@dowzerw Thanks for your kind words! I totally understand that GU is super competitive EA and in general. To answer your question, I have never gotten a B or C. That being said, I am sure my EC’s were not as interesting as people who got admitted and I always considered Georgetown a reach school. Anyhow, all I can do now is hope for the best this April 1st.
@meganzoeo That just made me feel a lot better, thanks so much 
@ecort1218 Sorry to hear about the deferral, I got deferred too. In all this college stuff who really knows what they’re looking for. Happy birthday btw!!
@iwanttogetintocollege what email update thing
deferred from the College. 5th Gen. Legacy info should help a lot for the RD pool, no? Grades/Scores are on par I think, and essays rly well written.
@iwanttogetintocollege Will keep my fingers crossed for you! I have no doubt you will do well whether at GU or somewhere equally awesome.
@2022girl you can email updates to guapplication@georgetown.com
@iwanttogetintocollege
It is true that the deferral letter does say that no further application is necessary, but it does not say that you do not have the option to edit, change or add things to the application. Some have posted elsewhere that it is possible to make changes, which I assume means to essays if one wanted. If something new happened in the last month and one wanted to add a paragraph about a new leadership activity, why not? I heard that by being deferred, the application gets a fresh look in the RD phase. Of course, you can also write a letter about developments too. Has anyone else heard anything regarding this? Might need to contact Admin to confirm.
@SW1807
Excellent question which I addressed to @iwanttogetintocollege just now. Did not want to bother Admin about this today since many were going to be contacting them about getting their results, but it is a fair question to ask Admin. My reading of the letter is that “it is not necessary” to do anything else if one does not want to, but that they encourage you to add new information, updates, send letters of continued interest… I assume one can tweak essays if one wanted but I will try to confirm this tomorrow or the next day.
deferred from the college rip lol. oh well
Deferred
Decision: ACCEPTED into NHS!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1480 (780 English, 700 Math)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (36 English, 28 Math, 31 Science, 36 Reading, No Writing)
SAT II: Spanish 600, US History 760, Literature 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish
Weighted GPA: 5.0125/6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank outside of top 10% and I was not in top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), World History (4), English Lang (5), Spanish (4), Psychology (5), US History (5), Physics 1 (2)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: pretty easy, 4 APs and a nursing class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist only
Subjective:
-Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Young Democrats (President and founder), head mascot, choir, Spanish Honor Society, Muslim Student Alliance, class to become a Certified Nursing Assistant that does rounds at a nursing home
-Job/Work Experience: after school nanny, internship at a doctors office over the summer
-Volunteer/Community service: community service chair of the Dallas chapter an international peace education organization called CISV
-Summer Activities: imo my most impressive thing, I’ve attended summer camps in Canada, Portugal, Mexico, Sweden, and Brazil with kids from around the world with CISV, I played this up a LOT
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
-Short Activity Essay (8): I’m not an amazing writer, but I wrote about CISV (the international camps) and how it affected my life and I think its pretty cool subject matter thats very personal and unique to me!
-Personal essay (9): I wrote about my experiences as a mascot, and how the different features of my mascot costume reflected my personality. Definitely very unconventional and again unique and I spent a very long time (four different drafts with three English teachers…) but I’m super proud of the result!
-Why Georgetown (10): This one was my absolute favorite and an actual joy to write and I think that came across. I wrote honestly about why I loved Georgetown so much and how it fit in perfectly with my love of nursing. It was unique and personal to how Georgetown and I fit together!
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10. My sophomore English teacher and sponsor of my Young Democrats wrote it. I didn’t read it but she’s an amazing writer and we are very close!
Teacher Rec #2: 6. My biology and physics teacher wrote it and while I loved her, I only got her to write it because I needed a science teacher. I was actually a terrible student in both of her classes (never did homework or paid attention in class) but the last two weeks of school I came in every morning to ask her eeeevery question before the final, so I’m hoping thats what she was remembering while she wrote it oops. I also did not read it
Counselor Rec: I have no idea. I had never talked to her before senior year, and I only really talked to her senior year because of national merit stuff. I think she likes me though!
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: It was pretty short (25ish minutes) but I think we had a really good conversation
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Nursing
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: All of my essays were very unique. I think my love of Georgetown really came across in everything I wrote and said and I think that was really valuable! I also had very specific nursing related extracurriculars and I played up my international focused activities.
Weaknesses: below average SAT/ACT scores, terrible subject test scores, no class rank and an okay GPA, yeah pretty much everything objective
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: Accepted to the nursing schools at the University of Pittsburgh and Texas Christian University!
Accepted SFS
ACT: 34 (E:36 M:31 R:36 S: 34)
SAT: 1490
SATII: 660, 650, 650 (weakest)
AP: World History (5)
IB: tests in 2018
Rank: Top 2%
ECs: Non-profit board, gay/straight alliance vice president, founder of charity benefiting trevor project, debate team, nhs president, political campaign intern, teen court attorney, city leadership program
Awards: NMF, selective school internship, city youth service leader of the year 2017
Does anyone know about when accepted students hear about financial aid?
Congrats to everyone accepted and best of luck to those deferred!
@lanean18 I was wondering the same thing! I assume we’ll be getting more information either by mail or email soon, that’s what my letter said!!
@lanean18 They’ll send the financial aid packages out the last week of March. Most colleges send them late March/early April.
Decision: Accepted to McDonough Business School!!!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1430 (690 Math, 740 Reading/English)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 English, 35 Math, 34 Science, 35 Reading, 10 Writing)
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.6/4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%, doesn’t rank but I know I’m 17th out of 550+
AP (place score in parenthesis): US Government (4), World History (5), English Lang (4), US History (4), Environmental Science (5), AP Calc BC (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Macroeconomics, Georgia Tech Linear Algebra, and Georgia Tech Multivariable Calculus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Governor’s Honors Program 2016, Georgia Certificate of Merit Scholars, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
-Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chorus (President, past VP, Section Leader, Co-Director of a Musical), A Cappella, Piano, Key Club, National Honors Society, Taekwondo (Black Belt, Certified Judge and Instructor), Mu Alpha Theta National Honor Society, Tri-M National Honors Society (VP), FLIGHT Freshman Mentoring Program, Girl Scout (Bronze Award, Silver Award, and working on Gold Award)
-Job/Work Experience: babysitting on weekends and over the summer
-Volunteer/Community service: frequently volunteer at NFCC, Key Club, NHS, Tri-M, Mu Alpha Theta, Girl Scouts, Taekwondo volunteer
-Summer Activities: GHP was my biggest activity and I wrote about this for a few essays overall
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
-Short Activity Essay (9): I talked about my experience in chorus and how it transformed me into the leader I am today and how I’ve been able to do the same for others. I specifically zeroed in on a girl I met through chorus and how much she grew over the year I sat next to her.
-Personal essay (10): I wrote about my upbringing as the oldest of three girls and growing tomatoes with my family. We would sell them for fun at farmers markets on weekends and I learned a lot of the life lessons and business skills I possess now from those untraditional early morrnings.
-Why Georgetown (8): I really went into all of the ways that I connected with Georgetown and how I would use their resources in programs. So I discussed my excitement to intern in DC and how the business school helps with that and how I will also sing in choir and can study music business as a concentration and combine my passions. I also really went into how my personal beliefs and upbringings led me to connect with and love Georgetown!
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: ?? I waived my right to read them, but I used a math teacher from sophomore year who I loved and kept a good relationship with.
Teacher Rec #2: I used my chorus teacher for my second rec so they could see my leadership skills and life in and out of the classroom.
Counselor Rec: I made sure to have a good relationship with my counselor over the years and I feel confident that she wrote me a good letter, even though I didn’t read it.
Interview: I felt pretty great about the interview and, now having done three, I feel like it was my best one. My interviewer was very young and was into math just like me, so we clicked pretty well. She was late and had to run back to work right after, so I think she was a little more open to helping me. The hard part was I felt like everything I wanted to say was covered well in my application, so I tried to make the interview more about showing how outgoing and friendly I am instead of fitting in specific information.
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance/Accounting
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: I had a really well-rounded application and no weak outliers overall. I think my essays really pushed my application up because those were really strong and very unique. I had a pretty fair amount of leadership spots and a broad list of extracurriculars.
Weaknesses: Even though my ACT score was great, I had to send SAT where I didn’t with any other schools. Also, I didn’t take any SAT Subject tests (I sent my AP scores to try to help with that).
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted: Accepted to UGA and their Honors Program (haven’t heard back from anywhere else yet)
@dzleprechaun do alumni interviewers get notified about results of people they interview?
Status: deferred
Stats:
33 act
4.2w/3.8u
Good main essay, ok supplements
From competitive high school
Will graduate with 10 APs
Lots of ECs (student government, varsity
athletics, principal in concert band, Girl Scouts,
Club president)
Thought Interview went really well, but could be
wrong
Slightly off topic, but if I took the SAT’s my Junior year and the ACT’s Senior year, do I have to turn both in? I’d rather just do ACT’s. I thought I read on the GT website that I had to turn everything in.