Georgetown; shoe-in or hopeless? Chance me

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>I'm a senior and I plan applying RD to CAS with an intended major in econ. How are my chances?</p>

<p>SAT superscore: 2340/1600
SAT I CR 740, M 800, WR 710 (10/68)
SAT I CR 800, M 760, WR 740 (9/74)</p>

<p>SAT II's: Bio M 800, Math 2 800, Chem 800, US 770, World H, 720</p>

<p>AP's:
Chem 5
Macro 5
Micro (taken as independent study) 5
Govt US 5
US history 5
Calc BC 5, AB subscore, 5
Bio 5
English lang. & comp. 5</p>

<p>Taking this year: AP Stats, AP English Lit., AP Spanish (I have taken 8 years of spanish), AP Physics C (both), AP Euro, Humanities H, Sociology, Senior Capstone Project, GYM</p>

<p>GPA 96.80/100
Rank 9/350 (top 3%) school does not report though</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Model UN, President
Amnesty international club, President
NHS, President
Las Voces (spanish language club) President
Science olympiad: two gold medals at CT state competition
Moody's Mega Math Challenge
SPHERES programming challenge
Mock Trial
Math Honor Society
Spanish honor Society
JETS (engineering competition)
Tutoring at inner city school
Intramural Golf
Literary magazine</p>

<p>White male, good public school in CT</p>

<p>I plan on applying to Harvard EA, UNC Chapel Hill EA Uconn EA, and RD to BU, Brown, GW, Georgetown, MIT, Penn, Princeton, Tufts, Wesleyan, Yale</p>

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<p>You have an interesting mix of schools to which you are planning to apply. I thought the big buzz this year was that Harvard is now SCEA (Single Choice Early Action). If you choose to apply to Harvard SCEA, I’m pretty sure you can’t apply EA to Chapel Hill or UConn.</p>

<p>"Students applying to Harvard under the Early Action program are not permitted to apply early elsewhere in the fall under Single Choice Early Action, Early Action or Early Decision programs. Harvard will withdraw any offer of admission to a student who does so. "</p>

<p>[Harvard</a> College Admissions § Applying: Early Action](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/application_process/early.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/application_process/early.html)</p>

<p>Just curious…Why did you choose to apply to Georgetown? What about the university or the College do you feel is a good fit for you? What about the Econ program intrigued you more so than applying to MSB (the business school)?</p>

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<p>“If I apply single choice early action to Harvard may I apply to another college’s Early Action program that is not single choice?
No - unless the college is a public institution.”-Harvard college early action FAQ</p>

<p>What attracted me to Georgetown was principally DC, I chose econ over business because I found macroeconomics, and fiscal policy specifically, to be more interesting than microeconomics. I don’t want to study econ to be in business, i want to study econ to be in politics. </p>

<p>Thanks for the feedback (I had been worried about Harvard’s policy but they put in an FAQ which clarified the program to me tremendously)</p>

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<p>It’s pretty much your safety…</p>

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<p>Can you just not apply cause you’re gonna end up going to harvard anyways and let other people take your spot.</p>

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<p>Great grades, but if you are only choosing Georgetown because it is in DC they might want to see more interest. If you have a serious interest in the school for reasons other than location alone you should be accepted.</p>

<p>After HYP and M. I think you will have your pick of going wherever you want to genuinely go. You can drop UNC, UConn, BU, and GW. There is no way you will end up at one of these schools. If you spend time on your apps, worst you will do is Wesleyan or Tufts.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>wth dude if they dont accept you theyre crazy.</p>

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<p>Why would you present hopeless as an option when you’re SAT is 60 points from perfect? There are students like me who actually are hopeless!</p>

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<p>You look good for all of those! I’d apply to the Georgetown business school if you want to major in Econ there.</p>