<p>I really hope my high school gpa doesn’t hurt my chances at GU. That’s the only thing that is bugging me! Can’t ever change it unfortunately…</p>
<p>Add me to the list under College as Econ.</p>
<p>I was on the earlier list quite a few pages back :P</p>
<p>EDIT: I might be getting confused with another school though… So many applications!</p>
<p>I was WLed last year for SFS and haven’t heard back. Maybe it’s because I’m a freshmen now at Vandy with no special circumstances and I’m not an international</p>
<p>I got my acceptance e-mail at around 8:30 pm. I know you guys want some more info, so here it is:</p>
<p>Accepted to SFS, will be a sophomore
- I did not apply to Georgetown last year.
- College GPA: 3.88; ACT - 30; HS GPA: 4.0
- Pretty involved in clubs at my current school as a freshman
- Essays point out how transferring to Georgetown’s SFS is essential for my life/intellectual/career goals.
- Really good interview</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone! :)</p>
<p>Congrats Elec! Many thanks for posting your stats, I hope others (accepted or not) follow your lead.</p>
<p>What type of college were you coming from?</p>
<p>Congrats elec! I’m surprised that you found out so early – what were your hooks? anything very unique?</p>
<p>I am currently a business major at a private university that is pretty similar to Georgetown.
I’m not sure if I have a specific “hook” that got me accepted. I have an international background, am actively involved in a variety of clubs at my current school, and holds leadership positions at these clubs as a freshman. In my essay, I stressed how my current school has contributed to my growth both personally and intellectually, and detailed my aspirations to become a socially responsible entrepreneur. Really nothing exceptionally spectacular in my application.</p>
<p>Is it easier to transfer in as a junior than as a sophomore? </p>
<p>Sent from my DROID BIONIC using CC</p>
<p>Hey guys, here are my stats (if anyone wants to know):</p>
<p>Accepted: SFS (International Politics, Sophomore Transfer)
College GPA: 3.94
Majors at Current School: Spanish and International Studies
HS GPA: 4.0
ACT: 36
ECs: The three clubs/activities I am most involved in all have an international focus, and I think that consistency helped my application.
Main Essay: I stressed the fact that, while I wasn’t unhappy at my current school, I thought Georgetown would be a better fit (more Chinese language/pure IR courses, opportunity to study Ukrainian, proximity to Washington, D.C. in relation to potential careers, etc.).
Hooks: I don’t exactly know if this qualifies, but I made it to the extended waitlist last year. They didn’t take anyone off, but they sent me (and everyone else on the list, I would assume) a letter saying something along the lines of “if you apply as a transfer in one or two years and keep your grades up, we’ll give you strong consideration.”</p>
<p>Usmctransfer,
Congratulations! And thanks for the info about the acceptance, I’m so relieved to hear letters are out next week!!
I’m also appying to MSB finance/IT
Would you Please share your stats/any hooks?</p>
<p>So all acceptances that just came out were for the waitlisted students?</p>
<p>okay 1 more question</p>
<p>Usmc transfer, you said “they said letters will be sent out for MSB next week”
Did they mean acceptances only?
So if I don’t hear good news next week that could mean I’m denied or waitlisted?</p>
<p>Sorry guys for the excessive questions! It’s lonely here at central european time</p>
<p>Not too lonely–I’m on CET as well</p>
<p>Cool! I’m in Zurich, where are you? I’m just waiting around at ETH to take my finals today - which will be way too easy.</p>
<p>I just can’t sleep =/</p>
<p>^ Same. I had a dream (nightmare) that I was rejected at Georgetown.</p>
<p>Paris–haha nice, just had my finals last week and now I’ve got nothing to take my mind off this wait :p</p>
<p>@Nova
Stats/Hooks
Accepted MSB
Community College GPA 70 credits (30 honors credits) 4.0
High School GPA 2.0
SAT 980 (out of 1600)
I served in the Marines for 4 years and was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, so since I have been out of high school for 5 years I don’t need to show them SAT/ACT.
I am in an honors business program at my CC, where there is “community college Georgetown preferred” thing where the President of the school will write a letter to Georgetown on behalf of 2 students, I was lucky enough to be selected.
I am valedictorian out of 8,000 students at my CC, but by the time I found out it was to late to tell Georgetown so it wasn’t on my app.
EC’s
The business program I am in runs an on campus Starbucks that grosses roughly 200K annually and I ran the ops and accounting teams.<br>
We compete in SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) and I am chairing a project that has gained some traction inside of the Maryland state legislature regarding Veteran class room integration.
Hope this helps some.</p>
<p>Wow USMC, you have a great profile. I cannot believe they rejected you last year. Congrats again and you deserve it! I guess you were also pro at working all those attributes into your app. I think that is where I failed. I didn’t know how to show my achievements/experience in the app.</p>
<p>I guess you are also in nvcc and you are talking about annandale starbucks? I missed the deadline for the “Georgetown CC preferred”.</p>
<p>I go to Montgomery College, not NOVA, but I hear you guys are just as good. They rejected me because I had 12 college credits at that point and was taking the equivalent of algebra I. What a difference a year makes though I am now in a applied theory calc class that is only for engineering and physics majors. The guy I talked to said that he had never seen a transcript like mine because I got through 6 years of math in less than a year.</p>