Georgetown RD Results Thread, Class of 2020

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

[ b]School Applied To:**

[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale):
[] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale):
[] 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.):
[/list]

[ b]Subjective:**
[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays:
[] Teacher Recommendation:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li][/list]

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

[ b]Reflection**
[ list]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred:[/li][/list]

[ b]General Comments:**

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Decision: Accepted

School Applied To: McDonough School of Business

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 800 M, 780 W (two sittings)
    [    ] ACT:
    [] SAT II: 740 M2, 750 BioM, 750 USH
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
    [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.438
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s for the most part and a couple 4’s
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis):
    [] Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s, took one more class than is permitted
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State champion for a certain speech/debate event, national qualifier for debate and quizbowl, AP award (i forget which one it is), state runner up for another speech/debate event

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech (captain), Debate (captain), two quizbowl teams (captain of both), did all of them for all of high school
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked in an Apple store last summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: founded a tutoring service for our school, volunteered in local library and schools, around 400-500 hours
[] Summer Activities: Engineering research for 3 years, traveled abroad
[] Essays: I think they were good for the most part, no lower than 7’s, doubt they were 10’s though
[] Teacher Recommendation: History teacher and calculus teacher, both coaches for my debate and speech teams, 8/10 for both
[] Counselor Rec: Probably good, always pestered her about taking extra classes but somehow she took a liking to me 8/10
[] Additional Rec: don’t think there is one for Gtown
[li] Interview: Finance professor at local state university, he was pretty cool, asked me about my career interests, was a little surprised that I said my ultimate goal is something like Chairman of the Fed (although I did clarify that I’m aware that wouldn’t be easy at all), but admired the fact that I knew a lot about business and investment banking and was knowledgeable about some of the material. I kind of over-dressed for the interview too, wearing a suit, but we met in his office and I probably should’ve just worn a nice sweater and slacks. Overall, interview went well. [/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes (got none lol)
[] Intended Major: Finance
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA USA USA USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Not entirely sure actually
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I speak 4 languages and come from the middle east? Not sure if that really is a hook or not[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I, GPA, Extracurriculars, pretty much everything other than SAT II’s
[] Weaknesses: SAT II’s, no business related EC’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: Pretty well rounded, not many weaknesses[/li][/ul]

General Comments: Not going to lie, I was freaking out a couple days ago because I had just been handed three rejections (a waitlist is pretty much a rejection) in a row, so I was pretty stressed. Initially, I had been thinking that Georgetown would be my safety of the remaining schools, but I’m beginning to take a liking to it and have learned recently that its a lot better than I thought at first. Not sure if I’ll make it into the Ivies or NYU, so for now, Hoya Saxa!

Accepted - Virginia Tech, Purdue, UVA, Carnegie Mellon; Deferred - Harvard; Rejected - Duke and Stanford; Waitlisted - UChicago; Still waiting on decisions from - NYU, UofM, Yale, Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Princeton, UPenn

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Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

School Applied To: SFS

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (800 CR, 680 M, 660 W)
    [    ] ACT: 35 (36 R, 36 S, 35 E, 32 M)
    [] SAT II: Literature (780), Latin (720), US (690), Bio (620)
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
    [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.5
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5), Latin (4), Bio (4), World (4) + five more this year
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [] Senior Year Course Load: All APs and Honors
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Don’t want to list them all for confidentiality but I definitely focused on a few things that are most important to me
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: A lot
[] Summer Activities: Community service
[] Essays: Main essay (8/10), SFS essay (10/10)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Teacher I’ve had all through high school (10/10), APUSH teacher (9/10)
[] Counselor Rec: Probably good, she seems to really like me! (10/10)
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Not sure how to rank this. My interviewer was really nice and I think we got along, but it was my first college interview so I’m sure I was really nervous.[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Not sure yet
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Catholic, private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: don’t qualify for financial aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT score, GPA, essays, ECs
[] Weaknesses: I was nervous that having to send all my test scores would hurt me since I didn’t do as well on the SAT and two of my SAT IIs; Midyear report- I had a B in BC Calculus so I thought that might hurt me.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: No idea!![/li][/ul]

General Comments: I’m going to visit again but as of right now I think Georgetown is my #1. I’m so so excited!! Hoya Saxa!

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Decision: Rejected

School Applied To: SFS

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): 1880 (didn’t do very well)
    [    ] ACT: 33 (M30 S36 R34 E32)
    [] SAT II: Not well at all.
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.6? probably higher
    [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale):4.25
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH 3 AP Stats 3 AP Lang 4 APHG 5
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis):
    [] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, Guidance Aide, AP Lit, Spanish 4 H, AP Psych, AP Macro/Gov, AP Calc AB
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top 10 finalist for the United States Senate Youth Program from my state

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Have around 10 ECs from school (including president of 2 clubs) plus leadership conference, board member for my region’s international trade organization, on several committees at my school
[] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at frozen yogurt shop for 3 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: Humane society, did service through school clubs
[] Summer Activities: Summer business program at IU
[] Essays: Main: 9/10, SFS: 7/10, Other: 8/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: Definitely 9 or 10
[] Counselor Rec: She said she made mine specifically great because she liked me, so 9/10
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Went well! It was in early October (I was deferred EA), and he said I would be a great fit for Georgetown. I think he was impressed, but one downside was I told him I hadn’t started my essays yet, and the deadline was in like 4 weeks.[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: International Politics
[] State (if domestic applicant): IN
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: I think my extracurriculars were a huge strength. I also thought my recommendations and apparent interest in Georgetown would help.
[] Weaknesses: Probably my test scores (beside ACT) and GPA.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: [/li][/ul]

General Comments:
Huge congratulations to everyone accepted! Georgetown is my dream school, but there’s always grad school. :slight_smile: Good luck to everyone attending & I wish you all the best.

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Decision: Rejected

School Applied To: General College

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 730 W, 680 M (1440/1600)
    [    ] ACT: N/A
    [] SAT II: 700 USH, 650 Lit, 610 M1 (definitely what’s hurt me in apps)
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.8
    [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): N/A
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked (not top % in school profile)
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 USH, 4 Lang
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National History Day Winner

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Blog Writer w/ 100 articles & 200k views, 4 years varsity cross country, some other stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: Nothing huge, but some tutoring and some laboring-ish jobs
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours or so
[] Summer Activities: Same as other ECs… I don’t do any amazing summer trips, can’t afford it.
[] Essays: Apparently a lot worse than I originally thought, so I don’t really know
[] Teacher Recommendation: Teachers were both impressed by me, but I never saw the RECs, so I can’t comment
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t really know her, get the vibe it wasn’t great
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: He really liked me, actually! It seemed to me that he’d send the best recommendation he could–seems it wasn’t enough.[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!
[] Intended Major: Government
[] State (if domestic applicant): Northeast
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~60k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-gen![/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I, ECs, Interview, intended for my essays to be strengths…
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, Course Selection/Rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I think my biggest flaw was SAT IIs; behind that, it was course selection but much of that wasn’t my own doing, so I hope SAT IIs contributed more to my downfall than that… Pretty junk junior year, downward trend… in short, I think I had too many reasons to reject me and my reasons to accept me just couldn’t outweigh it.[/li][/ul]

General Comments: Rejected from Northwestern, Notre Dame, UVA, and Georgetown now. Accepted at USC and University of Michigan. Honestly, I’m somewhat surprised and humbled with all the rejections… maybe I’m not the PERFECT candidate, but I thought I’d be at least likable enough to get into Georgetown or UVA. Still four decisions remaining in Emory, UPenn, Cornell, and UNC, but barring something crazy, it seems incredibly likely I end up at Michigan.

Michigan is great, but wow, feels odd to feel so little love in this process. Really looked forward to weighing decisions towards end of April, but it seems my decisions are making themselves so to speak. But I guess the saying goes–it’s not about the ones who don’t want you, it’s about the ones who do!

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Decision: Accepted

School Applied To: Georgetown College

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 700 W, 690 M (1430/1600)
ACT: 33
SAT II: 780 spanish w/ listening, 750 latin, 730 chem and bio m
Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.62 (definitely a weak spot)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no clue school doesn’t give us that info
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 USH, 5 Lang, Chem, Mirco and Macro Econ, Lit, and Spanish this spring
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP chem, AP lit, AP spanish. AP micro and macro econ, Honors Calc, Theo IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity indoor track ( 4 years as a varsity runner and captain senior year) Varsity Outdoor track ( 4 years as a varsity runner and captain senior year), Varsity soccer (9th and 10th), Varsity Cross Country (11 + 12 Captain senior year) NHS, SAAD member (4 years) Club soccer (every year since 6th grade captain for multiple seasons)
Job/Work Experience: Sales person at Target, Camp Counselor
Volunteer/Community service: 400+ over 4 years of HS, Cofounder of a nonprofit that has raised over 400000 going public soon
Summer Activities: Camp counselor
Essays: Apparently a lot better than I thought
Teacher Recommendation: Good but not great
Counselor Rec: Good but not great
Additional Rec: Amazing
Interview: Got off to a rough start but was great by the end

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Neurobiology
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection
Strengths: ACT, Nonprofit, URM, SAT IIs
Weaknesses: GPA, interview
Why you think you were accepted/deferred: Honestly I think I was competitive enough and the URM status pushed me over

General Comments: GPA isn’t everything but that was probably only the case due to URM status very excited now its time to make a decision definitely in my top 3 and happy to be done with the college application process.

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Decision: Accepted

School Applied To: Georgetown College

Objective:
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.):
National Hispanic Recognition Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor, St. Michael’s College Book Award

Subjective:
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
Interview: 10/10. Interviewer told me she would be shocked if I didn’t get in

Other
[] 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:
[] Strengths: SAT I scores, GPA, class rank
[] Weaknesses: College-specific essay
[li] Why you think you were accepted: After I was deferred EA, I sent in an additional rec, updated senior grades (first term senior year was my best ever), and a letter explaining how much I wanted to go to Georgetown. I think this really helped push me over the edge.[/li]
General Comments:
Georgetown has been my dream school for years- I am unbelievably excited! Congrats to all other admits, and to those who didn’t get the news they were hoping for, don’t stay down for too long, you have a ton to offer to wherever you end up! See you all at GAAP Weekend, Hoya Saxa!!

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This is the format from past years (with the addition of weighted GPA). Look good for everyone? Be sure to take out the spaces in between the [ ] so it formats correctly.

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

[ b]School Applied To:** McDonough School of Business

[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M 800, CR 710, W 780
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: French 780, Physics 800, Math II 800
[] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.96
[] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.47
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lit 5, USHistory 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calculus AB, AP Micro/Macro Economics, Honors French, Honors English, Personal Finance, AP Psychology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Brandeis University book award
[/list]

[ b]Subjective:**
[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): parliamentary debate (captain), Volleyball (captain), NHS (president), soccer, school play, Yale physics olympics
[] Job/Work Experience: ice cream shop over summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: interact community service organization
[] Summer Activities: RISD architecture class
[] Essays: solid (8-9/10?
[] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 great teacher has worked with me for several years in various classes and extra curriculars
[] Counselor Rec: 8/10, don’t know my counselor too too well, but she knows I participate a lot and stand out.
[] Additional Rec: 10/10 great teacher that sees how I think unconventionally and am not afraid to take risks
[li] Interview: 10/10, interviewer was very impressed by my activities, and the interview turned into a casual conversation about his time at Gtown[/li][/list]

[ b]Other**
[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: international business
[] State (if domestic applicant): RI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$250,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I speak fluent French and my brother already attends.[/li][/list]

[ b]Reflection**
[ list]
[] Strengths: math and number based thinking, but I am definitely able to think outside the box and use unconventional ideas to stand out
[] Weaknesses: critical reading, and the humanities, but getting better
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I think outside the box and made myself stand out with my jovial essays, backed with good recs and solid test scores[/li][/list]

[ b]General Comments:** pumped that I got in. My brother attends so I’ve visited a bunch, but I love the campus and the city and I can’t wait for GAAP weekend

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Decision: Accepted

School Applied To: SFS

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): First try - 760 Math, 730 Reading, 690 Writing (2180). Second try - 770 Math, 660 Reading, 800 Writing (2230) My superscore is a 2300
    [] ACT: didn’t take
    [] SAT II: 750 Math 2, 780 Lit, 780 Chinese
    [] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
    [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.38
    [] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/343
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): Compsci (5), Human Geo (5), Stats (5), Micro (4), APUSH (3), Chinese (5), Calc AB (5), Psych (5), Lang (5)
    [] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Bio, AP American Gov, AP Comparative Gov, plus some random graduation requirements that I put off until senior year
    [] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Runner Up in the National Center for Women & IT Aspirations in Computing competition, a bunch of regional debate awards, tedX talk

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): for the sake of confidentiality, I won’t put specifics. I’m on the national staff of a youth political organization, started my own computer science camp for 8-12 old girls, started my own debate camp, published 2 poems, did speech/debate for 4 years, and have a couple leadership positions in school clubs
    [] Job/Work Experience: Mathnasium tutor, private math tutor
    [] Volunteer/Community service: see extracurriculars
    [] Summer Activities: attended 3 week Georgetown debate camp summer after freshman year, attended Gonzaga debate camp summer after that. Worked, volunteered, etc.
    [] Essays: reused my common app one. It was above average, nothing special though. The SFS one was decent, I talked about overpopulation.
    [] Teacher Recommendation: English teacher: fantastic, probably 10/10 Math teacher: ehhh above average
    [] Counselor Rec: probably generic
    [] Additional Rec:
    [] Interview: Went amazing. The lady is a local legislator for my district who I know personally. I actually helped with her campaign and regularly see her when I’m doing political stuff. She told me that she literally wrote “you would be stupid not to accept her”

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
    [] Intended Major: Not sure
    [] State (if domestic applicant): Pacific Northwest
    [] Country (if international applicant): US
    [] School Type: large public school. ranked second in the state, although that’s not saying much
    [] Ethnicity: Asian
    [] Gender: F
    [] Income Bracket: About 150,000
    [] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nah

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: Definitely ECs.
    [] Weaknesses: My individual SAT scores are mediocre, but my superscore is pretty good. Unfortunately, Gtown looks at all scores.
    [] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I think I’m a good fit for the school and had demonstrated a lot of interest (attending their camp for example. Plus my interview went well)

General Comments:
Rejected: Northwestern, Stanford
Accepted: Boston College, Northeastern (with 60,000 merit scholarship)
Waitlisted: Claremont Mckenna, Pomona, Vanderbilt, Grinnell (no clue why), WashU

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Decision: Accepted MSB

Objective:

[ul]
[]SAT I: 1480/2130 740M/740CR/650W (one sitting)
[]ACT: 34C 36CR 35E 34S 32M (one sitting)
[]SAT II: Math II 700 Physics 730 Bio E 670
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/660
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (4), Psychology (5), Physics B (4), Biology (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus/Intro to Differential Equations, AP Gov, AP Stats, Dual Enrollment Spanish, Dual Enrollment English, Architectural Design
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar (two years)[/ul]
Subjective:

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars:[list]
[]Taekwondo for 10 years, instructor for 2.5
[]JV Tennis 9,10,11 (Captain 10, 11)
[]Varsity Tennis 12
[]Road cycling 2 yrs
NHS[/ul]
[]Job/Work Experience: Internship at wealth management firm summer before senior year
[]Volunteer/Community service: 300 hrs at cat shelter and for my second grade teacher
[]Essays: all 8/10
[]Teacher Recommendations: Average
[]Counselor Rec: Average
[]Interview: No[/list]
Other:[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[] Intended Major: Finance
[]State (if domestic applicant): CA
[]School Type: Large underachieving public
[]Ethnicity: Hispanic
[]Gender: M
[]Income Bracket: 75,000-100,000
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first gen[/ul]
Reflection:[ul]
[]Strengths: All but SAT IIs
[]Weaknesses: SAT IIs
[]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores, GPA, class rank
[]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[list]
[]Accepted: IU Bloomington, UCSB w/ Regents, UCLA, UCB, Emory, Vanderbilt, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, UVA
[]Waitlisted: None
[]Rejected: None
[]Waiting: Harvard, Yale, Brown[/ul][/list]
General Comments:[ul]
Congrats to all who got in![/ul]

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Decision: Rejected
Georgetown College

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 35 C (36 R, 36 S, 36 E, 33 M)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4-3.6-ish (7 point grading scale); 4.39 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (17 out of 184)
AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer too many. APUSH (5), AP Calc, AP Physics
Senior Year Course Load: All possible honors classes, AP Calc, AP Physics

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-4-year Varsity Lacrosse player (Captain)
-3-Year Soccer Player
-President of the Service Team (Oversee ALL charities/drives/service programs done through the school)
-Model UN member
-Play the drums, guitar, piano, banjo, bass, and vocals; recorded music in-studio and performed live
-Play music at a children’s camp in the summer
-Artist, all kinds of mediums, took classes at the Art Institute
-Broadcast club Founder (announce sports games)
-Youth Initiative (Run different programs for improving student life)
-School Ambassador (Selective program where students are chosen to represent the school at different functions
-Eucharistic minister
-National Honors Society
-National English Honors Society
-Math Honors Society
-Italian Honors Society
Awards, etc:
-National Merit Corporate Scholarship Candidate (don’t know yet)
-Illinois State Scholar

Essays: 6-7, talked about history but was pretty run of the mill. Wasn’t very experienced with essays at the time of writing.
Teacher Recommendation: 8. Pretty good I think.
Counselor Rec: 8. Bad at gauging how good these are
Additional Rec: 9. From private art instructor, very good.
Interview: 10. Went really well and he said he liked me a lot.
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Put down art history, most likely not that.
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Co-Ed Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Common App Essay: I talked about how my design was chosen for a Veteran’s Memorial in my area, culminating in a 600-person attendance for the unveiling and a Congressional Medal of Honor speaker. I talk about how it came about through my desire to use my art to impact the community.

Reflection:
Strengths: ACT, Leadership Roles
Weaknesses: GPA.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably GPA.
Accepted: Vanderbilt, Villanova, Vermont
Deferred–>Rejected: Boston College, Georgetown
Rejected: Swarthmore, Northwestern
Waitlisted: UChicago
Waiting to hear from: Tufts, Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown
Reflection: I liked Georgetown a lot, but I got deferred so I wasn’t too optimistic. Definitely doesn’t sting that much since I am almost certainly set on Vanderbilt (though that could change on Ivy Day). Congrats to those who got in!

12

Decision: Accepted
Georgetown College

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800 W, 770 M, 720 W)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 700 Biology E, 710 Math 2, 720 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, school doesnt calculate
AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer too many. AP Euro (5), AP Bio (4), AP Macro Econ (4), APUSH, AP AB Calc, AP Physics, AP Psychology
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, Honors Physics, AP Psych, Accelerated French 4, APUSH

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-4 years spring and winter track and field
-4 years speech and debate
-1 year school newspaper editor
-internship at startup company (Jobcase)
-volunteer at BU’s Aphasia Lab
-islamic youth group mentor
-NHS member

Awards, etc:
-AP Scholar
-National Merit Commended Scholar

Essays: 7, average
Teacher Recommendation: No idea, didnt read but had good relationships with teacher
Counselor Rec: Probably an 8, didnt know him too well
Interview: 10. Went really well, the woman was really nice.
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Government
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White/Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Half URM?

Common App Essay: I liked it alot, talked about my mixed heritage and how that related to what I want to pursue (politics)

Reflection:
Strengths: SAT, Essays
Weaknesses: GPA.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Umass Amherst, Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern
Rejected: Wesleyan
Waitlisted: Wellesley
Waiting to hear from: Tufts, Cornell, NYU, GWU, Harvard (lol), Columbia, UPenn
Reflection: Super excited! So incredibly blessed to be admitted, cant wait until the fall!

13

Decision: Waitlist

School Applied To: College

Objective:

[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1420/1600 (750 CR, 670 M)
[] ACT: 34 C (35 W, 35 R, 33 S, 32 M)
[] SAT II: 710 Biology, 700 USH, 690 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 5.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/530
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 6 5’s and 2 4’s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Schedule. HL: Biology, English, Anthropology SL: Econ, Spanish, Calculus
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing huge. National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended, Pathfinder Nominee
[/list]

Subjective:
[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of 2 Varsity Sports, NHS, President of Rho Kappa, AIPAC Lobbying Conferences, Congressional Youth Cabinet, President of Eagles for Israel, Safe School Ambassador, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern on Political Campaigns, Art Museum Receptionist
[] Volunteer/Community service: Main was a humanitarian sailing trip to deliver books to a middle school in Eleuthera
[] Summer Activities: sailing trips, AIPAC conferences, south america
[] Essays: Very specific and decent quality. 8/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both were fantastic
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t send
[li] Interview: Went well but it was my first one and I was rather nervous[/li][/list]

Other
[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Political Economy w minor in Jewish Civilization
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li][/list]

Reflection
[ list]
[] Strengths: ACT, GPA, Rank, EC
[] Weaknesses: SAT, SAT 2’s, pretty average gal
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: Lots of qualified people![/li][/list]

[ b]General Comments:** Well, waiting is rough. I’ll send a letter as Gtown is my first choice but not too distraught. I was accepted to other great schools and it’s looking like I’ll be headed to California! UC Berkeley for me :-bd

14

Decision: Accepted - SFS

SAT: 2220
SAT II: 750 / 730
Unweighted GPA: 4.0 / W 4.8
Rank 1 / 598
AP 12 – 5s
SY Course Load: All AP
Major Awards: AP Scholar

Extracurriculars Many: Varsity Sports / Started my own foundation - charity
Job/Work Experience: None – Sports took all my time
Volunteer/Comm service: Many hours
Summer Activities: Volunteer as a Coach / Read obscure literature
Essays: 10 according to others
Recommendations
Teacher Rec: 10. Extremely good.
Counselor Rec: 10. Same
Additional Rec (if used): From sibling

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: FOREIGN SVC
State (if domestic CA
School Type: PUBLIC
Ethnicity: W
Gender: M
Income Bracket: SORRY SIGHT
Hooks : NONE

Reflection: It’s my # 1!

Strengths: None to brag about.
Weaknesses: Many 2 many
Why accepted: I really wanted to attend and I think they caught my message.
Where else: Duke, JHU, GWU.

General Comments: Thank you God, Mom, Dad and siblings.

15

Decision: Accepted

School Applied To: Georgetown College

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 670 M: 560 (1230/1600)
    [    ] ACT: N/A
    [] SAT II: N/A
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
    [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.26
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/154
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [] Senior Year Course Load: Calc I & II, Biology, Government, English, Religions
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): BETA Club (President), National Business Honor Society (President), FBLA (VP), Scholastic Bowl (Captain), Student Government Association
[] Job/Work Experience: I have had a part time job as a cashier working 25 hrs/wk for 2 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: Math tutor, food bank volunteer, library volunteer
[] Summer Activities: Governor’s School
[] Essays: I might be biased but I think my essays were a solid 9/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10
[] Counselor Rec: 8/10
[] Additional Rec: 9/10
[li] Interview: Very good! I talked for two hours in a coffee shop and I felt as though I knew the interviewer on a personal level because she was so friendly and sweet.[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Neuroscience/Pre-med
[] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Very small public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 85k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: DEFINITELY my essays and recommendations
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores, EC’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I honestly have no clue as to why because I feel so under qualified but I’m so glad I was accepted! [/li][/ul]

General Comments: IS THIS REAL LIFE?!

16

Decision: Waitlisted

School Applied To: Georgetown College

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (800 W, 770 M, 740 CR)
    [    ] SAT II: Math II 770, Chemistry 720, US History 650 (lmao)
    [] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 3.95
    [    ] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.63
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), Spanish Language (5), US History (4), Chemistry (3)
    [    ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Physics 1, AP Gov, Econ, Calc, Peer Tutor

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth & Government (committee chair), Horseback Riding, Painting, Gender Equality Club at school (VP & Co-founder)
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer Internship with an elected official of a major city, part time job at a local boutique
[] Volunteer/Community service: Teaching disabled kids to ride horses, peer tutoring
[] Summer Activities: Summer program at Georgetown, internship, job
[] Essays: One about horseback riding, one about Y&G, one about summer at Georgetown and how that related to my interest in political science
[] Teacher Recommendation: Algebra 2 Honors and AP Stats teacher - she loves me so I think it was good
[] Counselor Rec: Got a new counselor this year so she didn’t know me that well
[] Additional Rec: Chem Honors and AP Chem teacher - I’m assuming it was pretty good because I did really well in the two years I had him
[li] Interview: It went really well! She was really young so we had a lot in common and it kind of just felt like I was talking to a friend.[/li][/ul]

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
    [    ] Intended Major: Government
    [] State (if domestic applicant): California
    [    ] School Type: large public
    [] Ethnicity: Asian
    [    ] Gender: Female
    [] Income Bracket: High
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, SAT I, recommendations, job/work experience probably
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I know that one US History subject test was really bad (I started crying during the middle of taking it so that was fun), I guess essays could’ve been a little better[/li][/ul]

General Comments: lowkey not that upset but also lowkey want to be catapulted into outer space right about now

17

Decision: Accepted

School Applied To: SFS

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (750 CR, 710 M, 800 W)
    [    ] ACT: 33 C
    [] SAT II: really low, like 610 Physics, 620 USH and 690 Math II I think?
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
    [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): school doesn’t weight
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer APs
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
    [] Senior Year Course Load: the one my school gave me lol. No choice in the matter
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist (they only knew semifinalist), Lincoln-Douglas Debate State Champion, U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking State Runner-up

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and debate 3yrs (co-captain sr. year), band/trumpet (principal/section leader) (top 3 in the state), vars tennis (4-year letterman), vars bowling 3yrs
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Helped teachers at my old elementary school
[] Summer Activities: USAFA Summer Seminar, Speech and Debate Nationals
[] Essays: Personal statement 8/10 maybe, it was my common app essay. SFS essay 9-10/10, I talked about the Syrian refugee crisis and how we need to balance national/international security with the needs of refugees
[] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10, my speech and debate coach as well as English teacher who is really, REALLY good at writing recs, and he told me he wrote a REALLY good one for me even by his standards.
10/10, my social studies teacher from sophomore and senior year, he knows me and how I have a passion for learning, and he had a lot to write about how I’ve improved over the years with writing and such
[] Counselor Rec: 9/10, she knows me pretty well and really wanted me to go to Georgetown
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: 9/10, I think my understanding of international relations and current events came across. I didn’t know the capital of Canada though haha. But I got along really well with my interviewer, he was an army lawyer and I’m thinking about becoming an Air Force lawyer, also we had similar backgrounds (both from military family).[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: not sure yet
[] State (if domestic applicant): HI
[] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[] School Type: public charter
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: >$100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none that I know of[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I scores, teacher recs, ECs
[] Weaknesses: SAT II scores, lack of volunteer experience
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I think my passion for international relations and current events came through in my SFS essay. [/li][/ul]

General Comments: There’s no cut-and-dry rule for writing the SFS essay, but I worried about how I should structure it when I was writing it. The way I did it (for future applicants’ reference) was to introduce it kind of like a personal statement, with a sort of more-formal anecdote (I talked about the Humans of New York special series on refugees) and transition into a more structured, analytical essay. I don’t know if that’s exactly what they’re looking for, but it worked for me I guess.
Other than that, congratulations to everyone who was accepted! And to those who were waitlisted or rejected, I know you’re disappointed and probably don’t want to hear it but you’ll be happy no matter where you end up as long as you keep your eyes ahead rather than staying stuck on what could have been.

18

Decision: Accepted

copied pasted with some edits from brown ed thread–if something’s vague feel free to message me.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2400
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 780 ush, 760 bio, 760 lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81, upward trend to 4.0 for last three semesters
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 apes, 5 apush, 5 aplang, 5 ap stats, 5 ap euro, 4 bio
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: gov, econ, calc ab, lit, physics 1, 2 electives, ta
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): tasp, nms, ap scholar with distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): debate (vp), political volunteering, president of a club, some other stuff but too lazy to fill out rn
Job/Work Experience: ^
Volunteer/Community service: ^
Summer Activities: TASP, 2 years of debate camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): pretty good imo, not going to rate my essays
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): pretty good i think

Teacher Rec #1: good (only submitted one, georgetown alum, cool guy :slight_smile: )
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec:
Interview: good

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: undeclared SFS
State (if domestic applicant): ca
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: south asian
Gender: m
Income Bracket: upper to middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection:

Strengths: 2400, ecs, upward trend?
Weaknesses: grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT scores, interview, essays, recs?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Brown (deferred, waiting on decision), UChicago (waitlisted), Amherst (waitlisted), Pomona (waitlisted), Williams (waitlisted), Swarthmore (accepted), UC Berkeley (accepted), UC Davis (accepted), WashU (accepted), UCSD (accepted), UCLA (waitlisted).

19

Decision: Accepted

School Applied To: MSB

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (720 CR, 780 M, 760 W)
    [    ] ACT: 35 (35 E, 36 M, 34 R, 34 S)
    [] SAT II: 740 MII, 800 US History
    [    ] Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
    [] Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.7
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/576
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), APUSH (5), English Language (5), Physics 1 (4)
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
    [] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Calc BC, AP US Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology, AP English Lit, AP Computer Science
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some science fair stuff, nothing national

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Business club (President, Nationals, Co-founder), Class President, varsity athlete (not recruited), Science Honor Society, NHS, Safe School Ambassador
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer coach, math tutoring, domestic violence shelter, church vacation bible school
[] Summer Activities: Went to Europe one summer, volunteered, nothing special
[] Essays: Main essay was 10/10, Business essay was very far left, but well written…I guess they liked it.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably amazing, didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Average, don’t know counselor well
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Went really well! It was my first in-person interview, but had a great conversation. Don’t see it having much weight in the application process though.[/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[] Intended Major: Business Admin
[] State (if domestic applicant): the great state of Texas
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: <$40k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li][/ul]

Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, Test scores, essays, Catholic
[] Weaknesses: pretty average EC’s, no hooks, didn’t take 3 subject tests
[li] Why you think you were accepted: My essays truly showed why I want to study business, and why I want to study business at Georgetown. I think that’s the most important of all. [/li][/ul]

**General Comments: Also accepted to UT Business Honors! Going to be a difficult decision. Congratulations to everyone accepted! **

20

Rejected

School Applied to - SFS

Objective

ACT: 33 (CR, Maths, and English - 34, and Science 29)

SAT II: Literature 730, Maths 1 - 750, Maths 2 - 760

IB 42

School does not have a rank system.

Major Awards; Quite a few. Take a while to name them down.

Subjective:**

Extracurriculars: Debating, MUN, Mountaineering, Research Work, Sports - Squash (National Level)

Volunteer/Community service: Did a lot (atleast 1200 hours)
Summer Activities: Camps, Travel Blog, Community Service,
Essays: 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: 8/10
Counselor Rec:8/10
Additional Rec: 8.5/10
Interview: 10/10 (She was thoroughly impressed and we went along really well. Talked for an hour or so)

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: International History

Country (if international applicant): India

Ethnicity: Indian

Gender: Male

Income Bracket: Under 50,000 dollars

Reflection

Strengths: Does it even matter?

Weaknesses: Really have no clue, except I could always done more…

Why you think you were accepted/deferred: Please tell me because God, I don’t know

General Comments: ‘Holistic admissions’ seems like an excuse for US colleges to reject people they don’t want in their college. Another favorite phrase is “Large applicant pool”. If someone, anyone, could give me any specific reason why Georgetown rejected me, I would be forever indebted.