GMU Hopefuls (High School Classes of 2017 and Beyond)

Colleges and Universities A-Z George Mason University
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Hi, everyone! I decided to create a thread for GMU hopefuls, like I did with UVA Hopefuls! I wanted to start and, I guess, initiate the thread by introducing myself using a little info about me.

Age: 16 (as of May 10th)
Class: 2018
Home State: Virginia (Specifically NOVA, aka Northern Virginia)
Interests (College Major-wise and Minor-wise): Mechanical Engineering (Specifically Robotics), Computer Science, Programming, Philosophy, Psychology
Ethnicity: African-American (Ghanaian-American) (1st Generation)

I had also wanted to list my other dream colleges that I may make other threads for:

List of My Dream Colleges (From Top to Bottom):

  1. Virginia Tech (VT)
  2. University of Virginia (UVA)
  3. George Mason University (GMU)
  4. Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
  5. James Madison University (JMU)

So now that I’ve kind of introduced myself, I guess I might as well start this thread. This is a community for GMU HOPEFULS so feel free to put anything you guys want pertaining to the university. Hope this turns out well!

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I’ll start the first post I guess! I’ll describe a little more about myself (school-wise). Feel free to do the same!

My Test Scores:
SAT I (Breakdown Critical Reading-Math): N/A
ACT: N/A
SAT II: N/A
PSAT 2015: 990/1520
Rank: N/A

AP/IB Classes Taken: None

Projected Junior Year Schedule

Engineering Explorations I/Robotics
PLTW (Project Lead The Way) Principles of Engineering (Weighted)
AP Chemistry (Weighted)
U.S. and Virginia History
Functions/Trigonometry (Weighted)
Spanish II

AP English Language and Composition (Weighted)

Projected Senior Year Schedule

PLTW (Project Lead The Way) Engineering Design and Development OR Engineering Analysis and
AP Psychology
Physics or AP Physics I
U.S. and Virginia Government
AP Calculus AB
AP Economics
English 12 or AP English Literature and Composition
Extracurricular Activities (ECs)
Robotics Club

Outdoor Track

Planned ECs for Next Year

Biotechnology Club
Book Club
Environmental Science Club
Forensics Club
Key Club
Robotics Team
TARC (Rocketry) Club
Job/Work Experience: None

Volunteer Experience: 4 Years (Summers) Volunteering at the Library

Summer Activities

  • Taking Health and PE 2 over the summer in summer school (June 27th - August 06th)
  • Volunteering at my local library at least once a week
  • Going on college tours to my three top colleges: Virginia Tech, hopefully between June 20th and 24th, UVA, and GMU
  • Try and find time to study for the SAT/ACT
  • Do my summer assignments for AP English Language and Composition (which will likely involve reading a book) and AP Chemistry
  • Try and teach myself the basics of Java (as much as I can do on my own time)
  • Personal Challenge: READ AT LEAST THREE NOVELS BY THE END OF THE SUMMER! (I'm a pretty avid reader during the summer, so this shouldn't be a problem.)
  • Go to King's Dominion with my family (likely on my brother's birthday in July)

- Get my driver's license before school starts (with the help of the Health and PE 2 class for the permit test!)

Hooks (That I Could Think Of)

URM (Under-Represented Minority)

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Did you happen to see that the deadline for EA applications and Honors Program applications was extended? Does anyone know why or what that might mean for those who had already submitted by the Nov. 1 deadline?

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Has anyone received a reply yet?

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No news yet. Notifications are supposed to go out around December 15 so hopefully next week we will hear something.

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My counselor says she thinks decisions will be extended like the deadline was - which is good for me because they still haven’t matched my fee waiver to my application >:P

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@Chips99 oh noooo :frowning:

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The early action decisions tend to come out end of December in the mail.

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GMU Admissions FB page stated that decisions will be sent tomorrow. Not sure if they will be mailed or uploaded onto the VIP page.

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@sbgal2011 like 99% sure they will be on the webpage