Give a Minnesotan guy a chance!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>I know chance threads are silly, but the given stats from Georgetown do not cover the subjective things, so I am not sure how the other aspects of my application compare. I would love if someone with past experience would be willing to let me know how everything looks so far! </p>

<p>I am junior in a great high school from Minnesota. I'd like to end up with a job in finance, so I would primarily like to study business at McDonough. Still, I would be interested in studying other related fields. I plan to go back to school after undergraduate.</p>

<p>ACT: 30C: 32M, 31E, 30R, 25S (taken as a sophomore – will actually practice this time and retake)</p>

<p>SAT II: Will take later this year
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95, ~4.3W</p>

<p>Rank: 10/266 (end of sophomore year, 1st sem. junior results will come tomorrow and should improve)</p>

<p>AP: APUSH (4), this year: AP Stats, AP USGov, AP Lang, AP Lit</p>

<p>Prospective Senior Year Course Load: APHumGeo, AP ArtHist, AP Calc BC, AP Physics</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
-ExCEL Nominee (one of two in school nominated apply for state-wide award, nomination based on excellence in community, education, and leadership. Results come in on Wednesday!)
-US Senate Youth Program Alternate
-working on Siemens project
-working on 30-page customer loyalty research paper for national DECA </p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Student Council (Vice President)
-DECA (Vice President)
-Projects for Teens (Leader – 1/3 in class selected to teach 6th and 8th graders about abstinence and sobriety)
-Scarlet Ambassador (Executive Board)
-Link Crew (Commissioner)
-District’s Anti-Violence Committee (Student Representative)
-District’s Student Advisory (Board Member)
-Peer Tutor – two students in Geometry and Algebra II
-2 years of Varsity Speech – Duo Interpretation and Poetry Interpretation
-2 years of Varsity Tennis
-Cast member in Peter Pan the Musical and Up the Down Staircase
-NHS member
-currently hosting a 16 year old boy from France</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
-5 year part-time office assistant at a semi-trailer sales company
-2 years at a local restaurant
-about 4 months now as a campaign intern at my congressman’s office
Volunteer/Community service:
-Special Olympics Youth Activation Committee and Sports Camp Counselor
-6 month baseball/softball for developmentally challenged youth
-two weeklong, self-fundraised mission trips to Benton Harbor, MI and Pine Ridge, SD
Summer Activities:
-Business Camp CFO
-Youth Conference on State Issues – elected 2012 presiding officer
-USTA Summer Junior Team Tennis – 6th in state
-others in volunteer/work/EC space</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: plan to get from APUSH and APGov teacher, and AP Lang/Lit teacher
Counselor Rec: I am very close with her – we’re organizing next year’s school-wide theme of inclusion, paired with the Special Olympics, and she runs Scarlet Ambass. </p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
School Type: Suburban public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $100-120k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>Thank you! </p>

<p>I really appreciate everyone for reading this! Please let me know if there are any schools besides these that might be a good (or better) match for me! I would definitely be interested in applying EA. I am also considering the following: </p>

<p>-Penn
-Carnegie Mellon
-UChicago
-Cornell
-Wisconsin
-Michigan
-Virginia</p>

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<p>It looks like you are going to be a great candidate for all of the schools you’re considering. If you get your ACT a bit higher, which I anticipate you will given your good score as a sophomore, I think you have an excellent shot. I would recommend applying Early Action to Georgetown–it cannot hurt (no one is denied), and it shows the admissions committee your interest in the school. In terms of finance, of the schools you are looking at, I would put Georgetown at or near the top–the Wall Street Alliance is a group of Georgetown alumni who work hard to help seniors at Georgetown network, and Georgetown is routinely in the top 5 for undergraduate recruitment by top firms/banks in finance.</p>

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<p>Thanks, medman! I will definitely keep Georgetown on my list and will consider EA. </p>

<p>Does anyone have other opinions? Room for improvement?</p>

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<p>Bump! Anything?</p>

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<p>If you can get your ACT up, you’ll have a good shot at getting into at least one of your top choice schools. When I read your list, nothing really pops, but you seem like a great, all around student and a good kid, and there are lots of schools that would love to have you.</p>

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<p>thank you! I’ve been practice testing a lot and I generally get around a 32-33. Is this sufficient?</p>