Humble (it’s a joke lol, idk)
Weaknesses: ^joke around too much, put dark humor and puns into essays, the risks probably hurt me
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: COMPLETELY FOLDED AND FORGOT to submit sat subject scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: n/a

General comments

Lmk

[jct719]

Decision: Accepted (MSB)

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1520 (780M and 740 EBRW)
ACT (breakdown): 34C (35M, 35E, 31R, 34S)
SAT II: At the time when I applied: 800 Math II, 630 US History, 590 Literature (Guess subject test scores really do not matter lol) (I almost didn’t even apply because of them)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.75/6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300
AP (place score in parenthesis): Government (5), US History (5), World History (5), Human Geography (5), Calculus AB (5), Computer Science A (5), Statistics (4), Psychology (4), Computer Science Principles (4), Physics 1 (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Calculus BC, AP Spanish 6, AP English Literature, AP Environmental Science, C++ Programming
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major. National AP Scholar. Some volunteering awards and Model UN awards.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I think this is what got me in. I was very involved in student council on multiple different levels. Looking back I really have no idea how I managed to do it all, but I have a lot of fun doing it. Additionally, I sit on some advisory boards and steering committees for my region. Additionally, I ran cross-country and compete in Model UN.
Job/Work Experience: Not really much.
Volunteer/Community service: Service club that I do a lot of work for.
Summer Activities: Notre Dame Leadership Seminar (Global Issues: Towards a Just Peace), traveling, some community college classes (French 101, English 101, Intro to Business)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10… I put so much time into them. They were perfect reflections of my personality and therefore were like very quirky and personal. For one of my essays, I just made jokes about myself haha. I put serious time into making them very unique and 100% me.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8/10

Teacher Rec #1: 8/10
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: The interviewer was super nice and helpful, but I was nervous.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: International Political Economy and Business
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Extracurriculars, Grades, Essays
Weaknesses: SAT II Scores are so bad
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: I spent my time in HS doing the things I genuinely enjoyed. Because of this, even though I was always super busy, I was having fun. Also, I made the essays so weird and different. They presented the weirdest parts of myself, and I think Georgetown liked to see that funny side of me.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: Accepted REA at Notre Dame

General comments
Still waiting to hear back from a few other places, but definitely very strongly considering Georgetown. Was super excited to see an acceptance!

[asadsenior]

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1460 (Math: 730; English: 730)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (English: 36; Math: 34; Science: 33; Reading: 33)
SAT II: Math: 780; Chemistry: 710; Spanish: 590 (lmao)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
Weighted GPA: 4.63 (out of 5)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Lang: 4; Calc AB: 4; Envi Sci: 4; Chem: 4; Spanish Lit: 3
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, Drama 3/4 Adv, Marine Bio H, AP Physics 1, AP English lang
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold Presidential Service Award (9, 11, 12); Bronze Presidential Service Award (10); AP Scholar w/ distinction; NCL Hourglass award (9, 11, 12)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girl Scouts- 12 years (patrol leader: 9-10, VP: 11, president: 12); PV Assembly (ballroom dancing/philanthropy program); Academic Decathlon (team captain); sound crew for drama productions
Job/Work Experience: Kumon instructor (since end of sophomore year)
Volunteer/Community service: National Charity League; mostly volunteered at local aquarium
Summer Activities: volunteering, working, summer school
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 1st- 8/10 (talked abt girl scouts experiences); 2nd- 6.5/10 (talked about science programs at georgetown); the other two prob 5/10 lmao
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): the two from the teachers were probably 9/10 bc they were teachers that i’ve known for a while and they both know me academically and personally; the counselor was prob 7/10 bc hes nice and likes me but doesn’t know me super well

Teacher Rec #1:^
Teacher Rec #2:^
Counselor Rec:^
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: honestly it felt like it went rly well. i brought my resume and the lady seemed rly impressed and was rly nice to me? but i think she was just a nice person in general so it probably wasn’t anything special

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: undeclared science
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: high ranking/very competitive public school (but not a magnet or charter) in los angeles area
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): president of girl scout troop of 130 girls

Reflection

Strengths: high difficulty classes throughout high school; high commitment extra curriculars; did most activities 9-12
Weaknesses: im high key a bad writer; lower unweighted gpa bc of harder classes/high standards at school; bad spanish sat II
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: generally a good student but not extraordinary lol; not super special
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: accepted at u of minnesota, montana state, george fox but honestly would like to go somewhere better

General comments

low key expected this but still kinda disappointed lol

[pinkpencilnf]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1530 (770 R 740M) 21 essay
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t Take
SAT II: Didn’t submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.59
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 6%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Lang (5) AP Spanish (5) AP Bio (3) AP USH (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Eng Lit, Theology IV, AP Calc BC, AP Latin, Leading with Business, AP Stat, AP Econ/Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi Finalist
Perfect Paper and Gold Medal Summa Cum Laude on National Latin Exam for three years
Corona Olivae and Laurae on the Medusa Exam
National Hispanic Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Quizbowl Team (Founder and Captain)
Leadership Live (Director)
Swim Team (Ex-Captain)
NHS (Service coordinator)
Mu Alpha Theta (President)
Latin Club (President)
Science and Engineering Club (Vice-President)
JSA (President)
Teen Court

Job/Work Experience:
Office Manager at a Jiu Jitsu Academy
Work Study Program at my school

Volunteer/Community service:
Emergency Intake Worker at Catholic Charities
Nursery Director at Bible School
Houston Food Bank
Project C.U.R.E
Program Organizer and Translator for a prepregnancy program
Section Leader for a Summer Camp

Summer Activities:
Henry Clay High School Student Congress
Neubauer Family Adelante scholar at UChicago
Texas Governors Schools
Gell.com Internship

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Personal Statment: 9, got me into a lot of other programs
Activity: 7, didn’t really like it, thought it didn’t focus on myself enough (lol)
School Essay: 7 thought it was really pander-y and too kiss ass-y

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:Latin Teacher 9- I love her to death, and she’s written other great reccs for me in the past, taught me for 4 years, and leads the Latin Club
Teacher Rec #2:Econ/History Teacher 8- Knows how to write a damn good letter, and I also lead one of his clubs, likes my leadership style, but I kinda slack off in his class had him for 2 years

Counselor Rec: Average I think
Additional Rec: None
Interview: I think it went really well! My interview and I were both really into the elections and volunteering in elections.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Linguistics
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private non-prestigious
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latina (Mexican)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100-150K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
URM, first gen American

Reflection

Strengths: Extra curriculars and volunteer work and unusual major
Weaknesses:the numbers and essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: Good personal profile, a lot of volunteer work and leadership
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: Accepted Univeristy of Texas at Austin

General comments

I was hella hella surprised. I think my essays could have definitely used more work, and I’m super surprised I got in without the SAT Subject tests.

[lia1364]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1560 (800 Math, 760 English)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (first try, didn’t submit: 36 English, 31 Math, 36 Reading, 33 Science)
SAT II: Math 2 (800), French (790), Biology-M (790)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Weighted GPA: 4.32
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), French (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), Calculus AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology, AP Language, research lab
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National French Exam (gold for every time), AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National French Honor Society (co-president 12), Kids Are Scientists Too (co-director 11-12), yearbook, JV cross country, JV track, school’s science journal, Writing Center tutor, letter-writing club (treasurer 10-12)
Job/Work Experience: private tutor (11-12)
Volunteer/Community service: Kids Are Scientists Too (taught after-school science classes for underprivileged elementary school students), mentored elementary school students at nearby school
Summer Activities: interned with a local French professor, attended Virginia Governor’s School for French, attended local university’s competitive science camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details):

1. Special talent: good at communicating (6–I didn’t know that this was optional and that I could have gone down the more whimsical/quirky path, so I wrote this very serious essay about how I was good at creative writing as well as science writing)
2. Activity: French governor’s school (9–conveyed a lot of my love for the French language, had a lot of sensory details and emotions or whatever)
3. Personal statement: reused Common App, wrote about my grandma’s background and how she instilled a love of learning in me (8–half of it is about my grandma, so super sentimental)
4. School essay: international community, how I wanted to work with global health and apply it on an international scale, French (5–sort of badly written and on the cheesy side but it did the job)
   Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: French teacher (9): she had me for 2 years and knew me very well; I was easily her best student and she also wrote previous recs for me
Teacher Rec #2: extra science class teacher (7): didn’t know me very well but did like me, I took a lot of initiative in her class and did extra
Counselor Rec: (4) didn’t know my counselor very well (also, she wasn’t very helpful in the college process at all…)
Additional Rec:
Interview: (10) my interviewer and I hit it off well! we talked for about 40 min and she took notes the entire time. she was very interested in my school and all of the advanced projects I was doing there. she also thought that Georgetown was a really good fit for me due to its international focus and proximity to worldwide organizations. ended up asking her about the general environment, volunteering opportunities, etc.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: French, Biology of Global Health
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: (very competitive) public magnet school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 80-100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: major, standardized testing scores, volunteering/leadership positions, summer activities, essays, school reputation
Weaknesses: not as many awards as others, okay GPA, one of my recs probably wasn’t that interesting
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: unusual major, unusual summer activities, strong essays, high school’s reputation
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: none so far yeet

General comments

I’m really happy to be a Hoya! Grew up dreaming of going to Georgetown, so it’s so weird to think that I made it here…

[WeMadeUSAMO]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36 English, 35 Math, 36 Reading, 36 Science)
SAT II: Math 2 (800), Math 1 (800), Chem (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Chemistry (5), Statistics (5), Comp Sci A (5), US History (5), Chinese (5), Macro (5), Micro (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, AP Lit, AP Euro, AP Spanish, AP Bio, AP Physics C Mechanics, Java TA.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO top 60, USAJMO qualifier x2, USNCO honors, USACO Silver, USAMTS gold, SciOly national medals (one gold, one silver, one sixth), National AP Scholar, Regeneron STS Scholar pending

Other schools: Deferred everywhere else.

[ksmom48]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
ACT: 33
SAT: 1490
SAT Subject Tests: No (hadn’t heard of them in our school/area)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.67 (straight A’s)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2%
AP: All AP courses available every semester (rigorous course load probably made up for test scores)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics II, AP Lit, AP Spanish; AP Calculus
Major Awards: State Honors Scholar; National Merit Semifinalist (only one in class); Presidential Honor Roll every semester; Freshman Presidential Scholarship to High School
School: K-12 Parochial
Community Service: Extensive since 4th grade (Parochial School requirement)
Leadership: State FBI Leadership Academy (summer); Boys State
Work: Landscape/Lawn Service - grades 10-12. Full time - summer. 5-10 hours per week during school
Activities: 9-12 track (varsity 11-12); 9 -10 football; 9-10 basketball; 11-12 CYO Basketball; Scholars Bowl -12
Interest: Physics (Columbia Engineering combo 3+2)
Financial Aid: Yes
Demographics: Midwest; Middle Class
Essays: Strong
Rec Letters: Very strong: Counselor; Head of Math Department; History
Interview: Guessing Good - Strong
Expectation: Surprised- thought would be deferred because of SAT subject tests. Excited!

[duckfudge]

do any of you know if there’s a facebook group for accepted students?

[mdawg19]

Yes there is. Georgetown sent an email with the link- it’s a private group.

[readandweep5]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 33 superscore, 32 best sitting
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9024
Weighted GPA: school doesn’t offer
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Lit, Civics, Econ, Academic US History Coach, Choir, Virtual Enterprise
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 13th/582 for National Business Plan, 5th of 86 for State Business Plan, Girl’s State Delegate, PPPSGV Representation Project Representative, Wellesley Book Award, Planned Parenthood Fall Benefit Speaker

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): City Council (Youth Commissioner), Choir (President), Virtual Business (Chief Officer), VEI Business Plan Competition (lead), TASSEL, Singer/Songwriter, TEDx Speaker, Academic Coach, Tennis (Captain)
Job/Work Experience: Law Internship (1 year), Middle School Tennis Coach (2 years)
Volunteer/Community service: Planned Parenthood Peer Advocate, Volunteer for children with Down syndrome
Summer Activities: Girl’s State program, Planned Parenthood work
Essays (rating 1-10, details): stronnnggggg

1. Special Talent: (8/10) Wrote about my operatic and musical background and how that translates to my growth as a songwriter. Included link to my original song.
2. Extracurricular: (8/10) wrote about my experience as the Chief Operating Officer of a 13 person start up company and how that made me embrace my leadership skills
3. College specific: (9/10) wrote about how our financial bracket shaped my view on education in a privileged community. wrote about my parent’s path to the US and how I adapted to life in a homogenous community.
4. Personal: (10/10) my favorite thing to write, EVER! I wrote about my love for shrek and how I called myself a variant of “princess fiona” in spanish. then connected that to my experience with my brother’s racial profiling incidents

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Honors World History teacher (10/10), super close w her and she emailed me when she submitted telling me she had gotten me into college. knows me super well.
Teacher Rec #2: AP Lang (9/10) Super close w him and he told me he loved having me as a student. knows me super well personally and personalized the recommendation.
Counselor Rec: (9/10) I love this woman. helped me through a lot and thinks super highly of me. knows me super well.
Additional Rec: Music Teacher (10/10) she changed my life and she knows it (lol) knows me the best out of all my teachers and submitted a letter on my behalf.
Interview: (8/10) loved my interviewer!!! dabbed in my interview and made her laugh. we had an extremely stimulating discussion about high school competition and we got very personal with our experiences.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Government
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Latina
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: we poor
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen american, low income

Reflection

Strengths: essays, recs, ECs, interview
Weaknesses: courseload (only took 4 aps haha)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: I really tried to show my personality and I believe my passion shined through. My essays probs helped and my recs
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: fordham, but im done now !

SUPER EXCITED FOR GEORGETOWN !!! my #1 !!!